DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU MONDAY, MAY 10, 2021 (PAGE 7) PM Modi pays tributes to Tagore, Himanta Biswa Sarma to be next Assam Hold meetings of parliamentary panels virtually: Gokhale, Maharana Pratap NEW DELHI, May 9: CM, swearing in likely today Congress, TMC to Rajya Sabha chairman Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to GUWAHATI, May 9: Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his 160th birth anniversary. NEW DELHI, May 9: Standing Committees are an cases per day for the past two Tagore was born on May 7 but his birthday is celebrated in North East Democratic effective, non-partisan mecha- weeks. The opposition Congress and West Bengal, where he was born and is revered, according to the Alliance (NEDA) convenor nism of Parliament and the tra- "In light of the prevailing TMC have written to presiding traditional Bengali calendar, and this year it falls on Sunday. Himanta Biswa Sarma is all set dition of collective brain- circumstances, I urge your officers of Rajya Sabha and Lok "On Tagore Jayanti, I bow to the great Gurudev Tagore. May to become Assam's next Chief storming in the committees is a good offices to reconsider our Sabha to allow virtual meetings cherished achievement of the request for conducting virtual his exemplary ideals keep giving us strength and inspiration to Minister after being elected of parliamentary standing com- build the India he dreamt of," he said, paying tributes to the man of unanimously as the leader of the parliamentary system. meetings of parliamentary mittees, saying Parliament can- "The meetings of the committees, including depart- many talents. BJP Legislature Party and sub- not be a mute spectator to the Tagore was a playwright, philosopher, composer and poet.He sequently as the NDA Standing Committees at this mentally related standing com- COVID crisis and must give a juncture will provide the nation mittees, consultative commit- had won the Nobel prize for literature. Legislature Party on Sunday, message of solidarity with peo- The Prime Minister also paid tributes to freedom fighter Gopal central observer and Union much required collective initia- tees and select committees," he ple. tive across the party lines. They said. Krishna Gokhale and celebrated warrior king Maharana Pratap, Agricultural Minister Narendra In a letter to Rajya Sabha both of whom were born on this day. Singh Tomar said. are an effective instrument to This is the TMC's third let- Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, ensure accountability, to pro- ter on the issue, the party said, Gokhale's life was devoted to serving the nation, and it will Ending speculations on who Leader of Opposition vide an institutional platform to adding that the first was sent in always inspire the countrymen, the Prime Minister said. would occupy the top post as Mallikarjun Kharge said parlia- all stakeholders and to collec- July 2020 and the next in Paying tributes to Maharana Pratap, Modi said he brought glory both Sarma and outgoing chief mentary panels can contribute tively explore solutions. August 2020. to India with his valour, boundless courage and battle skills. minister Sarbananda Sonowal Himanta Biswa Sarma displaying victory sign after being to the ongoing endeavours in "It is in this spirit that I The opposition parties had His sacrifice and devotion to the motherland will always be were contenders, the powerful elected as the Legislative Party leader. (UNI) containing the pandemic and urge you to allow the virtual raised a similar demand in July memorable, he said. (PTI) NEDA convenor was elected as leader'', Tomar said. ture party meeting together in providing relief to people. meetings of the Standing last year after the COVID pan- the legislature party leader, a The meeting was held amid the same vehicle. "At this hour of collective Committees," he said in his let- demic outbreak. Both Lok Heinous crime by Center to week after the ruling alliance strict COVID distancing and The outgoing Chief Minister crisis, the Parliament of India ter. Sabha Speaker and Rajya won the assembly elections with safety rules at the BJP's confer- presented him with the tradi- cannot be and must not be a Trinamool Congress' Sabha Chairman had then com- a clear majority for the second ence hall in the Assam tional 'gamosa' and patted him mute spectator. It must give a national spokesperson Derek municated that virtual meetings message of solidarity with the successive term. Legislative assembly, in the on the back before the beaming O'Brien wrote to Naidu and of parliamentary committees export vaccines : Sisodia people, of serious business to Sources said Sarma was presence of central observers duo posed for photographs. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla could not be allowed because NEW DELHI, May 9: likely to meet Governor alleviate their agony and of on the same issue. of the confidentiality clause Tomar and Arun Singh, party's The party's central leader- unity of purpose," he said. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Sunday attacked Jagadish Mukhi on Sunday national general secretary. ship had summoned Chief "India has reported more and it could only be altered by evening to stake claim for the The senior Congress leader than three lakh new COVID-19 Parliament. (PTI) the Centre over the export of coronavirus vaccines, saying a large A meeting of NDA partners- Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the Department Related number of lives could have been saved formation of the next govern- BJP, AGP and UPPL- was also and Health Minister Himanta in India if the doses were given to peo- ment. subsequently held and Sarma Biswa Sarma, both contenders ple in the country first. The swearing in of the new was unanimously elected as the for the top post, to New Delhi Country needs breath, not "It's a heinous crime committed by ministry was likely to be held on leader of the NDA Legislature on Saturday for discussions on the Central government to sell vaccines Monday at the Srimanta Party, paving the way for him to the formation of the next gov- to other countries only for its image Sankardeva Kalakshetra. become the next Chief Minister ernment in the state. PM’s residence: Rahul management at a time when people Sarmas name was proposed of the state. The ruling BJP alliance is NEW DELHI, May 9: ambit of "essential services" to the country's medical infra- were dying in our own country," he by the outgoing Chief Minister Earlier in the day, Assam the first non-Congress govern- ensure smooth movement of structure amid the COVID-19 told an online briefing. Sarbananda Sonowal and sec- Chief Minister Sarbananda ment in the state to win the elec- Hitting out at the Centre for labourers during the ongoing pandemic to save people's Citing a newspaper report, Sisodia onded by BJP state party presi- Sonowal tendered his resigna- tions for the second consecutive continuing the construction lockdown in Delhi. lives. said the Centre sold coronavirus vac- dent and Patacharkuchi MLA tion to Governor Jagadish term. work for the Central Vista rede- "The country needs breath, The opposition party has cines to 93 countries of which 60 percent had COVID-19 under Ranjeet Kumar Dass and newly Mukhi who as is tradition, asked Of the 126 assembly seats in velopment project amid the rag- not the prime minister's resi- also criticised the Centre for control, and also where there was no threat of loss of life due to the elected Haflong MLA Nandita him to continue till the forma- Assam, the ruling alliance has ing COVID-19 pandemic, dence," Gandhi said in a tweet, according the construction virus. Garlosa. As no other name was tion of the next government. secured 75 seats with BJP win- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi sharing pictures of people work for the Central Vista proj- A large number of youths in the country perished to the coron- proposed for the top job, Sarma Sarma also called on ning 60 while its alliance part- on Sunday said the country standing in a queue for refill- ect the "essential services" tag avirus in the second wave of the pandemic, he said, adding their has been elected unanimously as Sonowal before the meeting and ners AGP got nine seats and needs breath and not the prime ing oxygen cylinders and the and accused the government of lives could have been saved if the vaccines were given to them the BJP Legislature Party the duo arrived for the legisla- UPPL six. (PTI) minister's residence. construction work for the having its priorities wrong. instead of exporting the doses. The redevelopment project Central Vista project on In another tweet, Gandhi He said the Centre should now ensure that the vaccines manu- of the Central Vista -- the power Rajpath. said the pandemic is spreading factured in the country are provided to the states that are facing a COVID-appropriate behaviour, vaccination corridor of the country -- envis- Amid rising COVID-19 fast in rural areas. shortage. (PTI) ages a new triangular cases, several states have been "After cities, now villages main shields against future waves Parliament building, a common facing a crippling shortage of are also dependent on God," Central Secretariat, the revamp- CRPF orders enquiry against DIG NEW DELHI, May 9: stopped if prescribed guidelines second wave has led to panic oxygen, leaving hospitals and the former Congress president NEW DELHI, May 9: ing of the three-km-long family members of patients tweeted in Hindi. about precautions, surveillance, among people, what is adding to Rajpath from the Rashtrapati With the second wave of the containment, treatment and test- their fear is the constant threat of scrambling to ensure a steady On Sunday, India recorded An enquiry has been ordered against a CRPF deputy inspector COVID-19 pandemic ravaging Bhavan to India Gate and new supply.