¤¤ ¦§ ¤ ¤¥ §¨ § ­ © ­ Ranchi 30 April, 2020 R P unday’s sweeping Cabinet Srejig witnessed Prime Minister Narendra Modi brin- record. village under Itki blocking in hassome former bureaucrats to help scale up governance and wo former IAS officers, an ex-IPS officer and an The district administra- been made as containmentspeed up implementation of Tex-diplomat, who made it to the Modi Council Central welfare programmes s the Narendra Modi Government went of Ministers on Sunday, have not been given port- but the exercise still could not Ain for a Cabinet reshuffle, the Shiv Sena folios of their domain areas. he Ranchi district admin- tion on the complaint of ben- zone, Karanji village underfill up all the vacancies with and the JD(U) did not attend the swearing- With the induction of Raj Kumar Singh (for- several Ministers ending up in ceremony as their members were not mer Home Secretary), Hardeep Singh Puri (former istration has once again eficiaries had carried out a Bero block has been madeholding chargesas of more than inducted in the revamped Council of diplomat), Satyapal Singh (former Mumbai Police T one Ministry. Ministers nor they “received any intimation”. Commissioner) and Alphons (former taken action against public probe by the Block containment zone. FromThe reshuffle left an uneasy Both the allies appeared disappointed with Commissioner Delhi Development Authority) — feeling within a section of the the development. There was a suggestion that the number of former bureaucrats and ex-service- BJP that there could be better non-inclusion of the allies in the Cabinet men in the Modi Government has risen to seven. distribution system (PDS) deal- Development Officer/Zonal Karanji village a corona patientrepresentation from the party revamp was a way of conveying as to who is Satyapal Singh (an Indian Police Service officer) has itself and a kind of “outsourc- the real boss in the governance. However, the been given Human Resource Development (HRD) ers. Eight PDSs dealers have Officer/Block Supply Officer. was recovered on Apriling” was19. not required to fill up BJP side maintained that there could be anoth- portfolio, Puri ( an Indian Foreign Service officer) the slots. The criticism is being er brief expansion where the concern of allies allocated Urban and Housing Development, RK been suspended after they were The officials in their investiga- Similarly, Keso village undertargeted at the inclusion of two would be addressed. The JD(U), which Singh (Indian Administrative Service) awarded with non-political entrants in the joined the NDA few weeks ago, was expect- power and Alphons, the famed “demolition man”, Council of Ministers. There ing a call to get at least two of its members got Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of found of committing irregu- tion found the allegations true. Bero block too has hasbeen been a palpable discontent being included in the Union Cabinet. Electronics and Information Technology. that MPs from the Lok Sabha Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 larities in ration distribution. Meanwhile, the district admin- declared as containmentand zone. the Rajya Sabha with “proven credentials” have not Industry. With the district administra- istration has also sought expla- On April 23, a person frombeen rewardedthe and “youth” Sitharaman’s entry in the not given their due in the Defence would make her a Cabinet. member of the Cabinet tion initiating action against nation from concerned PDSs village was found to be coronaDespite the third Cabinet Committee on Security which expansion exercise with general is headed by the Prime eight PDS dealers on dealers why their licenses are positive. After a person electionstested less than two years Minister with Ministers of ­ away, all the vacancies have not Defence, External Affairs, Wednesday, the number of not cancelled. The PDS dealers corona positive, the districtbeen filled as important Home as its members. Sushma Ministries like Environment Swaraj is the other woman and Forest, Information & member in the important com- PDSs dealers who have been who have been suspended administration has declaredBroadcasting and many others mittee. There are a total of five are still not being managed by women Cabinet Ministers in ¤ suspended in past week has includes, Aasiya Rozgar Samuh area within the peripherya single independentof Minister. the Modi Government, the Many have recalled a reported others being Maneka Gandhi, ­ gone up to 20. Earlier, the dis- ward number 10-36, Rajesh 500 m from corona patient’scomment, last year, by ­­ a BJP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Uma vice-president and now a RS Bharti and Smriti Zubin Irani. member (himself a potential In a brief ceremony at the ­ ­ trict administration has sus- Kumar Sahu Kanke block, house as micro containmentcandidate for ministership), Rashrapati Bhavan, which was that the Modi Government not attended by allies the JD(U) pended 12 PDSs dealers. Jeevan Jyoti Women’s Group zone in Kadru area. Similarlywas “talent deficit”. and the Shiv Sena, President ­ On a plus side, it has been Ram Nath Kovind also admin- pointed out that the Prime istered oath to nine new faces as The PDSs dealers are Ratu Block, Ugta Suraj Mahila micro containment zone has ­ ­ ­ Minster is not averse to ringing Ministers of State which includ- accused of giving less ration in Samakhya group, Ratu, been made at Arsande villagein the “talent” even if he ­ him- ed Virendra Kumar (LS mem- self has been the subject of his ber from Madhya Pradesh), ­ criticism. Former Home Anant Kumar Hegde (LS mem- ­ weight to beneficiaries, not Jharkhand Mahila Samiti, under Kanke block, alsoSecretary atRK Singh, who has ber from Karnataka), Gajendra ¡ been vocal in opposing his Singh Shekhawat (LS member giving ration to beneficiaries Sonahatu, Nitesh Kumar, Upper Bazar area fromown Gari Government in the past from Rajasthan), former Home ¡ and even objected to describ- Secretary RK Singh (LS mem- despite getting thumb impres- Chanho block, Hari Oraon Khana to Sewa Sadan toing Bada the BJP Government as ber from Bihar), Ashwini ‘Modi Government’ in the Lok Kumar Choubey (LS member Sabha was on Sunday induct- from Bihar), and former sion of beneficiaries and giving Chanho block and Shiva Oraon trict administration has made trict administration has also have been declared contain- Talav area been made as edmicro by the Prime Minister in his Mumbai Police Commissioner Council of Ministers with key Satyapal Singh (LS member one month ration to benefi- Chanho block, Ranchi. containment, micro contain- appointed incident commander ment or micro containment containment zone after aportfolio per- of Power. ­­ ­from UP), Shiv Pratap Shukla The reshuffle sees Nirmala (RS member from UP), former Sitharaman becoming the first IAS officer Alphons ¥ ¡ ciaries while making entry of Moreover, in another ment zones so as to check the in all these containment, micro zones after recovery of Covid son was tested coronafull-time woman Defence Kannanthanam (Kerala) and Minister of the country as Modi former diplomat Hardeep Puri. ¤ two month ration in PDS development the Ranchi dis- spread of coronavirus. The dis- containment zones. These areas 19 patients in these areas. Moro positive. elevated four “performing” Puri (Housing & Urban junior Ministers — Affairs), Kannathanam Sithraraman, Dharmendra (Tourism & Electronics and Pradhan, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Information Technology) and ­­ ­ and Piyush Goyal — to the Singh (Power and New & ­ Cabinet rank with the latter Renewable Energy), — all are ­ shifted to the high-profile given Independent charge of ¡ Railways relieving Suresh their respective Ministries. Prabhu, who in turn, is moved Continued on Page 4 ­ to the Ministry of Commerce & Related reports on P5, 6 ­ ❝ ­ ­ ❝­ ­ ❝ ­ OL­M of Dhanbad and Jamshedpur along Mangotia, Deepak Agrawal, Rajat Soren for the latter to take a final M with SPs. Jaggi and Raju Bhaloti at The Alcor decision. Meanwhile, rumours n a major administrative reshuffle Akhilesh Kumar Jha, DIG Special Hotel for violating the lockdown. hief Minister Hemant Soren were rife that Gupta has approved ­ the State Government on Tuesday Branch, has been made DIG, Ranchi.blast yield of the presumedThe test arrest of the five persons was I O was between 50 and 60 kilo- ­ will take the final call on Singh's resignation. However, late night transferred and posted 35 Jha will also hold additional chargetons, of or fivemade to six times after the SSP Anoop Birtharay C stronger than North Korea’s Gupta clarified that only the CM DIG of Palamu region. Amolfifth