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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2018 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Sitaram Kesri, a Dalit, wasn’t allowed Hookah bars permanently banned to complete term as Cong chief: Modi in Punjab as Prez Kovind okays Bill NEW DELHI, Nov 18: There were complaints of and it has been increasing day- MAHASAMUND, Nov 18: and guns," Modi said. Ladakh region. requirements, our farmers Centre," he told the gathering. use of drugs in these bars in by-day in Punjab. Hookah bars have been per- "Similarly, yesterday, elec- Lashing out at the Congress, would have been prosperous," Modi said Singh had sought Punjab, an official said. These bars are being opened Hitting out at the Congress manently banned in Punjab as tions were held for the panchay- Modi said. "The doors have been the prime minister said. support from the Centre, when it The official said as per avail- in restaurants, hotels, and clubs and the Nehru-Gandhi family, President Ram Nath Kovind has ats in Kashmir. Earlier, people opened for the welfare of "They are making false was under the Congress-led able data, an hour's average of and hookahs are even served at Prime Minister Narendra Modi given assent to a bill from the promises of loan waiver to the United Progressive Alliance's hookah smoking contains 20- marriages venues. Sunday claimed that Dailt leader state to check use of tobacco. 200 puffs, which can deliver 50 The youth, including girls, people of Chhattisgarh. The (UPA) rule, to fight Naxals, but Punjab is the third state in Sitaram Kesri was not allowed same promise was made to litres of smoke, containing are using hard and soft drugs in to complete his term as the "remote controlled" govern- the country after Gujarat and harmful and carcinogenic chem- hookah and 'sheesha' bars, farmers during the Karnataka ment behaved as if Chhattisgarh Maharashtra where hookah bars Congress president and was polls, but even after around a icals. Mohindra had said. "thrown out of office" to make did not exist. or lounges were banned through Smoking of hookah increas- "Hookah/sheesha bars are year has passed, the promise is He added that if the BJP gov- law. way for Sonia Gandhi. yet to be fulfilled. es health risks includes expo- just like drug consumption ernment under Singh remained The president has given sure to toxic chemicals that are rooms and they are a new threat Addressing a rally on the last "Instead, the (Karnataka) in power for another 10-15 assent to the Cigarettes and not filtered out by the water, and to our youth. The owners of day of campaigning for the sec- government is issuing warrants years, Chhattisgarh would fea- Other Tobacco Products also the risk of infectious dis- such cafes are providing every ond and final phase of the and arresting farmers against (Prohibition of Advertisement ture among the top three devel- ease like tuberculosis resulting facility to our youth for soft Chhattisgarh Assembly polls, whom debts are pending," he and Regulation of Trade and Modi said four generations of a oped states in the country. from sharing a hookah, another drug addiction in a very com- added. Commerce, Production, Supply official said. fortable and friendly atmos- family ruled the country and Praising the Bharatiya Janata "Chhattisgarh has turned 18 and Distribution) (Punjab "benefitted from being in now. This is a very crucial phase Punjab Health Minister phere. Party (BJP) government under Amendment) Bill, 2018 recent- Brahm Mohindra, who had "The most harmful ingredi- power", but the country did not Raman Singh in the state, Modi for the state. Just like parents ly, a Home Ministry official benefit from their rule. moved the Bill in the assembly, ent in hookah is nicotine, which said it had ensured soil health care for the future of their chil- said. had said there was a new trend is known to be carcinogenic," he "The country knows that cards for 75 lakh farmers, dren when they turn 18, I urge The Punjab assembly had Sitaram Kesri, a Dalit, was not of 'hookah-sheesha' smoking had said. (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi address an election rally for adding in a sarcastic vein that the people of the state to think passed the Bill in March. allowed to complete his five- the second phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections. the Congress had failed to pro- about the welfare of the state The objective of bringing the year-term as the Congress presi- vide health cards to humans. and once again give Raman law is to check the use of tobac- dent. He was thrown out of used to skip conducting polls Kashmir. Who had stopped the "Though the Raman Singh Singh a chance to serve," the co in various forms and prevent office and to the footpath to there. After Governor's Rule Congress from doing this earli- government is in power in the prime minister told the crowd. diseases caused by the use of the make way for Sonia Gandhi as was imposed, we decided that er? They played backdoor games state for the last 15 years, it got The final phase of the tobacco products. the new party chief," he said. Hookah bars are establish- the power of Kashmir should with terrorists which will not be the actual opportunity to work Chhattisgarh polls, covering 72 "Earlier, Delhi had a remote- rest in the hands of the people of allowed anymore. We took for the welfare of the state after ments where people share 'shee- Assembly seats, will be held on sha' from a 'hookah' which is controlled government. The Kashmir. courageous steps one by one." the NDA government came to November 20. The first phase of placed at each table or a bar. remote was in the hands of a "Terrorists had given a He also targeted Congress power at the Centre in 2014. family, which was afraid of the polling for 18 seats was held on The hookah has a long pipe bandh call in Kashmir, but look chief Rahul Gandhi over farm Raman Singh had to fight for the November 12. The results will for smoking that passes smoke BJP," Modi said, targeting the at the trust of the people of loan waiver, an issue that has rights of the state with the Congress and the Gandhis. be announced on December 11. through a container of water to Kashmir in democracy as a taken centrestage in the Congress government at the (PTI) cool it. He challenged the Congress voter turnout of around 60-70 Chhattisgarh polls. to select someone "capable" as per cent was recorded. They "As elections approach, the its president, who did not belong have given a slap on the face of Congress plays a game of prom- to "that one family". separatism and terrorism. They ises. But they cannot mislead the "Remember the days when have shown the strength of country anymore. They must four generations of a family democracy," he added. answer what did they do for the ruled the country. What was the Jammu and Kashmir welfare of our farmers when fate of the people? They only recorded 74.1 per cent polling they ruled for four generations. thought about the welfare of one in the first phase of the pan- "They kept the farmers in a family but never thought about chayat polls held Saturday in pathetic condition during their the welfare of the people. How 47 blocks -- 16 in Kashmir, 21 50-year rule. Had they strength- can we trust them that they will in Jammu and 10 in the ened the farmers, fulfilled their fulfil the aspirations of the people now," Modi said. He claimed that Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh had to face a lot of challenges from the then Congress-led government at the Centre. "For 10 years, the Centre was ruled by a remote-control government, which never paid attention towards Chhattisgarh," the prime minister said. He praised the high voter turnout in Bastar in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh polls on November 12 and also in the panchayat election in Jammu and Kashmir and claimed that the people had given a befitting reply to those spreading terror. "Despite being threatened by Naxals with guns and bombs, a huge voter turnout was recorded in Bastar. The poor tribals have shown faith in democracy and given a befitting reply to bombs.

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