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VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"$#$%T utqBVQWBuxy( -""7 F + & . $G $ $G G 2.#%2$3! =: 0#1 22- >? =' ' & 0,.12 ,3456 )*,./ $ 2(0B,(C(0D,('0 39:+,( ,9,5 298,';,:' 3,<8A9' /',0(05<(,'0<N2 ',39:E '3,"'D2,'C !" ) '* ) 4 5( 6! $ %'( $) & / 4'889 anyone the right to declare if we’re people of Congress or not, itching for a strong nobody has that right. We’ll PCongress leadership at the build the party and strengthen Centre in order to corner the it. We believe in the strength Narendra Modi-led and unity of the Congress”. Government, the group of 23 His Cabinet colleagues Congress leaders, known in the Kapil Sibal and Manish Tewari party circles as “dissident” voic- also batted for a strong es, on Saturday launched a Congress leadership at the top. ( 0/:;( fresh offensive questioning the Sibal said, “We had gathered top brass of the party why it together earlier too and we ligible Covid-19 vaccine failed to utilise the services of have to strengthen the party Easpirants in the country an “experienced” leader like together”. will have to shell out 250 per Ghulam Nabi Azad when it Sibal questioned as to why shot — 150 cost of vaccine needed him the most. the Congress was not utilising plus 100 service charge — if At least seven leaders the rich experience of Ghulam they opt to get themselves belonging to this “group of dis- Nabi Azad. “He is one such inoculated at the designated senters”, assembled in Jammu leader who knows the ground private hospitals during the sec- to attend Shanti Sammelan reality of Congress in every dis- ond phase of the vaccination organised by the Gandhi trict of every State. We were drive beginning March 1 to States and UTs on the vacci- vate hospitals empanelled Global Family. saddened when we realised cover people aged above 60 nation of age-appropriate under Ayushman Bharat Interestingly, the “show of that he is being freed from years and those over 45 with groups through a video con- PMJAY, over 600 hospitals strength” was organised by Parliament. We didn’t want comorbidities. ference (VC) on Saturday. empanelled under CGHS and these leaders a day after the him to go from Parliament”. However, the Government “There would be other private hospitals empan- announcement of the Assembly Referring to the treatment hospitals will be providing the Government health facilities elled under State Governments. polls by the Election "#$ meted out to Azad by the party jab free, the cost to be borne by which will be used as Covid “Health Insurance Schemes Commission of India (ECI) in high command, Sibal said, the Centre. “The private hos- vaccine centres such as medical can participate as CVCs. Health five States, including Kerala, “What is the real role of pitals can charge up to 250 per college hospitals, district hos- Departments of State Assam, Tamil Nadu and West Apart from Ghulam Nabi Pradesh Congress Committee, ation should connect (to the Ghulam Nabi Azad ? A person dose of Covid-19 vaccine. pitals, sub divisional hospitals, Governments have already ini- Bengal. Azad, former Cabinet Ministers including its chief GA Mir, party). We’ve seen good days of who flies an aircraft is an expe- However, the jab will be given CHCs, PHCs, Health Sub tiated dialogue with these pri- In one voice all these lead- Kapil Sibal, Manish Tewari, attended the event. Only loy- the Congress. We don’t want to rienced person. An engineer free of cost at Government Centres and Health and vate hospitals so that they can ers sent out a clear message to Anand Sharma, former alists of Ghulam Nabi Azad see it weakening as we become accompanies him to detect hospitals across the States. The Wellness Centres. Geo refer- be encouraged to participate in the Congress leadership to Haryana Chief Minister from the Kashmir Valley and older.” and repair any malfunctioning cost will be borne by the ence maps with GPS coordi- this drive as CVCs. A list of all start working towards strength- Bhupinder Singh Hooda, par- Jammu region attended the In a veiled attack on the in the engine. Ghulam Nabi ji Centre,” said Union Health nates of all these health facili- these private hospitals has been ening the party before it’s too liamentarians Raj Babbar, and event in full strength. party leadership, the former is experienced as well as an Secretary Rajesh Bhushan in a ties have been prepared that uploaded on the website of late. The tone and tenor of the Vivek Tankha attended the Leading the charge from Union Minister went on to add, engineer”. statement here. will serve as CVCs and these Ministry of Health and Family speeches made by these leaders event in Jammu. the front, one of the senior “All of us have covered a long Echoing similar sentiments “250 will be the ceiling — Geo referenced maps are being Welfare and National Health clearly indicated the Congress Wearing saffron headgears, most members of the group distance to reach where we’re Anand Sharma also said, 150 cost of vaccine plus 100 shared with the States,” a senior Authority,” said the official. party is headed for a major all these leaders also openly Anand Sharma said, “The today. Nobody among us has “There has never come such an service charge. This arrange- health official added. So far, 77 per cent of “shakeup” in the days to come. came out in support of the Congress has weakened in the come through the window, all occasion after 1950 when there ment will remain effective till To ramp up the Covid vac- healthcare workers have been These leaders also made it demand for restoring “state- last decade. Our voice is for the of us have walked through the is no representative of Jammu further orders,” Bhushan said in cination capacity manifold, sig- administered with the first clear they will not sit idle as the hood” to Jammu & Kashmir. betterment of the party. It door. We have come through & Kashmir in the Rajya Sabha. a statement here following an nificantly a large number of dose and 70 per cent got the country was facing numerous None of the office-bearers should be strengthened every- the students’ movement, the This will be corrected”. interaction with Health private facilities are being second dose, the official added. challenges. of the Jammu & Kashmir where once again. New gener- youth movement. I’ve not given Turn to Page 4 Secretaries and MDs (NHM) of involved. “Around 10,000 pri- Turn to Page 4 %&' ( # !"$% &$" /& (( ;00'( While the Congress-DMK talks are in a deadlock, the ith the Election AIADMK scored a major point ! WCommission of India on Friday by enacting a legis- declaring the poll schedule for lation that granted 10.5 per cent #$% the Tamil Nadu Legislative reservation for the 2 crore "# Assembly on Friday, the DMK strong Vanniyar community in $ and the Congress are finding it the Government service. This ( 0/:;( %#%# difficult to arrive at an amica- has been a long standing & ble seat sharing agreement. demand of Dr Ramadoss, he Centre on Saturday $ A national leader of the founder of the PMK. This Tadvised States and UTs — Congress told The Pioneer that brought in some cheer to the Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat, &' the DMK is proving to be a AIADMK as it has pacified Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, ( tough taskmaster when it is three of its major allies, the BJP, West Bengal, Telangana and ( ( ( (( '*+ #$% ''&" time for seat allocation. “The the PMK and the Puthiya Jammu & Kashmir — to ( & "#$ ( )'(* + maximum they had offered as Tamilakam. enforce Covid-appropriate $ till Saturday 2 pm is just 20 ( ( ) ( # The DMK, which has been behaviour by dealing firmly surveillance strategies in tion in testing, and increase + , seats. Please remember that the #( "#$ on an aggressive mood till with violations and ensure respect of potential super RT- PCR tests in districts hav- -. Congress was allocated 40 seats early last week, has suddenly effective surveillance in case of spreading events,” the Union ing high antigen testing. / $ during the 2016 Assembly elec- 40. “The DMK is winning elec- led Narayanasamy mellowed down and main- potential super spreading Health Ministry said in a The States and UT were tion and we won eight seats,” tion by making use of the Government in Puducherry taining a silence. Meanwhile events so as not to let the situ- statement. directed to focus on surveil- said the senior leader who did goodwill enjoyed by the which lost vote of trust because TTV Dhinakaran, general sec- ation go out of hand. The need for effective test- lance and stringent contain- ' ' ) not want to be identified. Congress in Tamil Nadu. There of the resignation of the lone retary of the AMMK and These States and UTs have ing, comprehensive tracking, ment in selected districts ( ( Last week the team of is a strong anti-DMK feeling in DMK member. nephew of VK Sasikala, been reporting a high Covid- prompt isolation of positive reporting reduced tests/high #$% & Congress leaders deputed by the State, but the Congress will The Congress negotiators Jayalalithaa’s former aide, 19 active caseload or an cases, and quick quarantine of positivity and increased cases. " " & party chief Sonia Gandhi called survive because it has showed were led by former Kerala declared that he would be the increasing trend in new cases close contacts were also strong- They have also been & . on the DMK headquarters and the world that the party does Chief Minister Oommen Chief Ministerial candidate of in the last week, noted Cabinet ly emphasised. advised to carry clinical man- 0 O+ 0 held a round of meeting with not require power to become Chandi and Karnataka leader the front to be led by his party.

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