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AHMEDABAD l MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 88 IT’S A BOY! ACTORS KAREENA KAPOOR LOCKDOWN A POSSIBILITY IF CASES KEEP AND SAIF ALI KHAN WELCOME THEIR RISING FOR 8-15 DAYS, SAYS MAHARASHTRA BABY SON, SECOND CHILD AFTER TAIMUR CHIEF MINISTER UDDHAV THACKERAY OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia Wife of BJP mulls poll strategy with Mamata’s DJOKOVIC farm laws, economy on mind nephew Party hails PM his able leadership in ef- gets CBI fective handling of the Modi for agri pandemic, BJP vice pres- ident Raman Singh said summon reforms, handling at a press conference. covid situation He said the resolu- tion also highlights the New Delhi: The BJP on Garib Kalyan Yojana REIGNS Sunday passed a resolu- during the pandemic, tion thanking Prime comprehensive budget Minister Narendra and diligent handling Modi for reforms in the of the situation on the agriculture sector and Line of Actual Control TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee for his able leadership Prime Minister Narendra Modi at BJP national offi ce bearers meet. with China. in effective handling of Earlier, BJP general Kolkata: The Central the COVID-19 situation. Modi told party leaders utes to those who lost secretary Arun Singh Bureau of Investigation The resolution was to take the benefits of their lives due to the had informed that dur- (CBI) on Sunday passed in the first meet- the new farm laws to coronavirus. ing the course of the reached the residence ing of the BJP’s new set the people. The political resolu- meet, discussions will be of Trinamool Congress of national office-bear- The meeting was in- tion was passed thank- held on farm laws, Aat- (TMC) MP Abhishek ers and it was chaired by augurated by Prime ing the prime minister manirbhar Bharat and Banerjee, who is also party chief J P Nadda. Minister Modi and it for the reforms in the upcoming state polls. the nephew of West During the meeting, started by paying trib- agriculture sector and Turn to P6 Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and served a notice on Madhav: Govt his wife, asking her to SHAH WITH FAMILY VOTES IN CIVIC POLLS join probe in a coal pil- working on ferage case. According to the CBI law to regulate sources, the team of of- social media ficials from the probe agency reached Baner- New Delhi: Senior jee’s Kalighat residence BJP leader Ram Mad- but couldn’t find any- hav has said social me- one there. They left af- dia has become ‘so pow- ter 15 minutes, serving erful that it can even a notice to Rujira Ban- topple governments, dopadhyay Turn to P6 leading to anarchy and weakening democracy, and solutions to tackle this are needed to be found within the consti- tutional framework’. There are some leaders Speaking at the launch (in Delhi) who said of his new book ‘Because they knew how to India Comes First’, Mad- break the spine of hav said democracy is Bengal. It is not easy to stressed and facing new break our spine. AHMEDABAD: Union Home Minister Amit shah with wife Sonal Shah, son Jay Shah, challenges with the rise Bengal taught me to daughter-in-law Rishita Shah, grand daughter Rudri and Member of Rajya Sabha Narhari of “non-political” and Amin after casting his vote at Naranpura Sub Zonal Offi ce in Ahmedabad on Sunday during fight bravely like a “non-state” forces. phase 1 of the state local body polls. Shah expressed confi dence that the people of the tiger. We cannot be “Social media is so state will establish Gujarat as the stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP). Polling intimidated with jail. powerful that it can took place for municipal corporations in six major cities of Gujarat. —Mamata Banerjee, even topple govern- —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI West Bengal Chief Minister ments Turn to P6 NOVAK THRASHES MEDVEDEV FOR RECORD-EXTENDING 9TH Puducherry floor test today, two more MLAs quit AUSTRALIAN OPEN TITLE Puducherry: Just a day now reduced to 12. The because the party didn’t Serbia’s Novak Djokovic beats Russian Daniil 7-5 before the floor test in opposition has 14 MLAs give me due recognition Medvedev 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 to win the men’s singles the Assembly, the crisis in the 33-member assem- in the government and Australian Open title in Melbourne on Sunday. for Congress in Puduch- bly, which has seven va- in the organisation,” Djokovic dominated his serve to hold to take a 6-5 erry deepened with two cancies. Lakshminaray- Lakshminarayanan lead and then broke back Medvedev to take the fi rst more MLAs of the Con- anan, who had been told reporters. Later, he set 7-5. Medvedev lost the plot in the second set as gress-DMK alliance re- elected from the Raj also resigned from the 6-2 signing on Sunday. Bhavan constituency, party membership. World No. 1 broke his serve thrice to win the set 6-2. Djokovic continued to dominate like a champion as With the resignation handed over his resigna- On being asked if he he won the 3rd set 6-2 to seal his 9th Australian Open of DMK legislator Ven- tion letter to Puducher- will join any other par- championship. Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open katesan and Congress Congress legislator K Lakshminarayanan, who had been elected ry Assembly Speaker VP ty, he said, “I will be dominance is intact — nine fi nals, nine championships MLA K Lakshminaray- from the Raj Bhavan constituency, handed over his resignation Sivakozhundu at the lat- joining, as per decision and increased his overall grand salm tally to 18. 6-2 anan, the strength of the letter to Puducherry Assembly Speaker VP Sivakozhundu at the ter’s residence. of people of my constit- ruling alliance has been latter’s residence, on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI “I took this decision uency.” Turn to P6 LOW TURNOUT IN SIX MUNICIPAL MADAN LAL SAINI’S NEPHEW ALONG WITH WIFE, TWO DAUGHTERS COMMITS SUICIDE CORPORATIONS, BJP STILL CONFIDENT OF WIN First India Bureau (40), daughters Pooja suicide note men- his hospital bed to fly to (22) and Anu (18) were tioned. On receiving the CM Rupani casts vote in his hometown of Ra- Sikar: In a shocking also battling with mental information, SP Kunwar jkot, where he went to incident, a couple and health after the younger Rashtradeep and other Rajkot, returns to hospital the poll booth accompa- their two daughters al- son Amar’s death, said offi cials rushed to the nied by his wife Anjali, legedly died by hanging the police. On Sunday, spot. The bodies were bed for another week before returning to the in Sikar. The family of they died by suicide shifted to Kalyan First India Bureau Election Commission hospital, where he will Hanuman Prasad Saini inside their house in hospital where post- website estimated voter spend another week. (45) was under depres- Purohit Ji Ki Dhani in mortem will be conduct- Gandhinagar: A low turnout at just 42.32%— The SEC website at sion after his son Amar Radhakrishnapura area. ed on Monday. Hanu- voter turnout did noth- 4% less than it had been 6pm said that Jamnagar died due to a heart A suicide note has been man was class four ing to halt the posturing in the 2015 election. had witnessed the day’s attack four months found from the room. employee at a nearby among political leaders One person who did highest voting, with back. Hanuman was “We cannot live without government school. His well after polls for the exercise his ballot was 50.22%, followed by Ra- the nephew of former son Amar. We too are wife was a homemaker, state’s six municipal Chief Minister Vijay jkot (47.27%), Surat BJP state president and leaving the world. The Pooja was a student of corporations closed on Rupani. Having tested (43.82%), Bhavnagar Rajya Sabha MP Late world is worthless with- MSc First Year and Anu Sunday evening. negative for COVID-19 (43.66%) Vadodara Madan Lal Saini. Hanu- out a son. Police should was studying in BSc At about 6 pm, when for the second time, Ru- CM Rupani and his wife Anjali, after they cast their vote in Rajkot, (43.53%) and A’bad man’s wife Tara Devi not harass anyone” the Second Year. voting ended, the State pani took a break from on Sunday. —PHOTO BY CHIRAG CHOTALIYA (38.73%). Turn to P6 NEWS www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia AHMEDABAD | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2021 02 GUJARAT VOTES CAUTIOUSLY IN MUNICIPAL CORPORATION POLLS (L to R) Ahmedabad mayor Bjial Patel, BJP state unit chief CR Patil and his wife, Rajya Sabha member Narhari Amin and Minister of State for Home Pradipsinh Jadeja after casting their votes on Sunday. Despite worries, AMC polls marred by Surat sees slight Rajkot votes bogus voting, clashes improvement without any in voter turnout Gargi Raval Workers of the Bharati- paign merchandise police officers reached ya Janata Party (BJP) within 100 metres of there to placate the op- Ahmedabad: After and Congress clashed the polling booth, he position party mem- from 2015 major hitches polling for the and returning officers was verbally and physi- bers. Local MLA Ahmedabad Municipal as well as the commis- cally assaulted by BJP Pradeep Parmar was 13.84 lakh of the city’s 32.88 BJP drew attention to an Corporation (AMC) sioner of police Sanjay workers.