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He has been increased to 56, including the promoted to compensate for MLA from Bhogaon in state Neelkanth Tewari has Gupta, Anand Swarup ceremony in Raj Bhawan in Swatantra Dev Singh, term is being seen as an chief minister, against the per- Om Prakash Rajbhar who was Mainpuri, has been rewarded been promoted as minister of Shukla, Vijay Kashyap, Giriraj the presence of Chief Minister who was Minister of State for attempt to further consolidate missible number of 61. dismissed from the Yogi with a berth in the Cabinet as state with independent charge. Singh Dharmesh, Lakhan Yogi Adityanath, his Transport, had put in his grass-root politics in the state The 91st amendment to Adityanath cabinet in may he had breached the Samajwadi Ashok Katariya, an MLC Singh Rajput, Nilima Katiyar, Cabinet colleagues, Assembly papers as he has been ahead of 2022 Assembly polls. the Constitution limits the size last. Suresh Rana, a strong Party bastion in March 2017 and native from Bijnor, is a Choudhury Uday Bhan Speaker Hriday Narayan appointed president of the The names of Apna Dal of council of ministers at the Hindutva leader in western UP, UP Assembly elections. grassroots leader who joined Singh, Chandrika Prasad Dikshit, BJP state president BJP’s UP unit. (Sonelal) chief Anupriya Patel’s Centre and in states to not is seen to have successfully run Kamal Rani Varun, the RSS in 1990 and later became Upadhaya, Ramashanker Swatantra Dev Singh and After the oath ceremony, husband, Ashish Patel, and more than 15 per cent of the the state’s Sugarcane depart- MLA from Ghatampur an office-bearer of the BJP. He Singh Patel and Ajit Singh Pal other dignitaries. for the first time, the Governor Rajnath Singh’s son and Noida members of the House. ment. reserved seat, has been a two- was elevated as general secre- were inducted in the council Ahead of the swearing-in and the Chief Minister sepa- MLA Panjak Singh, were, how- Four ministers of state Bhupendra Singh time MP of the BJP. tary of the party. His induction of ministers as ministers of ceremony, five Cabinet min- rately felicitated the new min- ever, missing from the list of with independent charge were Chaudhary is a prominent Jat Kapil Dev Agarwal, Satish in the council of ministers is state are The oath of office to isters — Rajesh Agarwal, isters by offering them bou- newly-sworn ministers. promoted as Cabinet ministers. leader in western UP. Dwivedi, Ashok Katariya, significant as the BJP is rela- the six Cabinet ministers, six Irrigation Minister Dharmpal quet. Several ministers also Ahead of the expansion, They include Mahendra Singh, Two new faces, Ram Sriram Chauhan and Ravindra tively weak in Bijnor and had ministers of state with inde- Singh and Ministers of State touched the feet of the Chief the BJP and RSS had worked Suresh Rana, Bhupendra Singh Naresh Agnihotri and Kamal Jaiswal have been inducted in lost the Bijnor Lok Sabha seat pendent charge and 11 min- Anupama Jaiswal and Minister and the Governor. intensively to select the new Chowdhary and Anil Rajbhar. Rani Varun, joined as Cabinet the council of ministers as to the Bahujan Samaj Party in isters of state was adminis- Archana Pandey — had ten- The first ever expansion of ministers with the aim of giv- Mahendra Singh, MLC ministers. ministers of state with inde- the 2919 Lok Sabha election. tered by Governor dered their resignations on the Yogi Adityanath Cabinet ing adequate representation to since 2012, is credited with the Ram Naresh Agnihotri pendent charge. Minister of Anil Sharma, Mahesh |Anandiben Patel at a simple Tuesday. after completing half of its all social groups. /010+!( the apex court decides on his evading investigating agencies. His son, Karti bail plea. “I will respect law He said he was working Chidambaram, who is also he hide and seek between even if applied with an unequal with his lawyers through the accused of “wrongdoing” in the Tformer Union Minister P hand by probe agencies,” he last night, preparing his papers cases by probe agencies, termed Chidambaram and the CBI said reading out from a written for his bail application. the CBI/ED action as “political ended after his dramatic arrest statement. “I believe that the founda- witch-hunt”. on Wednesday night. The CBI “I am aghast that I was tion of a democracy is liberty, “This is a political witch- arrested Chidambaram from accused of hiding from the law. most precious article of the hunt. Outrageous media leaks his Jor Bagh home minutes On the contrary, I was seeking Constitution is Article 21 that are the preferred tactics of the after he returned there from the the protection of the law. I was guarantees life and liberty. If @dir_ed. I have nothing to do AICC headquarters after aghast that I was accused of I’m asked to choose between with INX or the FIPB. All my addressing a Press conference running away from justice. On life and liberty, I shall unhesi- assets and liabilities are duly in the presence of a battery of the contrary, I was engaged in tatingly choose liberty,” he said. declared in statutory and reg- Congress leaders. the pursuit of justice,” “To win freedom we must ulatory filings. I have repeated Around 8.15 pm, Chidambaram said while struggle. To preserve freedom this ad nauseam,” he tweeted. Chidambaram, who was rejecting allegations that he was too we must struggle,” he said. Continued on Page 7 untraceable for over 27 hours, appeared in the party office and told media that he was not #' evading arrest and asked the CBI to wait till Friday, when his petition is listed to be heard in the Supreme Court. & '! $ Along with senior Supreme Court lawyers and senior party colleagues Kapil Sibal and /010+!( Priyanka Gandhi claimed the Abhishek Manu Singhvi, he former Union Minister was then drove to his residence he Congress on being “shamefully hunted nearly 10 minutes away from TWednesday defended its down” because he speaks truth the Congress office. On his trail senior leader and former and exposes the failures of the were CBI and ED officials. A Union Minister P Government. CBI team reached his Jor Bagh Chidambaram, who is facing Priyanka said the party residence 115-A within min- corruption charges in the INX will continue to fight for the utes of his return. Media case. truth no matter what the con- The CBI team first While Rahul Gandhi sequences are. “An extremely knocked at the gates to gain alleged the Modi Government qualified and respected mem- entry but finding no response, identifying themselves as from Chidambaram was taken to In the Press conference, cies. “Until Friday and beyond, is using agencies like ED, CBI, ber of the RS, P Chidambaram they scaled the walls. Once ED arrived at the scene. CBI headquarters, where doc- Chidambaram put up a strong let’s hope the lamp of liberty and sections of a “spineless ji has served our nation with three officers reached inside, Delhi Police personnel tors from RLM hospital con- defence of himself and his will shine bright and illuminate media” to character assassinate loyalty for decades including as they opened the gates to allow were posted to prevent any ducted a routine health check family members, saying none the whole country,” he said, a versatile person like Finance Minister and Home other team members waiting adverse law and order situation. up on him. He will be produced of them has been accused of suggesting that the probe agen- Chidambaram, party general Minister,” she said. outside. Soon a team of officers, After his arrest, in a trial court on Thursday. any offence by the probe agen- cies should not arrest him until secretary and Rahul’s sister Continued on Page 7 ! " #! $ % $& /010+!( from September 1 subject to corruption free road transport Chandrashekhar Azad, were ple, mosque or any other clearance from the Law system. He further said the detained at Kalkaji Police illegal building.” ith new Motor Vehicles Ministry. These clauses deal National Transport Policy that Station for grilling. He might “The Centre should WAct (Amended) in place, with penalties, licences, regis- will be brought in under the 10!$*1 / be booked for rioting and immediate allot land to con- be ready to maintain road and tration and National Transport Act will help in developing an unlawful activities, said struct the temple. We came traffic discipline as heavy Policy, among others. efficient, multi-modal trans- hree persons aboard a heli- police. here to show solidarity with penalties will come into force “Subject to clearance from port system. Tcopter that was returning Protesting against the people of Dalit community. ! from September 1. the Law Ministry, these claus- He said the Ministry is after dropping relief supplies in demolition of the temple by We have been facing dis- "# $ % The new MVA provides for es are likely to be implement- spending 12,000 crore flood affected Moldi area of the Delhi Development crimination for long and this strict punishment for various ed from September 1,” Gadkari towards rectification of 786 Uttarkashi died after the chop- Authority on August 10 on need to stop now,” said "# traffic-related offences, includ- said at a Press conference.