Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 Established 1864 ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 11 Published From HOUSEHOLD DEBT SOARS TO 37% HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW DECODING THE POLITICS KOHLI WANTS TO PARTNER BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH OF ICONIC MOVIES OF GDP, SAVINGS PLUNGE 10% IN Q2 ROHIT IN T20 WC BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 3 ISSUE 129 VIJAYAWADA, MONDAY MARCH 22, 2021; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable ART HAS NO LANGUAGE: RANA ON ARANYA { Page 12 } www.dailypioneer.com LARGE CROWDS, MUTANT STRAINS ‘10-20 PILGRIMS TEST COVID +VE EACH ASHOKA UNVERSITY ADMITS ‘LAPSES’ AMBANI BOMB SCARE: FORMER COP, BEHIND COVID SURGE: AIIMS CHIEF DAY’: CENTRE WARNS AHEAD OF KUMBH AFTER PB MEHTA, ARVIND QUIT BOOKIE HELD FOR TRADER'S DEATH here is nothing to stop the second wave of n view of the rising number of Coronavirus shoka University, Sonepat, has admitted he Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Covid-19 in India from being as severe infections in the country, the Centre on that there have been "lapses in Squad (ATS) has arrested two Tas the first unless people follow ISunday directed Uttarakhand to follow Ainstitutional processes" surrounding Tpersons, including a former appropriate behaviour and are quickly stringent measures to control the spread the exits, of two top academics citing policeman, in connection with the vaccinated, AIIMS chief Dr Randeep of Covid during Kumbh Mela, during free-speech curbs. The privately-funded death of a Thane auto-parts busi- Guleria warned. The spike in infections is which pilgrims from are expected to liberal arts institution has said it will nessman early this month. The being caused by slip-ups in precautionary visit the state. The note was sent after work to rectify these slips in consultation case is connected to the probe into measures and variants of the virus, he said. a high-level team raised concerns after with all stakeholders. Acknowledging the explosive-laden car found near The cases could spread even more rapidly if reviewing medical care and public health their eminence, a joint statement from the the Mumbai residence of industrialist basic protective steps like wearing masks and arrangements for the Kumbh Mela.Based on university's top functionaries and the two Mukesh Ambani. The SUV was traced rigorous contact-tracing are not followed. "Now the findings of the team, Uttarakhand has been outgoing faculty members, Pratap Bhanu Mehta back to the trader and the suspended people feel that the pandemic is over because vaccines are here. asked to increase the number of Covid testing as per the ICMR and Arvind Subramanian, sought to emphasise that they both Mumbai cop Sachin Vaze, arrested by the National So they fail to wear masks. Many of these crowded events have guidelines to ensure that the pilgrims and local population is continue to believe in Ashoka University being "one of the most Investigation Agency (NIA) in the matter, was allegedly become super-spreading events," Dr Randeep Guleria said. appropriately tested, the Health Ministry said in a statement. important projects in Indian higher education". close him. BJP to deploy 300 ‘Vistaraks’ Ram Madhav sent back to RSS for Tirupati Lok Sabha by-poll PNS n VIJAYAWADA It is back to the pavilion for Varanasi Ram Madhav, former SNV SUDHIR The vistaraks system was national secretary of the BJP, who n VIJAYAWADA launched by Amit Shah in 2017 was sent to his parent organisa- three years ahead of 2019 polls tion by the BJP leadership - the Now, it is the turn of ‘visataraks’ under ‘Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay RSS. His chapter apparently has appointed by the Bharatiya Janata Vistarak Yojana’. While everyone come to a close in the BJP. In fact, RTC rides high on logis- Party to prepare the ground for the predicted that BJP would fall short he went to the BJP from his tics in city, plans to party to emerge as victorious in the of a simple majority, the saffron parental organisation, the RSS. Tirupati by-poll. The role of ‘vis- party had bagged absolute major- Previously, he was the RSS expand services taraks’ is highly crucial in the elec- ity improving its 2014 performance national official spokesman. tions and their active presence and the party’s poll success had He had a glorious stint in the had brought success in the recent been majorly attributed to Amit BJP. His reversion to the RSS is ed into the Union Cabinet mak- elections held in Telangana and Shah’s micro-planning under this on the lips of everyone in the ing him the Rajya Sabha member. 5 other states. vistarak yojana. party. Prime Minister Narendra According to some in the The party functionaries observe Amit Shah's brainchild, the vis- Modi gave top priority to Ram party, Ram Madhav was set aside that the ‘vistaraks’ will tilt the tarak yojana is much like the RSS’s Madhav at first. In fact, Ram strategically as he would become votes by convincing the neutral vot- 'pracharak’ concept. Madhav used to tour the coun- a potential candidate for the ers. BJP’s stupendous gains in West As per the original vistarak con- tries as a prelude to the Modi party's national president post. Bengal, where the party bagged 18 cept for 15 days in a year, a party visit, which underlines the prior- Thus, he was excluded from the Lok Sabha seats and eight in Odisha Jumbo campaign committee for by-poll worker has to go out of his/her con- ity that Modi used to give to Ram party's national committee. in 2019 polls, is attributed to these stituency and work for the party on Madhav. If the propaganda in the party ‘vistaraks’, a brainchild of BJP stal- Vijayawada : On Sunday BJP crat, Dasari Srinivasuku whose unfamiliar grounds. According to the BJP circles, were to be believed, Ram Madhav wart and Union Home Minister, announced a jumbo Tirupati name made rounds as the BJP Neither party nor vistaraks spend the political equation between urged the party leadership to Amit Shah. by-poll campaign committee candidate to fight the by-poll money. Idea is to travel with as lit- Modi and Ram Madhav has send him back to parental organ- With less than a month to go for having 24 members. While is also a member of the cam- tle baggage as possible. The vis- undergone change soon after the isation four months ago. the Tirupati by-poll, the BJP too former minister, C paign committee. BJP nation- taraks will not stay in hotels but will latter's appointment as party in- He found a place on the 12- after the TDP and the YSRCP have Addinarayana Reddy, who is al general secretary, Daggupati be hosted by party workers in charge for the North-East. They member core committee of the swung into action. Even as both state party vice president, will Purandheswari, national secre- every booth. Food will also be point out that complaints have RSS. Divergent views emerge on TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu be the convenor of the cam- tary, Y Satya Kumar are the served by other party workers. been lodged with the party lead- his appointment on the commit- and YSRCP supremo, Chief paign committee, Rajya Sabha special invitees. Party state in- The concept is to let a vistarak go ership on Ram Madhav's con- tee. Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy members, TG Venkatesh, YS charges, Union Minister V off personal as well as political life duct. Some opine that his status was had kick-started the poll-related Chowdhary, CM Ramesh, Muralidharan, Sunil Deodhar, for 15 days and dedicate it to the The BJP leaders of Telugu lowered, while some others deny Rift in work by addressing strategy meet- GVL Narasimha Rao, along state unit president, Somu development of the party. states vied with each other to it pointing out that his appoint- Maharashtra ings with their respective party with 10 others are the mem- Veerraju are the ex- officio Most importantly the informa- have the blessings of Ram ment on the committee, in fact, men, BJP had deployed more than bers. members of the committee. tion that the vistaraks will collect Madhav, who is regarded as the elevated his status. alliance 300 ‘vistaraks’ drawn from various Notably, former bureau- will be comprehensive since it is hi-fi leader. Some argue that it is natural for parts of Andhra Pradesh exclusive- 3 from every single booth across the Subsequently, Modi and Amit the RSS leaders to be appointed ly to work in Tirupati until the by- ing in booth management, organ- tasked to gather information from constituency. Shah reduced his prominence in to the BJP and vice versa. poll was over. isational skills and election cam- the ‘ground’ and report to the the party. At one time, there were 3 3 These vistaraks are given train- paigning. Besides, they are also leadership. 3 rumours that he would be draft- Anganwadi Cong a ‘loot engine': Modi TDP cadre averse to contest in PNS n BOKAKHAT (ASSAM) centre and now they should keep worker dies the "'loot engine Congress' far Prime Minister Narendra Modi on away from them as the party only MPTC, ZPTC polls? after Corona Sunday called Congress a "loot makes false promises and gives engine" which is desperate to false hopes to the poor," he said. MARTHI SUBRAHMANYAM they were reported to have told come to power in Assam "at any "The Congress is now giving n VIJAYAWADA Naidu that securing the no-dues vaccination cost" to fill its "empty coffers." guarantees...their manifesto is certificate from panchayats is ruled PNS n GUNTUR Making fun of the grand old guarantees of lies, of confusion, After the series of poll debacles, out.