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VIJAYADASHAMI SPEECH IndiajoltedChina,must buildtiestogrowbigger thanBeijing:RSSchief Attacks‘tukde tukde gang’, foreign ‘agents’; backs newfarm legislation Bhagwat at Sangh’s Dussehra PM paid tributes to Indira event in Nagpur Sunday. ANI Gandhi in MannKiBaat. ANI VIVEKDESHPANDE NAGPUR,OCTOBER25 event that wasshrunk by restric- THREE IS A CROWD INDIA’S RESPONSE to the “en- tions due to the Covid-19pan- Light alamp croachments” in Ladakh had demic this year,Bhagwat threw The effigies of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna burn in adesertedfield during alow-key Dussehracelebration in Noida on Sunday. GajendraYadav “numbed and jolted”China, his weight behind the central for soldiers, RashtriyaSwayamsevakSangh government on the three con- (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said tentious farm laws and virtually on Sunday, and calledfor a endorsedUttar Pradesh Chief go vocal for strengthening of ties with other MinisterYogi Adityanath’s the- On Amazon’s plea, Singapore neighbours to present amore oryofan“international conspir- local: Modi powerful counter to the Chinese. acy” againstthe stategovern- In hisaddress to asmall gath- ment —eventhough he did not tribunal stalls Future-RIL deal ering of swayamsevaks at the directlymention either the new EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE RSS’s annual Vijayadashami CONTINUEDONPAGE2 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 ` 90 per kilo Express that the order,issuedby PRIME MINISTER Narendra AASHISHARYAN an emergency arbitrator of SIAC, Smallwin INSIDE Modi on Sundayasked his coun- ` 118 per kilo NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 will be valid forthe next 90 days inlong INDIA WANTS trymen to light lamps forthe sol- until an official arbitration panel E diers guarding the nation’s bor- ● battle ` 145 per kilo ISSUINGANemergency order on is appointed. EXPLAINED END TO LAC ders, and to go “vocal forlocal” aplea from global e-commerce Theysaid that although TENSION, BUT in their festival shopping. ` 68 per Dozen giant Amazon, the Singapore Indian laws do notrecognise the IN THE shortterm, the “Wehavetoremember our International Arbitration Centre conceptofinternational arbitra- Singaporetribunal's or- ‘ManyHigh Courts too WON’T CEDE soldiers who areonthe borders (SIAC) SundayrestrainedFuture tion and emergency orders is- der could be asetbackin suggest we intervene... AN INCH: during these festivities, protect- Group and Reliance Industries suedbysuchtribunals, the or- FutureGroup’s attempts We don’t censor.We ing Bharat Mata. We mustlight a Limited from proceeding with ders areusually“respected”by to cut itsdebt. For believeinself-regulation’ RAJNATH lampinthe honour of these sons THE EDITORIAL PAGE PAGE 5 the Rs 24,713-croredeal signed business houses. Amazon, the ruling PRAKASH JAVADEKAR and daughters of Bharat Mata. I in Augustfor FutureRetail to sell However, Reliance Retail marks asmall victoryin Minister for Information & want to tell our bravesoldiers that THECHINAFACTOR itsretail, wholesale, logistics and Ventures Ltd, aunit of RIL, said the longer corporatebat- Broadcasting, Environment, youmay beat the borders but the BY TANVI MADAN warehousing unitstoReliance that it intends to "enforce its tle expected ahead. Forest and Climate Change whole nation is with you,” the PAGE 10 Retail and Fashionstyle. rightsand complete the PAGE 7 No ideology, norms, culture: Prime Ministersaid during his Legal sources told The Indian CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio address. Tens of thousands of Indian Uddhav tears into BJP, says soldiers have been lockedina standoffwith Chinese forces in Arriving in Delhi today, J&K is past stage of uneasy calm, amend or abandon the GST high-altitudeterrain in Eastern Ladakh since May. Pompeo says share vision problems of the GSTregime or Greeting the nation on says Army Corps Commander EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE revert to the earlier system. He Dussehra, Modi urgedpeople to MUMBAI,OCTOBER25 also accusedthe BJP of playing remain mindful of the ongoing for an open Indo-Pacific is responsible foroperations politics over the Covid-19pan- coronavirus pandemic, and to KRISHNKAUSHIK Lt General along the Line of Control and MAHARASHTRA CHIEF Minister demic; and said the ShivSena's buy Indian products. SRINAGAR,OCTOBER25 BSRajuisin againstmilitancy. UddhavThackeray launcheda Hindutvawas about nationalism, “When yougoshopping dur- SHUBHAJITROY charge of Raju wasspeaking to re- blistering attackonthe BJP and not“clanging bells and utensils”. ing these festivals please re- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 MORE THAN ayear afterthe operations porters aday before the Centre the central government on Thackeray comparedthe exit member we have to give prior- Central government removed along LoC amendedthe Jammu and Sunday, accusing them of having of the BJP's old ally, the Shiromani ity to local products. ...Today WITH US SecretaryofState the special status giventoJammu Kashmir Panchayati RajAct to in- no ideology,norms, or culture. Akali Dal, from the NDA, and its when we aregoing vocal forlo- Michael RPompeo and Defence and Kashmir under Article 370 clude athirdtier of governance, Thackeray demandedthat veteranMaharashtraleader cal, the worldisalso becoming a SecretaryMarkTEsper landing and split the stateintotwo Union to Lieutenant General BSRaju, at the district level, to setthe the government either fixthe CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 in NewDelhi Mondayfor the 2+2 Territories, the region is “pastthat Commander of the Army’s stagefor the Panchayatand ministerial meeting with their Secy of State(left); Def Secy stageofuneasy calm”, according Chinar Corps (XV Corps), which CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Indian counterparts,New Delhi arecoming for2+2meeting and Washington areworking to enhancemilitaryinteraction and 2016 TRAIN ACCIDENT THAT KILLED 152 cooperation in defence and se- Modi and meetNSA Ajit Doval, Chirag fires another salvo, warns curity —with an eyeonin- apartfromattending separate EXPERT creasedChinesebelligerence in bilateral meetings. Panel finds welding fault the region. “Wheels up formytrip to Nitish of jail over ‘corruption’ EXPLAINS Ahead of their summit with India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and but adds caveat: wait for Amitabh Mattoo External Affairs MinisterS Indonesia. Grateful forthe op- Jaishankar and Defence Minister portunity to connect with our EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE FromTheIndianExpresspanel DECISION ofspecialists,exclusiveinsight Rajnath Singh on October 27, partners to promote ashared vi- PATNA,OCTOBER25 the NIA sabotage probe sources said twoIndian officials sion forafreeand open 2020 will be designated forcounter- #IndoPacific composedofinde- LJP PRESIDENT Chirag Paswan US PRESIDENTS terrorism cooperation with the pendent, strong, and prosperous said Sundaythat if his party was BIHAR AVISHEKGDASTIDAR US. Pompeo and Esper will also nations," Pompeo postedon voted to power, all those in- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 ANDINDIA call on Prime MinisterNarendra CONTINUEDONPAGE2 volvedin“corruption” in the Nitish Kumar government’s Saat THE PROBE intothe derailment The US relationship is the Nischayscheme, includingthe of 14 coaches of the Indore-Patna most important of India’s THE CITY Chief Ministerhimself, would be LJP president Chirag Paswan Express that killed152 passen- bilateral ties. Have Republican BUSINESSASUSUAL senttojail. at the Buxar rallySunday. PTI gers on November 20, 2016 near Presidents been more Paswan wasaddressing a Kanpur washandedovertothe pro-India than Democrats? BY UNNY public meeting in Dumraon, National Investigation Agency 14 coaches were derailed. File EXPLAINED Buxar.Saat NischayorSeven crowd, “Jin logon ne Saat Nischay RAJPUT DOYEN’S amid suspicions raisedbythe PAGE 9 Resolutions is aflagship scheme mein bhrashtachaar kiyahai, DAUGHTER TRIES government attributing the ac- of the JD(U)-BJP government to unka kyakarna chaahiye (What OUT ANEW ARENA cident to terroristsabotage.Then Commissioner of Railway Safety build rural roads, drains and should we do with the people in- Railway MinisterSuresh Prabhu is in. And it identifies asudden EXPRESS NETWORK overall sanitation. volvedincorruption in Saar JAGADANAND SINGH had said therewas “possible catastrophic mechanical failure Paswan leftthe NDAinBihar Nischay)?” When asection of the criminal interference by out- as the “probable cause”. justbeforethe elections and has crowdsaid suchpeople should HAS LALU’S EARS, siders” and at aUPelection rally, The reportsays that apartof ALL DATES DECIDED... MOTHER OF WOMAN been attacking the JD(U) since, be sent to jail, the LJP chief said, TEJASHWI’S BACK Prime MinisterNarendraModi, the welding on acoachgaveway BE IT RAM TEMPLE RUES SENDING HER including over the Saat Nischay “To chaliyeChirag Paswan aap lo- PAGE 8 too, calledita“conspiracy". due to corrosion, fell off, and got OR WAR WITH PAK, ON TRIP TO QATAR scheme,whilepraisingPrime gonsewaada kartahai, agar LJP FULL COVERAGE, VISIT While the NIA probeisstill on “embedded” in the track, creat- CHINA: UP BJP CHIEF PAGE 3 MinisterNarendraModi. At the ki sarkar aayi, Saat Nischay WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM —nochargesheethas been filed ing an obstruction in movement PAGE 5 rallyonSunday, he asked the CONTINUEDONPAGE2 yet—the final reportofthe CONTINUEDONPAGE2
PAGE1 ANCHOR Bengaluru killing, twocalls raise alarm overnew gangland order
ment in robberyand extortion of Manoj Kodikere, an activistof communal shades in recent to fill the vacuum in the under- polls from Udupi’s Kundapur, JOHNSONTA andwasanassociateoftheextra- the Hindu Jagaran Vedikewith years —mirroring the Mumbai worldleftbythe death of Raiand had earlier accusedRai of cheat- BENGALURU,OCTOBER25 dited gangsterRaviPujari, was criminal antecedents, forthe gang rivalries of the 1990s. the arrest of Pujari, and whether ing him of his shareinaproperty killedoutside DuetBar and killing. “The murder wasthe fall- But the circumstances, police the fight has been extendedfrom deal in Mangaluru. “Thereare re- TEN DAYS ago, abar owner was Restaurant.Soon,acallerclaiming out of adisputebetween Hegde sources say, aredifferent. The Mangaluru to Bengaluru,” police ports that some of the persons shotoutside his establishment to beVijayShetty,aformerassoci- and Kodikerefor control of busi- Bengaluru killing has come at a sources said. who surrendered forthe murder in the heartofBengaluru with a ateofMumbai gangsterChhota ness activities at the Mangalore time when the local underworld Pujari hails from Mangaluru, in Udupi on September 24 are breech-loading gun, and then Rajan and aself-styled“patriotic” port,” police sources said. is in astate of flux following the whichwas also Rai’s hometown. linked to Rakesh Malli,” police hackedwith amachete.This gangster, calledtwo localchannels In his phone calls to TV9in death of former don Muthappa Raiwas extradited in 2002 from sources said. rare underworldkilling in the in Bengaluru and Mangaluru to Bengaluru and Daijiworld in Rai, 68,due to cancer in Mayand Dubai wherehewas an associate UnlikeRai, who went from central business district, fol- claimthatthekillingwasanactof Mangaluru, the caller who iden- the extradition of Pujari, 54,from of Sharad Shetty,the Mumbai Bengaluru to Dubai before being lowedbyachilling phone call to revengefor amurder in coastal tifiedhimself as VijayShetty Ravi Pujari (left) wasextradited from Senegal in February; Senegal in February. gangsterfromthe Dawood extradited,Pujari wasapartof twoTVchannels, has raisedap- Karnataka lastmonth. claimedthat the Bengaluru bar- Muthappa RaidiedinMay The big question, sources say, Ibrahim gang. And since Rai’s the Mumbai underworldand prehensions in police circles On September 24,Kishan owner had allegedly orches- is whether this is apossible power death, therehavebeen reports the Chhota Rajan gang before that anew gangland order is Hegde, agangsterinUdupi with trated the Udupi murder.“He struggle forthe control of that one of his former associates moving abroad. He is alleged to moving to take over organised alleged linkstoHindutvagroups, (Manish Shetty) providedall the murder wascarriedout. This is of the bar owner would have Bengaluru among underworld Rakesh Malli, 49,has been trying have collaborated with Raiinthe crime in the tech city. washackedtodeath in broad supportfor the murder.Hewas whyweattackedManish been considered an extension of remnantsfromvarious groups. to gain control of the gang. 2001 murder of the realtor OnOctober15,ManishShetty, daylight by agroup of men. the boss of KodikereManoj. It is Shetty,'” the caller claimed. Mangaluru gang rivalries that “Weare trying to ascertain if there Malli, who wasaCongress SubbarajuinBengaluru. 41,who has ahistory of involve- Udupi Police arrested associates under his influence that the In normal course, the killing have long histories and taken is an attempt by different groups candidatefor the 2018 Assembly CONTINUEDONPAGE2 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER26,2020
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Todaykhadi is Futuregroupwithoutanydelay". Intherun-upto theUPassem- dues, and other states were com- regarded as an eco-friendlyfab- TheFutureGroupdidnotrespond laws or the Hathras incident, ingpoliciesof today’sleadership ited sense of waytoworship or He calledfor promoting an- blyelectionsinMarch 2017,Prime plaining as well, Thackeray said. ric,” he said. to queriesfromTheIndianExpress. bothof whichtriggeredpower- of Bharat, and the unity dis- dietary practices (puja aur cient Indian agricultural prac- MinisterNarendraModihadsaid: “I appeal to all Chief Ministers to Modi gave the example of “Wewelcome the awardof ful protests. playedbyits people,” the RSS khaanpaan).” tices and organic farming by “Gonda is aborder districttouch- comeforwardtodiscussthis.The OaxacainMexico,wherekhadiis theemergencyarbitrator.Weare “China is mentionedinan chief said. An attackonthis concept blending them with modern ing Nepal. Therewas arail acci- PM should accept the lacunae in woven in severalvillages. grateful forthe order,which asandigdha (in no uncertain Opposition parties and the “loosens the common string practices. “The policies should dentinKanpur,hundredsofpeo- theGSThonestly, anditshouldbe Modinarratedthestoryofone grantsall the reliefsthat were terms) wayinthe discourse on “tukde-tukdegang”were “trying thatbindsustogether”,Bhagwat be suchthat afarmer should be plewere killed.Somepeoplehave amended. Otherwise, we should MarkBrown of Oaxaca, who had sought,” said aspokesperson for the coronavirus. An arrogant to divideandweakenIndianso- said. “So those trying to divide able to use these research find- been arrested... This wasnot an revert to the old taxregime that been inspired to visit India after Amazon, whichhad objected to and expansionistChina en- ciety by creating social strife”, us startbycriticising the word ings and sell his produce with- accident, it wasaconspiracy. will benefit the states,” he said. watching afilm on Mahatma the deal citing contractual viola- croacheduponourterritory. Itis Bhagwat said. “Thereare such ‘Hindu'. Theytry to spread that out getting trapped—either in Whereweretheconspiratorshid- On the BJP's election promise Gandhi. Brown“visited Bapu’s tions by the FutureGroup in an conducting itself similarly with powers in the worldand their we arenot Hindus. Theyde- theinterpretationsof thosefind- ing? Across the border.” He was of providingfreeCovid-19vaccine ashraminIndia...Herealisedthat earlier agreement with it. the whole world. But Bharat’s agents (hastak)inIndia, who scribethe diversity of India in ings that areaimedatmaking speaking at acampaign rallyin in Bihar,Thackeray asked:“Is the khadi wasnot justacloth; it was “If Future-RIL decide to go reaction numbed,jolted them. paintthediversityof Indiaasdi- termsof separateness.Theycall profit, or in sponsored research Gonda on February28, 2017. rest of the countryPakistanor acomplete wayoflife,”Modisaid. ahead with the deal within the Our soldiers gave them abrave visions,andincitestrife,”hesaid. differences, separateness. They by the corporatesector,orun- When contacted,PKAcharya Bangladesh or Kazakhstan? “He introducedthe villagers of next 90 days,Amazon will seek reply. Due to this, other coun- “If aone-offincident hap- makeitasourceforseparatism.” derpressurefrommarket forces told The Indian Express:“Isaid (in Those who areplaying divisive Oaxaca in Mexico to khadi. And enforcementof thearbitrationor- tries toohavestarted to scold pens... it should nothappen. Apparentlyreferringto non- and middlemen. Onlythen will thereport)thatif theNIAfindsout politics should be ashamedof nowOaxaca khadi has become a der,” sources said. China,” Bhagwat said. Whyshould therebeany inci- Hindus,Bhagwatsaid,“If we call suchapolicy be compatible thatitwasacaseof sabotage then themselves.” brand.”ThePMremindedpeople As partofthe deal, Kishore “This has createdasituation dentof atrocityanddiscrimina- youasHindus or youcall your- with the Bharatiya view, and be anythingcouldhappen...Iwillnot Without naming Governor of the servicesofthose who have Biyani-ledFutureRetail will sell thatChinahadnotthoughtof.It tion? But if aone-offincident selvesasHindus, youdon’t lose atrulySwadeshi policy.” be able to sayanything on the re- BhagatSinghKoshyari,Thackeray been keeping lifegoing at adiffi- itssupermarket chain Big Bazaar, is notclear howitwill react. So does take place in suchabig anythingexceptthefundamen- Bhagwat welcomedthe portasIhaveretired.” saidthosewhowere questioning cult time, and urgedthem to be premium food supplyunit we will have to always remain country, the administration talist (kattarpanthi)belief that neweducation policy of the Acharya retiredinJuly2018af- the ShivSena's Hindutvawere includedinthe festivities. “We Foodhall,andfashionandclothes alertand prepared,” he said. should immediatelycatchthe yours is the onlysuperior faith. Modigovernment. “Fortunately, tercompletingtheprobeandsub- “hiding in their holes” when the have understood the important supermartBrand Factory’s retail Bhagwat added: “Wewill culpritsand punish them. But Youhavetoonlyquitthefunda- we can rely on and expect from mitting his findings, whichhave Babri Masjid wasdemolished. roles that safai karmacharis, do- and wholesale units, to Mukesh have to improveour strategic while reacting, as asociety,we mentalism and feeling of sepa- the prevailing political leader- beenformalisednow.Hesaidthat Koshyari recentlywrote to mestic helps, local vegetable Ambani-ownedReliance Retail. preparedness,economicpower mustkeep in mind that it does ratism that youare different.” ship to engender the feeling of thereisnofurther technical eval- Thackeray demandingthatplaces seller,the milkman and security However, Amazon had and international relations and notaffect national integration, The RSS chief calledfor onenessandtrustwithregard to uation needed. “Wedid alot of of worship be openedup, and guards play. In our hour of diffi- claimedits “contractual rights” grow bigger than China in and (reactions) areexpressed adoption of Swadeshi. “It isn’t matterssmallandbigamongall evaluation. We even rantests on mockingly asking the CM culty,theystood by us. Nowdur- had been violated.Lastyear, powerand reach(vyapti) in our within the limitsofthe consti- justaboutproductionwithinthe the people.” prototypes in Howrah, etc,” he whetherhehadturned“secular”. ingthefestivities,we have to keep FutureRetail had signeda relationship with neighbours... tutional and legal framework.” countryand about economic On the Covid-19pandemic, said.Thereportrulesoutthepos- On the death of the actor them with us. Iurgeyou to in- Rs 2,000-croredeal forAmazon “Wemustfosterties with Bhagwat said, “thereare gains remaining within the Bhagwat said, “Weneednot sibility of asimple rail fractureon Sushant Singh Rajput, the CM re- clude them likeafamilymem- to acquire49per cent stakein Brahmadesh(Myanmar), Sri peopleinourcountrywhofeign country. The thought behind fear coronavirus, but should be multiple grounds: four trains ferred to the “mudslinging” ber,”Modi said. FutureCoupons, the promoter Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal, faithintheConstitutionandlaw, suchproductionshould be our alertand cautious. We cannot passedthe spotwithout report- againstthe government, the Referring to Covid, he said firm of FutureRetail. whichare countries muchlike but areseen indulging in vio- own(swa-adharit)... Bhagwat stop living. Coronavirus is ing anyabnormality;the drag Thackeray family, and Tourism Dussehraisasmuchafestivalof According to Amazon, the us. We mustconnect ourselves lence.Theyare also seen raising said,“Weare opento foreignin- spreading but fatalities areless. marks of the derailedcoachwas MinisterAadityaThackeray.“You thevictoryofpatienceovercrises deal had also givenita“call” op- quicklywith them. Differences slogans of splitting the country vestorsandgivingrelaxationsto Due to the pandemic, we have notaslong as it should have been cannotdoanything againstusas as it is of the victoryofgood over tion, whichenabledittoexercise and disputes would always be (desh ke tukde karne ki ghosh- companiesofferingnewertech- startedlearning the impor- in acase of rail fracture. we areclean... Youusedoffensive evil. “All of youare carrying on the option of acquiring all or part there,butwe willhave to tryand nayein).” nologies, providedtheyengage tance of hygiene, environment, “All the fracturefaces of rails language, but nothing happened withimmensepatience,celebrat- of FutureRetail’s shareholding in clear them soon.” Bhagwatalsoblamed“these on our terms.” and familyvalues.” were crystallineinnatureindicat- because we areclean. Nowyou ingthefestivalwithrestraint...and the company, within three to 10 TheincidentinLadakh“was people” forspreading miscon- He expressedsatisfaction The pandemic, Bhagwat ing sudden breakagehad taken have to swallowit.” hence, in our ongoing fight, our yearsof theagreement.Itsaidthe the firsttime that China experi- ceptions about the RSS idea of that as aresult of the reforms in said, “has givenrise to chal- place due to sudden service im- victorytooisassured,”Modisaid. deal also required FutureGroup encedthe coming together of Hindutva. “Weuse the word the farm sector,farmers would lenges of unemployment... The pact,” the reportstates. Bengaluru killing “Manymorefestivals areon to inform Amazon before enter- the patriotism and valour of Hinduforall130crore peopleof beableto selltheirproduceany- challengeistocreateopportu- The reportalso reliedonwit- Pujari wasprimarilyinvolved thewayinthedays to come.There ing intoany sale agreement with Indiansoldiers,theself-respect- India. We don’t use it in the lim- whereinthe country. nities in different places”. nessaccountsof thetrain’sdriver in extortion activities using the is Eid, Sharad Purnima, Valmiki thirdparties. who said that aftercrossing services of ahenchman from Jayanti, Dhanteras, Diwali, Bhai Amazon had calledFuture’s Pukhrayan he noticedthat the Mangalore,KaliYogesh,whoisre- dooj, Chhath and Guru Nanak agreement with Reliance aviola- overhead equipment wasshak- portedlyinaforeigncountry, and Jayanti.” tionof anon-compete clauseand Chirag fires another salvo, threatens Nitish with jail ing and the brakepressureofthe local aides likethe bar-owner The government’s newfarm aright-of-first-refusalpact.Onits mein jitna bhrashtachaar hua involved, whether it is the offi- ke liyemajboor kar de, kyaaise suchaCMshould be removed engine wasdropping. He imme- Manish Shetty,police sources laws wouldrevolutionisetheagri- part, the FutureGroup had said it hai, jo ghotaala hua hai, chaahe cials or the CM himself, to jail)." CM ko CM bane rehna chaahiye or not. The crowdsaid “yes". diatelyappliedemergency said.ThemurderedShettyserved culturesector,Modisaid.Hegave had notsold anystake,and was adhikari ne kiyahoyamukhya- He also asked the people (A CM who ruins Bihar,aCM Addressing another meet- brakes, he said. a10-yearjailtermfora2006bank the example of “a companyin merelyselling itsassets. mantri ne swayam kiyaho, unko would theywant aCMlikethat. who forces the youth of Bihar to ing, at Sitamarhi, reveredasthe Among others, the probealso robberyinBelagaviwherehewas Maharashtra(that)boughtmaize jail bhej denge (So letmeprom- “Jo mukhyamantri Bihar ko bar- migrate, should suchaCM birthplace of Sita, Paswan quoted the account of Prakash partofagang that robbed Rs 8 from farmers and gave them a ise youthat if the LJP comes to baad kar de, jo mukhyamantri stay)?" Paswan asked.When promisedtobuild agrand tem- Kumar Pandey, apassenger and lakh from an SBI branch. He was bonus over the price... The com- Commander power, we would send all those Bihar ke naujavanon ko palayan the crowdsaid “no", he said if ple forher. BTechstudent of mechanical en- arrestedfollowinganarmedrob- panysaid that the newlawsre- DistrictDevelopmentCommittee gineering. Pandeytold investiga- bery worthRs2.90 crorefroma latedtoagriculturehaveenabled elections. “Wehavebeen able to tors that he wasawake at night branchofChemmanur Jewellers farmersto selltheirproduceany- stopinfiltrationsubstantially”due Of the total number of mili- 2019),102werebetweentheages hanceaccuracyof automatedsys- ministers will seek to solidify and could hear “heavy sound in Bengaluru in August2007. whereinthecountryandtheyare to “acombinationof alot of efforts tantspresent in Kashmir as of of 16 and 25 —62werekilled, 14 tems and weapons likemissiles strategic alignment and reiterate coming from S1 coach” after While in prison, he is alleged gettingpaidwell.Sothecompany that is being put in by the ground October,89are with Lashkar-e- apprehendedand twohad sur- and armeddrones. theneedtoworktogetherinpro- Jhansi and also before the acci- to have been involvedincoordi- thought that this extraprofit force”, including “additional per- Taiba, of which51are Pakistani. rendered.Theyshowthat the to- “With respect to military-to- moting a“free and open” Indo- dent. Acharya recordedinthe nating extortion activities of the should be shared with farmers.” sonnel, additional technology” Hizbul Mujahideen has atotal 56 talnumber of militantskilledin militaryengagement, we are Pacific. chronology of his reportthat in Pujari gang with associates like Modi spokeofPulwama dis- along the LoC and “drones to militants, with 52 local recruits; J&K till October is 171, along with working to build greater interop- Officialssaidthetwosideswill January2017, variousnewspapers KaliYogishandNikhilShettywho trict in South Kashmir —often in monitor movement”, Raju said. Jaish-e-Mohammedhas52;and, 50 apprehendedand three sur- erabilityby increasingthesophis- also focus on four broad themes were reporting that “ISI of wasextradited from Dubai in thenews forterroristincidents— However, he pointed out, AlBadr,whichhadbeendormant rendered. tication of our combinedexer- from the defence and security Pakistan” wasbehind the acci- 2015.After his release, Manish whichisthelargest manufacturer thereis“no desireonthe partof formanyyears, had recruited 16 “Ihave saidthisearlier,itdoes- cises. The passing exercise perspective:regionalsecurityco- dent. Asked about the probere- Shetty providedmuscle fora of pencilsinthe country. Pakistantostopinfiltration”. local youth this year of which10 n’t give us pleasuretokill people, betweentheIndianNavyandthe operation, defence information portand itscontents, Chief fraudulent real estate firm and “Pulwama is playing an im- Oncombatingmilitancy,Raju areactive. especiallypeople who have just USS Nimitz Carrier StrikeGroup sharing, military-to-militaryin- Commissionerof Railway SafetyS wasaninformant, police sources portant role in educating the said: “Wehavebeen able to keep Major General Hashim Bali, pickeduparms amonth back,” this summer is justone example. teraction and defence trade. KPathak said: “I will notcom- said. One of the reasons that country. If children across the the violence levelatathresh- whoheadstheAwantipora-based Corps Commander Raju said. Therecentrefuellingof oneof our ment on the matter.” Bengaluru Police arenot readily countryare doing their home- old...wherenormal people can VictorForce,whichisresponsible He said the Armyhas been NavyP-8aircraftinPortBlairisan- NIA probe buyingtheclaimof gangsterVijay works... it is also because of the continue to do their job... (We) forall counter-terrorism and trying to encouragelocal recruits other example,”said asenior US as the train wasspeeding at 106 Uddhav ShettythattheBengalurumurder hardworkofpeople from have beenableto keeptheterror- counter-insurgencyoperationsin to surrender.“Notonlyinopera- official. km per hour.Two coaches “took Eknath Khadse from the party,to wasanact of revengeisthe lead Pulwama,”hesaid.Hementioned istnumbers also under afair south Kashmir,dismissedany tions,otherwisealsoalarge num- “Over the pastyear,wehave off” from the trackand became a adahi handi pyramid that was that the four hired killers – oneManzoorAhmadAlaiwhohe amount of control.” concerns about the revivalofAl beroffamilies todayare coming placedaUSliaison officer at the “projectileathighspeed”,andfell hollowingatthebottom,andwas Shashikiran (45), NityaShetty saidhadrisenfrommakingapple Today, north and south Badr.“If it waspotent, itsmem- out and saying that theywant InformationFusionCenter-Indian on athirdcoach. All of this hap- on itsway to inevitable collapse. (29), Ganesha (39) and Akshay boxestolarge-scale manufactur- Kashmir put together,Rajusaid, bers would have had arms and their children to come back. A OceanRegion.ThatisIndia’smar- penedwithin three seconds “When your foundation (32) -- were tracking the move- ing of pencils. hasover200militantsatany time, ammunition commensurateofa number of people have come itime domain awareness fusion around 3.02 am. stones weaken, youhavenoide- mentof thebar-ownerforatleast The PM also spokeabout a “whichwaslike260inthebegin- potent group,” he said. back,”hesaid. Raju said, “Weare center that theyhost. And an The CRS report, whichwas ology,norms of conduct, culture, four months prior to the killing. hairdresserfromTamilNadu,Pon ningof theyear”.Armydatashow According to official datafor sayingyoucancomeback”—and Indian liaison wasplacedatUS submittedin June this year and is nothing.Suchagovernmentisnot Twooftheallegedkillers,who Mariappan,whohadconverteda that of the 207active militants, 2020, morethan one-thirdoflo- justbecausethey“heldagunand CentralCommand...bothof these currentlyunder consideration, goingto lastlong.Iagainchallenge were arrestedwithinhoursof the partofhis salon in Thoothukudi 117are local recruitsand 90 from cal recruitshavealifespan of less tookaphoto”doesnotmeanthey have enhancedcoordinationand hasanunusualcaveat.Itsays that you(the BJP) to topple our gov- murder,wereemployednear intoalibrary, andof similarinspir- Pakistan.Aregion-wisebreak-up thanthreemonthsoncetheyjoin have to die. informationsharingbetweenour itsconclusions arevalid only“if ernment... but firstprotect your DuetBar,police sources said. ing effortsinMadhya Pradesh, of the datashows that north militancy.Around44percentare navies. We also hope to confirm sabotage is ruledout by NIA”. government (in Delhi). Because “The killing of Kishan Hegde Bhavnagar,Chandigarh, and Kashmirhas22localrecruitsand killedwithin six months, and Pompeo, Esper twoadditionalIndianliaisonoffi- “The reportoftheir (NIA) in- one day, people will look beyond inUdupimayhavebeenthespark Arunachal Pradesh by ordinary 65 Pakistani militantswhile the nearly twoineverythree(62.6per The twosides areworking to cer placementsinthe near term vestigation has notbeen submit- youand say, 'give us anyone else, to executetheBengalurumurder people and organisations. southhas95localrecruitsand25 cent) arekilledinless than ayear, conclude the Basic Exchangeand to expand counterterrorism co- tedtothe CRS, KolkataCircle so but notyou'. This thought has al- whichwas being plannedfor ModialsospokeaboutSardar militantsfromacross the border. the datashow. Cooperation Agreement (BECA) operation,” the official said. far. TheRailway Boardhasalsonot readystarted,”theChief Minister manymonths. But thereare hid- VallabhbhaiPatelandDrBhimrao The datashowthat while 24 Armydatashowthat of the during the visit. Akey military With Indian and Chinese forwardedany investigation re- said. Thackeray wasspeaking at den figures behind the curtains Ambedkar,and paid tributes to youth joinedmilitancy in north 131local recruitsinthe Valleytill pact, BECAwill allowIndia to use troops lockedinaborder stand- portofNIAto CRS...Hence,itisnot the ShivSena's annual Dussehra andwe aretryingto findthem,”a IndiraGandhi. Kashmir,107 did so in the south. September 2020 (up from 117in USgeospatialintelligenceanden- off,officialssaidtheIndianandUS possible to conclude the cause of rally. The strict Covid-19protocol senior police officer said. All Indian citizens will be given Withdraw TRP fraud case referred to CBI, NBA asks govt free Covid vaccine: Sarangi standi maylead to awitch-hunt complaint by an employeeofan nels areunder probe. Owner of small media agency held Union Finance Minister EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE againstthe media, itsadvertis- ad agency basedinDelhi. Based On Friday, Mumbai Police PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Nirmala Sitharaman had said the NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 ers and advertising agencies. We on areference by the UP govern- booked Republic Media Mumbai: The Mumbai police on accountsofsome of the accused BHUBANESWAR,OCTOBER25 announcement wasinorder as sincerelyurgethe government ment, the CBI filedanFIR against Network’s executive editor,an Sundaymade another arrest in we have arrested as yet, we it wasanelection manifesto an- THE NEWSBroadcasters to immediatelywithdraw the unidentifiedpeople Tuesday. anchor,two reporters and other the TRP scam, taking the total found some suspicious transac- UNION MINISTER Pratap Sarangi nouncement. Association (NBA) has asked the case referred to CBI,” the state- Since then, Maharashtragov- editorial stafffor broadcasting al- number of arrestsinthe case to tions to their account from Sundaysaid everyIndian citizen Prime MinisterNarendra government to withdraw the ment said. ernment has withdrawnits leged defamatorynews content 10.The latestperson to be ar- Kolavde. We wanted to interro- will be providedfreeCovid-19 Modi has announcedthat all case of alleged TRP manipulation The NBAsaid the Broadcast “general consent” to the CBI to againstthe police department. rested is Abhishek Kolavde, gate him about the same.” vaccine, days afterthe BJP an- people will be providedfreeof that has been referred to the CBI. Audience Research Council, investigatecases in the state. The NBAstatement said it is owner of asmall media agency. Earlier this week,the police nounceditfor the people of poll- costvaccines. An estimated Rs In astatement Saturday, the whichmeasures and publishes Mumbai Police has been inves- “verydisturbed at the turn of The police were on the lookout had arrested Harish Patil (45) on bound Bihar. 500will be spent forthe vacci- NBAsaid,“The speedwith which TRP,“has amechanism to deal tigating the TRP case; itscom- eventsinMumbai as the clash forthe accusedwhen he even- the charge that he had helped The BJP announcement had nation of eachperson, Sarangi the case wastransferredtoCBI with suchcases”. The statement missioner ParamBir Singh men- between Republic TV and tuallyappeared before them on Kolavde flee. So far, five chan- kickedupacontroversy,with the told reporters afteraddressing a overnight raises doubtsabout comes againstthe backdrop of tionedearlier this month that Mumbai police is posing athreat Sunday. nels have been namedbythe opposition alleging that the rul- campaign meeting forthe the intentions. Acomplaint filed the government transferring the Republic TVwasone of the three to the credibility and respect of An officer said, “Kolavde is police and the owners of twoof ing party wasusing the pan- November 3assemblybypoll in againstunknown persons by an case to the CBI afteranFIR was channels involvedinthe alleged twogreat institutions,media the owner of asmall time media the channels have been ar- demic forpolitical reasons. Balasore. individual who has no locus filedinHazratganj basedonthe manipulation. Now, five chan- and police”. agency.During the auditing of rested. ENS WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM
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CITY COUPLE JAILED IN QATAR IN DRUG CASE After56hours,blaze Wish Ihadn’t let her go, says woman’s mother
SinceDecember,bothShareeq metother Indian citizens who atmallfinallyputout SRINATHRAO& and Oniba’s families had written were similarly dupedintotrans- SAGARRAJPUT to the Prime Minister’s Office, the porting luggagebycartels sup- MUMBAI,OCTOBER25 Union Home Ministerand plying drugstoQatar.Drug en- whichwewereunable to move material, especiallylithium bat- Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB), forcement officials in Mumbai SANJANABHALERAO without restrictions within the teriesinsideshopsalmostmatch- MOHAMMAD SHAREEQ and seeking help fortheir children. said that mostdrugs flowto MUMBAI,OCTOBER25 mall to douse the blaze. Initially, ingupto materialsstoredinsidea Oniba Qureshi were neversup- On September 27,2019, Qatar in concealedbags in the we continuedwith fire-fighting warehouse, the cooling opera- posedtogoonasecond honey- Oniba's father,Shakeel Ahmed hands of unsuspecting mules FIFTY-SIX HOURS afteritbroke from outside the mall. However, tions will also take time to con- moon. Notafter Oniba found out Qureshi, filedacomplaint with flying from Mumbai, Bengaluru out, one of the biggestfires in the thefire wasspreadingthroughthe clude.Themallhousesover1,000 twodays before their flight to NCBagainstTabassum and her and Pune airports. citythisyearthathadbeenraging shopsastheyallstoredinflamma- small electronic and mobile Qatar lastJulythat she waspreg- associateNizam Kara. He also Twoyears ago, a27-year-old since Thursdaynight at City ble material,” said aMumbai Fire shops,popularforsellinglowcost nant with their firstchild. But the sent copies of phone calls in Kurlaresident travelling to Qatar CentremallinsouthMumbaiwas Brigade official. and wholesale goods. “sponsor” of their trip, Shareeq's whichTabassum allegedly wasarrestedatthe Mumbai extinguishedonSundaymorning. The fire-fighting operation Since Thursdaynight, over paternal aunt Tabassum Riyaz coaxed and emotionallyblack- International Airportafter 465 The fire at the mall wasdousedat wasalso hampered owing to re- 250 firefighters and 254fireen- Qureshi, did notreact to the mailedher nephewintogoing to grams of amphetamines valued 5.08 am on Sunday. ducedvisibilitydueto thebillow- gines and tankers were de- news with happiness. Qatar.Following severalmonths at Rs 23.35lakh were found con- The fire-fighting operation, ingsmoke.Firemen had to break ployedtill 9amonSundayto “I’vespent so muchmoney of surveillance, the NCBarrested cealedinside the covers of three however, wasyet to be calledoff open the windows of the mall to contain the blaze. foryou and Oniba to have agood six people forrunning a“well- storybooks, 13 pairs of bangles on Sundayasthe cooling opera- gain access to the second-floor The fire had broken out at a time in Qatar.Ifyou cancel now, organizeddrug trafficking syn- and the handle of askipping tions were in progress. Afire shops.However, initially, firemen mobile/electronic shop on the Iwill lose alot of money. And are dicate”. On October 14,the NCB rope in her luggage. brigade official said that mostof couldnotdirectly accesstheshop second floor of the four-storey youtelling me that pregnant trackeddownKara, who admit- The Anti Narcotics Cell of the the shops were closedwith shut- wherethe fire erupted. mall at 8.53 pm on Thursday. In women don’t fly?” Qureshi is al- Mohammad Shareeq and Oniba Qureshi tedtohaving setupShareeq and Mumbai Police later arrested ters down whichrestricted their According to preliminaryin- thefire-fighting operation, five legedtohavetold her nephew. Oniba, said NCBDeputy Director four people foroperating a access to individual shops to vestigation,thefire brigadefound firemen and adeputy fire officer In the end, the young couple KPS Malhotra. The Government racket in whichmules were sent checkfor isolated flares, even af- that watersprinklers were in- were injured. wasforcedtotraveltoBengaluru mules have had to face at airports rues notstopping her daughter of India, the NCBand the Indian to Qatar with drugs and in- terthe fire wasbrought under stalledinthe mall. It is unclear if This is the second big fire that in an air-conditionedbus and around the worldwhile carrying from going to Qatar.The couple, Embassy in Qatar arenow help- structed to return to India trans- control on Saturday. the fire-fighting equipment was brokeinthe city and in south catchtheir flight from the apiece of luggageentrustedto both 29 years old, had marriedin ing the families file an appeal porting gold. The woman who “Thereare around 400shops adequateand functional at the Mumbaithisyear.Ablazeatacut- Kempegowda International them at the lastminute. May2018and gone to Bangkok againstthe conviction. wasresponsible foridentifying oneveryfloor.Itwasaglassfaçade time the fire brokeout. lerymarket inMasjidBunderear- Airport. “Beforeleaving, The local drug enforcement fortheir honeymoon. Shareeq, an “Weare grateful to our gov- carriers, purchasing flight tickets building and fire flames were Theauthoritiessaiddueto the lierthisyeartookalmost45hours Tabassum handedthem abag agency searched the bag and administrative consultant with ernment forall theyare doing for and paying commissions wasa falling from the ceiling, owing to presence of highlycombustible to be extinguished. whichshe said containedto- found 4.1kilograms of hashish in- the Japanese financial technology us. We arefollowing the judicial Carnac Bunder resident named bacco. She said that once they side. Despitethe couple’s protes- firm Hyosung, wasdue to bepro- process and have lost6-7 Tabassum Shaikh. checkedintotheir hotelroom in tations of innocence, the motedbeforehis arrest.Oniba months due to the Covid-19pan- Parveen hopes that sympa- Qatar,someone would come and Supreme JudiciaryCouncil of had quit her job as an assistant demic. We arehopeful that once thyher daughter and son-in- collect the bag from them,” said Qatar found them guilty and sen- manager with aprivate firm in we file an appeal, the courtin law's imprisonment has aroused Oniba's mother Parveen Qureshi. tencedthem to lifeimprisonment Mumbai afterher marriage. Qatar will take intoaccount the will also help other Indian citi- What happenedonce in December lastyear.While in “Oniba did notwant to go. fact that Oniba and Shareeq are zens jailedinQatar.“We just Shareeq and Oniba arrivedatthe jail, Oniba had ababygirlnamed But since Shareeq's aunt wasin- innocent and that the persons want our children to come back Hammad International Airportin Ayat Qureshi earlier this year. sistent on giving them awed- who implicated them areinthe and hope their case also facili- Qatar on July6,2019, wasascene Backinher home in Mumbai ding gift, Itold her to go.Iwish I NCB's custody,” said Parveen. tatesthe return of other inno- that countless unwitting drug Central, Oniba’s mother Parveen hadn't lether go,” she said. In jail, the couple has also cent Indians,” she said. NCB arrests 6, including TV actor, Tanzanian national
Tanzanian national. connection to the same. Zonal Unit team on Saturdayap- severalTVserials, including Maa EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE According to an NCBofficial, Another NCBMumbai team prehendedtwo persons at Vaishnodevi. MUMBAI,OCTOBER25 4grams of cocaine were seized seized325 grams of ganja, 32 Macchimar colonyinVersova. During interrogation, it was at Mohammad Ali Road in south grams of charas and five grams of “The team seized99grams of revealedthat the ganja was THE NARCOTICS ControlBureau Mumbai, and Bruno John methamphetamine, as well as Rs ganja from their possession,” an sourcedfromone Deepak (NCB) on Sundayregisteredtwo Ngwale, aTanzanian national, 12,990, from avehicle. One more official said. Rathaur,also aresident of cases in whichsix people were wasarrestedonSaturday. On the person wasarrestedinconnec- The official said that the sup- Versova.According to an official, arrested under sections of the same day, 4.4 grams of ecstasy tion to this, the official said. plier,Faisal (20), and the receiver, Rauthar has also been arrested A51-foottall effigy of ‘Corona’ and ‘Pollution’ Ravangoes up in flames in KhargaronSunday. Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic and 1.88 grams of MDMA were In aseparatecase, basedon Preetika Chauhan (30), were ar- in the pastbythe Mumbai Anti- NarendraVaskar Substances (NDPS) Act. Those ar- seizedatVersova,Andheri, and input regarding supplyofmari- rested and producedbeforea Narcotics Cell forallegedly sup- rested include aTVactor and a one Rohit Hirewas arrested in juana in Versova,aMumbai court. Chauhan has worked in plying drugs. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM
THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER26,2020 4 MAHARASHTRA Govt approves over Rs 103-cr compensation to families of cops who died on Covid duty
clude that the personnel should the official said. MOHAMEDTHAVER have been on duty for14days The stategovernment had MUMBAI,OCTOBER25 prior to falling ill, the personnel also issuedorders in Julythat in should be on Covid duty and case apoliceman passes away THE MAHARASHTRA govern- lastlythe death certificate on Covid-19duty,the family ment, whichisproviding Rs 50 should clearly mention the will be allowedtostayatthe po- lakh compensation to the fami- cause of death as Covid-19. lice quarters till the retirement lies of police personnel who died “In the four cases that have period of the deceasedpolice due to Covid-19, has till October been rejected until now, either personnel. 21 approved payout of over the officer had been on leave The official said that so far Rs 103crore to 205 families. and passedawayorwas noton the government has processed As per details obtainedfrom Covid duty.Insuchcases, the 223 applications and nearly 50 the Home department, theyre- application made by the family moreapplications arelying ceivedapplications from 223 members wasrejected,” an offi- with the government. An offi- families, out of which205 appli- cial said. cer said that at least270 police cations were approved forpay- He added, “In some cases, personnel from across the state out, five were rejected while 14 the cause of death wasnot have so farsuccumbed to the have been forwardedtothe clearly mentionedorthe per- coronavirus. “As compared its health department to getclarity son dieddue to multiple fac- early days,the situation now on the cause of death. Of the 223 tors. Therewere14suchcases has improved.Various meas- claims, while 80 were made by whichwethen passedontothe ures have been takenbycom- the Mumbai Police, the rest was health department whereex- missionerates and districts from other parts of the state. perts will take acloser look. across the statetoensurethat An official from the Home Depending on what theysay, the policemen have health cen- department said, “So far, up- we will either approveorreject tres, helplines and other facili- wardsofRs103 crorehavebeen those applications.” ties to help guide them and sanctionedbythe Maharashtra Apartfromthe Rs 50 lakh, their familymembers. These government forfamilies of those families of policemen who died measures have had agood im- policemen who passedawayon due to Covid-19are also being pact and we have seen the Covid duty.” givenRs10lakh by the number of cases go down. With The official said that in order MaharashtraPolice from itswel- the statelooking aftertheir re- TOOLS OF THE TRADE to qualify as acorona warrior, fare fund. “The police personnel quirements, the over 2-lakh therewereafew conditions also have insurance, so in case of strong forcecan do their duty Thane Police Commissioner VivekPhansalkar performs the weapon puja on the occasion of Dussehra, at Police Ground in Thane on Sunday. He followedit stipulated by the government. death due to Covid-19, theyget without worrying about any- with addressing his staffasper tradition. Deepak Joshi Some of these conditions in- around Rs 2-3 lakh from there,” thing else,” an IPS officer said. CBI books 30-year-old man from ‘PervertedpictureofIndiabeing Mumbai in child pornography case
said, “Wehaveregisteredacase booked another person foral- presentedabroad,needtocounterit’ MOHAMEDTHAVER and further investigation is on in legedly selling Child Sexual MUMBAI,OCTOBER25 the matter.” Sources said the ac- Abuse Material (CSAM) forRs cused, who hails from Haridwar 250 on messaging application VINAY SAHASRABUDDHE,tillre- Apart from the populism, personality cult, to demonstratethe nuances of THE CENTRAL Bureauof buthadbeenresidinginMumbai, Telegram, wherehesold these cently thenational vice-president rudimentary and the perennial election newtechnologies in onlineedu- Investigation (CBI) on Sunday would chat with children from through three groups. of BJP,represents Maharashtrain mode in politics. While you cation as ameans of orientation registeredacase againsta30- variouscountriesusingInstagram. Therehas been aboostto theRajyaSabha. Afterathree-year things such as wrotethe book in 2013 do —what is blockchain technology, year-old man living in Mumbai An official said the accused India’s fight againstCSAMever tenure, Sahasrabuddhe retires this land and infrastructure youthink things have Artificial Intelligence and itsrole, forallegedly exploiting children had contacted over 1,000 users, since the National Centrefor DecemberasthepresidentofIndian for creating auniversity, changed now? among other things. by selling their sexuallyexplicit including minors aged between Missing and Exploited Children Council forCultural Relations. He is several other factors are Yes, thereare honestat- images. These children arebased 10 and 16,fromvarious countries (NCMEC), aUS-basednon profit alsothechairmanoftheparliamen- critical in creating an tempts being made at course cor- You’vebeen associated with out of severalforeign countries, using the app. that workstoprevent child ex- tary standing committee on institution —how its rection. Unfortunately, most Mumbai University in the including US and some in Europe “The accusedwould claim to ploitation, startedsharing tip- Human Resource Development. In statutory bodies scholars who appear to be ‘non- past, as itssenatemember for and South Asia. He had con- be from film industryand start offs about child pornographyin an interviewwith ZEESHAN partisan’ have the habit of paint- nearly twodecades, among tacted over 1,000persons as part chatting with children by prom- India with Indian agencies. SHAIKH and ABHA GORADIA,he function, how are the ing everyparty with the same other educational of the alleged racket. ising to getthem roles,” asource Afterthe agreement between discussesthestepstakenby ICCRfor vice-chancellors, the brush. Ours is acadre-based, or- institutions. Even today, no According to officers, the ac- said. The accusedwould start the twocountries, India also promotionofsoftpower,histakeon roles that scholars play...” ganisation-basedparty.But there Indian university figures in cusedwould claim to beworking chatting with them and also amendedPOCSO Actlastyear to theeducation system and also the is an establishedtrait to ridicule the top100institutions in the in the film industryand exploit makevideo calls. He would get widenthescopeof childpornogra- stateofIndian polity. all politicians, and this is nota world, apartfromselect IITs. minors under the pretextofoffer- them to strikecompromising phytogobeyond videos. The concerned. In fact we desireto healthysign, it won’t help the What is your assessment of ing them roles through aphoto poses under the guise of landing Indian Express had reportedin In the post-Covid phase, work in collaboration with peo- polity in general. Forexample the the problem? sharing social media platform. them roles. He would then sell JanuarythisyearaboutNCMECre- giventhe general aversion to ple in Indian cinema to beable to proposal of ‘one nation one elec- Apartfromthe rudimentary The agency is looking if anyone these images and videos to ports stating 25,000cases of child physical attendance at provide subtitledIndian movies tion’. Scholars have looked at it things suchasland and infra- else is involvedinthe crime. clientsinvarious countries. pornographybeing registered events, howwill the activities abroad in various languages as with prejudice. Theywerenot structurefor creating auniver- An official said the accused If the child refusedtocon- from India. In what wastermed of ICCR change? thereisagrowing demand for ready even to discuss the idea. sity,several other factors arecrit- claims he is ajunior film artist tinue, he would blackmail them ‘operation blackface’, cases were We have begun preparation MONDAY that even from smaller countries Theythink,what is wrong if ical in creating an institution — and the CBI is verifying his claim. by threatening to upload the re-registeredacross the country to be able to offeronline courses INTERVIEW likeKazakhstan. moretime is spent in elections howits statutorybodies func- Searches were carriedout at the images on the internet. The po- againstsuchoffenders. about traditional Indian knowl- and less time in governance. Take tion, howare the vice-chancel- Mumbai residence of the ac- lice have chargedthe accused In 2019,the CBI had setupa edge systems. The significance of VINAY SAHASRABUDDHE Youhavebeen associated the initiative of direct benefit lors, the roles that scholars play. cusedand his mobile and laptop under the Prevention of special unit on ‘Online Child rangoli, mehendi or toran, forex- PRESIDENT, ICCR with RambhauMhalgi transfers forfarmers —are these Some universities lacksubstance were seized. Prima facie forensic Children from Sexual Offences Sexual Abuse and Exploitation ample. The flora-fauna, cuisines, Prabodhini, whichhas agriculturalreforms notgoing to and seriousness, in absence of scanning of his devices have re- (POCSO) Act. Officials said they Prevention/ Investigation (OC- cultures of various regions in producedliteratureon stop pilferage? Jan Dhan ac- the right kind of leadership. It is vealedmaterial related to online aretrying to find out who else SAE)’ that nowfollows up cases India aretopics coveredunder ebrateInternational CultureDay, sociological issues in Indian countshaveensuredthat the de- atough job foracademicians to sexual abuse, said an officer. wasinvolvedinthe racket. of CSAM and carries out suchin- our courses. We plan to develop from 2018 onwardswelaunched society.Are yousatisfiedwith privedsections of the society are provethemselvesasable admin- CBI Spokesperson RK Gaur Earlier this week,the CBI had vestigations. 70 suchcourses, eachhaving ato- aseries of lectures on various the quality of research taking reachedout, involving women, istrators. The idea mootedinthe talduration ranging from 4-5 facets of India’s softpowerlike place on sociological issues farmers, hawkers, among others. NEP is to keep the monitoring hours to 4-5 days and weeksas Sanskrit, Ayurvedaand even our affecting the country? It hashelpedprevent corruption. mechanism forhigher education ANNUAL DUSSEHRA RALLY well. We partnered with the culinaryand cuisine traditions. Sadly, in the global context, These important and successful institutions ‘light but tight’ —giv- MinistryofAyush forthe fifth onlythose researchers areen- experimentsingovernance ing universities enough auton- Rs 10,000-crore package for rain-hit consecutive year forthe celebra- Apartfromthe work of ICCR, couraged by universities and merit moreattention. omy, and supporting them to tion of International Yoga Day Bollywood has also playeda think tanksabroad who speak raise their standard. As farasin- and this year we held avideo blog major role in amassing againstIndia. Thereare several Can youdiscuss the progress stitutional development is con- areas not enough: Pankaja Munde competition as open and public goodwill forIndia and has dimensions to Indian polity. being made by the HRD cerned, Ibelieve the government practice of Yoga wasnot possible been an important soft However, onlyperversions pre- parliamentarystanding is on the right track. It also mat- to reachout to the lastperson to crushing season. due to Covid-19. We arealso powertool. But giventhe vail in the thought process of committee in relation to the ters howIndia is perceivedglob- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE understand their problems and Taking swipe at her critics, partnering with artisans and reasons whyBollywood is in universities abroad. This is true National Education Policy ally, and we will have to work on MUMBAI,OCTOBER25 provide help,” Munde said. without naming anyone, Munde bringing them intothe fold. We news now, do youthink it will notjustabout India but also (NEP)? What arethe other this over time. Speaking on rain-affected said manyhad written her off. arebroadening our base and have abearing on the image about perhaps the entireSouth tasksthe committee has BJP NATIONAL secretaryPankaja farmers, the BJP leader said, “The “Some also predicted my politi- making our activities moreinclu- of the country? Asia. Forexample, aseminar was been working on? Forsome time now, scientists Munde on Sundayasked her stategovernment’s Rs 10,000- cal career wasover. As long as I sive.Wehavenow decidedtodo Absolutelynot.Wefacedthe conducted about twodecades It has been decidedtohavea across the countryhavefelt supporters to be prepared for crorepackagetorain-affected ar- have dedicated supporters who away with empanelment of emergency but did that dilute backinaCalifornia university meeting to deliberateonthe the needtospeak againstthe largerresponsibilities. eas is notenough. Chief Minister aremywell wishers, Iwill work artistesintraditional manner. our democratic traditions? It was and the subject wastitled‘Bride preparation forthe implemen- unscientific commentsoften Addressing the annual UddhavThackeray shouldprovide relentlessly. Theyare my strength. Rather,any artiste who is recog- asmall phase afterwhich Burning Traditions and Son tation of the NEP.The ministry, I made by ministers in power, DussehrarallyfromBhagwan morefinancial assistance to help Iwill travel across stateand coun- nisedthrough the means of some democracy wasrestored. We also Preference in South Asia’. People am told, is presentlyengaging or the policies of the BJP. Bhaktigad at Sawargaon in Beed, them as crops suchassoyabean, trytoreachout to people.” honour or awardiseligible to had corruption cases in the past with suchpervertednotions with the stateministers foras- What is your take on these Munde said she would tour en- jowar, cotton and pulses arecom- Referring to her electoral de- represent India abroad. We are but does that mean that India’s thrive on presenting aperverted sessing the levelofprepared- matters? tireMaharashtraand that one pletely destroyed.” feat in 2019 Assemblyelection exploring newermarketstode- standing wasaffected?These pictureofIndia. We will have to ness. In the pastfew months, we These areagroup of scientists dayshe would hold amassive She also urgedNCP president from Parli, Munde said, “Today, I liveratraditional message, and things keep on happening. This work over time to counter this. in the committee have discussed who makeitapoint to constantly rallyatShivaji Park in Mumbai. Sharad Pawartoresolve the got grand welcome from people. arekeen to translatethe goodwill willnot have anybearing so far the Covid-related issues in con- criticise the government. The “I have been appointed as BJP problems facedbysugarcane HowfortunateIam. Whether I that India enjoys intoanunder- as Bollywood as an instrument of In your book Beyond ABillion tinuing school education. We policies of the BJP areperfectlyin national secretary. Iwill travel growers by offering them higher hold anyposition or not, people standing of India. In order to cel- India’s softpowerpromotion is Ballots you’vespoken about had invited severaltechnocrats tune with the Constitution. extensively across Maharashtra remuneration ahead of the have always stood by me.” Refusing sanction to prosecute public servant should be areasoned one: HC
Corruption Act. Jalgaon district. The complainant It wassubmitted before the said that the application alleging twoconstables while refusing to norecordedconversationsinvolv- also includes transcriptofacon- SADAFMODAK “It needs to be kept in mind in the case had claimedthat in courtthat the ACBprobe alleged rape did notappear to have been grant sanction to prosecuteHire. ing him. The order refusing sanc- versation recordedbythe com- MUMBAI,OCTOBER25 that the authority is expected to 2017,Hirehad visited his house that the woman had approached givenbythe woman. “The same authority gave tion also says that thereis‘inade- plainant as partofthe ACBtrap. act upon the material and if the and takenhim to the police sta- the police stating that she was The ACBclaims the com- sanction to prosecutetwo con- quateevidence’ againsthim for The ACBclaimedthat when the OBSERVINGTHATanorder re- material makes out aprima fa- tion stating that awoman had being threatenedbythe com- plainant wasfirstdetainedby stables and due to the material reasons including adelayinreg- complainant along with apanch fusing sanction to prosecutea cie case, giving of sanction can- complainedagainsthim, alleg- plainant that he would make twoconstables, Kailash Ingale (placedbeforethe court) it is dif- istering of the FIR. While the al- witness went to meetthe consta- public servant should be area- notbeavoided. It also needs to ing rape. The complainant public her photographs with him and Kiran Thakareand then ficult to digestthat PI Hirewas legeddemandforbribewasmade bles to recordaconversation be- sonedone, the Aurangabad be kept in mind that the sanction claimedthat he wasthreatened and that he wasinsisting that made to withdraw Rs 40,000 notinvolvedinthe matter.No in January2017, an FIR wasfiled tween them of demanding bribe, benchofthe BombayHigh Court and itsprocedureisnot thereto by Hirethat an offence of rape theyget intoarelationship. After from his bank account by them other reasons aregiven forrefusal by the ACBinNovember and the the constables suspected some- setaside an order by the shield the guilty,” the division will be registeredagainsthim if afew days,however, she filedan under the threat that arape case of sanction. This courtholds that twoconstableswere arrested.The thing amiss. On searching, they MaharashtraDirector General of benchofJustices TVNalawade he does notpay the officer Rs 5 application with the police that will be filed. The twoconstables when thereisrefusal of sanction, courtobserved that the delay found arecorder hidden with the Police (DGP) refusing to grant and MGSewlikar said, while re- lakh. The complainant claimed she waswithdrawing her com- also sought Rs 20,000separately the order needs to be areasoned shows that therewas a“positive complainant. While theydeleted sanction to prosecuteapolice in- manding the matter backtothe that due to the apprehension plaint afterhedeletedthe pho- apartfromthe amount agreed one. If reasons arenot given, soci- attempt”togiveprotection to the the conversation, it wasrecovered spector on chargesofcorruption. DGP forreconsideration. that he would be implicated in tographs and sought forgiveness. upon allegedly by Hire, the com- etywill lose faith in the judicial three officials. afteritwas sent to the forensic sci- The court, lastweek,directed the The case before the High the case, he agreedtopay the While one moreapplication was plainant claimed. system,” the courtsaid. Among the evidence consid- ence laboratory. The courtalso DGP to reconsider the order re- Courtwas related to an investi- amount. He claimedthat he ne- found with the police by the ACB In an order dated October 5, The courtconsidered the or- ered by the courtwas the CCTV considered other evidence in- fusing sanction observing that gation by the Anti-Corruption gotiated with Hirethat he could whereallegations of rape were the DGP whose sanction is re- derrefusingsanctionwhichstates footageand bank statement of cluding statementsofanofficial therewas sufficient material Bureau(ACB) againstpolice in- onlypay Rs 3lakh whichwas ac- made againstthe complainant, quiredto prosecutepolice officials that on verification it wasseen the complainant when the two who said that the complainant againstthe police inspector un- spector Baliram Hire, attached cepted. He approachedthe ACB therewerenopolice statements under the anti-corruption Act, thatthereisnoallegeddemandof constables allegedly made him wasdetainedatthe lock-up with- der provisions of Prevention of with Yavalpolice station in with acomplaint subsequently. about it, the courtsaid. It further gave sanction to prosecutethe bribeandacceptanceof itby Hire, withdraw money. The evidence out registering his entry. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM
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TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE WantendtoLACtension,but All dates decided... 237 CASES: RECOVERED:70,78,123 370, temples, war DAYSSINCE 78,64,811 DEATHS:1,18,534 PANDEMIC BEGAN TESTS: 10,25,23,469 | DOUBLING RATE: 104.16** won’tcedeaninch:Rajnath with China, Pak: NSA: Will fight EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE UP BJP president NEWDELHI,KOLKATA, OCTOBER25 on our soil and KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING beyond, for TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** DEFENCE MINISTER Rajnath EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Singh on Sundaysaid that India LUCKNOW,OCTOBER25 ■ Maharashtra 16,38,961 6,417 0.47% 154.03 wantsanend to the border ten- welfare of all ■ Andhra 8,04,026 3,342 0.45% 159.98 sion with China and aims to es- AVIDEO has surfacedpurport- tablish peace but reiterated that edly featuring BJP Uttar Pradesh ■ Karnataka 7,98,378 4,471 0.73% 98.19 Indian soldiers will neverallow EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE president SwatantraDev Singh ■ Tamil Nadu 7,06,136 2,886 0.47% 154.23 even an inchofland to be taken DEHRADUN,OCTOBER25 telling agathering in Ballia two ■ Kerala 3,86,087 8,253 2.08% 34.58 by anyone. days backthat Prime Minister Afterperforming ‘Shastra NATIONALSECURITYAdvisorAjit NarendraModi had setthe time *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth Puja’ -- customaryworship of Defence MinisterRajnath Singh inspectsaweapon at the DovalSaturdaysaidIndiawillfight forwar with Pakistanand CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT weapons -- at the Sukna-based Sukna ArmyCampinDarjeeling on Sunday. PTI on itsown soil and outside, too, China. headquarters of the Indian but for“parmarth”—welfareof Singh is seen telling party 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY Army's 33 Corps, also known as all—and notselfish motives. workers in the video, “Yeh SwatantraDev Singh was 1.52 7.95 50,129 Trishakti Corps, in Darjeeling dis- torians will writethe storyof “Mostofthe border roads of Addressing followers of Modiji ne tay... Sab tithi tayhai, speaking to BJP workers NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: trict of West Bengal on the occa- courageand valour of our sol- Sikkim arebeing upgradedby Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh mirtron. Kabkya hona hai, sab 1.51 7.67 62,077 sion of Dussehra, the Union min- diers in gold letters.” the BROtodouble-lane. Out of Saturdayevening, the NSAsaid: tayhai... 370dharakab samapta Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs istersaid, “Atthe moment there ArmyChief General Manoj this, 65 km of road construction “Aapne kaha ki hamne kabhi kisi hoga, RamMandir ka nirman kab forby-elections to seven positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more is tension on the India-China Mukund Naravane wasalso work is in progress in East ke upar akraman nahi kiya. Iske hoga, Pakistanseyuddh kab AssemblyseatsinUttar indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days border,but India wantsthat it present at the occasion. Sikkim, and 55 km of road con- bare me apne ek vichaar hain ki hoga, China se yuddh kab hoga (It Pradesh, and Singh has been in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak should end, peace should be es- The ministeralso inaugu- struction is under the action agar kahin se khatraaaraha tha has been decidedbyModiji... travelling to different con- DataasonOctober24,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive tablished. That is our aim. But rateda19.85-km alternatealign- plan. The construction of 225 km to kar dena chahiyetha (you said The dateisset foreverything, stituencies in the stateaspartof sometimes thereare some ne- ment of the National Highway- double-lane road to 'Mangan- we neverattackedanyone. There what will happen when, every- that. farious acts. But Iamcompletely 310inSikkim through video Chungthang-Yumesamdong' is an opinion that it should have thing is decided... When will In the video, Singh goes on convincedand Ialso believe that conference. In astatement, the and 'Chuganthang-Lachen-Jima- been done if therewas athreat Article 370beabrogated,when to saythat the BSP,SPand our Army’s soldiers in anysitua- Defence Ministrysaid it was“ne- Muguthang-Nakula' is planned from somewhere.” will Ramtemple be built, when Congress have failedtomeet Hoshiarpur rape, murder: tion will notallowaninchof cessitated due to the previous under the Bharatmala project in Dovaladded: “Hum wahin therewill be awar with the expectations of the people. India’s land to go intoanyone alignment having seen extensive NorthSikkim. These worksare ladengejahan par aapki ichha hai Pakistan, when therewill be a He askspeople to weigh Prime Girl family knew accused else’s hands.” damages due to sinking and plannedinninepackages with yehkoijarooratto nahi.Humwahin warwith China)." MinisterNarendraModi against Rajnath, who is on atwo-day other natural hazards”. “The road an estimated costofRs5,710 par ladengejahan par se khatraaa As acontroversy eruptedon others and decide who wasgo- visit to West Bengal and Sikkim, serves as an important link to crore,” the Defence Ministersaid. raha hai aur hum khatreka Sunday, Singh told The Indian ing to give abetterfutureto almost since his birth also reviewedthe operational bolsterdefence preparedness in He also “emphasisedthe muqabla wahin karenge (It is not Express:"Ijustaddressedthe their children. preparedness of the Trishakti the Nathula Sector in particular government’s drive towards necessarythatwe willfightwhere workers and Idid notsay any- He said the BJP wasworking gone to anearbyshop and her Corps, whichisresponsible for and in the whole of EastSikkim progressing infrastructurede- youwant.We willfightonlyfrom thing on the lines as is report- on the path shown by Lord ANJUAGNIHOTRICHABA elder sisters, who work in neigh- the Line of Actual Control with in general,” it stated. velopment in far-flung areas whereweare getting threats).” edly being circulated.Iwould Krishna and Ram, adding that JALANDHAR,OCTOBER25 bour’s homes, were out. China in the Sikkim sector. The ceremonywas held notonlytoenhance defence The NSAsaid: “…Hum yuddh have to look intothe context LordKrishna had notspared The familysays the 9-year- Greeting the soldiers on the through avideo conference from preparedness but also forfos- to karengeaurapnizameenparbhi first." even his familyand his caste, THE YOUTH arrestedforthe rape old told them Surpreethad taken occasion of Dussehra, the minis- the 33 Corps headquarters “due tering socio-economic devel- karengeaur baahar bhi karenge. Singh wasinBallia forthe and that in case awrong is com- and murder of a5-year-old Dalit the child saying he would buy tersaid, “Whatever has hap- to inclement weather”. opment of the region” and re- Lekin apne niji swarthkeliyenahi, bhoomi pujan ceremonyofa mitted,one has to rise above child in avillageinHoshiarpur her biscuits. When she did not penedlatelyonthe India-China “By constructing... alternate iterated the Centre’s “resolve to parmarthkeliyekarnapadega(We Krishna temple under the familyand caste forthe sakeof district wastreated by her and return and theywent to check, border in Ladakh, Ican saywith routeofNH-310,the BROhas ful- speedupinfrastructuredevel- willfight,onourownsoilandout- Sikandarpur Assemblycon- the country. her five elder sisters as abrother. Surpreet’s familysaid theyhad concreteinformation about the filledthe aspirations of the Army opmentinalignment with the sidetoo,notforselfishinterestbut stituency represented by BJP He also said that the BJP The six, who had no brothers, had no clue about her whereabouts. duty performedbyour soldiers, and residentsofEastSikkim,” Prime Minister’s ActNorth East forwelfareofall).” The NSAison MLASanjayYadav. would notallowany insult of been tying rakhi on the 20-year- The familysays theykept that when history is written, his- Rajnath said. policy”. aprivate visit to Uttarakhand. Campaigningiscurrentlyon the countryorthe poor. old foryears, said her father,40, a looking forher,including going migrant labourer from Bihar’s to nearbyvillages. Then, around Bhagalpur district. 5pm, Surpreet’s grandfather Unfortunate that The youth, Surpreet, and his came to the house and told them Sonia: No place for Political scientist Suhas Palshikar is 80-year-old grandfather Surjit the girl’s body wasintheir Opp has become Singh, who arelandlords, were “haveli” and that she had sether- guestatBiharpollsExplainedtomorrow arrested afterthe half-burnt self on fire. directionless, arrogance, breaking of body of the girl, who wastoturn Questioning howachild establish Hindutvaasthe state’s 6onNovember 28, wasfound in could do something likethis, the says Nadda promises in ruler’s life dominant political narrative? abuilding usedbyhis familyto girl’s father says,“We could What role will caste,tradi- keep farm implementsand cat- nevereverimagine Surpreet tionallythe keytovoting in tle. The twohavebeen booked would break our trustlikethis." PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Bihar,play? And will the context under POCSO, as well as charges Awoman has testifiedtosee- JAIPUR,OCTOBER25 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 of the pandemicmatter in the of murder,mitigating evidence ing Surpreetwith the girl, saying NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 direction in whichBihar chooses and under the SC/STAct. he hadsaidhewas taking her for BJP CHIEF JP Nadda on Sunday Congress IT IS India's firstmajor 'Covid' to go? The 40-year-old and his tuitions to his home. Footage alleged that the Opposition has PEOPLE ARE supreme in gover- president election, and could turn out to To answer these and many daughters oftenworkedin from CCTVcameras installed become directionless and has nance and thereisnoplace for Sonia be among the mostconsequen- other questions, The Indian Surpreet’sfamily’sfieldsorhome. outside ashop and ahouse also startedopposing the countryin arrogance, falsehood and reneg- Gandhi tial in recent times. The DATE:27October2020 Express has invited Suhas Living around akilometre apart, showhim with her. itsantagonism towardsPrime ing on promises in aruler’s life, Assemblyelection in Bihar Palshikar,one of India’s mostin- the families have known each The girlwas the migrant MinisterNarendraModi. Congress president Sonia could potentiallysignal the fad- TIME:7pm sightful political scientists,atthe other fortwo decades -- almost labourer’s youngest, afterfive He said that Congress leaders Gandhi said in her Dussehra is the biggestmessageofVijaya ing of the narrative of Mandal TOREGISTER: next edition of Explained.Live, since Surpreetwas born. other daughters, who are20, 19, opposedthe abrogation of messageonSunday. Dashami,” she added. that has dominated the politics SMS-IEXP
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7 THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER26,2020 IDEA EXCHANGE Newsmakersinthe Newsroom PRAKASH JAVADEKAR,MINISTER FOR INFORMATION&BROADCASTING, ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE‘ Many high courts too suggest we intervene... We don’t censor. We believe in self-regulation
The Union Ministerbelieves pollution on account of stubble burning will be less this year because of Centre's measures, asserts the countrywill see “minimum loss” because of‘Covid-19inwinter months, and says Congress notthe BJP is raking up PakistaninBiharpolls. The sessionwas moderated by Special Correspondent Krishn Kaushik
KRISHN KAUSHIK: Howwouldyou precautions whichneedtobetaken. So ity in the elections. assess the government’s we will definitelyworkwith the Gujarat We should have been ruling.Instead, communication strategy in the past government in this regard... Seaplane is a theShivSenaditchedthe BJPand went six months of the pandemic? wonderful avenue notjustfor tourism with those who we defeated,the
The Prime Ministerspokefromthe but willbeuseful in providing local serv- Congress and the NCP… So it is the Shiv heartand addressedpeople directly. It ices. Sena whichisanswerable, notthe BJP. had alot of impact. Indiaminimisedits losses due to people’s participation on PRABHA RAGHAVAN: The Power MANOJ CG:ADelhi-basedjournalist the Prime Minister’s appeal. Ministerhad made a working with Malayalam news Even forthe (coronavirus) challenge recommendation to your Ministryin outlets wasbooked under the in the winter months, he has already WHY Augusttoextend by twoyears the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act talked from the bottom of his hearttothe deadline for (UAPA) while on people. PRAKASH JAVADEKAR thermal power his waytoHathras. Quantum (ofsuggestions, ‘ We will succeedthen too, and India sI&B Minister, plantstoinstall As the I&B willsee minimum loss. We willwin this the flue-gas criticism) forEIA draft was Ministerhaveyou waragainst thecoronavirus. Javadekar has been the desulfurization triedtospeak to (FGD) systems to large. Apanel is analysing the Uttar Pradesh Agovt’s face in the KRISHN KAUSHIK: What can the minimise government about government do to ensurethat TRP pandemic,communicating pollution from them. Things will take this case? dataismorerobust?Secondly, even their operations, time... Will discusswith We have re- as an investigation intothe alleged Centre's measures to check forover300 ‘ ceivedinformation rigging of TRP continues, youasa spread of the virus to people. As thermal power people when time comes of the case and you Union ministeralong with the BJP units. Is thereany canalsoask the gov- president tweetedabout it. Whythe television newsgrapples with updateonthat? ernment, the gov- needtocomeout and defend one The statusisthat ernment is open to person and an organisation? TRPscam, his Ministryhas some plants alreadyhaveFGDs installed it...But what we areasking the Congress No... Letmemakeitveryclear that the assertedneedfor better self- in their systems, while manyothers had is that while youare making noise on government doesn’t take sides.I’m say- givenorders foritbut their plans were Hathras, 10 placesinRajasthan have seen ing it very clearly that repression of press regulationinthe industry. He disrupted because of the pandemic. So, worse crimes. So the Congress cannot is notwelcome. That is the onlymessage also holds the MoEF portfolio, therewill definitelybesome delayin have selective amnesia. Theyhaveto of my tweet. Ihavenot mentionedany procuring the machinery.Thereare some condemn all incidents. channelorperson. andMinistry’s draft EIA, 2020, plantswhichare yettoplacetheir orders The BARC (BroadcastAudience hascome under criticismin and arepreparing the DPR, and asmall AAKASH JOSHI: Howdoyou see the Research Council) is an independent in- number of plantshavenot prepared the politicisation of the Sushant Singh stitutefoundedbyadvertisers and recent months DPR. So, the plantsare at different stages. Rajput case ahead of the Bihar broadcasters. It is the job of both these We areincontinuous touchwith thein- elections? stakeholders to run BARC efficiently; we dustry.Theyhavealso been in recession Thecase is under investigation by have notinterfered in it. as we know… (The extension)depends three Central agencies. People have faith Twoofmyrepresentatives, notas on acase-to-casebasis. We have already in them,let them give theirfinalreport. partofMinistrybut as broadcasters of donethe reviews,and Imentionedthe The matterisincourt, and the agencies Doordarshan, participateinBARCpro- four stages in which the plants are… I will submit their reportinthe court… ceedings. But other than thatwedon’t am very surethatIndian industry Yes, theremay be alocal reaction of peo- interfereintheir affairs. Areyou inviting will be cleaner… We areinvest- ple or voters to acertain case in acertain me to interfere? ing Rs 46,000 croreinnew way. But we do notsee it as one statever- technology called‘coal-to- sus another. LIZ MATHEW:Why did the BJP feel the needtoraise Pakistaninthe SHUBHAJIT ROY: It’s been five-and-a- Bihar poll campaign when, as you half months since the border claim, youhaveagood governance standoffwith China began. Has the reportcardtotaketothe people? issue been discussedinthe nearly 20 We arenot creating problems, it is Cabinetmeetings that have taken the Congress party that is creating place in this period? problemsfor themselves. Who spoke China is being closelymonitored. in Lahore(Think Fest)? It wasShashi China has also understood that India Tharoor... When youare talking todayisnot the India of pre-2014. about Article 370orany other thing Therehas been achange. We have likePakistan, if youare speaking the givenafitting response. And the language of Pakistan, therewillbe government has made it very clear definitereactions.So, we arenot that we have notsuccumbed an digging up something that they inch… The CabinetCommittee on spokeabout 10 years ago, we are Security always keeps trackof justreacting to their recent tweets, developments,practicallyevery recentutterances... And we are minute, everyday,and takes askingquestions on whytheyare decisions. The issue is discussed talking Pakistan’s languageon in the CabinetCommittee of Kashmir. Security in whichall the member Cabinetministers are LIZ MATHEW:Inthe 2015 Bihar present... The government has made elections too, then BJP it clearthat notasingleinchofIndian president Amit Shah had said land has gone anywhere. that if the BJP loses, therewill be fireworksinPakistan. The KRISHN KAUSHIK: Your party party’s ownassessment was announcedfreevaccine in Bihar as that the comment mayhave Illustration: Suvajit Dey partofits election manifesto.Will backfired.Sowhy bring up Pakistan people outside Bihar getfreeCovid- again? 19 vaccine? But we arenot saying it... The 2012-13period… completedinfour years, suchvehicles SHIVAM PATEL: It seems that while liquid’ that will reduce pollution to a If the vaccine comes, it will be for Congressisspeaking, Rahul Gandhi But letthe things cometothat stage, don’tenter Delhi… Delhi has takenalotofsteps to check great extent. So,onall avenues we have everyone, notfor onestate…You will said… PChidambaram and Digvijaya then we will discuss with the people, not Thirdly, we have closedthe Badarpur pollution —banning diesel startedtaking action. Today, the absolute have to ask (HealthMinister) Harsh
Singh tweetedthat we willrestore now. and Sonipat thermal powerplants. More generators, shutting down Badarpur coal consumption of America is little Vardhanji about it (the BJP’s poll
Article 370(the Congress said it had only importantly, we have created87 plant, plying moreCNG buses —the morethanwhat India uses. promise in Bihar). objected to waythe provision wasabro- KRISHN KAUSHIK: The issue of air Gigawatt of renewable powerthrough- other NCRtowns have notbeen so If the party mentions something in gated). So, Ichallengethem to writethis pollution has come up again in out thecountry; it’s notasmall thing. It proactive.What can be done about NIRUPAMA SUBRAMANIAN: itsmanifesto,itisanintended in the Bihar manifesto. What is wrong in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and NCR. is completely natural, pollution-free... that? Recently, veteranMaharashtra programme. Nowsomebody has to
giving political reaction to apolitical Basically, the acceptance of aprob- We have alsoarranged more than 40 Thereare some localissues...Itisnot politician Eknath Khadse quit the subsidise that government tweetorpoliticalspeech? lem is alsothe beginning of solution. In croreLED bulbs saving tremendous one stateversusanother state. It is not BJP,and has nowjoinedthe NCP. Did programme. If the government 2015,the Prime power, whichalsoreduces pollution. about ablamegame. the BJP make decides to subsidise it, that is a ESHA ROY: The Ministerlaunched We have brought in construction and We all have to work enough of an different matter.Let the vaccine draft the nationalAir demolition wastemanagement rules for together because air- effort to retain come. Then everystate will help their ‘ BARC is an independent ‘ If vaccine comes, will be for Environmental QualityIndex. Till the firsttime.Wehaveborrowedthe sheddoesn’tunder- him? Doesn’t his citizens differently. Impact institute of advertisers, thattime therewas good practices of Metroconstruction… stand political or ge- everyone…Ask Harsh departuredent Assessment (EIA) onlymanual,volu- So, curtains arebeing put up, thereare ographical the party in KRISH KAUSHIK: Thereisalot of talk Notification 2020 broadcasters. They must minous dataavail- sprinklers to prevent dust... Delhi also has boundaries. Va rdhanji about (BJP’s Maharashtra, or these days about what media should receivedarecord run it. We don’t interfere in able. Therewasn’t ageographical problem. Bihar promise). Let vaccine wasitthat you do, what it is doing, what is it not number of one figurefor air We have the Himalayanwinter cou- ADITI RAJA: The wanted to make doing... objections and their affairs. Areyou quality index... pledwith dustinthe air and the mois- Gujarat come. Everystate will help an example out of That is what my question to the suggestions. Is the ‘ Basedonfindings turefromthe rivers... If youdownload government ‘ him? Secondly, media is. Everyday manyhigh courts Ministrylooking inviting me to interfere? from various towns the Sameerapp, it providesthe present appliedfor its citizens differently the BJP has been arealso suggesting that the Ministry at including these and cities, we have position of pollution in morethan 122 environment saying that the intervene, notonlyinthe TRP scam recommendations chalked out the na- cities. Youwill understand that the allu- clearances for ruling coalition and BARC,but even other areas of and, maybe, tional clean airpro- vial soil region, that is the gangetic plains, wateraerodromes government in programming. We don’t censor.We overhauling the draftcompletely? gramme for100cities. On August 15,the has the maximum pollution load com- at Sabarmati Riverfront in Maharashtraisveryunstable and believe in self-regulation. See, as farasthe EIA draftiscon- Prime Ministersaid that in thousand pared to otherprovinceswith the same Ahmedabad and near Sardar Sarovar that it will collapse anytime now. But Nowwhether self-regulation cerned,wewelcome all suggestions and days or in three-four years, we aregoing traffic, same industries, same population dam in Kevadia colonyfor the we alsohear that thereare others worksornot.... Recently, two criticism. We have appointed acommit- to improvethe air quality in these hun- load…Mumbai,Bengaluru, Hyderabad, seaplane project onlyinJuly, even as from the BJP waiting in the wings to prominentnewschannelownershad teetogothrough all of them. What we dred cities. This includes special focus on Chennai don’t getthis much pollution. the inaugural run is plannedfor jumpship. come to me. have found is that98% (objections,sug- the Delhi-NCR region... So, (in the Delhi-NCRbelt)geographical October 31.With MoEF clearances As farasEknath Khadse is concerned, Theywanted to give me aletter gestions) have thesame wording and We have takensomanysteps, letme factors arealso responsible (for causing pending forthe Sabarmati terminal he is our senior leader and has worked urgingthe government to intervene matter,but we have takencognizanceof enumerate. First, throughout the coun- pollution). of the project, would the project not forthe party for40years. Therewere to save the industryfromgoing down. everything. But letmetell youthings will trywehavelaunchedBS-VI fuel as well The Central government has taken be in violation of the EIA some problemsand if he has takenade- Itold them, broadcasters and take littletimebecausethe quantum(of as (compliant) vehicles. It is arevolution- action in everyfield... To curb stubble Notification? cision, it is his decision,itwas notforced advertisers arethe twostakeholders. suggestions) waslarge. arystepand will reduce vehicular pollu- burning, we have givenRs1,400crore for When aproposal is submitted offi- by the party. Who gets howmuchisaprivate thing, We cannotsay that 30-40 days…But tion by 50-60-70% on various parame- machines and manyfarmers areusing cially,wegiveour decisions officially. So As faraspeople waitingtojumpship it has nothing to do with the the analysis will take some time and after ters. machines(to remove stubble). When whenthat willcome, youwillunder- is concerned, actuallythe reverse is hap- government. Therefore, we never thatwewillannounce our decision on the Secondly, closeto60,000 vehicles this year’s stubble burning season is over, stand what has happened.But moreim- pening...See letusunderstand the elec- intervened. subject. We will also explain to thepeo- that had no work in the city wouldpass therewill be lesser pollution on account portantly, my question to youall is tion resultsinMaharashtraproperly.The Therehavealsobeen discussions ple what the EIA actuallyproposes, what through it and add to the pollution. Now, of it. That is what scientists areexpect- whether we want to explorenew kinds ShivSena wononNarendraModi’s about OTT platforms. Ihavecalled is the changefrom2006to2014, and that because of completion of the Western ing. of tourismornot? posters. The BJP-ShivSena gotamajor- them twice to talk about acredible we have justconsolidated manyofthe Peripheral Expressway,whichwas not So, letuswait and see. But we have The seaplane causes no pollution,it’s ity.Wefought as an alliance and the al- self-regulation method, but theyhave things whichwerealreadydoneinthe completedin10years, and whichwe takenaction on all fronts. awonderful thing… Of course, thereare liance got 160seats. We gotafull major- notcome up with aproposal. THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER26,2020 2020 8 DECISION BIHAR
CAMPAIGN TRAIL: SHREYASI SINGH FORMORELOGONTO INDIANEXPRESS.COM/ELECTIONS Her father her main ammo, BJP’s ● POLL PITCH: PM MODI'S ADDRESS IN SASARAM, GAYA ; NITISH KUMAR'S WHOISSANJAYYADAV? candidate keeps her eye on the prize BEGUSARAI SPEECH ● WHO’S WHERE What might also help Shreyasi is the open TODAY: BJP rebeliscompeting forRajput votes, and RJD has LJPsupportforher.PartymensayPaswansare aloyal base, but goodwill forDigvijaySingh may in “complete solidarity” with her.Says avil- TEJ PRATAPYADAV IN lager,RajdevPaswan, “With LJP president HASANPUR; JPNADDA hold 29-yr-old shooting champion in good stead Chirag Paswan appealing forher,wehaveto IN AURANGABAD supporther.Inany case, we areNDA voters.” nowstanding as anominee of Upendra AssheleavesJhundovillage,Shreyasisays, SANTOSHSINGH Kushwaha’s RLSP. “Iamgettingsupportofpeopleacrossthecaste JAMUI,OCTOBER25 Needingallthehelpshecanget,Shreyasiis divide.” banking on being her father’s daughter.His Sheclaimsnottoknowtoomuchaboutthe SHETALKSofhavingbroughtlaurelsto Jamui, photo looms big on her campaign vehicle, one crowdscomingto RJDleaderTejashwiYadav’s THEWINNERTAKESITALL Biharand India. Sheinvokes legacy of her late inwhichhebearsastrikingresemblanceto her. rallies,whileadding,“Idonotthinkheisafac- father and former Union ministerDigvijay OnaThursday, ShreyasireachesJhundoby toratall. IamfocusedonJamui. Here, Nitish Singh. She seeksvotes in the names of “Nitish 1. 30 pm aftervisitstoSagdaha, Dharampur and Modi arethe main factors.” 2015 Bihar Election Kumar in Bihar and NarendraModi in Delhi”. and Bela villages. As she makes her waytothe Going door to door at her next stop, 18,108 Winning And she insists she won’t go anywhereifshe ScheduledCaste Manjhi tola,asupporterin- Shreyasi,stoppingto addressagatheringatthe margin average wins despitewhat her detractors claim. troducesherasa“famousshooter”and“Dada’s insistence of villagers, says,“Some people are Till twoyears ago, Shreyasi’s arena wasa daughter”, adding she is acandidateofJitan spreading canards that Iamanoutsider... You PartyWin average worldfar removedfromJamui, located near RamManjhi. The former CM’s Hindustani knowIamfromGidhaurhereandcontinueto the Jharkhand border and counted among Awam Morchaispartofthe NDA. live theredespitebeing busy with sports.” TOTALSEATS HAM-S 29,408 LWE-affecteddistricts.In2018,shewonagold The crowdclaps appreciatively,assome LJP supportmay help Shreyasi. Santosh Singh With OBC, EBC and ScheduledCaste and LJP 24,107 medal in the doubletrapshooting event at women step forwardfor acloser look at Muslimvotes,apartfromuppercastes,Jhundo 243 Independent 21,333 CWGgames in Australia and, till date, the 29- Shreyasiamidslogansof “ShreyasiSinghzind- is keenlypoised. And hence one of the areas year-old remains Bihar’s onlywoman Arjuna abad”.Shreyasisays:“Iamyourdaughter,niece whereShreyasi canvasses is the Muslim set- JD(U) 21,209 Awardwinner. andsister. Iwillwork forJamui’sdevelopment. tlement,travellingthroughitherhandsfolded 80 RJD 71 JD(U) 53 BJP 27 INC RJD 20,091 However, likemanyotherchildrenof polit- NitishKumarhasbeendoingwellinBiharand intoa“pranam”. INC16,836 ical heavyweights, her eventual destination PM NarendraModi at the Centre”. At Chihutia villagewhereupper castes 3 CPI(ML)(L) 2 BLSP 2 LJP Araria BJP 11,804 wasforetold.Herfatherwasperhapsthelastof Belongingto aroyalfamilyoftheerstwhile aredominant, aresident, Subash Singh, says Saharsa 1 HAM-S 4 Independent theRajputleadersof Bihar,knownpopularly as Gidhaur Estate in Jamui area, Shreyasi took to Katihar theybackShreyasi and hopes she will get CPI(ML)(L) 10,092 Patna “Dada”.UnionministerintheChandrashekhar shooting naturallywith her grandfather them along-promiseddam. Source: Election Commission of India BLSP 6,837 JAMUI and ABVajpayeegovernments, he hadbeen Kumar SurendraSingh and father Digvijay Gaya Shreyasi, meanwhile, is preparing to ad- deniedaticket from Banka by the JD(U) and Singhaceshootersaswellaspresidentsofthe dressanothergathering,andleadsafive-year- contestedasanIndependent, and won. After All India Rifle Association. Her uncle Kumar old girlwith her by hand to asmall platform. he had diedofheartattackin2010, wifePutul Tripurari Singh said: “She grew up with the “DoIneedtoseekyourvotes?...Ijustneedyour KumarihadwontheBankaseatinthebypolls sports in the family.” Shreyasi and AjayPratapmay divide the blessings,” she says. KEY PLAYERS but lostthe same in 2014 and 2019. In the Jamui contest, Shreyasi is facing sit- Rajput votes between them, while Vijay As villagers remarkatthe “humility” of It wasalast-minutecall by the BJP to field ting RJD MLAand ex-ministerVijay Prakash Prakash will hope to getthe RJD’s Muslim- Dada’sdaughter,Shreyasican’tkeepthesmile ShreyasifromJamui.AjayPratapSingh,fellow (younger brother of former Banka MP Yadavvotes. Pratap also carries the stampof offher face. It’s 4pm, evening is already set- Rajput leader who has Rajput and descendant of Srikrishna Singh, Jaiprakash Yadav) and AjayPratapSingh. family, with both his grandfather Srikrishna ting in, and thereare four morevillages to go. who had contestedfromthe seat in 2015 and The Assemblysegment is dominated by Singh and father NarendraSingh having Butshootinghastaughtherthatfocus,andpa- comesecondandwonin2010,revoltedandis Yadavs,RajputsandMuslimsfollowedbySCs. been ministers in the state. tience, pay. Lalu’s ear, Tejashwi’s back IHerebyDeclare ARMSAND LEGS RJD’s firstupper caste Bihar chief, Jagadanand Singh’s prime qualification is his unwavering loyalty
Illustration: Suvajit Dey CHANDANYADAV Indian National Congress, Beldaur (Khagaria) challenged Lalu. DEEPTIMANTIWARY He sealedthe palace trustinhim when in TOTALASSETS NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 1997 he proposedtothe familytomakeRabri `1.16 CRORE Devi CM as Lalu resignedafter fodder scam INNOVEMBERlastyeartheRJDtookeveryone charges. Later,ina2010Assemblybypoll, he **Contesting election forthe firsttime by surprise when it appointed Jagadanand campaignedagainstown son Sudhakar in his MOVABLEASSETS Singh,aRajput,asitsstate president.Itwasthe bastionRamgarhandensuredhisdefeatto the firsttime in the RJD’s 23-year history that an RJD’sAmbikaYadav. Sudhakarhadaccepteda `51.97 LAKH upper caste leader had been appointed its BJPticket aftertheRJDignoredhimfortheseat. Assets 2015 2020 Bihar chief. Thistime,incidentally, SudhakaristheRJDcan- Cashinhand -4lakh Thedecisionwasasmuchinformedbythe didatefromRamgarh. In Patna, security personnel line up to getweapons forelection duty on Sunday, ahead of the firstphase of Bihar polls. PTI RJD’s intent to recastthe party’s imageofa “JagadaBabumaynot beapan-Biharmass Bankbalance -1.2lakh Yadav-dominated OBC outfit, as it wasbythe leader but he has agood political mind. Ever Stocks&bonds -NIL family’s desiretohavealoyalistbyTejashwi’s sincehehastakenthereinsof theparty,things Otherinvestment -4.77lakh sideashetakesontheNDAforthesecondtime have become systematic and the approachto Jewellery -20lakh HASHTAG POLITICS without charismatic father Lalu Prasad. the polls is morecoordinated.Heisalso very BUSINESSASUSUAL Aproduct of the socialistpolitical move- logicalanddifficultto argueagainstevenifyou Vehicle -8.75lakh ment, “Jagada Babu” is one of the founder don’tagreewithhim.Thatworkersknowthat Other -13.24lakh ●First signature on 10 lakh BY UNNY members of the RJD and has represented the hehastheweightof thefirstfamilybehindhim TOTAL -51.97lakh jobs: Tejashwi Yadav Ramgarhseat multiple times as an MLA. He and that helps,” says asenior RJD leader. remainedaministeralmostall through the The RJD also hopes that Singh’s appoint- IMMOVABLEASSETS Posting avideo, RJD leader Lalu regime. ment sendsthe messagethatthe partyisnot `64.74 LAKH @yadavtejashwi tweeted: “From the In 2009, Singh contestedBuxar Lok Sabha againstupper castes. In the run-up to the 2019 first Cabinet meeting itself, with the seatonanRJDticket anddefeatedtheBJP’sLal polls, the RJD’s vocal opposition to 10%EWS Assets 2015 2020 veryfirst signature,10lakhyouths will Muni Choubey by over 2,000 seats. The most quotafor upper casteswas seen to have back- popular leader then in that region, Choubey fired. The NDAhad sweptthe statethen, win- Agriland -4.74lakh get jobs, this is certain!” had notlostfromBuxar since 1996. The seat ning 39 out of the 40 seats(the Congress had Non-agriland -NIL waswrested backbythe BJP in 2014 and re- wonthe remaining one). With Nitish Kumar Commercial -NIL 95K VIEWS, 15K LIKES, 3K RETWEETS IN 9HOURS tainedin2019, with Singh losing both times. having appropriated the EBCs, the RJD sees Residential. -60lakh WhileSinghissaidto have considerablein- upper castesasavotebank it can tapintoto Other -NIL fluence among Rajput voters in Central Bihar, expand itssocial base beyond Yadavs and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi tweeted: “We’ll protest against anylaw his importance in the RJD is attributed more Muslims. TOTAL -64.74lakh with religion as the basis forcitizenship. Ialso want to tell Congress, RJD... your to his unwavering loyalty to Lalu’s family. “Let’s also notforgetthat Jagada Babu was LIABILITIES `50LAKH silence during (anti-CAA+NRC) agitation is not forgotten. While BJP leaderswere As atall but quietleader,Singh, 74,has al- the de factoCMduring the RJD regime when calling people of Seemanchal ‘ghuspethiye’, RJD-INC didn’t open their mouths once.” ways endeared himself to the family. Unlike Lalu wasabsent forseveral years. The family CRIMINALCASES theotherinfluentialRajputleaderintheparty, wantsaveteranandloyalisttoguideTejashwi No pending criminal cases 1.4K LIKES, 272 RETWEETS IN 4HOURS Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, who leftthe RJD in acontestthat is appearing increasingly days before he diedrecently, Singh has never close,” an RJD leader says. BIHAR OUTSIDE BIHAR DELHI Hit by lockdown, acall for change: from ‘chacha Nitish’ to ‘bhatijas’
wasvoting forit, and so did I.” inginDelhifor16years,says thatdespitework- Pitambar Sharma, 48,aBihar migrant be- TANUSHREEGHOSH Mukesh Kumar,22, who belongs to ing 14 hours aday,seven days aweek,behas longing to the Badhai (carpenter) community, &NUSHAIBAIQBAL Paswan’s villageand workswith him, spent no savings. He voted for“KanhaiyaKumar livesinSangam Vihar,one of the largest unau- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 Rs 2,500toget home in April. He returnedin (CPI)”lastyearbutisnotgoinghomethistime. thorisedcolonies in the country. Sharma September.“Thereare no jobs in the village. Heisunaware of welfareschemes;thoughhas came to Delhi with his father backinthe BIPINPASWANstartswork at9amintheelec- Thereare tapsnow, butnowater,”says Kumar, “heard” that if his name is struckoff the vot- 1980s, when justachild and, over the years, tric-switchfactorywhereheworks,and lives, whomakesRs8,000-10,000amonthinDelhi. ers’list,hewillbedeprivedofbenefits,suchas has gone through astring of jobs. Still, mov- with adozen others. It’s one of the matchbox- Hewouldhave votedfortheRJD’sTejashwi Bihar’spensionschemefor those over 60. ing backhome to Bhaur Hanuman Nagarin likeunitsliningthedirtlanesinMangolpuriin Yadavifhisnamewasonthevoterlist.“When During the lockdown, the Nitish govern- Madhubani with his three children is notan Delhi’s NorthWestdistrict. Ahoarding on one elections happen, I’m neverthere... Iwatch ment that initiallyurged migrantstostayput, option, he says.“We would end up taking a of the shop frontsannounces “tatkal money Tejashwi’s rallies on my phone,” he says. arrangedrationkitsfortheminDelhiandother loan at 10%interestagainstland,” he says. transfers”. Forevery Rs 1,000 remitted back “In April-May, we sawoff around 25 lakh cities, says Kaushlendra. However, notevery- ADelhivoternow, Sharmasays tripshome home, Rs 30 is charged, says Paswan, 26. migrantsonthe 10-11special trains between one had access to or knewofsuchservices. showhimthework Nitishhasdone,including If he couldgohome to Begusarai’s Delhi and Bihar,” says KaushlendraKumar The 10 kg ration Mohammad Salahuddin roadsthathave cuttheMadhubani-Patnajour- Bachhwara, he would have votedfor Chirag Singh, an accountant in the office of the Joint got wasprovidedbycivil society groups. The neytohalf.However, Sharma’svillagestilllacks Paswan. “Not on caste.For once, Iwant to vote LabourCommissioneratDelhi’sBiharBhawan. Mukesh Kumar (in darkblue) at electric-switchfactoryinMangolpuri. Tanushree Ghosh labourers’ ration cards areregisteredback adispensarywhile the nearesthospital is 20 forayoungleaderto win,”hesays.However, he As per aCentrefor Monitoring Indian home.Forthelast12days,the55-year-oldhas km away.Ifhecould, he would votefor has no plans of going this time; he didn’t go Economysurvey,inMay,unemployment in been visiting the Labour Chowk in Rani Bagh, TejashwiorChirag,hesays.“Chachajiko15 saal evenduringthelockdownashehadnomoney Delhi and Bihar wasdouble the national aver- Economic Policy and Public Finance, Asian differencethistimewas,havinglosttheirjobs, near Mangolpuri, hoping to find work.But he avsar diya, ab bhatijon ki baari. Boodhe bail se and feared losing his job if work restarted. ageof21.7% —42.3% and 46%, respectively. DevelopmentResearch Institute,says therush theydidnothavethe10-15%monthlyexpense plans to go home to Sitanabad in Saharsa to kabtakkhetikarwayenge(Gave uncleNitish15 In the 2019 general election, he voted for Bakshi Amit Kumar Sinha, Assistant home at this time of the year is expected. theykeep aside from moneysent home.” voteonNovember 7—for Nitish Kumar.“He years, nowit’s the turn of nephews.How long “Modi’sparty (BJP)”,Paswan says.“Everyone Professor at the Patna-basedCentrefor “WorkersgenerallyreturnforChhathPuja.The ManjayPaswan, 32, who has been work- got us roads, hospitals.” can one makeanold bull toil)?” WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM
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The US relationship is the mostimportant of India’s bilateral ties, having growninrecent years on account of China’s belligerence. In the concludingpartofaseries on the US Presidential election, alook at the howthis relationship has evolved, and itshighs and lows irrespective of whether the President has been aDemocrat or aRepublican WHATAMERICAMEANSTOINDIANSATHOMEANDAWAY THEEXPERT PROFESSORAMITABH ULTRA ELITE INDIAN PERCEPTIONS OF US PRESIDENT INDIANAMERICANVOTERS MATTOO is one of India’s SEEN AS MOST FAVOURABLE FOR INDIA SINCE 1945 leading specialists on for- PRESIDENTIAL VOTE eign policy.Heisa RACE FOR GeorgeWBush CHOICE 2020 Professor at the School of THE WHITE JohnFKennedy International Studies, HOUSE WilliamJClinton Whodoyouintendtovotefor? Jawaharlal Nehru RonaldReagan University,and Honorary 72% FranklinDRoosevelt Professor at the Faculty of Arts,University of 0% 10%20% 30% 40% 50% 60%70% 80% 90% 100% Melbourne. He has spent pitulation and accepting Chinesehegemony Source: Based on informalphone interviews with asample of servingorretired IndianAmbassadors 22% severalsemesters as (“Ifyou cannotbeat them,jointhem!”). That Visiting Professor at the conducted in 2020.The survey did notinclude the present incumbent, Donald Trump. 3% 3% EXPERT would also exclude the US from the strategic Note: The figures of Clintonare taken forpost-1998 nuclear testsand Kargil War. University of NotreDame options available;noself-respecting Indian Survey conducted by Mattoo ResearchGroup. Research Coordinator: PoojaArora Joe Donald Other Donot at SouthBend, Indiana. Biden Trump intend EXPLAINS would be comfortable withsuchanoption. tovote Balancing is the mostchallenging and PERCEPTIONSOFINDIANSABOUTTHEUS N=842 U.Sadultcitizens Amitabh Mattoo confrontational option and is likelytobethe preferredoption of the TrumpPresidency. From The Indian Express panel India is notinaposition to balance China on INDIANS’OPINION OF CONFIDENCE IN THE US KAMALA HARRIS IMPACT of specialists, exclusive insight itsown,and balancing (softand hard: eco- THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT DoestheselectionofKamalaHarrismake nomic, diplomatic and military) would de- PART3 Doyouhaveafavourableorunfavourable HowmuchconfidencedoyouhaveintheUS youmoreorlessenthusiasticaboutJoe mand building acoalition with the US and viewoftheUS? President(Trump2017-present,Obama Biden’scandidacy? other “like-minded” states. 2009-16,Bush2003-08)? Whydoes the US Presidential election Whatstructure andformwouldbalancing 60% of Indians in 2019 have afavourable 49% matter to India? take?The shape of a“Quad” (with Australia, opinion of theUS 31% 74 The relationship with the United States of Japan and the US)? Or afull-fledged military 70 PercentageofIndians 60 58 56 56 56 55 PercentageofIndians responding Confidence, 53
49 15% Americamattersto Indiamorethananyother alliance suchasanAsian NATO? WouldIndia 48 42 bilateral engagement:economically, strategi- be comfortable being ajunior partner in such responding Favourable, all years measured 40 4% 29 callyandsocially. AmericanPresidentscanof- anarrangement?Wherewoulditleave India’s all years measured More Makesno Less Don’t tenmakeareal difference to bilateral ties, in- deeplyheld belief in strategic autonomy, de- enthusiastic difference enthusiastic know cludingontrade,onimmigrationpolicies,and finedasthe independence to makechoices Read the previous parts of the 16 16 18 18 14 14 10 10 series here: 02 02 06 06 08 04 largerstrategic issues. about warand peace? 04 N=936 U.Sadult citizens Part 1: https://bit.ly/31e12ir 2012 2012 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2008 20 20 Outsidethefringes,themainstreamof po- 20 Source: 2020Indian American Attitudes Part 2: https://bit.ly/3ok9feV liticalopinion favours stronger relationsbe- Thereisastrongbelief that Republican Source Global AttitudesSurvey 2019,Pew Research Centre Survey, Carnegie/YouGov tween the twocountries.Anti-Americanism, Presidents, historically, have been more oncetheknee-jerk reactionof theIndianelite, pro-India than Democrats—isthat true? seems almostantediluvian today. TheIndian Otherthan anecdotalevidence and flaky agement of theinternationalsystem. diasporainthe US is one of themostsuccess- intuition, thereare fewhardfactstosupport ■ ■ ■ ful expatriatecommunities, and while their this contention. True,Republican regimes are political preferences maydiffer—theyall oftenassociated with the surgical pursuit of Similarly,the worstphaseofIndia’s rela- favouracloserbondingbetweentheirjanmab- American interests,and can be less woolly- tions with the US wasduringthe Republican hoomiorpitrabhoomiandtheirkarmabhoomi. headedonissueslikedemocracy,nuclearnon- RichardNixon administration and the early The reason forthe drastic changeinthe proliferation and human rights; but we have years of the Democratic Bill Clinton adminis- geo-strategic outlook can be summarised hadPresidents,acrossthepartisandivide,who tration.Whilethepro-Pakistantiltof theNixon quickly. India’s firstseriousdeparturefromits have engaged India with passion and vigour. Presidency in the 1970siswell known (espe- NonAligned posture, the 1971 Indo-Soviet Take thetwo Presidentsoften viewedas ciallysince Islamabad wasacting aconduit to treaty,wasaresponseto thecontinuingUStilt being the mostaffectionatetowards India Beijing in the newopeningofthe US towards towardsPakistanand the beginningsofa since WorldWar II: John FKennedy,inthe China, thePrinceton academicGarry Bass has Washington-Beijing entente. In 2020,itisthe 1960s, and George WBush, in the 2000s. The recentlyunearthedthatNixonhelddeepprej- frighteningprospectof apowerful,belligerent former wasadyed-in-the-wool Democrat, The twoUSPresidents seen as the mostaffectionate towardsIndia. (Left)atthe Indian Embassy in Washington; theKennedysare udice againstIndia and Indians. and hegemonic China that has helpedNew and the latter aneo-Conservative introducedtoclassical dancer Indrani Rahman as Jawaharlal Nehru looks on;George WBush with Manmohan Singh. Express Archive Duringtheearly Clintonyearsof the1990s, Delhi build itsrelationshipwith Washington. Republican. Both reachedout to India and IndiaandtheUShadadipinbilateralrelations; engaged New Delhiwith uncharacteristic withpressure onIndiato “freeze,rollbackand Will the outcome of the electionimpact zeal, in twoverydifferent times, but on both alystBruce Reidel, Nehru wassosmitten by of militaryaid (specificallyrequestedby tionalinhisfinalmeetingwithPresidentBush eliminate” itsnuclear programme and to set- India’s ties with China? occasions the China threat acted as acatalyst Jackie that for the rest of his life, he had apic- Nehru). Kennedy also playedarole, according in September 2008. tle Kashmir.The presence of the impetuous Clearly,bothJoe Biden and Donald Trump to ensurethat the bonding extendedbeyond tureofheronhisbedstand. (Reidel‘sstudy JFK’s to Reidel,inrestraining President Ayub Khan In the Oval Office, Singh told Bush: “The Robin Raphael (an FOB—Friend of Bill) as recognise the gravethreat from China, but justpersonal chemistry. ForgottenCrisis:Tibet,theCIA,andtheSino-Indian of Pakistanfromopeningasecondfrontagainst people of India deeplyloveyou.And all that Assistant Secretaryaggravatedthe situation. their response maybedifferent. While Recentlydeclassified sources have re- War is easilythe best account of those years.) IndiaduringtheSino-Indianwar. Moreexcep- youhavedonetobring our twocountries Beforebeing elevatedtothat position, Trump2.0 maybewilling to even moreag- vealedthe extent to whichKennedywas In 1959, Kennedy (as Senator)had givena tionally, therewereseniorfigureswithin the closer to eachother is something history will RaphaelhadbeenacounsellorintheAmerican gressively counter China, Biden is likelyto willing to support India in positioningitasa major foreign policy speech(draftedby KennedyadministrationwhowantedIndiato remember.” Indeed, the former Ambassador EmbassyinNewDelhi.Inthatposition,shehad followapolicyof“Congagement”: contain- democratic counterweight to atotalitarian Galbraith,whichonereadstodaywithasense be helpedtotestand develop nuclear of the United States, the Harvardacademic beencultivatedbyKashmiriseparatistsandthe ment withengagement. China in Asia in the 1960s. The President sent of déjàvu).Hesaid:“[n]ostruggleintheworld weapons,before Chinadidso,to give apsycho- Robert Blackwill, usedtooften recountathis PakistanHighCommission, buttreated with To bemosteffective,India’sChinapolicy— oneofhis mosttrustedaides, the Harvard todaydeservesmoreofourtimeandattention logical fillip to itsstandinginAsia. dinner roundtables at New Delhi’s Roosevelt disdainby theMinistryof ExternalAffairs(and manywould argue —would have to be cus- ProfessorJohn Kenneth (“Ken”) Galbraith as than that whichgrips the attention of allAsia. Had Kennedy notbeen assassinated in House, an intriguing storyabout howhewas deservedly so), including by MinisterHardeep tomisedtotheUS’sresponseandcoordinated Ambassador;Ken had unfetteredaccess to That is the strugglebetween India and China 1963,and Nehru notdiedin1964, thehis- persuadedtotakeupthe job. In 2001, Puri, thenJointSecretaryfortheAmericas. Not withWashington. Thishasalreadygenerated, Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru and ahot- forleadershipof theEast,andtherespectof all tory of theUS-India relationship mayhave President Bush calledhim to his ranchin surprisingly,inherveryfirstofftherecordbrief- as it should, arobustdebate. line to the WhiteHouse. of Asia...”Abattlebetween ademocraticIndia takenadifferent course during the difficult Texasand said:“Bob, imagine: India, abil- ing,RaphaelquestionedJammuandKashmir’s Arising powerlikeIndia has three clear Later, the FirstLady,Jacqueline (“Jackie) that supports “human dignity and individual 1960s and 1970s. lion people, ademocracy,150 million accessionto IndiaandquicklyhelpedUS-India strategic choices: Hedging; Balancing; or Bouvier Kennedy’s goodwill visit to India in freedom” against RedChinawhichruthlessly Andthentake thecaseof Bush,whosesim- Muslims and no al-Qaeda. Wow!” relationsfalltoanewnadir. Bandwagoning. March 1962 wasnot just aspectacular suc- denieshumanrights.To helpIndiawintherace plicity manycompared to that of the fictional It wasthe personal weight that Bush put Fortunately, afterthenucleartestsof1998, AstrategyofHedging offers the prospects cess, but built adeep bond between an age- againstChina, Kennedy hadproposed that characterChancyGardner—asimple-minded intoitthatensured the success of the nuclear thedialoguebetweenDeputySecretaryStrobe of continuing cooperation with China on ar- ing Nehru and the Camelot of brilliant minds therebeanequivalentofa“Marshall Plan” for gardener thrustintothe Presidency (played deal between India and the United States,de- Talbott and External Affairs MinisterJaswant eas of mutual interest, while building India’s that Kennedyhad assembled(the previous IndiafundedbyNATOalliesandJapan,asitwas by Peter Sellersinthe Hollywood film Being spitethe naysayers withinthe State Singhhelpedrestore balancethatledtoagrad- defencesand confronting Beijing on alacarte 1961 Nehru visit to the US wassurprisingly the duty of the free worldtoensurethat dem- There). But his passionfor India and his desire Department. The agreement mainstreamed ual warming of relations. In sum, therehave basis(at atime and place of newDelhi’s disappointing). ocratic India prevailedoverRed China. to arrive at a modus vivendi withNew Delhi India’snuclear programme. The deal wasde- been Democratic and Republican Presidents choice).ABidenPresidencymaydemandcon- Jackie wasput up in the “Edwina During the Kennedy years, India received wasdrivenbyazealuncharacteristic of US signedinamannernottobox Indiaanditsnu- whohave viewedIndiaasapartner;andthose, tinuedstrategic Hedging. Mountbatten”suiteatTeenMurtiHouse,while unprecedented economic assistance, and in Presidents. It even provokedthe staid Prime clearprogrammeintoacorner,butto welcome across the partisan divide, who have takena Bandwagoning is adefeatistoption of ca- in NewDelhi, and according to former CIA an- the 1962 waralmostacarteblanche in terms MinisterManmohan Singhtobecome emo- arisingpowerontothehightableof theman- less favourable viewofIndia. How free grainishelping mills, lifting exports
firstintocoarser sooji andfurther to maida. Kumar,executive director of SunilAgroFoods HARISHDAMODARAN INDIA’SRICEEXPORTS Refined maida flour is used in eateries and Ltd, aBangalore-basedflour miller. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 sweetshops–formakingnaan,parottaandru- Rice exports Basmati Non-Basmati mali rotiorevensamosa, kachori and gulab ja- INDIAPRODUCEDanestimated107.59million mun –that were shut during the lockdown. The marketdistortions areworse in rice, 2017-18 40.52(26,841.19)86.33(22,927.06) tonnes(mt)of wheatthisyear.Outof thatcrop, But maida is alsoaningredient in bread, bis- wheregovernment agencies procured 51.65 2018-19 44.15(32,805.53)75.34(20,903.22) marketedinApril-June at the height of the cuits, cookies and noodles, whose consump- mt of the country’s 118.43 mt production in 2019-20 44.55(31,025.88)50.36(14,352.75) lockdown, 38.99 mt or over 36% wasbought tionathomeshas,if anything,goneup. Wheat 2019-20.The real interesting thing,though, is by theFoodCorporationof India(FCI)andstate Apr-Aug2019 16.65(12,621.24)21.4 (6,046.44) demandoverallisunlikelytohaveplummeted. exportofrice,whichisprojected at 14 mt this CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD government agencies. Apr-Aug2020 20.35(13,659.17)39.29(11,538.18) It bringsthe moreplausible thirdexplana- year,surpassing the previousall-time-highof Bothnumbers–outputaswellasprocure- Export quantities in lakhtonnes tion: Leakage. That is bound to happen with 12.7 mt achievedin2017-18 (see table). ment –wererecords. And theymatter,partic- (Figuresinbracketsare in `crore) 94.63 mt of grain (36.82 mt wheat and 57.80 Indianexportersarecurrentlyshippingout Falling in India, rising elsewhere ularly whenmuch of thegovernment’srelief to Source: Department of Commerce mt rice) being offeredvirtuallyfree. basmati rice at $700-800per tonne. But the thoseworsthitby theCovid-relatedeconomic Wheat from central India is getting deliv- growth is coming from non-basmati, wherea WHILE MANY coun- The decline in India dislocations has been in the form of free grain ing Rs 1,900-2,000 per quintal (100 kg)for ered to southern mills at sub-Rs combinationof Covid-induced tries in the West have has gone againstthe rather than cash. wheatdeliveredattheirgate.Untillastmonth, 20/kgbytrucks,rail rakesand panicbuyingand droughtin been reportingrecord global trend of rising In 2019-20 (April-March), foodgrain off- theyweregetting it at even Rs 1,850-1,900— even sea route. About 12,000- Thailand has ledtosurge in numbers of newcoro- numbersinmostofthe take from public warehouses, fordistribution lowerthan the minimum supportpriceofRs 15,000containers(eachof25-27 global demand. Parboiledrice navirus infectionsin disease hotspots.The through fair priceshopsand under various 1,925/quintal payable to farmers. tonnes),loadedinbarges/vessels with 5% broken grains from the lastfew days,the US, forexample, has schemes, totalled 62.19mt. Thatallocationis from Gujarat, aresaidtobear- Indiaisgoingat$370 pertonne, cases have continued been reporting more up morethan half, at 94.63 mt, in the current The possible reasons riving everymonth at southern belowthe$450fromThailand. to decline in India. On than 60,000cases aday, fiscal.Thisincludesnotjust60.17 mtunderthe If baggedwheatisbeingdeliveredinsouth- ports.Alot of it maywell origi- IN FACT Again,itshouldn’tsurprise Saturday, about 50,000 CORONAVIRUS alevel notreached National Food SecurityAct (NFSA), whichen- ern mills todayatRs1,900-2,000/quintal–as nallyhavebeen PMGKAY/NFSA if someof thiscompetitive ad- newinfectionswere COUNT sinceearly August. titles80crore-pluspersonsto 5kgofwheator againstRs2,400-2,500ayearago–therecould grain.Theall-Indiaaverageretail vantageiscourtesy diverted detectedin the country, France has reported riceeachpermonthatRs2andRs3/kg,respec- be threereasons. priceofwheat, according to Department of FCI grain. If last year’s paddy wasprocured at the lowest since July 28, morethan 40,000cases tively.Thereisanadditional 32.91mtCovid- The firstisthat nearly 85% of the govern- ConsumerAffairsdata,hasfallenfromRs30to the MSP of Rs 1,815/quintal, the equivalent barring the big dip lastMonday. forthe lasttwo days.Recordlevels are specialallocation, mainlyunder the Pradhan ment’s38.99mtwheatprocurementthistime Rs 20 per kg in the lastone year. price of milledrice would beover Rs 27 perkg Forthe 22nd consecutive day, being reachedinItaly,Spain, United Mantri Garib KalyanAnna Yojana (PMGKAY), wasfromjustPunjab, Haryana and Madhya The government, however, seems nottoo —thattoo, without accounting forcommis- morepeople recoveredthan fallen ill, Kingdomaswell. thatgives an extra5kgper month forApril- Pradesh.That would have allowedgrain from concerned. FCI has fixedthe minimum price sionfees,locallevies,transport,bagging,ware- atrend that has resulted in asignifi- In India, current numbers areal- November free. otherstates–moreso,UttarPradeshandBihar of itswheatforopenmarketsalesto bulkcon- housingandothercharges.Thisricecannotbe cant decline in active casesinthe mosthalf of the peak that was Aquestion to askis:To whatextent is the –tobeavailableatwaybelow MSP.Butshould- sumers at Rs 2,135/quintal. This excludes rail exportedatless than$400-410 pertonne. country. As on Saturday, therewere achievedinthe thirdweek of cheap/free wheat and rice, especiallyunder n’t this have been the case lastyear,too? Why freightandroadtransportcost. “FCIwheatwill Clearly,betweenFCI’sown“economiccost” justabout 6.68lakh active cases, September,and declining steadily. PMGKAY, actuallybeing diverted to the open were prices ruling 25% higher then? costRs2,400-2,500atmymill.Theycannotbe of Rs37.5/kgforriceandtheRs0-3/kgratesun- down from over tenlakhamonthago. AMITABHSINHA market, instead of going to the intended Asecondreasonmaybedemand.Roughly buyingatRs19.25/kg from farmers, selling at der PMGKAY/NFSA,thereare gaping holes for beneficiaries? 80%of India’swheatgoesto stonechakkimills. Rs 0-2, and then coverlosses by charging us enough grain to leakthrough. Flour millers in South India arenow pay- The balance is processed by rollerflour mills, wayabove openmarketprices,”saidSPramod FULLREPORT: www.indianexpress.com WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM
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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA ForDelhi, US election result is consequential in terms BECAUSETHE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL of howthe next administration approachesChina
FIREPORTING NEWS Tanvi Madan Mumbai to Delhi to Lucknow, the police force, armedwith IPC, ASIGNIFICANT AMOUNTofthe commentary the otherway on developmentsrelatedto icism in return forChinese cooperation on takescue from political masters to intimidatethe press in India about the upcoming US presidential Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Huawei/ZTE. certain administration priorities. More election’s impact has focusedonwhat Donald The other aspectsofTrump’s China ap- broadly, it will look at whether Biden admin- HE MUMBAI POLICE FIR against severaljournalists working at Republic Trumpand Joe Biden have said or notsaid proachthathavegiven Delhipause areits istration’s Asia policyderivesfromits China TV,accusing them of defamation and causing disaffection againstthe po- about Kashmir.However,that missesacru- ideological dimensions, as well as responses policyorvice versa. lice commissioner,isanominous newlow even by today’s standards of cial point: Broader foreign policydecisions will liketariffsthat have hurtIndia too, and Other aspectsofBiden’s preferredap- highlypolarisedpolitics and publicdiscourse. If the police commissioner have more significantimplicationsfor India. American withdrawal from international in- proachmight suit India.For instance, acting Particularly consequential will be howasec- stitutions and agreementsthat has served to collectively withallies and partners rather Tbelievesthat the TV channelhas crossedaline, thereare means of seek- ondTrumpadministrationor aBiden admin- benefit Beijing. than unilaterally, notimposing tariffs that hit ing redress. Criminalising journalists forastory is justone step shortofcriminalising istration perceive and approachChina and, re- Moreover, the China prism has had itslim- alliesand partners alongwithChina, and journalism itself. It is well understood that some media houses have become megaphones latedly,the question of America’s role in the its—it hasnot,for instance,resultedincon- recommitting to international organisations in forthe powerful and believe that the duty of the press is nottospeak truthtopowerbut world. The outcome will depend on notjust cessions to India on trade and immigration. ways thatcould blunt Chinese influence. Delhi letpower decide what the truthshould be.Inthis role, manyTVchannels reduce them- whowins in November,but also the choices If Trumpwins, Indiawill carefullyconsider might also broadlyapprove of —and could selvestobeing handles forthose in power, arole theyseem onlytoo happyand proud to thatthe next American president makes on three elements: Whether Trumpstays the benefitfrom—the 3Ds of aBiden foreignpol- Linked to the China play. Enter the police. keypersonnel and policies. course or againpivotsonChina, whichoffi- icy that former Obama administration official Forthe Indian government,the Trumpad- cialsremainin or jointhe administration,and Anne-Marie Slaughter has outlined: Domestic The battle betweenRepublic andthe Mumbai police is notabout good or bad journal- question is howthe debate ministration’s morehawkish view of China on America’sapproachtothe howBeijing responds to aTrumpvictory. (renewal), deterrence and democracy. ism, factsversus fake news,but, in fact, aproxy political warbetween the BJP and the has been welcome. It broadlyconverges with Delhi will also watchChina policy closely Linked to the China question is howthe Opposition coalition thatrules the state. This is unfortunate. In an opposition-ruledstate Indian concerns about arisingChina’s actions world will play out in the if JoeBidenwins. The former vice-president debateonAmerica’s approachtothe world likeMaharashtra, this wasanopportunityfor the Mumbai police andthe stategovern- and intentions. And it has facilitated,ifnot next few years. If are-elected is no stranger to foreign policy or Xi. will play outinthe next fewyears. If are- ment to showthemselvesasdifferent from the national trend. But theyhaveendedimi- driven, the Trumpadministration to assign Trump’sinstincts on Commentators have notedhis recent, more elected Trump’s instincts on alliances, immi- tating this trend, in which, forinstance, the Delhi Police Commissioner,who answers to the India an important role in itsstrategic frame- alliances, immigration and hardenedviewofChina. He has calledXi“a gration and trade arevalidated,itcouldmean work,includingthrough the Free and Open thug” and written about “the needtoget areducedand/or contingent American com- UnionHome Minister, has been happytowelcome and pose with the authors of abook that Indo-Pacific concept. This, in turn, has laid the trade are validated,itcould tough on China”. His campaign has laid out mitment in Asia, feweropportunities for reachescertain conclusionsabout howthe Delhi riots began, even as the police forceun- basisfor defenceandsecuritycooperation, in- mean areduced and/or specific stepsitwilltakevis-à-vis Tibetand Indians in the US, and tougher demands on der his charge still investigates who the perpetratorsofthe violence were.Itisnodiffer- centivisedWashington to manage differences contingent American Taiwan, andtalkedofa“genocide”inXinjiang. Delhi to secure atrade deal. If aBiden admin- ent, forinstance, from the Yogi Adityanath government filing FIRs undersedition charges withDelhi on trade, Russia, Iran andhuman commitment in Asia,fewer And thereisrecognition among most istration sees engagement with China on cli- or the UnlawfulActivitiesPrevention Actinthe wake of protests over the Hathras rape. rights, and ledtovocal American supportfor Democratsthat the US-China relationship to- matechange,global health security and non- opportunities forIndians in Nothing is better news forthoseinpowerthan apliable press that is hyper-partisan, India in the ongoing crisis with China. dayisdifferent from what it wasin2009, 2012 proliferation as apriority,has atransatlantic Moreover, while India prefers asubtler ap- or 2016.AnObama administration China emphasisatthe expense of an Asianone, and apolice forcethat’s pro-active to please itsmasters and apolitics that couldn’t careless the US,and tougher proachtohighlighting Beijing’s malign behav- demands on Delhi to secure hand notedthat opinioninthe US on ap- sets certain standards forits democratic part- aboutfreedom of thepress. This shrinksthe middleground wherefreeand independent iour,the administration’smoreexplicitone — proachtoChina has “movedfrombalancing ners,thatwill complicatethe Indian govern- media best thrive.Asrandom petitioners seektoregulatethe media,courts dailyask who and the tools it has as itsdisposal —has put a atrade deal. If aBiden co-operationand competition, to competi- ment’s options and requireadjustments. should control the media, judges deliverinsightful advisories on what is good journalism global spotlight on Chinese assertiveness. administration sees tion and confrontation”. Moreover, witheither TrumporBiden,for- and ministers and politicians shedtears over press freedom, thereisnoquestion that it However, thereare aspectsofPresident engagement with China on But what aBiden administration seesas eign economic policy choices (for example, is that very freedom that is being sought to be circumscribed,despitethe guarantees in Trump’s China approachthat have caused climate change,global health the termsofstrategic competition with resilience and recovery through diversifica- the Constitution. That affectsnot justafew TV channels or the ranting of their frenzied consternation in Delhi. Therehas been aper- China and howitmight choose to blend in tion or reshoring)and budgetaryones (for ex- sisting concern about Trumpstriking adeal securityand non- cooperation will have implications forIndia. ample, spending at home versus abroad) will anchors —but all of media. with Chinese leader Xi Jinping since the Mar- proliferation as apriority, And thereisadebateonthis among Biden’s have crucial implications forIndia. a-Lagosummitin April2017. Theadministra- has atransatlantic emphasis advisors —one that will likelycontinue. Its Finally,Delhi will needtoconsider what tion subsequentlypivotedtocompetition with at the expense of an Asian outcomewilldepend in partonthe presi- America’s choice on November 3will mean China thatsummer.But questions have re- dent’s views,who holds keyforeign and forAmerican powerand purpose —because mainedabout whether the competitive ap- one,and sets certain economic policy positions, as well as assessmentsofthat could determine how ONIONFEARS proachtoChina hassufficient presidential standards forits democratic Beijing’s approach. Beijing decides to act in the region and globally. buy-in or is morethe result of certain Trump partners, that will complicate Delhi willcloselywatchhow this debate Unpredictable rainfall is affecting kharif crop,retail prices. administration officials’ preferences. These the Indian government’s plays outand howBidenmight respondto Madan is Senior Fellowatthe Brookings doubtshavebeen fuelledinpartbyTrump’s anyovertures from Beijing. It will particularly Institution, and author of Fateful Triangle: Government mustcreatebufferstock statementsabout his “very, verygood friend” options and require worry aboutany signs thatWashington HowChina Shaped US-India Relations Xi, as well as his reportedwillingness to look adjustments would bewilling to limit competition or crit- During the ColdWar NIONS RETAILINGATanall-India averageofRs70per kg —theyruled at Rs 50 levels lastyear tooaround this timeand had crossedRs100by mid-December —has one keytakeawayfor policymakers. Thathas to do with the unreliability of kharifcropproduction even in supposedly Onormal monsoon years. The southwestmonsoon season (June- September) recordedsignificant surplus rainfall both in 2020 and 2019.Yet,theydidn’t yield the desired harvests.Lastyear,the rains weren’t good till the lastweek of July, but REINVENTING NON-ALIGNMENT it poured thereafterand right through October.Itled to the standing crop —including onions, pulses and soyabean —suffering heavydamage.Something similar has happened Indiacan playaconstructive role in evolving amultipolar and justworld order thistime. Excess Augustrains took atoll of soyabean and urad (blackgram) in Madhya Pradesh. In September,itwas arhar(pigeon pea) and onioninKarnataka.The current month has been awashout forMaharashtra’s harvest-ready kharif onions and even the DRaja late-kharif bulbs that couldn’t be transplanted due to thenurseries getting flooded. The extendedmonsoon rains, although notbeneficial forkharif, should nevertheless THE FACE-OFFBETWEENIndiaand China in to decide what is best foreveryone. health and education infrastructure. India helprecharge groundwateraquifers and, thereby, deliverabounty during the rabi season. Ladakh and the plans forannexation of the This establishedmechanism is under mustreject both the unipolarity of the 1990s Farmers did harvestbumper winter-spring crops of wheat, chana (chickpea), mustard West Bank by Israel have brought matters of threat. The rise of China as the workshop of and the bipolarity of the current system dom- and even onion, tomato, gourds, beans and melons this April-June; one can hope fora global powerdynamicstothe fore.Inthe the worldhas made manywestern powers inated by the US and China. India should live repeat in the upcoming season as well. Rabi production is largely dependent on access to 1990s, afterthe disintegration of the Soviet insecure. It has ledtoatrade warbetween up to itsindependentnon-alignedcredentials irrigation, whichhas improved over the years through provision of tubewell connections, Union, commentators such as Francis China and the US. Of particular relevance is andplayaconstructive role in evolving amore Fukuyama were quickinannouncing the the routeIndia will take in the evolvingbipo- inclusive,multipolar and justworld order. building of farm ponds/water harvesting structures and adoption of drip/sprinkler tech- “end of history”and labelling ideology as lar worldwith the US and China constitut- In his address to the 75thGeneral nology. Absenceofflooding, mild temperatures with clear skies, and lowpestand disease unimportant andirrelevant in the conduct of ing the twopoles. Assemblyofthe United Nations, Prime incidence during this period allowsfarmers to obtain yields higher than from the regu- global politics. The supposedlyunipolar India facedasimilar situation at thetime Minister NarendraModi reiterated thede- lar post-monsoon kharif season —maize in Bihar is aclearexample. It is rabi, notkharif, worldthat came intobeing afterthe Cold War, of Independence. Then, India refusedtojoin mand of India’s inclusioninthe UN Security that’s going to increasingly impartstability to India’s agricultural output. with the US acting as the global policeman the Cold Warcamps and optedfor anon- Council. This demand is justifiedconsidering Linked to all this is also an effective price stabilisation strategy.The lackofitisappar- andleader in all institutions, facilitated the alignedforeign policy that championedthe India’s history,size, economyand potential march of capitalism on aglobal scale. cause of the colonisedregions and the newly- to play aconstructive role in global affairs. ent from the same onions, whichwereretailingatRs100/kginDecember,being dumped However, eventsthat unfoldedlater,for in- decolonised partsofthe world. In the recent However, under the current dispensation, barelyfour months later by Maharashtrafarmers at Rs 7/kg. The NarendraModi govern- stance the 9/11 terror attacks,cametohaunt past, the Indian government’s foreignpolicy these credentialshavebeen tainted by mul- ment learnt the rightlessons from the 2015 Bihar Assemblyelections debacle by focus- theUSand itsallies. Non-conventional secu- priorities have tilted towardsthe US and the tipleinconsistencies, especiallyinthe neigh- ing on procurement of pulses and building abufferstock.Today, it isn’t arhar,but POT rity threatschallenged theestablishedcon- neoliberal framework.TyingIndianinterests bourhood. Indiashoulduse itsUNSC chair to (potato, onion, tomato) that is givingthe ruling alliance thejitters. Production fluctua- ceptionsofsecurity,war andmodernity. to thecoat-tails of America will bedisastrous. represent nations hithertounrepresentedor tionsare inevitable with climatechangeand irregular rainfall patterns. The waytoman- The2008globalfinancialmeltdownexpo- The support forPalestine has been muzzled underrepresented at the high table and con- agethemisnot by banning exports andimposing stockholding limitsinonions or forc- sedthe realities of the neoliberal worldorder. in this environment andnon-alignment tinue the tradition of speaking forthe mar- Mostinstitutions of lendingcrumbled before abandonedasthe government optedtoplay ginalised. Unfortunately, thecourseofIndian ing cold storeowners to release potatoes deposited with them. The government should theinevitablelogicof capitalism—thecycleof secondfiddle to the US in Asia. The US is try- foreign policy in the lastfew years does not createabufferstock of notjustfoodgrain, but even onion, potato,sugar,edible oil, milk boomandbust.Thecrisisrenderedthousands ing to drag India intoits conflictwithChina correspond with this broad, inclusive world- powder and whitebutter,toenable non-distortivemarketing intervention. unemployedand destitute. The statehad to to protect US interests in the Asia-Pacific re- view basedonsolidarity. bail out some of the largestfinancial corpora- gion. The trade deals donetoplease the US In this context, India and China, as the tionsoftheworldwithpublicfunds.Thewest- have resultedinthe loss of livelihood, agri- world’s twomostpopulous countries and ern worldsoon cametounderstand the im- cultural land and hard-won labour rights of mega-economies, shouldengageinamean- portance of sharing responsibility and India pursuing an Indian working classes. ingful dialogue to resolve theborder dispute. Freeze Frame EPUnny adjustingto thenewglobalrealitiessuch asthe Whatthe worldneeds todayisaninterna- India should strive to makethe worldmore economicriseof ChinaandIndia.G-20nations independent foreign policy is tional order basedon the principles of mutual inclusive,justand sensitivetothe environ- replacedtheeliteG-8of richcountriesindecid- not only essential forthe respect, concern and cooperation and public ment. India pursuing an independent foreign ing the economic course of the world, though countryorthe South Asian participation. Privatisedhealthcare systems policy is notonlyessentialfor the countryor within aneoliberal framework.This wasan region, it canhaveabearing implodedunder the weight of COVID-19 the South Asian region, it can have abearing arrangementto sharepowerandskiprespon- whereascountrieswithasocialisedorsocial- on deprivedpopulations of the world. sibility,asitkeptalmostall poor countries of on deprived populations of istpublichealthcaresystemfared better.The theworldoutof decision-making.Therichgot the world worldneeds to cometogether to build public The writer is general secretary,CPI
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TRIPATHI RESIGNS everything laid down in the Constitution WAR RAGES ON RAILWAYMINISTER KAMALAPATITripathi neednot be relevant forall time to come and IRAQCLAIMED ITS forces chasedthe fleeing has resignedfromthe Union cabinet. calledfor anational debateonthe question defendersofIran’s major portcity of Criticism of the performance of theRailway of whether therewas anyform of govern- Khorramshahr down the highway to the oil MinistrybyPrime MinisterIndira Gandhi at ment better suited forIndiathan the present definingcity of Abadan as air battles flared her news conference lastTuesdayisbelieved system. Mrs Gandhi said the system handed overhead. But Iran said itsfighters regained to have prompted Tripathi to send in his res- down by the Constitution-makers hadnot key positions in the embattledcity of ignation.Aletterwritten by Tripathi wasde- been reviewed. She also said therewas need 3,50,000 inhabitants, repelling enemy at- liveredtoMrs Gandhi. Tripathi is understood forevolving precepts andconventions appli- tacksonKhorramshahr’smosque, govern- to have stated that MrsGandhi could choose cable to the opposition as they“increasingly ment house, tobacco companybuilding and ayounger person to handle theministry and, resorttoagitational politics”.She notedthat the Khorramshahr-Abadan bridge.Acom- as forhimself, he could have manyother av- while severalcountrieshad experimented munique from the Iraqi command said Iran enues of serviceunder her leadership. with government systems and sought more setwaves of helicoptergunships to halt an effective forms of government,inIndia the Iraqi advance on Abadan, prompting Iraqi PRESIDENTIAL HINTS Britishstyle of parliamentarysystemhad jets to scramble up overthe desertplain and THE PRIME MINISTER declared herethat gone on withoutevenadebate. “shootdownthree enemyhelicopters.” WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM
THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER26,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “Certain forcessurrounding Chinashould realize that they willonlysuffer misfortune and meet adead end if they desperately followexternal powers in disturbing China.” 11 THE IDEAS PAGE —GLOBAL TIMES, CHINA Truth must come out
The propriety of Andhra CM’s allegations againsta SC judge is questionable, but theymustnot be sweptunder the carpet
Andhra CM, who is under ascannerwith morethan30cases of corruption pend- ing againsthim, is irkedbythisjudgment, and that his allegationsare highlymoti- vated. It is also being said that Justice Ramana has been caught in the crossfire betweenthe presentand theformerchief ministers of the state,and the judiciary has been unnecessarilydragged intoan Rekha Sharma unseemlycontroversy. While the timingand the propriety of the CM releasing the letter to thepress are THE CHIEFMINISTER of AndhraPradesh, certainlyquestionable, the letter cannotbe Jagan Mohan Reddy,inaletter to theChief sweptunder the carpet. Howsoeverunwar- Justice of India (CJI) on October 6, has made ranted the allegationsmay appear to be,it CRSasikumar seriousallegationsofinterference in the cannotbeignored that they have been courseof administrationof justiceby Justice made by oneconstitutional functionary NVRamana,thesenior-mostjudgeafterthe againstanother.What is at stakeisnot only CJI andthe next in line forthe post.Justice the prestige, independenceand the repu- Let’s not wasteacrisis Ramana, according to Reddy,isclosetothe tation of the honourable judge, but also the formerCMofAndhraPradesh,Chandrababu high office of the chief ministerofAndhra Naidu, and has been influencingthe sittings Pradesh. The truthmustcome out, howso- of thehighcourtjudgesof AndhraPradesh— ever bitter it mayappear to be.Itisoften Challenges to newcentral farm bills, suchasthoseposed by Punjab, harken including the allocation of cases important said that sunlight is thebestdisinfectant. to theTeluguDesamParty—toafewchosen Justice Ramana is reported to have said at a to socialistera.Theyattempt to undo agriculture’s 1991 moment judges. He has referredto questionable land book launchfunction forJustice (Retd.) R dealsbyNaiduinAmaravatibeforeitwasde- Bhanumati that judges areself-restrained government (Rs 3,500crore)and arhtiyas time to yieldresults, but, by the 2000s, India claredthesiteforthenew capitalofthestate from speaking in their owndefence, and, (Rs1,500crore)squeeze annuallyfromthe wastaking 7per cent GDP growth as itsnew andhasalsoalludedto theallotmentof land hence, theyare being construedassofttar- FCIfor wheat and paddy procurement. normal —double the “Hindu rate of growth” to the twodaughters of Justice Ramana. On gets.Hemay beright but in the current age, Letmeget to the economic rootsofthis of the 1970ssocialistera of IndiraGandhi. October 10,the principaladvisor to the CM allegations do flythickand fast,and the only politics. My reading is that the Congress and But even the 1991 economic reforms by- releasedtheaforesaidletterto themedia.As waytoclear the air is to subjectoneself to an manysocial activists who demand that MSP passedagriculturemarketing reforms. aresult, what wasbetween the chief minis- enquiry. Those who hold high constitu- be made alegal instrument (rather than in- It wasonlyunder the leadership of the terand the CJI has come intopublic domain. tional offices,speciallyjudges, should also dicative)actuallyexhibit deep distrustofthe latePMAtalBihari Vajpayeethat agri-mar- AlthoughtheCJIhassofarnot reacted,some be ready to bear the cross if the circum- private sector and markets.This line of think- keting reforms became high on the agenda. statebar associations have passedresolu- stances so demand. The ball is in the CJI’s FROM PLATETOPLOUGH ing goes backtoabout50years. It maybe It wastriggered by the bulging stocks of tionsagainstReddy,describinghisletterasa court. It is forhim to take acall whether to worthrecallingwhatlateIndiraGandhi did to wheat and rice with the FCI. In 2003, amodel blatant attempt to tarnish the fair name of hold an in-house enquiryortoget thealle- by Ashok Gulati wheat andpaddy traders in 1973-74, when act on agri-marketing wascirculated to the Justice Ramana, and an attempt to overawe gations examinedthrough some retired she wasatthe peak of her popularity.Recall states.Vajpayee’s styleoffunctioning wasan the judiciary. judges of the SupremeCourt or to hold no BY PASSING ITS farm bills,Punjab has fired that in 1971,she had wonthe warwith accommodative one, as he wasleading a The Supreme CourtBar Association has enquiryatall. the firstsalvo againstthe pieces of legisla- Pakistan(that gave birthto Bangladesh), abol- large coalition government. But that model also passedaresolution condemning Recently, senior advocateand social ac- tion enacted by Parliamentlastmonth.Other ishedthe privy purses of the families of erst- act did notgofar enough. The NDAlostthe Reddy’s action in placing the letter in the tivistPrashant Bhushan washeld guilty of states in whichthe Congress holds office, while princelystates, giventhe catchy slogan general electionsin2004. public domain. It has stated that suchac- contemptofcourt over twotweetsposted Rajasthanand Chhattisgarh,couldfollowsuit of “Garibi hatao”, and nationalised commer- The UPAgovernment, from 2004to 2014, tions by constitutional functionaries areop- by him. In one,hehad commented on the soon. Notwithstanding whether President cial banksin1969. All this waspartofthe so- did notpursue anymajor agri-marketing re- posedto conventionsand have aserious im- CJI riding aHarleyDavidson motorbikewith- RamNath Kovind giveshis assent to the state cialistera,although the word,“socialist”, was forms. In food,theyagain turned socialist, pact on the independence of the judiciary. out ahelmetand amask during lockdown, bills that undermine the central ones, the im- inducted in the Preamble of the Constitution enacting the NationalFood Security Actin However, theresolution by the SC Bar is not and in the other,hehad stated that when portant issue is to siftthe grain from chaff— onlyin1976. 2013,giving 5kgwheat or rice to 67 per cent unanimous, as itspresident Dushyant Dave historywould bewritten abouthowdemoc- howmuchofthis conflict is about econom- In October 1972,IndiraGandhi an- of the population at Rs 2/kgand Rs 3/kg. One has notendorsedit. Dave is reportedtohave racy wasdestroyedwithout aformal emer- ics aimedathelping farmers and howmuch nouncedanimportant agri-marketing pol- maywell ask what happenedto“Garibi expressedtheviewthatsofar no oneknows gency,the conduct of the lastfour CJIs would sheer politics. My take on this episode is that icy step —that the wholesale trade in wheat hatao”of1971, if 67 per cent of the popula- about the truthfulnessorotherwise of the beparticularly marked. The Supreme Court it is 90 per cent politics and only10per cent and rice(paddy) will betakenoverbythe gov- In October 1972, Indira tion wasstill food-insecure in 2013? allegations, and that truth will emerge only held that the tweets could shakethe confi- economics —ifatall. Letmeexplain. ernment as traders were being unscrupulous Gandhi announced an The NDAgovernment under Prime once thereisanenquiryintothe allegations. dence of the people in the judiciary. If in the Punjab’s farm bills prohibit private play- in notgivingfarmers their due MSP and ma- important agri-marketing MinisterNarendraModi setupahigh-level Till then, according to Dave,any resolution wisdom of the Supreme Court, the two ers from buying wheat and paddybelowthe nipulating prices. The firstmarketing season policy step —that the committee (HLC) under ShantaKumar in is prematureand would tantamount to tweets of Bhushan were so offensive that MSP (minimum supportprice)evenoutside of the government takeover of wholesale 2014 to restructurethe grain management pre-empting the enquiry. He goes on to say theymerited conviction and punishment, the APMC (agricultureproduce marketcom- wheat trade, in 1973-74, sawamajorfiasco. wholesale trade in wheat and system. The committee suggestedmajor that if afterthe enquirythe allegations are what Reddy has said about Justice Ramana mittee) markets.Anyone trying to do so will Market arrivals dropped, and wheat prices rice (paddy) will be taken changes, including cash transfers in the pub- found to be false, the SC mustinitiatecon- is farmoreserious and direct. If the allega- end up with three years in prison, and also shotupbymorethan 50 per cent. It wasabit- over by the government as lic distribution system, and overhauling the temptproceedingsagainstReddy. tionsare found to befalse, frivolous and mo- leviedahefty fine. The point is that this per- terlesson. But IndiraGandhi learnt, andgave FCI’s operations with agood dose of free mar- Lastmonth, abenchofthe Supreme tivated, theycertainlywould call forinitia- tains only to wheat andpaddy.Why notdoit up the policythe very next year. traderswerebeing kets to makethe system moreefficient. But Court headed by Justice Ramana delivered tion of contempt proceedings againsthim. forother crops, saymaize, cotton, pulses and In Punjab’s farm laws,Ifind resonances unscrupulous in not giving the Modigovernment could notmuster ajudgmentinwhichhepasseddirections, But then, therehas to be aprima-facie en- oilseeds that areunder the ambit of the cen- of the wheat trade takeover of 1973-74— farmerstheir due MSPand courage to undertake bold reforms,except including arequest to thechief justicesof quiryfirst. Letnoonegetafeelingthatwhen tral MSP system? Or even extend it to milk that wasalso the period of “licence raj” in in- manipulating prices. The some marginal tinkering of labour rules in the high courts to head special benches to it comes to itsown, the Supreme Courtisre- and vegetables by declaring localMSPs for dustry withmarginalincome taxrates going the FCI. It also triedgoing the Vajpayeeway immediatelyhear criminal cases against luctant to act, and letBhushan also notget them? Because the stategovernment is as high as 98 per cent. Do we want to go back first marketing season of the through model actsonagri-marketing re- MPs and MLAs, whichare pendingfor the feeling that he wasasofttarget. smartand knows full well that it will create to the economic philosophyofthosedays in government takeover of forms. But again, theydid notgofar enough. decades. It also directed that the hearings afiasco in agri-markets,whichmight the early 1970sthat gave us what my teacher, wholesale wheat trade,in The COVID-19crisis openedawindowof should proceed on aday-to-daybasis. The writer is aformer judgeofthe boomerang on it politically. the famous agri-economist, RajKrishna, de- 1973-74,saw amajor fiasco. opportunity to reform the agri-marketing It is being said in some circles thatthe Delhi High Court Would alaw foronlywheat and paddy scribed as the “Hindu rate of growth” or 3.5 system. The Modi government grabbed it — helpfarmers?Not really,asthe Centre al- per cent GDP growth? Market arrivals dropped,and this is somewhat akin to the crisis of 1991 readybuysmorethan 95 per cent of Punjab’s It is to the credit of the Congress Party wheat prices shot up by more leading to de-licensingofindustry. Patience wheat and paddy at MSP through the Food leadership under then Prime MinisterPV than 50 per cent. It wasa and professionalism will bring richrewards LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR Corporation of India (FCI) and stateprocure- Narasimha Raothatitsupported the eco- bitter lesson. But Indira in due course, notnoisy politics. ment agencies. So, whereisthe economic nomic reforms packageprepared by gain forthe Punjab farmer? Muchofthe up- Manmohan Singh and his team of trusted Gandhi learnt,and gave up The writer is Infosyschair professor for roar is about the Rs 5,000crorethat the state economists in 1991.The reforms took some the policy the verynext year agriculture at ICRIER A NEWLOW THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,‘Thewrong IDEAS dose’(IE,October23).TheBJPhasgottwo issuesmixedup —employmentandvac- ONLINE cine —inthe run-up to the Bihar assem- blypolls.Biharactuallyneedsanemploy- ONLYINTHE EXPRESS ment vaccine. But thereseems to be no The other vaccine roadmap forthis “jumla”. As per CMIE ● MINDTHEGAP: data, Indiahas 40 crorejobs, of which SUNNYJOSEAND only4percent(1.5crore)are governmen- BHEEMESHWARREDDYA Research suggeststhataflushot canofferashieldagainstsevereCOVID-19 talandsemi-governmental.Thecommit- ment of 19 lakh jobs is atotal farce, simi- ●WHENEVERY Partha PMajumder larto theoneNarendraModiannounced MINUTECOUNTS: in the run-up to the general elections, of KANCHANATK 2crore jobs per annum. The BJP,by AFORMER POSTDOC of mine, who is nowa Thatis,instead of double-strandedDNA,these and IgG antibodies that bound the COVID-19- whichrefers to the immunity that avaccine singling outBiharfor the vaccine prom- www.indianexpress.com professor in the CalcuttaUniversity,was in- viruses aremadeupof asingle-strandedRNA causingcoronavirusSARS-CoV-2 in bloodbe- generates againstalargerset of pathogens, ise,hastakenpoliticalrhetoricto itslow- fected with SARS-CoV-2acouple of months genetic material.Isitthen possible thatthe in- fore symptomatic recovery.These immuno- notnecessarilyonlyagainstthe oneforwhich estebb. agoand hadrecovered from COVID-19. She fluenzavaccinecanalsobeprotectiveagainst logical findings were similar to those thathave it wasdesigned. Thus, the cocktail of inacti- RajivBoolchand Jain, Zirakput askedme, “Afterour antibody levelagainst the coronavirus? Since both areRNA viruses, been found earlier in patientswith influenza vatedstrains of the flu virus confers protec- whom the so-called“eternity” of their the coronavirus goes down, would it bedesir- is it possiblethatthe body mountssimilarim- virus infection —aswellasinindividuals who tion notonlyagainstthe influenza virus but THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Vaccine anachronistic agenda is what matters. able to take an influenza vaccine?” mune responses? receivedavaccine againstinfluenza. also againstother viruses. While suchnon- isn’t poll sop’ (IE, October 22). The BJP’s Needlesstosay,fraternity is an adhesive When avirus or bacteriainfectssomeone, Almostimmediatelyafter the coronavirus Alarge studyconductedrecentlyinBrazil specific protection may, in some cases, bede- poll promise of afreeCOVID-19vaccine forkeeping society united againstdivi- the bodyfights back.Theimmune system pro- outbreak wasdeclaredapandemic, manysci- comprising 92,000 COVID-19patientshas sirable, it compromises providing protection to allBihar residents, if voted intooffice, sive forces.Theseforcesareontheprowl, duces antibodies that arecritical to fighting entists andpublic healthexperts claimedthat concludedthat theinfluenza vaccine protects againstthe virus forwhichitwas designed. It is anew lowinIndian democracy. courtesy of their mentors, who arenow and clearing the virus. The antibodies areof- those who have receivedthe influenza vac- againstgetting severe COVID-19. Asimilar is thought that becauseofthisnon-specific While it’s notnew forIndian voters to in the political ascendency. tenspecific. That is, an antibody producedto cine aremoresusceptible to infection by the conclusion wasreachedinastudy conducted immune responseofthe flu vaccine, recipi- be promised“freebies” during election Tarsem Singh, Mahilpur fight avirus maybeineffective or less effec- coronavirus. This claim wasquicklyrefuted earlier in Italy. The Brazilian study found that entsofthe flu vaccine can recognise SARS- season, bringingthe pandemic intothis tive to fight another virus. by conducting focusedscientific experiments if aperson takesaflu shotbeforecontracting CoV-2efficiently andalsofightthecoronavirus dirty game is deplorable. It’s clear that My familyand Ihad also tested positive —and by an analysis of dataand specimens SARS-CoV-2, the chance of deathfromCOVID- infection better.Hence, flu vaccine recipients BJP has completely lostthe positive at- LOCKDOWNEFFECTS forSARS-CoV-2. We areall above65years,my from over 10,000residentsinCanada. 19 reducesby20per cent. When aperson infectedby thecoronavirus canclearaway the tributes of itscelebrated tagline, “party father is 98.But none of us had anymajor Scientists have observed many interest- takesthe shotafterthe onsetofCOVID-19, the coronavirus rapidly. Therefore, their COVID- with adifference”. THIS REFERSTOthe article, ‘Lockdowns symptoms of COVID-19.Wehaveall recov- ing commonalities between immune re- chance of death reduces by 27 per cent. 19 clinical symptoms areless severe. Kiran Ransing, Ahmadnagar don’t work’(IE, October 24). The writer’s ered.Ihavebeen wondering whether anypast sponse in patientswith COVID-19and those The influenza vaccine is acocktail of inac- Thereisnot yetatreatment forCOVID-19 evidence-basedanalysis onlyconfirms action on our partmay have helpedusrecover withinfluenza infection.Recently, scientists tivatedviruses,thatis,deadviruses.Since the or avaccine againstSARS-CoV-2. We arehav- POWER VS FRATERNITY what Indians have known intuitively for without serious symptoms. When my former and cliniciansofthe Peter Doherty Institute RNAoftheinfluenzavirus changes(mutates) ing to rely on preventive measures suchas some time now. One of the earliestand postdoc asked me aboutthe flu vaccine, my forInfection and Immunity in Australia stud- rapidlytoevolve intonew strains, the cocktail wearing afacemask,hand-washing and THIS REFERS TO thearticle, ‘The answer moststringent lockdowns in the world answer wasthatIamnot sureifitwillprotect iedthe immune responses in the bloodina alsochangeseveryyear.In2019-2020, the in- maintaining physical distance. Everyyear, is fraternity’ (IE, October 22).The inclu- hadone definitive result —the migrant youfrombeingreinfectedby SARS-CoV-2,but COVID-19patient.Theyconductedthis study fluenza vaccine providedgloballywas a WHO recommends mandatoryflu shots for sion of the word “fraternity” in the crisis.Intermsofthespreadof COVID-19, it will certainlyprotect youagainstthe flu in the same patient at different pointsoftime quadrivalent, containing four inactivated the elderly,children and pregnant women; Preambleof ourConstitutiononlyshows it seems to have helpedlittle. Lockdown virus. Ialso mentionedtoher that my whole when the coronavirus wasactive in the pa- strains of flu virus —two strains eachofin- the subsection of anypopulation who areat the foresight of the foundersofthe proponentsmay arguethatthesituation familyhasbeentakingthefluvaccine annually tient.Theyfound that significant changes in fluenza Aand B. high-risk forinfluenza.This season, getaflu RepublicofIndia. Itsimportance, there- would have been muchworse without forover10years. It dawnedonmethat this different cell types related to immunere- The juryisstill out on howthe flu vaccine shotnot onlytoprotect yourself againstin- fore,cannotbelostonthosewhobelieve it.That’s the great advantageofcounter- mayhavebeen the passive action that helped sponseinthis patient comparedto those with- can protect againstsevereCOVID-19. Avac- fluenza, but also to prevent severe COVID-19. inequalrightsforallcitizens,irrespective factuals —theycan usedtojustify even us smoothlytide overour COVID-19. out SARS-CoV-2 infection. Forexample, there cine againstavirus that is composedofone or of their religion,caste andcreed.But un- the poorestdecisions. The influenza viruses —ofthe four types, wasalarge increase in numbers of antibody- moreinactivated strains of the virus fails to The writer is distinguished professor, fortunately, it is anathematopeople for Biswadeep Chatterjee, via email A, B, Cand D, onlyAand Bcan cause severe secreting cells and follicular helper T-cells. produce specific immunity againstthe virus. National InstituteofBiomedical disease—and SARS-CoV-2 areall RNAviruses. Theyalso detectedimmunoglobulin M(IgM) Instead, it produces non-specific immunity, Genomics, Kalyani WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM
THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER26,2020 USA ‘MURDER HORNET’NEST VACUUMED OUT Ateamofentomologists in full-bodyprotective gearvacuumedAsiangianthornets out of a treeinWashington state on Saturday, eradicating the first nest of the so-called murder hor- 12 nets found in the US.Authorities spent weekssearching forthe hornets, which could pose a THE WORLD threattohumans, becausethey canstingrepeatedly with venom stronger than ahoneybee’s.
TOPOFTHE Gunmen storm WORLD ‘Nothowyoutalkaboutfriends’:Biden school in Cameroon, slamsTrumpforremarksonIndia’sair killing seven children But it wasagrim newlow in Says deeplyvalues BLAISEEYONG& aregion thatsince 2017 has seen JOSIANEKOUAGHEU hundredsdie and thousands dis- Indiapartnership KUMBA,OCTOBER25 placedbecause of the conflict, with manychildren unable to at- Opposition candidate GUNMEN STORMED aschool in tend school. The attackhas WavelRamkalawan Cameroon on Saturdayand drawnwidespread condemna- casts his voteashe openedfireindiscriminately, tion andislikelytopile further holds his son. Reuters killing at leastseven children and pressureonthe government to wounding about 12 more in are- do moretoend the conflict. gion whereseparatist insurgents “They found the children in SEYCHELLES RACE FOR operate, officials and parentssaid. class and theyopenedfireon Oppositionwins Arriving on motorcycles and them,” city sub-prefect Ali THE WHITE in civilian clothes, the attackers Anougou told Reuters. presidential HOUSE hit the school around middayin Isabel Dione ranintothe the city of Kumba in South West school to search forher 12-year- electionfor1st Region, according to the accounts, old daughter when she heard timesince1977 including from one parent out- about the shooting. She found LALITKJHA side the school at the time. her on the floor of aclassroom, THE SEYCHELLES elected WASHINGTON,OCTOBER25 Some children were injured bleeding from the stomach. an opposition candidate jumping from second storey “She washelplessand she as president forthe first SLAMMINGUSPresident windows. wasshouting ‘mum please help time since 1977,authori- Donald Trumpfor his comment It wasunclear if the attack me’, and Itold her ‘onlyyour ties announcedon on India’sair pollution,former waslinked to an ongoing strug- God can save younow’,”Dione Sunday, and winner vice president and Democratic glebetween the Armyand told Reuters. The girlwas WavelRamkalawanreaf- Partypresidential nominee Joe groupsseeking to form abreak- rushed to hospitalwhereshe is firmedapledgetohike Biden on Saturdaysaidheand away statecalledAmbazonia in undergoing treatment fora the minimum wage after his running mateKamala Harris the English-speaking west. gunshotwound. REUTERS Covid-19stifledthe deeplyvaluedAmerica’s part- LINES STRETCH FORBLOCKSASNEW YORKERS TURN OUT FOREARLYVOTING: ThousandsofNew Yorkers flooded polling tourism-dependent econ- nership with India. placesand waited hoursinlonglinesSaturday,the firstday of early voting.Lines stretchedfor blocks outside polling sites as omy. Ramkalawan, afor- “President TrumpcalledIndia election officials contendedwithmalfunctioning electronicpoll machinesand tried to calmanxious voters.The hurdlesfor mer Anglican priest, de- ‘filthy’. It’s nothow youtalk about voters and poll workers on the firstday of voting reflected the challenges of aholding acontentiouspresidentialelection in the PoliceinjuredinLondon feated PresidentDanny friendsand it’snot howyou solve middle of apandemic. But many people remainedundeterred by the delays and the coronavirus, some waitingaslongasfive Faureafter three decades global challenges likeclimate hours and somerushing to getinline before polls closed. Reuters lockdown protests, 18 held of unsuccessfulruns for change,” Bidensaid in atweet, the presidency of the East twodays afterTrump, during a African nation,anIndian presidentialdebate, accused Ocean archipelagofamed China, India and Russiaofnot tak- Virus surge colours campaign’s final stretch forits natural beauty and ing careoftheir “filthy”air. rare wildlife. REUTERS “KamalaHarris and Ideeply Pence’s topaidetests positive, Vice President to keep travelling despitecontact At aprotestin value our partnership and will Trafalgar Square, put respect backatthe centreof landedinWashington.“Ididhear London, on our foreign policy,” Biden said on ASSOCIATEDPRESS about it justnow,” he said. “And I Saturday. AP BRITAIN Twitter Saturdayasheretweeted WAUKESHA,OCTOBER25 thinkhe’squarantining.Yeah.Idid Doctorsdemand his op-edinthe latestissue of the hearaboutit.He’sgoingto befine. India West weekly. USPRESIDENTDonaldTrumpas- But he’s quarantining.” anygatheringsofmorethan six freemealsfor “TheObama-Bidenyearswere suredsupporters packedshoul- The revelation bookendeda ADITIKHANNA people areprohibited. childrenduring some of the best we’veeverhad derto shoulderatweekendrallies dayinwhichBiden and Trump LONDON,OCTOBER25 TheMetropolitanPolicesaidit betweenour twocountries. A that“we’reroundingtheturn”on demonstratedremarkablydiffer- made arrests foravariety of of- schoolholidays Biden-Harris administration will thecoronavirusandmockedchal- Trumpand Biden have been campaigninginswing states entattitudesaboutwhattheysaw SCOTLAND YARD said itsofficers fences,includingbreachingcoron- PEDIATRICIANS ARE urg- build on that great progress and lengerJoeBidenforraisingalarms days ahead of the November 3election. AP as safebehaviour in the home- policinganti-lockdown demon- avirus regulations and assaulting ingtheBritishgovernment doevenmore.We canandshould aboutthepandemic,despitesurg- stretchofacampaign that has strations in London have made 18 an emergency service worker. to reverse course and pro- be natural allies,” Biden wrotein ing cases around the countryand been upended by the pandemic. arrests, with some officers receiv- “Onedemonstrationinpartic- vide free meals forpoor the op-ed.“That’s whyifelected morepositive infections at the House said, but still plannedto markedthe starklydifferent ap- “Wedon’twanttobecome ing minor injuries following ular attracted alarge number of childrenduringschoolhol- President,Iwillcontinue whatI WhiteHouse. keep travelling and holding ral- proaches thatTrumpand Biden superspreaders,”Biden told sup- clashes with the protesters. protesters andIbecame increas- idays as the Covid-19pan- have long calledfor:The US and Trump’s remarks came lies around the country. aretakingtocampaigning in the porters at a“drive-in”rallyin Large groups of protesters inglyconcernedthat those in the demicpushes morefami- India willstand togetheragainst Saturday,hours before the White The revelation of another ageofthe novelcoronavirus. Pennsylvania, picking up aterm were seen marchingthrough the crowdwerenot maintaining so- lies intopoverty.Some terrorisminallitsformsandwork House announcedthatatop aide high-rankingadministrationoffi- Pence’s office confirmedlate that has been usedtodescribe cityonSaturday withbannersand cial distancing or adhering to the 2,200members of the together to promote aregion of to Vice President MikePence had cial testingpositive forthe virus Saturdaythat his chief of staff, the Rose Garden event in late placardscallingfor“freedom”and terms of their ownrisk assess- RoyalCollegeofPediatrics peaceandstabilitywhereneither tested positive forthe virus. coupledwiththeadministration’s MarcShort, had tested positive. September in whichTrumpan- an end to Covid-19restrictions, ment,” said CommanderAde and Child Health have China nor anyother country Pence has been in close contact decision to continue business as Trumpcommented on Short nouncedhis latestSupreme whichhascurrentlyplacedtheUK Adelekan,leadingtheMetPolice’s written an open letter to threatens itsneighbours.” PTI with the adviser,the White usual punctuated aday that early Sunday afterhis plane Courtnominee. capital underTier 2, under which operationoverthe weekend. PTI Prime MinisterBoris Johnson, saying theywere TURKEY’S ERDOGAN ALSO SLAMS FRENCH PRESIDENT shockedbyhis “refusal”to Afghanistan sayssenior backdownonthe issue. The House of Commons Imran accuses Macron of attackingIslam lastweek rejected legisla- Al-Qaeda leader killed tion that would have pro- Muhammad in aclass on free- terroristswho carry out violence, videdfreemeals duringall REUTERS dom of expression. be it Muslims, White ED school holidaysfrom ASSOCIATEDPRESS Morestrain ISLAMABAD,ISTANBUL, “Sadly, President Macron has SupremacistsorNaziideologists”. King Al-Sultan Abdullah(left) OctoberthroughtheEaster KABUL,OCTOBER25 onUSdeal OCTOBER25 chosen to deliberatelyprovoke Turkish President Recep andPMMuhyiddin Yassin break. AP PLAIN E Muslims,incl his owncitizens, Tayyip Erdogan said Macron had ● withTaliban AFGHANISTANCLAIMEDSunday EX PAKISTANIPRIMEMinisterImran through encouraging the display “losthis way”, in his second VATICAN itkilledatopAl-Qaedapropagan- Khan said on SundaythatFrench of blasphemouscartoons target- sharp criticism of the French Malaysia’s king distonanFBI most-wanted list THE FEBRUARY deal between PresidentEmmanuelMacronhas ing Islam &our ProphetPBUH,” leader in twodays over the treat- Popenamesnew duringanoperation in the coun- the US and the Taliban, which “attackedIslam” by encouraging PakistanPMImran Khan Khan said on Twitter.Khansaid ment of Muslims.OnSaturday, rejects PM’s cardinals,putting try’s east, showing the militant has already been under strain, the displayofcartoonsdepicting Macron could have shown a Erdogan said Macron had a group’scontinuedpresencethere could be in further trouble the ProphetMuhammad. “healing touch” to denyspace to problem with Muslimsand request for hisstampon as US forces work to withdraw with one of itsmajor condi- Khan’s commentscome days by an Islamistradical who extremists but had instead “cho- needed mental checks —are- from America’s longest-running tions likelyunder threat. afterMacron paid tributetoa wanted to avenge the use of car- sento encourageIslamophobiaby bukethat causedFrance to recall emergencyrule Church’sfuture waramidcontinuedbloodshed. Under the deal, the Taliban is Frenchhistory teacher beheaded toons depicting the Prophet attacking Islam rather than the itsambassadorfromAnkara. POPE FRANCIS named13 The reported deathofHusam supposedtocut ties with newRoman Catholic car- Abd al-Rauf, also known as Abu groups that threaten the secu- JOSEPHSIPALAN dinals on Sunday, includ- Muhsin al-Masri, follows weeks rity of the US and allies, in- &ROZANNALATIFF ing nine under the ageof of violence including an IS- cluding Al Qaeda. But with Pak Oppn holds third massive anti-govtrally KUALALUMPUR,OCTOBER25 80whoareeligibleto enter claimedbombing on Saturday the reportedkilling of the aconclave to elect his suc- near Kabul that killed 24 people. Qaeda leader in Afghanistan oppositionpartiesformedonSept withtherally, whichwasattended againstpeople's wishes and [by] MALAYSIA’S KING Al-Sultan cessorafter his deathor This threatens the peace talks and officials saying he wasbe- PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA 20,earlierheldtwomassive back- by topleaders of the coalition. tearingaparttheConstitutionand Abdullahrejected on Sundaya resignation.Theywillbeel- between the Afghan govern- ingprotected by the Taliban, KARACHI,OCTOBER25 to-backgatherings in Gujranwala Addressingthe rallyvia video laws,for pushing peopletowards proposal by Prime Minister evatedto thehighrankata ment and the Taliban in Qatar.It the US could see this as avio- and Karachi this month. linkfromLondon,PML-Nsupremo povertyand hunger,” Sharif said. Muhyiddin Yassin forhim to de- ceremonyknownasacon- also complicates US’ effortsto lation of the terms of the deal. PAKISTAN’S MAJOR Opposition As thepublicmeetingbegan andformerPMNawazSharif again His daughter and PML-N vice clareastate of emergency in re- sistory at theVatican next withdraw from Afghanistan. parties on Sundayheld their attheAyubStadiuminQuetta,the blamedArmychiefGen Qamar presidentMaryamNawaz in her sponse to thecoronavirus crisis, month. The nine electors Details about the raid that led thirdmassivejoint rallydespite citywitnessedablastthatkilled JavedBajwa and ISI Director speech said thetimehad come sayingthathedidnotseetheneed. comefromaround the to al-Rauf’s alleged death re- al-Rauf’s reporteddeath.The FBI, security threatsinthe troubled three people and injured seven General Lt Gen Faiz Hameedfor to changethe fate of Pakistan. Critics sayMuhyiddin’s re- worldand increase the mainedmurky,hoursafter the US militaryand NATO did not southwestern Balochistan othersinHazarganjiarea,35 to 40 Pakistan's current situation. Addressing the rallyvia video questfor emergencyrule, which possibility that the next Afghanistan’sNationalDirectorate respondto requestsforcomment. province’s capital Quetta, as part minutes away from the rallysite. “Gen Bajwa, youwill have to link,PakistanPeople’s Partychief would include suspending par- pope will be aperson who of Security intelligence service Amanullah Kamrani, deputy of their nationwide campaign to According to police, an im- answer forrecordrigging in the BilawalBhuttoZardari asked, liament, is an attempt by the pre- will continueFrancis’ poli- claimedonTwitter to have killed headof Ghazni’sprovincialcoun- oustPrimeMinister Imran Khan. provisedexplosive device was 2018 elections, forhorse-trading “What sortofademocracy is this mier to stay in poweramid a cies. REUTERS himinGhazniprovince.Al-Qaeda cil, said Talibanwas offeringshel- The PakistanDemocratic planted in amotorcycle. in the Parliament,for making wherethe media isn’t free and leadership challenge. didnotimmediatelyacknowledge terand protection to al-Rauf. Movement(PDM),acoalitionof 11 The PDMleaders went ahead Imran Niazi primeminister neither is the judiciary?” Malaysiaisseeingaresurgence invirusinfectionsandonSaturday reportedits biggestdaily jump in cases with1,228 newcases. The palace said Muhyiddin DEBATES IN THE STATE HAVE LONG BEEN LEADING INDICATORS OF SOCIAL ISSUES ROILING AMERICA made the requestfor emergency rule to deal withthe coronavirus pandemic, but that the govern- Also on California ballot: Gig economy, race in admissions ment has been handling the cri- sis well. “Al-Sultan Abdullah is of the Debates in this Democraticstate legislative debatesaboutgaymar- ers suedUberfor $260million on cationto considerrace,sex,colour, opinion that thereisnoneedat KARISHMAMEHROTRA have longbeenleadingindicators riage.In2010,voterswere askedto Thursdayfor the company’s ag- ethnicity,ornational origin to ad- the moment forHis Majestyto SANFRANCISCO,OCTOBER25 of social issues roiling America — choose between emission stan- gressive in-app messages asking dress diversity.Inother words, it declareanemergency in the andthepropositionsontheballot dardsandemploymentrates—all riders to supportthe prop. would allowaffirmative action, countryorinany partofthe SHOULDUBERdriversbeconsid- thistime arenodifferent. issues that eventuallymade their Currently, companies like giving preferential treatment to countryofMalaysia,” the palace ered employees?Should public “TostudyCaliforniainitiatives waytointernational discourse. Uber,Lyftand food delivery firm historicallydisadvantagedgroups. said in astatement. schools consider race when ac- and referendumistostudy ami- This year,the mostcontested DoorDash use acontracting The statehad outlawedthis prac- “His Majesty is confident in ceptingstudents?Should17-year- crocosmof themajor...issuesthat proposition, Prop 22, has voters model so that theydon’thaveto ticeinthe1990s.Thesystemisdif- the ability of the government oldswho willturn 18 by thetime peopleandpoliticianshave cared askingif Uberdriversshouldhave paytheirworkersunemployment ferent from quotas, whichare under the leadership of the of apresidential election be al- about,”wrotehistorianJohn flexibility or stability.With stick- insurance, overtime, or compen- bannedbyAmerican federal law. Prime Ministertocontinueto lowedtovoteinthe primaries? Allswanginhisbookonthestate’s ersonUbervehicles and on bags sation.Thecompaniesclaimmost This is mostoften broughtup implement policies and enforce- Should prisoners be able to pay proposition system. Supporters of “pro-black”initiativesonthe ballotatanevent of onlinegroceryserviceInstacart, of their drivers, amillion in the case of university admis- ment effortstocurb the spread cash to getbail? Thisyear’spropositions,puton hosted by the California Democratic PartyBlackCaucus. AP app-basedcompanieshave spent Californians,would prefer the sions. ManyAsian Americans be- of the Covid-19pandemic.” Otherthanchoosingbetween the ballotbycitizens who gar- $181 million—the mostin flexibility of contract work over lieve affirmative actionmeasures Theking’s decision came af- presidential candidates Donald nered at least623,212 signatures California’s history on aproposi- thestabilityof employeebenefits. hurtthem,astheir higher scores terameeting with other senior Trumpand Joe Biden,inwhat is in supportofeach, come from a endum in astate,bypassing the mostfrequently. Aseriesof propo- tion campaign —toget voters on Anothercontentiousmeasure, arede-valuedfor another’s iden- royals. The constitution givesthe being calledthe contestfor tradition of direct democracy in legislature.Californiawasthesec- sitionsinthe1900sdealtwithpol- theirside. If it passes, it would ex- supportedbyDemocratic Vice- tity.Otherssay diversityshouldfo- king the right to decide if an “America’s soul”, these aresome the country. US citizens can sug- ondstate(afteritscloseliberalsis- iticsoveroilexplorationandinsur- empt companies likeUberfrom PresidentnomineeKamalaHarris, cus moreonclass, notrace. emergency should be declared, of the questionsCalifornians will gestpropositions—orlegalmeas- terOregon)to institutethesystem ance companies. In 2008, providing employeebenefitsto wouldallowpublicentitiesinem- FULLREPORTON basedonthreatstosecurity, econ- be voting on come November 3. ures —tobeput to popular refer- in the late1800s and has usedit Proposition8wasone of the first theirdrivers.Agroupof gigwork- ployment,contracting and edu- www.indianexpress.com omyorpublic order. REUTERS WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM
THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER26,2020 MarketWatch FPISNET BUYERSINOCT SO FAR NewDelhi: Foreign portfolio investors(FPI) remained net buyers in Indian markets in October so far,pumping in anet Rs 17,749 crore in the month as better than expected quarterly results, the 13 ECONOMY PTI opening of theeconomy, the depositories datashowed.
OCTOBER 31 DEADLINE FOR ECLGS WORTH `3 LAKH CRORE APPROACHING How key policy actions led to TomaximiseliquidityforMSMEs,govt rise in income levels during a mayextendcreditschemedeadline pandemic-hit global economy ANILSASI As per Credit Suisse Group AG’s 2020 Global Wealth ECLGS is open until October 31 or Rs 3-lakh croreECLGS provides take loans in their individual ca- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 Report, India and China arereportedtohaveseen SUNNYVERMA until Rs 3lakhcrore has been 62.52%OFFUNDS additional 20 per cent collateral- pacity,for instance, truckdrivers, NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 sanctioned, whicheverisearlier. freecreditto MSMEsfullyguaran- small shopkeepers, taxi drivers, THE PANDEMIC and the subse- gains in householdwealth in thefirsthalf of the year “TheNCGTC has increasedits SANCTIONED teed by the central government lawyers, agricultureequipment quent lockdownmay have had a THE GOVERNMENTplans to ex- outreachsubstantiallythismonth. againstloan losses. owners and doctors and engi- devastating impact on people’s tend the deadline forEmergency TheideaisputtheentireRs3lakh ■ Bankshave Of the total 27.37lakh loan ac- neers with loans on equipment. livelihoods and incomes globally, Fedand other west- sets.Acaveat is that Credit Line Guarantee Scheme croretouse so that liquidity can sanctioned62.52% of countswhichreceiveddisburse- According to arecent survey buttherehasalsobeenaparadox- erncentralbanks,and thelatestfindingsare (ECLGS) forMSMEsbeyond reachthe maximum number of the targeted Rs 3lakh ment under the scheme, PSBs publishedbythe National ical rise in household wealth in the forceofthese basedonprovisional October 31 in case the targeted enterprises. Loan sanctions have croreunder the ECLGS cateredto22.19 lakh accounts— InstituteofBankManagement, India, according to the findings in monetary interven- household balance loansanctionamountof Rs3lakh pickedupafter individuals were forstressedMSMEs, or 81.09per centoftotal accounts microenterpriseshavebeen the Credit Suisse Group AG’s 2020 tions, allassetclasses sheetsforthequarter croreisnot achieved,sourcessaid. allowedtotakebenefit.Butevenif whiledisbursements —whileprivate banksserved3.89 biggest beneficiaryofthe ECLGS, GlobalWealthReportreleasedlast aresurging. These issuedbyfew coun- Bankshavesanctioned 62.52 we reachRs2.90 lakh croreof were at 45.38% of the lakhcustomers.Shareofdisburse- butithasbeenusedmostlyforim- Thursday.Indiaand Chinaare re- central bank emer- tries. Besides Latin per cent of thetargetedRs3lakh sanctions, then also thereisa totalamount as of ment by state-ownedbanks has mediateliquidity support, rather portedtohaveseen gains in gency responses in- Americancountries, croreundertheECLGSforstressed ground forextension of scheme,” October 5 come down from around 90 per thanbusinessgrowth.Thesurvey household wealthinthe firsthalf cludedcutting interestrates to among the major global MSMEs, while disbursements asenior government official said. ■ Sources said the cent in earlier months,while pri- alsohighlightedvariousconcerns of theyear,up4.4percentand1.6 zeroand undertakingtobuy un- economies, the United Kingdom were at 45.38 per centofthe total AsonOctober5,12 publicsec- NCGTC, whichis vate banks and NBFCs have —disbursement patterns being per cent,respectively. limitedamountsofbonds, which has seen the biggestrelativeero- amount as of October 5, up from torbanks,24 private banksand31 implementingthis steppeduplending. unequal as alarge proportion of Globally, household wealth has translatedintoall assets — sion of wealth. 47.7 percentsanctions and32.9 non-bankingfinancialcompanies scheme,isrunning a Atotal of 1.64 lakhindividual borrowers have receivedasmall has heldupinthesesix months stocks,bonds and even alterna- On the concertedmovement percentdisbursementsrecorded (NBFCs)sanctioned Rs 1.87 lakh campaign this month borrowers were sanctionedRs shareofthetotalloan;low utilisa- even as South America suffered tives—moving up in tandem. of copper and gold prices, as as on August12. Sources said the croreunderthescheme,of which to enable increased 17,460crore and disbursed Rs tion rate forthe smallest borrow- badlyonthis metric due to local Thesurge inwealthof therich- againstthe general trend of one NationalCreditGuaranteeTrustee Rs 1.36 has been disbursedto funding to MSMEs 5,939crore underthe scheme. ers and manufacturingfirms. currencydevaluations,withindi- estAmericansisbeing drivenby rising and the other falling,there CompanyLtd (NCGTC), whichis 27.37lakh borrowers, govern- The Centre had amended the Though under the ECLGS vidual wealth taking ahit across the sharp bouncebackofthe US aretwo overlappingtriggers. The implementingthisscheme,isrun- ment datashowed. The amount ECLGS scheme in Augusttocover banksare notsupposedtotake geographies during this period. stockmarket,primarily drivenby trigger forgold is predictable: ninganaggressive campaign this of loansanctionsby private banks 81,648 crore, private banksanc- individual entrepreneurs, who anycollateral from borrowers, it Thereare other globaltrends the unprecedentedactionbythe fears of aprolonged downturnas month to enable increasedfund- continuedtoremainhigherwhen tions were Rs 95,510 crore. run alarge chunk of theover6.3 allows extension of charge on se- thatrun countertothe generally Fed. Investors have been buying the virus continues to spread and ing to micro, small and medium compared to state-ownedones. Disbursals by PSBs and private croreMSMEs across thecountry. curityfortheexistingloanswhich establishednorms: equities,withBigTech companies uncertaintiesovertheimpending enterprises(MSMEs). Whilepublicsector banks bankswereatRs68,814crore and This enabledNBFCs to provide involvesdocumentationandreg- ■ Amajor distortion is that and those linked to healthcare— globalrecoveryisforcinginvestors LaunchedonMay 23, the (PSBs) sanctionedloans of Rs Rs 62,848crore,respectively. The fundingto borrowerswhomostly istrationandstampdutycharges. stocks and bonds have movedin BigPharmaandhospitalstocks— to flocktotheyellowmetalasthey tandem during muchofthe last among the major beneficiaries. seek out asafehaven.But, unlike six months, whichdoes nottypi- Most of theglobalrichownstocks during atypical downturn, when HIGH COURT ALSO PULLS UP SEBI OVER CRITICISM BY UNITHOLDERS callyhappen. in theirown companies and oth- copper pricesdip as manufactur- ■ Then thereisatwistinthe ers, therebybenefiting from the ingandconstructionslow, theup- Karnataka HC order on Templeton 441infraprojectsshowcost otherwisesynchronisedchoreog- surge in market valuations. turnincopper’strajectoryhasone raphyinvolving copper and gold The trendofrise in household keydriver—China. overruns of `4.35lakh crore prices. Almostalways, whenone wealth, as reportedbythe latest Hitfirst by the virus, China is schemes: Fundhouse may move SC rises, the other tends to fall. So, Credit Suisse report, toocan be recoveringfirst—having clocked Amid delays in execution and other constraints, as manyas generallyinaneconomic down- tracedbacktothe concerted gov- asecond successive quarterof ruledthatthe trustees of Franklin copy of theresolution datedApril 441infrastructureprojects have been hit by costoverruns turn, while gold typically surges ernmentandcentralbankactions growth at nearly 5per cent dur- ENSECONOMICBUREAU Templetonmusttaketheconsent 23, 2020 passedbythe Boardof of over`4.35 lakh crore, as per theMoSPI report forAugust as investors flocktoasafehaven to mitigatethe Covid-19fallout. ing July-September,according to MUMBAI,OCTOBER25 of unitholdersbyasimple major- Directors of the Trustees provid- investment,copperpricesslideas Thesemonetaryinterventions datareleasedMonday. Due to a ityfor winding up of the six debt ingfor winding up. Numberofprojects manufacturing and construction have resultedin global wealth re- very strong infrastructurede- FRANKLINTEMPLETONAMChas funds. Aweek ago, Franklin Temple- 539thatreportedtime slows down. But the Covid-19 boundingfromaninitialslump in mand recovery in China from the indicated that it will move the However, thehigh courthas tonhad said itssix shutschemes escalation,ofwhich: pandemichastriggeredasurge in thefirstquarteroftheyear,adding Covid-19pandemic and the red SupremeCourtagainstcertainas- stayed the operation of this order receivedRs8,302crore from ma- 128:delayedbyoneto12 both gold and copper that are $1 trillion by June afterending metal’s fundamental role in elec- pectsofthe Karnataka High forsixweeksandclarifiedthatno turities,pre-paymentsand months moving up in tandem. 2019 at $399.2 trillion. Anthony trification, copperpricesshould Court’s order on the issue of the redemptions, borrowingsorcre- coupon paymentssince closing ■ Despitethe devastation of Shorrocks,economistandauthor remain “veryrobust”forthe fore- closureofsix credit risk schemes. ating liability in the saidsix down in April. 128:delayedby13to24 jobsand employmentprospects, of the report, said, “Giventhe da- seeable future, trading company “While we arestill in the schemes can be initiated by the Part of thisamount has been months savingshave goneupacrossgeog- mageinflictedby Covid-19onthe Trafigura’s executive chairman process of studying the order,ba- fund house. utilisedtorepayborrowings and 167:delayedby25to60 raphies. In the US, sevenin10 globaleconomy, itseemsremark- and CEO JeremyWeirtold partic- sisour initialreview, we believe it In itsorder,the HC alsosaid as postrepayment, Rs 5,116crore is months Americanjob-losersintherecess- ablethat household wealth has ipantsinthe virtual FT maybenecessarytoappeal as- awatchdog, the Securities and available fordistribution to 116:delayedby61monthsand `25,26,063.76crore: ionwouldearnmorefromunem- emergedrelatively unscathed. CommoditiesGlobal Summit pectsofthe orderinthe Supreme ExchangeBoardofIndia (Sebi) unitholders in four cashpositive above Anticipatedcostof ployment-insurance payments Wealth actsasaform of self-in- September 29. Court,” the fund house said in a wasexpectedto playaveryproac- schemes —Franklin India Ultra 43.18months:Averagetime implementationofallprojects thantheyhad doneonthe job. surancethathouseholdscandraw Addedtothat is another trig- letter to investors. tive role by questioning the AMC, ShortBond Fund, Franklin India overrunofallprojects upon when times arehard. Initi- ger: supply constraints.Ascopper “Itwillalsobeourendeavorto trustees and sponsor about the Dynamic Accrual Fund, Franklin `4,35,132.49crore:Overall What explains these trends ally, the impact of the pandemic production is concentrated seekappropriatedirectionsfrom compliances with the provisions IndiaLowDurationFund,Franklin Totalprojectsworth costoverruns,i.e.20.81percent Thereare cogentexplanations wasfeltmainlyviathesharpworl- mostlyinSouth America, supply thecourtregardingreturnof cash of the mutual fund regulations. India Credit Risk Fund —subject 1,661`150croreandabove oforiginalcost forsome of these observations. dwidedeclineinequity prices.” isshortassomeminesinPeruand of overRs5,200crore currentlyac- The unitholders of the (six) to fund running expenses. monitoredbytheMinistryof Forinstance,the phenomenon of Household wealth in India is Chileareshutbecauseof thevirus, cumulated in thefourcash posi- schemes will be justifiedintheir Thefundhousehadclosedsix StatisticsandProgramme `11,48,621.70crore: stocks and bonds moving in tan- dominatedby propertyandother andare onlyslowlyresumingpro- tive schemes, and with regard to criticism that Sebi wasasilent debt mutual fund schemes —in Implementation(MoSPI) Expenditureincurredonall demandthesurgingwealthof bil- real assets,although financial as- duction,accordingto aReutersre- anyadditional cash we mayre- spectator,the highcourtadded. whichclose to Rs 28,000 croreof projectstillAugust2020, lionairescan be tracedbackto sets have grownovertime, now port that quoted Susan Bates of ceivewhile the matter remains It said Sebi did notrespondto investormoneyisstuck —onApril `20,90,931.27crore:Total 45.47%ofanticipatedcost broadlythe sametrigger —the forming 22 per cent of gross as- MorganStanley. AChineserecov- under the consideration of the the email dated April 14,2020 23, citing redemption pressures originalcostofimplementation recordquantitative easing from sets.In2019, non-financialassets eryaugurswellforgoldtoo,given Court,” it added. sent by theAMC and the regula- and lackofliquidity in the bond ofthe1,661projects Source: MoSPI/PTI central banks. As aresult of this roseby 12.5percentcomparedto thatthecountryisthebiggest con- TheKarnatakaHConSaturday torwas notevenpossessing a market. unprecedentedaction by the US 8.6percentgrowthinfinancialas- sumer of theyellow metal. BRIEFLY DHFL lenders unimpressed by low offers, INTERVIEW WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,BHARAT BIOTECH ‘IndusIndBank ‘Trying to raise manufacturing stakesale against huge haircut; may invite fresh bids reportsuntrue’ sets(NPAs)of thebankingsystem. setportfolio of Rs 33,000 crore, liquidationvalue(LV)arrivedatby capacityabove 500 million GEORGEMATHEW& Sources saythat bankers are wholesale assetportfolio of Rs theindependentvaluersonbehalf Mumbai: The promoter of SANDEEPSINGH notinfavourofacceptingthebids 48,000 crore, and cash andcash of the lenders. IndusIndBank,the Hinduja MUMBAI/NEWDELHI,OCT25 astheyfeelthattheamountistoo equivalent of Rs 12,000crore. In November 2019,the Reser- doses as soon as possible’ group, has “reaffirmedits low. Thereisafeeling among the The Adanis offeredtopay Rs ve BankofIndia(RBI)superseded unstinted supporttothe THE COMMITTEE of Creditors bankers thatthe retail assets of 750crorewithinoneyearandthe the boardofdirectors of DHFL — BHARATBIOTECH,whichrecently wherebetweenRs100-250crore. bank”andruledoutanysale whichissupervising the resolu- around Rs 30,000 croreofthe balanceRs1,500 crorewouldbe which has liabilities of closetoRs receivedapprovalsto conductlate Ithinkwe’regeareduptosupply of stake.Referringto reports tionplan of scam-hit Dewan companyare agoodportfolioand payable aftereight years. Piramal 84,000 crore—andinitiatedthe stagehumantrials of Covaxin — good quantities to the govern- that KotakMahindraBank HousingFinanceCorporation the administrator is running the Enterprises has bid forDHFL’s Rs bankruptcy proceedings“owing itsCovid-19vaccinecandidate— ment when it is acquired. wasexploring taking over (DHFL)isagainsthandingoverthe companywell.Thelowbidsby the 33,000 croreretail portfolio for to governance concerns andde- has committed “significant” in- Ithink,interms of our own IndusIndBank,the Hinduja companyatahugehaircutof over Adani group, Piramalgroup, US- onlyRs6,000 crore. Piramal faultsbyDHFLinmeetingvarious vestment towardsexpandingits cold chain capacity, we have two groupsaid,“Thepromoterof 70 percentto thefourbidders.Itis basedOaktree and Hong Kong- Enterprises has alsooffered Rs payment obligations”. ability to makethe vaccine, ac- locations in Hyderabad ... which IndusInd Bank,IndusInd considering various options, in- basedSCLowytobuyDHFLassets 9,000croreoutof Rs12,000crore TheRBI,whichsteppedinafter cording to thecompany’sexecu- have large coldchain capacities. InternationalHoldingsLimi- cludinginviting fresh bids, “for asong” shockedthe lenders availablewiththecompanytothe thebanksandDHFLfailedtoagree tive director,SAIPRASAD.Inanin- We’realsobuildingaverylarge in- ted(IIHL),completelydenies takeoverof DHFLassetsby lenders as the companycashworth over lenders.ThePiramalbidwouldre- on aresolution plan to bring the terviewtoPRABHARAGHAVAN, tegrated warehouse right on our thesaidrumourandconsid- themselvesorcontinueoperating Rs 10,000crore. sult in recovery of onlyaround 6 firm backonthe rails, appointed Prasaddetails the company’s dis- Sai Prasad campusrightnow, andthatissup- ers it malicious, untrue and under the administrator ap- Asourcesaidthatthebankers per cent forthe lenders. SC Lowy RSubramaniakumar, former MD cussionswith the government to posedtocomeonlineby midnext baseless.” IIHL is promoted pointed by the RBI. will ask the interested biddersto hassubmittedthebidthatcomes andCEOof IndianOverseasBank, bringoutthevaccinehere,aswell year,soIthink we will have by theHindujas. ENS The four bids offeraverylow revise the bid or will likethe ad- with so manyconditions that it is astheadministratorto runtheaf- asitsdiscussionswithothercoun- thatwe’vealreadyhad,anddiscu- enough capacity in Hyderabad. recovery value,ranging from as ministratortorun the company unlikely to be considered. fairs of the company. tries to supplyCovaxinglobally. ssions on ... anynew facilities and We have averysimilarkindofca- lowasRs75crore to thehighest forsomemoretime,adding,“The There’s also aviewamong Although DHFL promoter Edited excerpts: investmentsthat we aremaking. pacityinBangalore—wehavean- ‘LICIPOabig of Rs 15,800crore.The recovery bids aretoo lowand the bankers bankers that DHFLhas an attrac- Kapil Wadhawan, who is in judi- other sitewherewedoother issue...will rate from these bids forlenders arenot willing to take suchabig tive zeroriskretailportfolioandit cial custody,had recentlywritten Has the government made any What is your cold chain and kinds of products over there. We willbeinthe rangeof3per cent haircut of around 70 per cent, es- should be acquired by the banks to theRBI administrator offering commitment, in interactions, manufacturingcapacity? Are also have asiteinAnkleshwarin taketime’ to 16 percent.Thismeanslenders pecially when theyfeel that the themselves instead of offering familyassets“valuedatRs43,000 towardsprocuring aspecific youexpanding this and how Gujarat, whichisthe Chiron will suffer aloss of Rs 68,000- retail portfolioofDHFL is strong.” that to anybidder at such alow crore” to facilitatethe resolution number of doses of Covaxin muchhaveyou invested Behring(site)thatwe acquiredre- NewDelhi: Department of 70,000 crorewhich,inturn, will DHFL had totalassets of Rs valuation. Bids receivedare far processof DHFL,lendershave not at-risk?Ifyes, howmany? towardsCovaxin so far? centlyfromGSK. InvestmentandPublicAsset push up the non-performing as- 93,000crore,comprisingretailas- lowerthan the fair value (FV) and considered this proposal. No,weare producingCovaxin Intermsof manufacturingca- Management (DIPAM) at-risk.Wedohavecertain quan- pacity, we areatabout150million Does the lackofcertainty on SecretaryTuhinKanta tities of stockalready manufac- dosesperyearrightnow. We have procurement impact your Pandeysaid that the initial tured andkeptready,but we’ve an existingfacility, andwe’re also approachtoat-risk public offering (IPO) of Life Samsung chairman, who turned company nothad a(commitmenttowards building abrand newfacility in manufacturing and the Insurance Corporation of procurement of specific doses). Hyderabad itself right next to (it). timelines you’veset foryour India(LIC)isabigissueandit We’vehad manydiscussions Thatisgoing to be online during vaccine’s development and will take time. into aglobal powerhouse, passesaway with the government, but not December.We’realsoexploring launch? about procurement of acertain another facility in another city, It absolutelydoes. The more and dubioustransfers of the fam- around 5p.m. (0800GMT), Lee’s fixedquantityasof yet.We’vehad whichisveryearly stageexplora- positivereinforcementweget in LTCcash JOYCELEE,CYNTHIAKIM& ilywealth. son JayY.Lee, vice chairman of discussions on ... what kind of tory work,tosee whether we can terms of volumes and procure- voucher:FinMin HYUNJOOJIN “Leeissuchasymbolicfigure Samsung Electronics, wearing a quantities we can produce avac- makeCovaxin over there. So, I mentcommitments,thefasterwe SEOUL,OCTOBER25 in SouthKorea’sspectacular rise face mask, walked intothe cinein,whattimelinesthevaccine think we aretrying our best to in- canwork, becausethatair of un- releasesFAQ and howSouth Koreaembraced SamsungMedicalCenterwherea willbeavailable ... what kind of crease this capacity north of 500 certaintycanberemoved.But,our LEE KUN-HEE, who built globalisation, that his death will memorial wasbeing held. The product profile will it beavailable million doses as soon as possible. teams arediscussing with other NewDelhi:TheExpenditure SamsungElectronicsinto aglobal be remembered by so many areaforthememorialwaslimited in, what will be theformulation, We’vealsocommittedasigni- countries...andthereisalotofin- Department, underthe powerhouse in smartphones, Koreans,” said Chung Sun-sup, to 50 people,asignsaid. whatwillbethestability,packag- ficantamountof investments,be- terest from othercountries to try FinanceMinistry,hasissued semiconductors and televisions, chief executive of corporatere- The funeral will be asmall ing,distribution systems —many cause(for)ourphase3clinicaltrial to getCovaxin. Some countries aset of FAQs (Frequently diedSundayafter spending over searcher firm Chaebul.com. familyaffair,Samsungsaid.Itdid different aspectsofthe vaccine. alone, the budget is approximat- were also talking about technol- AskedQuestions)ontheLTC six years in hospital following a Samsung Group affiliates’ notsay whenorwherethefuneral Thereare severalministries elyRs150 croreintermsofthe ogy transfer and getting it manu- (Leave Travel Concession) heartattack, thecompanysaid. 326.7trillionwon($289.6billion) would be.The presidential office that we arediscussing with, and conduct of the clinical trial (for) facturedlocallyintheirrespective cash voucher scheme, clari- Lee,who was78, grew the LEE KUN-HEE in2019 revenuewasworthabout said SouthKorean President theyare allveryproactive interms 25,000-26,000 subjectsand all countries,sowe’renot trying to fyingthatagovernmentem- Samsung GroupintoSouth 17 per cent of SouthKorea’s gross Moon Jae-in had plans to send of howtheyare supporting us. other ancillaryaspectsofaclini- look at this purelyasanIndia is- ployeecan also avail the Korea’sbiggestconglomerateand 1942-2020 domestic product, according to condolenceflowersto thefuneral, Theywant to knowour cold cal trial of that size. sue. Obviously, India is our home scheme utilising the appli- becamethecountry’srichestper- Fair Trade Commission dataand andsendchief of staffNohYoung- chainfootprint,whatthepackag- In terms of capexand opex, country, we willsupply, butwe’re cable LTCfarewithout leave son. But he wasalsoconvicted of aReuters calculation. min and senior presidential sec- ing dimensionswill look like, whilewe areusingtheexistingfa- also lookingatother countries. encashment. PTI briberyand taxevasion,and he ifiedfor wielding hugeeconomic Leediedwithhisfamily by his retary Lee Ho-seungtopay re- whether we have storagecapac- cility now, this newfacility (in Fullinterviewon and the empire he built were vil- clout,andforopaquegovernance side, the conglomeratesaid.At spectsonhis behalf. REUTERS ity ... Ithinkthose arediscussions Hyderabad)isalsocostingusany- www.indianexpress.com WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 14 SPORT THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER26,2020 BRIEFLY Rajasthan royalty comes to the Crumbs of comfort fore as Stokes takes MI down CSK getsomething to cheer with afacile win over Kohli’s RCB SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS Big Ben tolls afterHardik blitz When pace wasacurse for trumps Jofrastunner. Bangaloreand the lackofita blessing forChennai. SHAMIK CHAKRABARTY Former India pacer ChetanSharma OCTOBER25 tweetedthis photo of Kapil Dev. SANDIPG Twitter/ChetanSharma OCTOBER25 ASCINTILLATING59-ball hundred from Ben Stokes helpedRajasthan Royals beat Mumbai THE MATCHturnedout to be abalm that fleet- Indians by eight wicketsand stay alive in the KapilDevdischarged ingly soothedthe pain of aprematuretourna- IPL. Chasing 196for victory, RR wonwith 10 ment exit forChennai Super Kings. “A perfect balls to spare. An unbroken 152-run partner- fromhospital match”,ascaptainMSDhoniwouldlaterreflect. ship (82 balls) between Stokes and Sanju It wasalso the perfect conditions fortheir Samson took the game away from MI. RR’s NewDelhi: India’s firstWorld Cup win- bowlers,andthemostimperfectfortheiradver- win officiallyslammedthe playoffsdoor shut ning-captain Kapil Devwas on Sunday saries, RoyalChallengers Bangalore. on Chennai Super Kings. dischargedfromacityhospital,twodays afterundergoingangioplastyfollowinga Lackofpace, ablessing Big Ben tolls heartattack.The61-year-oldcomplained If ViratKohli and AB de Villiers, among the Ruturaj Gaikwad and MS Dhoni took CSK pastthe finish line without anyfuss. BCCI “I didn’t sleep foraweek and my head of chestpain on Thursdayfollowing batting royalty of this generation, arestriking wasn’t reallyinit,” Stokes wasquotedassay- whichhewas takentoFortis Escorts the ball at arateless than 120inaT20 game, ing by Weekend Herald afterhis father Ged Ben Stokes’ second IPL centurycame HeartInstitute’semergencydepartment. something should be wrong with the world. finedtheiradaptability.Inthesecircumstances, wasdiagnosedwith brain cancer.Heleftthe offjust59balls. BCCI He is doing fine now. “Mr.Kapil Devgot Theyfaced79deliveries, scored only89runs, POINTSTABLE on suchasluggish surface and againstabunch England team during their home series dischargedtodayafternoon. He's doing found the rope thrice and cleared it once. In a Team Matches Won Lost NR Points of bowlersbornto maximiseit.Fortheirdefeat, againstPakistanand missedasizeable chunk fine and can resume his regular dailyac- normalworld,deVilliersiscapableof smacking MI 11 74014 theycan onlyblame the disposition of their of this IPL. His ailing father “encouraged” MI were going at almostnine runs per tivitysoon.He’llbeunderregularfollow- ahundredin39deliveries.Kohliwouldnothave DC 11 74014 ownbowling unit. Stokes to return to cricket. over during the 83-run second-wicket part- up consultation with Dr.Atul Mathur,” been toofar behind. RCB 11 74014 In the previous five matches, the left-han- nership between Kishan and Suryakumar thehospitalsaid. Angioplasty is aproce- But it wasnot anormal world. It wasnot a Pace, acurse der had barelymade an impact but on Yadav. Inspired by Archer’s effort,RR KKR 11 65012 duretoopen blockedarteries and re- normal T20 hit-through-the-line surface. The IfthepitchwastoodifficultforevenKohliand Sunday, he morethan made up foraslow bouncedback. Leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal storenormal blood flowtothe heart. IPL caravan is amonth and week old, and the KXIP 11 56010 deVilliers,howdidChennai’sbatsmenmanage burn. His innings startedwith aflurry of dismissedYadavand Kieron Pollardinside Following his admission, Kapil’s condi- sun-driedstrips areprogressively slowing RR 12 57010 to bat so freely? Therewas no pace on the sur- boundaries againstTrent Boult and the ton four deliveries in his thirdoverand the game tion wasevaluated and an emergency down, especiallyinDubai that has ahistory of SRH 11 4708 face,buttherewaspaceinthefast bowlerswho came with asix offJames Pattinson. Yetagain, wasonanevenkeel before Hardik exploded coronaryangioplasty wasperformedby producing slowturners. Therewas notmuch CSK 12 4808 operatedagainstthem.NavdeepSaini’sslowest he proved to be the man forthe big occasion. at thedeath. Dr.Mathur,who is the director of cardi- turn —inthat case, batting would have been delivery clocked142 -his fastestwas afraction Spareathought forSamson, whose 31- Rahul Tewatia couldn’t hold on to amist- ology department in the Fortis Escorts slave labour—buttheslownesswasenoughto under150–whileChrisMorriswasconsistently ball 54 notout complemented Stokes bril- imedslog from Hardik againstTyagi when HeartInstitute. makeeventhe best of batsmen struggle for slowerball, foritwould nothavemade any 145orthereabouts. Without swing on offer, liantly. The latter created the space for the batsman wasonfive. Tewatia had earlier runs. It wasnot astruggle, though. Kohli and markeddifference. MohammedSiraj waslistless.Andnoneofthem Samson to playhimself in and an excellent droppedYadavatsweeper cover, but this one deVilliersbattedasintelligentlyastheywould Thespinnerswereequallysharpinharness- arereputed to take the pace offthe ball. Both partnership ensued. proved muchmorecostly. ZverevbeatsSinner; on aslow, lowsurface —the bouncer lobbed ingthe best of conditions. Mitchell Santner var- Morris and Siraj were dulytargeted, and ended It wasSaurabh Tiwary who wrestedthe sailsintofinal gentlyoverthe backofthe batsman, and iedhis pace and length beautifullywhile up conceding 55 runs in 5.4 overs. RCB’s spin- Hardik blitz trumps Jofrastunner initiative forMIinthe 17th over,hitting acou- bouncedagainbefore reachingDhoni—butthe RavindraJadejaprobedaflattertrajectory, com- ners, barring the wonderful YuzvendraChahal, Earlier,Rajasthan Royals had managed to ple of fours and asix offArcher.Then Hardik Cologne: TopseedAlexander Zverev bigdifferenceintheendwasChennai’sbowlers. pressing them forwidth to loftorroom to cut. turnedout to be uninfluential too. pull the game backfor abrief while, riding took over.Seamer Ankit Rajpootwas at the reachedhis second final in the space Thesurfaceseemeddesignedstraightfrom Leg-spinner Imran Tahir’s over-spun deliveries Making the mostofthe modesttargetand on aJofraArcher stunner. receiving end of his blitz. of aweek in Cologne with aclinical 7- their book of dreams. The innateslowness of createdanillusionofunevenbounce.Beatinghis bowling wasRuturaj Gaikwad, who furnished But Mumbai Indians have game chang- Ahigh full-toss went over long-on fol- 6(3) 6-3 victoryoverItalian wild card their attackwas ablessing than acurse. And compatriotdeVilliersacoupleof timeswithex- agoodaccountof hiscrispstrokeplay. Hedrove ers aplenty.OnSunday, Hardik Pandyacame lowedbythree consecutive sixes offthe last Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals of the theytook the pace offthe ball even more. The trabounce,hemadehimlookmortal.Tahiralso and cut splendidlywhile Ambati Rayudu exe- to the party. three balls of that over.Archer bowled abril- bett1HULKSChampionship on fastestthe Bangalorebatsmen facedinthe en- made Kohli mistime half adozen of his drives. cutedhissweepsfluently. Their67-runalliance Archer made aone-handedgrabwith the liant 19th over,but Hardik waswaiting for Saturday. The German worldnumber tireinnings was138.2 kmph, bowled by Sam And when Kohli mistimes adrive,it’s atell-tale wasenoughto tightenCSK’sgriponthematch. leap of agoalkeeper,todrawafootball anal- Tyagi. Three sixes and twofours, and another sevenclaimedhis firstATP crownof Curranwho took three wickets. It’s the ball’s sign that the surface is on the slowerside. Bangalorehad revelledintheir pace prowess ogy.Ishan Kishan had flat-batted ashortde- 27-run over took MI’s total to 195/5. Hardik the year afterbesting Canada’sFelix pace when it lands, it would beeven slowerby Shrewdasever, Dhoni got the driftofthe throughout the tournament. Here, it wastheir livery from medium pacer Kartik Tyagi and motoredtoa20-ball half-century. Auger-Aliassime 6-3 6-3 to win the the time it reachedthe batsmen. He bowledat gameandsetaggressive fieldsto preventcheap undoing. Archer had initiallymisjudged it. BRIEF SCORES: MI 195/5 (Hardik Pandya60 bett1HULKSIndoor title at the same an averagespeedof132, while pace-bowling singles.ThatKohlianddeVilliersstillmanaged BRIEFSCORES:RCB145/ 6(Kohli50,deVilliers But his recovery wasstunning, ajump notout, JofraArcher 2/31, Shreyas Gopal 2/30) venue lastSunday. AGENCIES colleagues Monu Kumar and Deepak Chahar to smuggle singles and twos, besides kicking 39, Curran3-19, Chahar 2-31) losttoCSK 150/ 2 upwards and backtotakethe catchatsquare losttoRR196/2 (Ben Stokes 107not out, Sanju ranged from 125-130. Theyhardlycared fora along at arateofoversix runs an over,onlyde- (Gaikwad 65*, Rayudu 39) by 8wickets. thirdman. Samson 54 notout) by 8wickets. Khabib calls Arshdeep: KXIP’s young time on Driving into undefeated record books man for the tough jobs
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ASSOCIATEDPRESS overtakesSchumacher with ahistoric 92nd F1 win WITH 14 runs to defend in the lastover, the ABUDHABI,OCTOBER25 Kings XI seamer Arshdeep Singh wassur- roundedbyChris Jordan and the captain KL UNBEATEN LIGHTWEIGHT champion REUTERS Rahul.Arshdeepwasallearsashewasthepre- Khabib Nurmagomedovretired from mixed OCTOBER25 vious time the trio had converged afew overs martial arts afterstopping Justin Gaethje back. The plan then wasfor Jordan to bowl with atriangle chokeearly in the second SIX-TIMES worldchampion Lewis Hamilton yorkers as he had to contend with shortleg- round at UFC 254onSaturdaynight. became the mostsuccessful Formula One side boundaries and forSingh to dig in the Nurmagomedov(29-0) made the an- driverofall time in terms of race wins on sloweronesonthedrytrack to makeuseof the nouncement immediatelyafter he impres- Sundaywith adominant 92nd career victory longer leg-side boundaries. sively finishedhis firstfight since the death at the Portuguese Grand Prix. The pair stucktothe plan to drag the con- of his father and lifelong coachinJuly. The Mercedes driver, who took the che- test intheirfavourandSinghwasintentonfin- Abdulmanap Nurmagomedovhad aheart quered flag ahuge25.592 seconds ahead of ishing it offonahigh in the lastover. He re- problem exacerbated by COVID-19, and his second-placedteam mateValtteri Bottas, had movedSandeep Sharma with aslower-short son wasovercome by tears in the cagemo- equalledFerrari great Michael Schumacher’s ball and prisedout Priyam Gargnextball with mentsafter choking Gaethje unconscious record91wins at the previous race at the aslowcutter to seal the game. 1:34intothe second round of his thirdUFC Nuerburgring. Victory, along with abonus ItwasforthefirsttimeinhisIPLcareerthat title defense. point forfastest lap, stretchedthe Briton’s the six feet,three inches tall Singh wasbowl- This is my lastfight,” Nurmagomedov championship lead over Bottas to 77 points ForLewis Hamilton, aseventh world ing the lastoverthe innings. said. “There’s no wayI’m going to be back with five races remaining. “ title would equal another Michael InthesixmatchesinthisIPL,hehasbowled without my father.Ispoketomymother.She Youare re-writing the history books,” Schumacher record. Reuters 16 of his 19 overs in the powerplayorinthe While defending 14 runs in the final over againstSRH, Arshdeep removed don’t knowhow Ifight without father,but I Mercedes told Hamilton over the team radio, lastfiveovers. In this game, in the 18th over, Sandeep Sharma and Priyam Gargtoorchestratearemarkable win. BCCI promisedit’s going to be my lastfight, and if with team boss Toto Wolffadding: “Lewis, 92. Singhhadgot thematch-turningwicket of the Igivemyword, Ihavetofollowit.” 92.” “I owe it all to these guyshereand backat position on alivelyopening lap with occa- well-setVijay Shankar with ashort-of-length The 32-year-old Nurmagomedovwas ac- the factory,”said Hamilton. sional rain complicating matters. deliverybowledfromaroundthewicket.Singh cutters on slowpitches.” tive with strikes and with grappling against “It’s justbeen suchaprivilegeworking Bottas, who had gone ahead, wasthen has earnedthe captain’s trustthat he can exe- In the six matches in this IPL, In the time between matches, Singh has Gaethje (22-3), the dangerous brawler who with them,” addedthe Briton, who wasjoined passedonlap twobyMcLaren’s Spaniard cuteany plan.Aftertheirpreviousgameagainst Arshdeep Singh has bowled 16 been picking the brains of Shami and other had knockedout four consecutive eliteop- on the podium by race engineer Peter ‘Bono’ Carlos Sainz, who had startedseventh on the Delhi Capitals, Rahul had said, “Tocome and seamers. “Tobehonest, Ihaveasked so many ponentswhile winning the UFC’s interim Bonnington.“Todaywas tough but it wasall softtyres, with the Mercedes pair struggling to nail six out of six yorkers is areallygood job”. of his 19 overs in the powerplay questions and sought tips in the lastone and lightweight title. abouttemperatures.” getheat intothe medium rubber. “You can’t have fear in this format,” or in the lastfiveovers. In the half months that theyhavestarted saying ‘Oh Afterspending the firstround largely DutchyoungsterMax Verstappen finished Hamilton, whose father wasatthe circuit Arshdeep tells The Indian Express. game againstSRH, he bowled in no, notagain,” (laughs). Ihavebeen asking trading punches and kicks with the aggres- thirdfor RedBull at the Algarvecircuit near to see his triumph, reportedcramp with seven “It’sabatsman-dominatedformatandthe Shami bhai about howhekeeps the seam re- sive Gaethje, Nurmagomedovusedhis un- Portimao that washosting the country’s first laps to go but then proceededtoset aseries of ideaisto stoprunsandmakethemplayunder the 18th over,inwhichhegot allygoodandthekindof pacehegets.Sheldon paralleledwrestling skills to take down grand prix in 24 years. fastestlaps. “I could neverhavedreamedof pressure. Ilovethe challengeofbowling in the match-turning wicket of Cottrell has told me about howtocontrol the Gaethje early in the second round and then Hamilton lappedall but the three drivers being whereIamtoday,”hesaid afterhis powerplayand death overs. Itrustmyslow VijayShankar. action as aleft-hander.Chris (Jordan) always worked intoposition forthe finishing choke. behind him but it had notlookedso simple at eighth win of the season and 71st since he balls and yorkers and that’s what tellsmeto beaccurateindeathovers.Onething Gaethje appeared to tapout at leasttwice the startwhen he droppedtothirdfrompole joinedMercedes. (Mohammad) Shami bhai has also told me to whichall of them sayisthat Ishould notcom- before the refereenoticedand stoppedthe believe,” says Arshdeep. “He lostsome pace afterthe hamstring injury. plicatethings much. Everybowler is unique bout, by whichtime Gaethje wasuncon- In July, when we resumedtraining, the focus and youare good enough that’s whyyou are scious. He bouncedupquicklyand shared a Working with trucktyres wastomakehis run-up abit fast as due to the playing here,” says Singh. moment of mutual respect with the domi- HEAD-TO-HEAD In 2015,when Singh had approachedthe injury, his muscle memorywas making him nant Russian champion. “I knowhewas in a coachJaswant Raiathis Sector 36 Academyin run in atouchslower. We worked on getting Targeting increase in pace bad spot, but whether he wasornot,hedid ■■ Hamilton ■■ Schumacher Chandigarh, the skill and love forvariations his arm rotation and run-up better.” HiscoachRaibelievesthatSinghcanregain what he neededtodo,” Gaethje said. “I know wasthefirstthingwhichRainoticedbutitalso The next step wascross fittraining to get the pace he had. “He had touched140 during his father is so proud.” Also at UFC 254, for- STARTS posedaproblem. readyfortheIPL.“Hetoldmeto arrangeforcar theU-19WorldcupandChallengertrophyand mer middleweight champion Robert 262 306 “Iwasimpressedbyhisheightandtheway tyres forthe cross fit. After15days,hewanted hecanreachthatpaceagain.Ihavebeenwork- Whittaker made his case foranother title he bowled the nip-backer. Initially, he would trucktyres! And Iarranged it from akabaadi ingonhiswristpositionandhecanbowl close shotwith asolid unanimous decision over WORLD TITLES thinkabout bowling different six balls in one shop(scrapdealer).Now, see,heisrunninglike to 142-144KPH.Lastyear,whenhewaspicked fellowcontender Jared Cannonier in the 67over.TheU-16coacheswillsaythathewasabit newtyres in the IPL,” Raisays. up by KXIP,itwas on the insistence of then penultimatebout on Fight Island. erratic Aftersome time, Imade him sit down coachMikeHesson who believedthat Nurmagomedov’s firstfight in 13 months SEASONS and told him that he has to be accuratefirst. Picking Shami’s mind Arshdeep has ahugepotential. would be an appropriatefarewell forone of 14 19 We concentrated on him bowling bit shortof In this IPL, Singh’s variations have got As forSingh, he has been afan of Irfan the mostdynamic competitors in recent good length and bowling for2-3 hours at the Rohit Sharma, Manish Pandey, and Andre Pathan and Wasim Akram and hopes to meet WINS MMA history. samespot,”addsRai.Itwasthefeatof taking27 Russel among others and he sharedhis think- them one day. “I startedasapacer as Iidolized The Dagestan-born grappling specialist 92 91 wicketsinsixmatchesforPunjabU-23teamin ing process. Irfan Pathan sir afterhis hat-trickagainst developedawell-roundedgame under the PODIUMS the Col CK Nayudu trophyin2018that cata- “Wehad plannedtobowlwide against PakistanandwouldalsowatchWasimAkram tutelageofhis father and aBay Area-based pulted Singh to the limelight. powerhitters likeRussel and hit the hard sir’sbowling.Thewayheusedtoswingtheball MMA gym, culminating in his ascent to the 161155 But he sufferedahamstring injurybefore length areas, with some swing, againstbats- remains abenchmarkfor all. Ihope Ican meet UFC title in 2018. the U-19Challenger TrophylastNovember. men likeRohit,” says Singh. “Use the slower them one day,”says Singh.
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