Finally, a 'Reluctant'
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RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 194 Former TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari holds BJP party fl ag after joining the party in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah Union Home Minister Amit Shah having lunch at the house during a public rally, in Midnapore on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI of farmers Jhunu Singh and Sanatan Singh, at Belijuri village in Midnapore on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI Finally, a ‘reluctant’ SHAH BREACHES Rahul now says ‘yes’ ONCE AGAIN CONGRESS LOOKS UNITED AS SONIA SAY IT’S ONE BIG FAMILY New Delhi: It was a MAMATA’S FORT present and cheerful morning for an ailing Mamata Banerjee Will Be Left Alone, says Amit Shah, lady Congress Presci- ent Sonia Gandhi when takes Trinamool Congress Rebels into the BJP fold the entire Congress once again looked unit- ed and a ‘reluctant’ Ra- West Bengal political heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari along with nine MLAs of hul finally said ‘YES’ to different parties and a TMC MP joined the BJP at Shah’s rally in Midnapore Gandhi family and sen- ior Congress leaders’ Mohd Fahad north Kolkata on Satur- proposal to take over ADHIKARI IN LETTER ASKS TMC day morning and said the charge of the party Congress leaders Pawan Bansal, Prithviraj Chavan and Harish Kolkata: Sending out a that the ideals of the President by January Rawat after a meeting with partys Interim President Sonia warning to West Bengal MEN TO JOIN HANDS WITH HIM 19th-century icon are 2021, subject to electoral Gandhi, in New Delhi on Saturday. Chief Minister Mamata Former leader of Trinamool Congress, Suv- more relevant in the process scheduled to be Banerjee, Union Home The BJP will win endu Adhikari on Saturday wrote a letter to present-day world. He completed by then. es in the party’s organi- bels” on the lawns of the Minister Amit Shah on more than 200 seats party workers asking them to join hands with also visited the Sid- UPA chairperson So- sation and an effective, Congress interim presi- Saturday said the BJP in next year’s Bengal him and “start a new beginning.” In the letter, dheshwari Kali Mandir nia Gandhi on Saturday full-time leadership. dent’s 10 Janpath home will win more than 200 Assembly elections Adhikari, who recently resigned from TMC in Habibpur and paid held a meeting of some The five-hour meet- marked the first move seats in next year’s state and joined Bharatiya Janata Party, said: “Our floral tributes to the rev- of the 23 senior Con- ing between Sonia Gan- towards reconciliation —Amit Shah, fi ght is to restore West Bengal to its glory.” Assembly elections. Union Home Minister olutionary Khudiram gress leaders who wrote dhi, Rahul Gandhi and after months of feuding, Pointing out desertions Bose. He also had lunch to her four months ago Priyanka Gandhi Vadra revolt and resignations. from TMC, Shah took with family of farmers seeking sweeping chang- and the so-called “re- Turn to P6 potshots at the party I have a long ADHIKARI JOINED BIGGEST Jhunu Singh and Sana- chief, saying that CM association with Amit EXTORTIONIST PARTY: TMC tan Singh, at Belijuri vil- Banerjee will be left Shah ji. I have been lage in Midnapore in loved like a brother by Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee alone in the party by the hit out at Suvendu Adhikari. “Suvendu Balichuri village along time elections arrive. the BJP. When I was has joined the biggest extortionist party. with BJP leaders. After A MORNING TO FORGET Ending weeks of affl icted by COVID-19, His personal wealth has increased the public meeting, he speculations, West Ben- no one from the TMC for manifold. He should explain how,” returned to Kolkata and SCOREBOARD: 4, 9, 2, 0, 4, 0, 8, 4, 0, 4,1 gal political heavy- whom I have given my Banerjee said. “Amit Shah speaks of held meetings with the weight Suvendu Adhi- life, asked me how I family-centric politics of others. Let me BJP state leaders. kari along with nine was. But Amit Shah remind you that Adhikari’s father Sisir On Sunday, he is Adelaide: The Indian MLAs of different par- did, twice and brother Dibyendu are TMC MPs,” scheduled to visit Visva cricket team under Virat ties and a TMC MP Bharati in Shantiniket- —Suvendu Adhikari, Banerjee added. Kohli faced its worst hour joined the BJP at Shah’s EX-TMC leader an followed by a road- of embarrassment while rally in Midnapore. show in Bolpur. The collapsing to its lowest Test Both Shah and Adhi- BJP’s state chief Dilip score of 36 as a rampaging kari referred to grow- “Bhaipo Hatao (Re- COVID-19, no one from visit to the state to take Ghosh has said that Australia cruised to an em- ing discontent among move The Nephew)”. the TMC for whom I stock of the party’s af- Shah and party presi- phatic eight-wicket victory the people and the party “I have a long associa- have given my life, asked fairs ahead of the As- dent J P Nadda would inside two and half days in about the rise of Baner- tion with Amit Shah ji. me how I was. But Amit sembly elections. visit West Bengal every the opening Day/Night Test jee’s nephew Abhishek I have been loved like a Shah did, twice,” Adhi- The Home Minister month till the Assem- here on Saturday. Turn to P6 Banerjee. Adhikari brother by the BJP. kari said in his speech. visited the birthplace of bly elections, likely in even gave the slogan, When I was afflicted by Shah is on a two-day Swami Vivekananda in April-May, are over. BENIWAL QUITS 3 JKCA MONEY LAUNDERING CASE PARLIAMENTARY After meeting Sonia, why is Gehlot so jubilant? ` PANELS IN SUPPORT Aditi Nagar Ashok Gehlot has been ED attaches 11.86 crore OF FARMERS’ STIR given a clear go-ahead AMBIKA SONI assets of Farooq, others Jaipur: Nagaur MP New Delhi: There have signal by the lady Con- MAY REPLACE Hanuman Beniwal been three major out- gress President to com- AHMED PATEL New Delhi: The ED has resigned from comes of Saturday’s So- plete his present five- attached assets worth three parliamentary nia-Rahul-Priyanka’s year tenure as Chief An old warhorse and a Rs 11.86 crore of former hard-core Gandhi fam- committees in support of meeting with senior Minister, which is going Jammu and Kashmir ily loyalist and a Gehlot farmers’ agitation against Congress leaders ie first, to end in December 2023. chief minister Farooq the Centre’s farm laws. natural ally, 78-year-old Rahul finally agrees to It clearly indicates Abdullah and others in Beniwal, a convener of Ambika Soni is likely to the Rashtriya Loktantrik take back the command that his former deputy replace late Ahmed Patel connection with its Party and the BJP’s ally of the party in January; Sachin Pilot will have in the three-member money laundering at the Centre, submitted second, party stands and virtually no role in Ra- Rajasthan committee probe linked to alleged his resignation to Lok looks united after three- jasthan governance and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot along with Congress leaders Ambika formed to sort out the financial irregularities Sabha Speaker Om Birla. month-long internal tur- party matters and most Soni and AK Antony after a meeting with party’s Interim President Pilot camp related issues. in the Jammu and ey Laundering Act and “I had raised various bulence and third and likely will be given Sonia Gandhi, in New Delhi on Saturday. Kashmir Cricket Asso- the attached properties people-centric issues most important outcome some important respon- ciation, official sources are located in Jammu with the committees especially for Rajasthan sibility at AICC head- general secretary with their old friendship and Nath, who is all set to said on Saturday. and Srinagar. I was part of. It is sad that action has not been politics is that after his quarters in New Delhi, the charge of a few ma- wavelength. However, take charge of party They said the agency Two immovable as- taken on the issues,” plain talk with Mrs Gan- maybe one of the work- jor states. In that situa- under a Rahul regime, funds as its treasurer in has issued a provisional sets are residential, one Beniwal said. P7 dhi on Rajasthan’s inter- ing presidents of the tion, a Rahul-Pilot team the third important place of Pawan Bansal. attachment order under is a commercial prop- nal political matters, party or some powerful will gel well because of player will be Kamal Turn to P6 the Prevention of Mon- erty while Turn to P6 RAJASTHAN www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia JAIPUR | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2020 02 Roadways 50% promises in starts AC bus 101 VYING FOR 45 CHAIRMAN from Jaipur to Congress manifesto Jaisalmer Suryaveer Singh fulfilled: Dotasra POSTS, ELECTION TODAY Laxman Raghav/ Jaisalmer: Rajasthan Sanjay Pareek Elections for the posts of chairman in 45 urban local bodies will be held on Sunday Roadways started AC Dr Rituraj Sharma sleeper bus from Jaipur Bikaner: PCC chief to Jaisalmer. MLA Ru- Govind Singh Dotasra Jaipur: The elections Congress shifts param Dhandev wel- on Saturday said that for the posts of chair- comed the passengers the Cong govt in Ra- man in 45 urban local councillors to Bikaner aboard by garlanding jasthan will complete bodies of 12 districts in them, while the driver, its five-tenure and Govind Singh Dotasara the state will be held on Sunil Sihag nicipalities and the conductor, and other BJP’s efforts of desta- Sunday.