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"#$ R ,:2:1;+ he Centre is expected to Tmake a host of populist announcements in the Budget Session of Parliament starting on Thursday during which the Opposition is likely to corner it on a range of issues, includ- ing the contentious Rafale fighter jet deal and alleged agrarian distress. ,:2:1;+ Against the backdrop of speculation that the Modi n a bid to put pressure on the Government would present IModi Government, the tion stone,” he said while sants and those mobilised for full Budget, the Finance Dharm Sansad held in addressing the second day of the effort would not be Ministry clarified the Prayagraj for over three days the Dharma Sansad. deterred by arrests or any other Government will present an has decided to begin Ram Swaroopanand exhorted kind of obstacles. “Hindus interim Budget. Finance Mandir march from Prayagraj that every Hindu should bring across the country should step Minister Piyush Goyal will to Ayodhya to lay foundation four bricks for Ram Mandir at forward if front-runners are present the interim Budget on stone of the proposed Ram Ayodhya on February 21. The stopped,” Swaroopanand said. Friday. Goyal has been given temple on February 21. The Dharma Sansand also passed a The confluence also issued additional charge of the massive congregation of sadhus resolution condemning the a challenge to the monopoly of Finance Ministry as Arun that was called by top seer of Modi Government and the the RSS, when its leaders Jaitley has gone to the US for ! #$ Dwarka Peeth Shankaracharya BJP for delaying the construc- declared from stage that not treatment. Jaitley as the Finance Swaroopanand Saraswati to tion of the temple. Sangh but Swaroopanand was Minister has presented five cooperation in smooth func- Vote-on-Account. Sabha. The Government will instant divorce. discuss the Ram Mandir issue At the meeting, sadhus hit the spiritual leader of Hindus Budgets. As per practice, a tioning of the House. Members The all-party meeting was make efforts to pass con- The Representation of the announced on Wednesday that out at the Modi Government across country. The RSS and Vote-on-Account or approval from various parties have sug- attended by Union tentious Bills on citizenship and People Act (Amendment) Bill the foundation stone of Ram and its ideological mentor RSS the VHP, in coordination with for essential Government gested that there should be Parliamentary Affairs Minister triple talaq, even as Opposition 2017, which will allow NRIs to Mandir will be laid on February for hijacking the Ram Mandir Ram Janmbhoomi Nyas or spending for a limited period debate on farmers’ issues.” Narendra Singh Tomar and to these proposed legislations cast their vote in Indian polls 21 and the movement of Ram issue. The development comes Trust, have been spearheading is taken in an election year and Talking about the Budget both Ministers of State for has denied them the parlia- through proxies, and the Mandir will not stop now. a day before Prime Minister the Ayodhya Mandir campaign a full-fledged Budget present- Session being the last sitting of Parliamentary Affairs Vijay mentary approval so far. Some National Medical Council are Addressing sadhus, Narendra Modi and BJP pres- for the last three decade. ed by the new Government. the 16th Lok Sabha, Mahajan Goel and Arjun Ram Meghwal. BJP allies like the JD(U) have also on the Government’s agen- Swaroopanand said that 500 ident Amit Shah’s visit to The decision came a day Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra suggested that members should Congress leader in the Lok also expressed their reserva- da. These key Bills are struck in seers along with him would be Kumbh. The announcement after the Government Mahajan on Wednesday said all make it a fruitful Session by Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, tions to these Bills. the Rajya Sabha, where the marching to Ayodhya on comes at a time when the approached the Supreme Court parties have assured their coop- raising issues of national RJD’s Jay Prakash Narayan The Government is keen Government lacks numbers. February 21, and “will lay the clamour for early construc- for permission to restore the eration in smooth functioning importance. In total, there will Yadav, SP’s Dharmendra Yadav on the passage of the The Citizenship foundation stone” of a grand tion of Ram Mandir has “excess” land surrounding the of the House and urged the be 10 sittings of the House in and BJD’s Bhartruhari Mahtab Citizenship Amendment Bill, Amendment Bill is stuck in the Ram temple. Swaroopanand, reached a crescendo before disputed portion in Ayodhya to members to raise issues of this Session, Mahajan said, were among those present. which seeks to grant persecut- Rajya Sabha amid the who is considered among the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Ahead of Ram Janambhoomi Nyas. The national importance. Mahajan adding she will try to ensure The Session, which will ed minorities, including Opposition demanding that four topmost seers of the the Lok Sabha election, the Government sought direction chaired an all-party meeting, that maximum business is end on February 13 and will be Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains the Government drop nation, said the time has come Narendra Modi Government is for releasing to the Nyas 67 which was attended by leaders transacted. last one of the present and Christians, from a few Bangladesh from the list of for the final push to achieve the facing heat for not having ful- acres, which it had acquired of various parties. When asked about the Government, will begin with neighbouring countries Indian nations from where the goal of the Ram Janmabhoomi filled its promise of construct- about two-and-a-half decades Addressing the media after Budget, the Speaker said it is up an address by President Ram citizenship. The triple talaq refugees would be eligible to movement. “Even if I have to ing the Ram temple in back, leaving untouched 0.313 the meeting, Mahajan said, to the Government if it wants Nath Kovind to a joint sitting Bill proposes jail term for apply for citizenship. face the bullet, I will go to Ayodhya. acres of disputed land. “All parties have assured their to bring an interim Budget or of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Muslim men for practising Continued on Page 4 Ayodhya and lay the founda- Swaroopanand said the Continued on Page 4 %&%&% & % '( ( // / ,:2:1;+ existing and future entitle- ments such as any unpaid % ,:2:1;+ L M! n a major embarrassment for amounts, unpaid bonuses or IICICI Bank, an independent increments, unvested and vest- espite erratic monsoon and # enquiry has indicted former ed and unexercised stock Ddrought like situation in $ CEO Chanda Kochhar for vio- options, and medical benefits. several parts of the country, of the ED, they said. lating various regulations, and The board has also asked production of tomato, onion P Co-accused and middle- the lender has decided to stop the bank to take steps for and potato has been on the rise man British national Christian all unpaid retirement benefits “clawback of all bonuses paid in the country. As per latest % & & James Michel was recently and also recover bonuses paid from April 2009 until March Agriculture Ministry data, extradited from Dubai to India to her since 2009. 2018, and to take such further India’s horticulture production L M ' (in December last year). He is The leading private sector actions as may be warranted in is estimated to rise by 1 per cent ( ! currently in judicial custody. lender, which had given a clean the matter”. to record 314.67 million tonne ) * # Saxena’s lawyers alleged chit to Kochhar in the Kochhar became the CEO in 2018-19. ( ! that no extradition proceedings Videocon loan matter, will also and managing director of the Based on the information ( were started against him in the treat her resignation as Meanwhile, ICICI Bank country’s leading private sector received from different States +,- ,:2:1;+ UAE and he was not allowed to “Termination for Cause”. CEO Sandeep Bakhshi said in lender in May 2009 and left the and Union territories, the !( access his family or lawyers Reacting to the develop- analyst call that the bank has bank in October 2018. Agriculture Ministry on ( /0 n a major boost to agencies while being sent to India. ment, Kochhar said she is “dis- put out a statement about A high profile banker, Wednesday released the final $ Iprobing high-profile cor- It is also understood that appointed, hurt and shocked” Kochhar, and the lender’s role Kochhar was bestowed with estimates for 2017-18 and the ruption cases, a Dubai-based corporate aviation lobbyist by ICICI Bank decision. now is limited to cooperating Padma Bhushan in 2011. first advance estimates for businessman wanted in the Deepak Talwar, wanted by the Kochhar said she served the with regulatory agencies. The report found that 2018-19 of area and production ! VVIP choppers case and a ED and the CBI in a case of ICICI group for 34 long years In March 2018, the board “Kochhar was in violation of of horticulture crops. "% corporate aviation lobbyist are misusing over 90 crore taken “with all my dedication and of ICICI Bank had given a the ICICI Bank Code of As per the final estimates of being deported to India, offi- through the foreign funding hard work” and the bank’s lat- clean chit to Kochhar and had Conduct, its framework for 2017-18, horticulture produc- ( cials said on Wednesday.