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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2020, AHMEDABAD, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `4.00 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SPEAKERSJudicial’MEET:ovPRESer-IDENTreachTALKS OFinOPPOSITIsomeON ROLEverdicts...organs ofstatemustrespecttheirlimits,saysV-P Naidu cites ban on fireworks,executive Amaravati land deal FIR: being kept out of judgeappointments On Andhra plea, SC selvesasense of supremacy”. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Addressing the two-day 80th AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER25 All India PresidingOfficers’ lifts HC media gag order Conference held at Kevadia in CURBINGDIWALI fireworks, Gujarat, wherePresident Ram Bhushan, RSubhash Reddy and denying the executive arolein Nath Kovind wasinattendance, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MRShah ordered partstayofthe the appointment of judgesand Naidu said, “Our Constitution has NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 September 15 HighCourtorder monitoringinvestigationsare ju- demarcated very cleardomains while hearing aplea by the dicialpronouncementsgiving a of eachofthese threeorgans in THE SUPREME CourtWednesday AndhraPradesh government “distinct impression of over- the lines of separation of powers, stayed the AndhraPradesh High whichhad challenged the order. reach,” Vice President Venkaiah though notinavery formalistic Courtorder restraining the me- It directed that the matter be Naidu said Wednesday under- manner... Harmonylies in each dia from reporting the FIR regis- listedfor hearing again in the last lining that the legislature, exec- organdoingits job without inter- teredbythe state police Anti- week of January2021. utive andthe judiciaryshould re- fering in the domain of others... Corruption Bureauinconnection On October 6, Chief Minister spect “jurisdictionalsanctity Unfortunatelytherehas been withallegedirregularitiesinland YSJagan Mohan Reddy,inalet- enshrinedinthe Constitution in- severalinstancesofcrossingthe Vice President Naidu, Speaker Birla at the Statue of Unity dealings in Amaravati. tertoChief Justice of India SA stead of arrogating (to) them- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 museum in Kevadia, Gujarat. ANI AbenchofJustices Ashok CONTINUEDONPAGE2

Days after he entered DDC polls, PDPyouth His hand with God

Congress leader AhmedPatel’s body reachatVadodara chief heldinterror case SANDIPG DIEGO MARADONA I 1960-2020 airport. He will be buried at hisvillage Piraman. BhupendraRana NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25

DEEPTIMANTIWARY& Waheed THERE ARE legends, immortals BASHAARATMASOOD Parraheld in and G.O.A.Ts, the GreatestofAll Cong loses chief NEWDELHI,SRINAGAR, case naming Time. Then thereisDiego NOVEMBER25 former Maradona. The legendaryfoot- DySP,Hizb ballerdied, aged 60, aftersuffer- crisismanager, THREE DAYS afterhefiledhis ingacardiacarrest onWednesday. nomination from Pulwama dis- To some, he wasthe most

trict in Kashmirfor theDistrict ED giftedfootballer ever,whosefeet Development Council (DDC) rendered thebeautiful game all Gandhis their pillar polls, the National Investigation Questions the morebeautiful. To some, he Agency (NIA)onWednesdayar- PLAIN E wasthe mostflawedofgeniuses, ● overtiming rested PDP youth wing leader EX flirting withdrugsand keeping in the backroom WaheedurRehman Parrain friends from theunderworld. To connection with aterrorcase WAHEED PARRA’s arrest some others, he wasanoutright againstsuspendedJ&K police of- by theNIA in the case in- cheat, who flickedagoal withhis ficer Devinder Singh. volving senior police offi- hand, the creator of the mostvil- COOMIKAPOOR “Today, NIA arrested Waheed cer Devinder Singh, ac- ifiedyet the mostromanticised NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 ur Rehman Parra... in connection cusedofsupporting goal in WorldCup history. with Naveed Babu/Devinder Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, is Whatever the opinions and SONIA GANDHI described Singh case forsupporting Hizbul conspicuous forits tim- perspectives, Maradona was AhmedPatel as an “irreplace- Mujahideen in conspiracy with ing.The NIA called him magical,yet real. Magical with his able companion” but, surpris- the other accused persons,” an forquestioning aday af- feet and real in his life. The most ingly,Rahul, who wasoften not NIA statement said. terhefiledhis nomina- magicallyrealistic and realisti- on the same pageashim, Devinder Singh, then aDySP tion from Pulwama for callymagicaloffootballers. One Celebratingagoal in the famous ‘Hand of Gold’ match, featuring summedupthe loss of Ahmed withthe J&K Police, had been ar- the DDC polls. who livedbothlifeand football Argentina vs England in the 1986 WorldCup in Mexico. Reuters bhai –ashewas widelyknown AHMED PATEL rested on January11while trav- on his ownterms. He wasnopre- –morepithily.Rahul acknowl- 1949-2020 elling in acar with Naveed Babu, tender,never triedtoerase his edgedhim as “one of the pillars aknown Hizb-ul-Mujahideen the behestofPakistan. shanty-townupbringing past, could thrill. Youneedn’t beafoot- soccer ball. volvedinthe frame look foolish. of the Congress” –not exactlyan terrorist. The casewas trans- “Wefoundthat Parrawas in neverfeigned righteousness, ball tragic forthat. Dignofurther into archival With England yettorecover understatement from adynast ferred to the NIA whichalleged touchwith some of the keyac- neverdenied thedarkness of his But in this moment of depar- memorythan the non-hand of from the first‘Hand of God’ goal, whoassumes thatwithout the BUSINESSASUSUAL in itschargesheetthat Singh had cusedinthe case. We have evi- soul. Ahuman footballing god, to ture, it’shis footballing legacy God goal in the quarterfinal CONTINUEDONPAGE2 firstfamilythe party is ahollow BY UNNY been providing shelter to Hizb- dence to provethat he was take aliberty.You couldmakea that needs appreciation. Short againstEngland in the 1986 shell. ul-Mujahideen terrorists fora awareofthe conspiracy and may thrilling best-seller out of his life and sturdy,the build concealing WorldCup. The dream fusion of Indeed, Patel, 71,who passed longtime and had been aiding even have been actively involved as well as his football. Both could his agilityand dexterity,hewas rawpace, power, precisionand FULL COVERAGE away early Wednesdayfighting and abetting their activities at CONTINUEDONPAGE2 existwithout overlap, and both adarting virtuoso tethered to a trickery had made everyone in- PAGE 14 multipleorgan failurepost- Covid, wasthe go-toman when- ever the Congress facedtrouble. ANAND IIPH-G STUDY Whichmeant quiteoften. 3minors sent to Amid Covid surge, Centre allows Whether it wasthe modali- ‘More secondary infections ties of tying up with the Shiv Sena foragrand alliance in juvenile home states to put night curfew, curbs Maharashtraortamping down for ‘insulting’ in houses with Covid deaths’ Sachin Pilot’s anger againstChief No sealingof MinisterAshok Gehlotin national flag neededtobe“extravigilant” as Rajasthan or allying with Pranab borders;suggests SOHINIGHOSH death indicatedahigher viral Mukherjee to ensurethat Sonia AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER25 load in patients.The study ex- wasinstalledparty president in anorth Indian state. As Ramesh EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE staggered office pandsonprior research on sec- 1997 despiteSitaram Kesri’s re- noted, notmanyinthe Congress AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER25 RESEARCHERS AT theIndian ondary attack ratesinhouse- fusal to step down gracefully, were capable of pulling offsuch timings to InstituteofPublic Health (IIPH), holds with Covid-19infections, AhmedBhai wasonhand to sort feats, mixing powerwith per- A30-YEAR-OLD woman has Gandhinagar,havefound that conducted in the Gandhinagar out the problem. suasion to good effect. been arrested,while three boys, contain numbers secondaryattackrates were rel- district. Partycolleague Jairam AhmedBhai’s strength was aged between10and 14 years, atively higher in householdsthat Publishedasapreprint on Ramesh once described himas his lackofpersonal ambition or have been sent to ajuvenile Testing of passengers arriving from Delhi-NCR, otherstates have reporteddeaths due to November 21,the lateststudy a24X7politician who had more aprivate agenda, attributes home forallegedly insulting the DEEPTIMANTIWARY on at Bandrastation, Mumbai,Wednesday. Amit Chakravarty Covid-19infection as compared has been authored by IIPH-G di- than once come to therescue of CONTINUEDONPAGE2 national flag at Umreth in Anand NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 to those wherepatients have re- rector Dr Dileep Mavlankar,as- the Congress in the nickoftime. on Wednesday, police said. covered, indicatingthat mortal- sistant professor Komal Shah, He recalledhow at well past The woman, her 10-year-old IN VIEW of rising Covid cases by the MinistryofHome Affairs downs withthe Centre’s ap- ity can be usedasasurrogate and publichealth student at midnight he put acall through to LINK BETWEEN CONG son and twoother minors were across the country, the Centreon (MHA) have allowedstatesto proval. marker. NewYorkUniversity Nupur aChief Ministerwho wasbent PAST,PRESENT bookedfor hoisting thenational Tuesdayissuedfresh contain- enforce night curfews,put any “Statesand UTs, basedon In the lateststudy,IIPH-G re- Desai. It remains to be peer-re- on quitting the party next morn- flag allegedlywith distortionsat ment guidelines, giving states number of “local restrictions”, their assessment of the situation, searchers have found that 25 per viewedand published. ing along withhis supporters. AVILLAGE RECALLS their residence at Kadiyaval in some crucial elbowroom to put keep gatherings at social events mayimpose local restrictions cent contactsofthe surveyed On Wednesday, Shah told Afteragood 50 minutes of hu- ALEADER ALWAYS Umreth, police said. restrictionsonpublic movement to lessthan 100, punish people with aviewtocontain the spread households that reportedcoro- The Indian Express that second- moring, cajoling, mollycoddling READY TO HELP According to police, the act of and gatherings. fornot wearing masksand of Covid-19suchasnight curfew. navirus-related fatality,recorded aryattackrateismuchhigher in the veteranparty leader,he PAGE 4,9 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 The newguidelinesissued even issue orders forlocal lock- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 secondaryinfections and CONTINUEDONPAGE2 savedthe party’s government in

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the 26/11terrorattacks on spirit arethe coronawarriors, or the team in Ludhiana of Class UddhavThackeray as Chief TABASSUM Mumbai with stories of strength women and men leading the 4workers and colleagues, and Guest, and featuring superstar BARNAGARWALA and apublic event showcasing waragainstCovid-19—risking another of techies in Hyderabad, Amitabh Bachchan, that will be MUMBAI,NOVEMBER25 the spirit of the survivors. This all, so that otherscan be secure. who steppedintohelp; the telecastonNovember 29 at 8.30 year,withthe citymaskedand LikeDrParkar;likethe co- communitykitchen in pm on Star Plus as well as digital WHILE OTHERS his agehave sociallydistanced, the oneswho conut climber in Kochiwho Arunachal Pradesh to feed front- streaming service Hotstar. been sequestering themselvesat mostpowerfullyepitomise that pooledinmoneyfor donation; line workers run by agroup of Acelebrity doctor usedto home sincethe coronavirus pan- women; and the women in treating Bollywood, politicians demic began, pulmonologistDr Delhi’s Nizamuddin making and officers, Parkar says there Jalil Parkar has been on the front- masksthat reflect the heritage of wasnoconfusion in his mind lines. The 62-year-old has been aplacewhichwas malignedin about what he had to do when postedinthe Covid ICU of the initial days of the pandemic. the pandemic struck, despitebe- Mumbai’sLilavati Hospital since Starting with Dr Parkar, The ing awareofthe risks. He and his March,but forabrief while Indian Express captures their wife, 58,are both diabetic, while when he and his wifebothspent work andits spirit in this series. his father,95, liveswith them. time there, afterbeing infected This will be followedbyaspecial Taking due precautions, he with the virus. show, with Union Health Dr Jalil Parkar,Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai,has been treating got ontothe job, tending to pa- Everyyear since2016, The MinisterDrHarsh Vardhan as patientssince the pandemicbegan. Express tients, putting offhis more Indian Express hasbeen marking GuestofHonour,Chief Minister CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,NOVEMBER26,2020

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Covid surge with this man &isbeing falsely in hisautobiography. hearing the matter. charged.Alljusttoblackmail&in- Then,midway through the Appearing forthe Andhra However, State/UT timidate PDP&othermainstream Over-reachseen in somecourt verdicts, 1994 WorldCup, Maradona was Pradesh government, Senior Governmentsshall notimpose political parties in J&K.” sent home afterhetwice faileda AdvocateRajeevDhavansaid the anylocallockdown(state/district/ The 32-year-old is among dope test.Acareer that had more writ petition wasfiledbeforethe sub-division/ city level) outside Mufti’s closest advisors and was organs of State mustrespect limits: Naidu peaks to scale thus endedona HighCourtassoonastheenquiry the containment zones without consideredthePDP’smanageron self-destructive note.Buthenever wasordered,andwasdecidedthe prior consultation with the the ground. The Parras andthe boundaries.” through Delhi, banning the use Reiterating that the constitutional amendment shirkedawayfrompublic —he sameday. CentralGovernment,”guidelines Muftis go backalong way, with “Since Independence, the of vehiclesof certainmakeafter Constitution of India was placingtheelectionof President continued to coach, and be spot- The interim relief,hecon- issued by the MHA said. Parra’s grandfather Abdul Supreme Courtand the High 10 or 15 years, monitoring po- “supreme”,helatersaid,“Judicial and Vice President and Prime tedwith diamond earrings, and tended,wasgrantedafterthepe- With the fresh setofguide- Rehman Parraaclose aide of Courtshave deliveredseveralfar lice investigations, denying the review, declaredasoneof theba- Ministerbeyondthescopeof ju- continuedtobeget hospitalised titioner claimedthat the govern- lines, the Centrehas nowgiven Mufti MohammadSayeed. reachingverdictsinfurtherance executive anyrole in appoint- sic features of our Constitution, dicial scrutinyin1975isone with alarming frequency. ment wasrunning the statein statesthefreedomto putanykind Partyinsiders oftencredit the of socio-economic objectives, mentof judgesby institutingthe imposes certain restrictions on suchinstance,” he said. Inagesto come,therecouldbe utter disregardofthe of restrictionthattheydeemfitas PDP’s success in south Kashmir, besidesmakingcorrectionalin- collegium,whichissaidto bean thelegislature.Lawmakershave Earlier,inauguratingthecon- legends, greatsand G.O.A.Ts. But Constitution. Dhavanwondered longastheydonot hinder inter- especiallyPulwama district, to terventions,”saidNaidu,whois extraconstitutional body,” thelibertyof defendingtheirter- ference, President Kovind therewill onlybeone Diego whether relief could be granted statemovementofgoods and Parra’s efforts. also RajyaSabhachairperson. Naidu said. ritoryevenbynullifying judicial touchedupon the needfor “har- Maradona. in acriminal case on such public. It has, however, reiterated In2016,duringParra’sstintas “But occasionally, concerns Saying suchactions by the decisions, if so warranted.” mony” -- the themeofthe con- grounds. that states cannotseal borders. Secretary of the Jammu and have been raisedtowhether judiciary“have resultedin Naidualsotoucheduponthe ference -- saying that in aparlia- Anand “This(petitionbefore theHigh “Noseparatepermission/ ap- Kashmir Special Council,then theyare entering the domains avoidable blurring of the con- excesses of the executive and mentarydemocracy,the hoistinganallegeddistorted Court) is an entirely political writ proval/e-permitwill be required Union home ministerRajnath of the legislative andexecutive tours demarcated by the legislature. “Weare familiar Oppositionalsohasanimportant national flag wasa“mischief” by petitionagainsttheChief Minister. forsuchmovements,” the guide- Singhhadpraisedhimfor“uplift- wings.Therehavebeendebates Constitution,”Naidusaid,“They with the excesses of the execu- role along with the rulingparty, the children.“The three children Itisnotbasedonfactsbutcitesre- lines have said. ingsports” in Kashmir. whether some issues should have ledtothe question as how tive in disregardoftheirac- andtherefore,harmony, cooper- had hoistedthe national flag, liable sources whichtoo arenot Theguidelineshave reiterated Lastyear,whentheCentreab- have beenmorelegitimatelyleft these three organs of the state countabilityto thelegislatureon ation and meaningful delibera- whereinstead of the Ashok revealed,” he said. the restrictions imposedand re- rogatedJ&K specialstatus, Parra to theother organs of the gov- shouldrespectthejurisdictional certain occasions... Violation of tion between the twoisneces- Chakra,afew Islamicinscriptions Referring to details of the FIR, laxations giveninthe lastlock- wasamong those arrested. ernment. Forexample, Diwali sanctity enshrined in the rightsandlibertiesof citizensby sary. It is responsibility of the were drawnoverit. Takingcog- he asked whether an investiga- down guidelines but giventhe WITHINPUTSFROM fireworks,steps on registration Constitutioninsteadof arrogat- theexecutive at timesistoovis- presidingofficerstoprovidecon- nizance,anFIRwaslodgedyester- tionwas notcalledfor.“Is there freedom to states to restrict pub- NAVEEDIQBAL andmovementof vehiclesfrom ing (to) themselvesasense of ible.At times,thelegislaturetoo genial atmospherefor ahealthy dayand we have arrested the somethingwhichneeds to be in- lic gatherings. the National Capital Region supremacy,” he said. has crossedthe line. The 39th debateinthe House, he said. woman at whose residence the vestigated?Thispetition wasde- Severalstateshavealready Ahmed Patel incidenttook place and three ju- cidedat6.30pmforthesakeofur- proposedtoputsuchrestrictions, whichendearedhim to Sonia IIPH-G study (clinical) outcomes with veniles have been presented at gency,” he said. with Delhi government even is- whoretainedhimaspoliticalsec- greater viral load, and thus, can theBalAdalat,”BDJadeja,Deputy The benchsaid the matter suingorderstorestrictgatherings retary duringher long tenureas households with Covid-19 SURVEYFINDINGS mortality be usedasasurro- Superintendent of Police, Anand needsconsiderationanditwillis- at weddings to lessthan 100. partypresident. He became the deathsandhence“contact-trac- Study1Study2 gate markerofhigher viral division,said. sue notice. States suchasMaharashtrahave eyes and ears of his leader guid- ing, testing, quarantine and Households(sampleofprimaryinfection) 74 28 load. From our study,itappears An FIR has been registeredin Explaining the reasonfor the also started putting restrictions ingherthroughchoppywatersas close surveillance of death cases Totalhouseholdcontactswithprimarycase 386 108 that if apatient has deterio- thematteratUmrethpolice sta- High Court taking up the matter onthosecomingfromoutsidethe anovice politician. He never (due to the infection) mustbe Secondaryinfections 34 27 rated(andhas been admitted tion and the accusedhavebeen urgently, Senior AdvocateMukul state, seeking negative RT-PCR joinedthe government, when done”. Secondaryattackrate* 8.8% 25% to ICU), household members booked under Section2ofthe Rohatgi,appearingforSrinivas,re- test results. Congress Prime Ministers PV An earlier study, published Deathsamongsecondaryinfection 12have to be extravigilantand Prevention of InsultstoNational ferred to the statewriting to the TheCentrehasalsoflaggedof- Narasimha Raoand Manmohan as apreprint in September by Deathrateinsecondarycases** 3% 7.4% careful of the contact time (ex- HonourAct,1971,forallegedly in- CBI againstthe former Advocate fices as spaces forspread of the Singh were in the saddle but re- thethreeauthorsandothers,in- posuretothe primarycase). sultingthe nationalflag. General and said this wasdone coronavirus and asked statesto mained the eternal backroom cluding Gujarat Health *Secondary infections/ Totalhousehold contacts withprimary case x100 Moreover,the association of Theissuehadcometo lighton because the formerlaw officer stagger office timings. manager. Department’sepidemicbranch ** Deaths among secondary infection/ Secondary infections x100 secondaryattackratewith vi- TuesdayafteranAnand-basedac- had appeared in 25 corruption Forcontainment zones,the Atelephone call from Ahmed officers, had randomlyselected ralload shall also be explored tivist postedapurportedvideoon casesagainstthe present Chief guidelineshaveissueddetailed Bhai carriedmoreweightthan 74 households in Gandhinagar The lateststudy,however, second study waslower,the and can be facilitated during his Twitter account. The activist Minister. instructions. Along with strict that from anyMinister. He wasa rural limits,eachwith onepri- focussesonlyonthose who deathrate inthelattercannotbe RT-PCR testing (with cycle had tagged Anand Policeand “I had urgedthe HC to hear it perimetercontrol and allowing soft-spoken politicaloperator maryinfectioncase.Ithadnoted succumbed to the viral infec- correlated to the death rate threshold being an indicator - Gujarat Police and sought strict immediatelyasittarnishedthe essential activities within them, who exudedold-world courtesy 34 secondaryinfection cases-- tion in Gandhinagar.Asper the notedamongsecondaryinfec- lowerthe value, higher the vi- action. reputation of alawyerwith a the Centre has asked states to fo- and charm. Shunning the lime- thatisthosewhocontractedthe stategovernmentrecords, 49 tion cases in the earlier study ralload),”Shah said. standingof 30years,”hesaid.“My cus on contact tracing and trace light, he listenedtoall sides but diseasefromtheprimarysource fatalities duetoCovid-19were (wherethe secondaryinfection The preprint, whichdis- Amaravati clientis targeted...Thiscasereeks allcontactsofaCovidpositive per- nothingescapedhis eagle eye. -- among the total 386 contacts reported in the district until deathrate wasfoundto bethree cusses the study’s findings, Bobde,hadallegedthatSupreme of malafide. This is worse than son within 72 hours. “In some Since the party chief hardly of the74 households,indicating August, of which28werepart per cent) and thus,the statisti- states: “Our study findings sug- CourtjudgeJusticeNVRamana, Emergency...Myreputationisbe- states this is notbeingdone with made herself available foraper- asecondaryattackrateof8.8per of the survey. cal significance cannotbecom- gest that secondaryattackrate who is next in line to be CJI, had ing damaged.” rigour.Thatiswhythismatterhad sonal audience, Congressmen cent. The newstudy notedas mented upon at this juncture. is muchhigher in death cases been “influencing the sittings of Senior AdvocateHarish Salve to be emphasised,” ahome min- usedhim as the sounding board The September study also manyas27secondaryinfection It wasobserved in the andhence,contact-tracing,test- the (Andhra Pradesh) High Court urgedthebenchtoallowtheHigh istryofficial said. to getthingsdone. No one in the notedthat sevenamong the 74 cases among the 28 surveyed September study that second- ing, quarantine and closesur- includingthe roster of few Courttodecide the matterand “There shallbeintensive coterie surrounding Rahul primaryinfection cases had households. The 27 secondary arytransmissionwas higher in veillanceof deathcasesmustbe Honourable Judges”. said the plea by thestate govern- house-to-house surveillance... Gandhitodayhassuchattributes. succumbed whichput the infections, it alsofound,were households whereprimary done. Secondly, even in death Reddy’s letter,whichalso ment in the topcourtisa“voteof Testing shallbecarriedout as per Ahmedbhai’sdeathcouldnot death rate of primaryCovid-19 amongthe 108household con- cases succumbed to the infec- cases, 75 per centofhousehold pointed fingers at some of the no-confidenceagainst theHCand prescribed protocol. Listing of have happenedataworse time infections at 9.45 per cent. One tactsofthe28deceasedthatput tion as comparedtothe house- contactsarenot affectedby clin- judges of the HC, alleged judicial itsChief Justice”. contactsshallbecarriedoutinre- forhis party.After the humiliat- amongthe 34 secondaryinfec- the secondaryattackrateat25 holds where primarycases re- icalCovid-19diseasewhichmay improprietyonthepartofJustice “Instead of requesting HC to spectof allpersonsfoundpositive, ingBihardefeat, it is unlikelythat tion cases died, whichput the percent.Amongthe27 second- covered, whichhad ledtothe indicateastrongroleof individ- Ramana and raisedquestions on vacateits interim order,they along with their tracking, identi- potentialalliesinthecomingpolls death rate among secondary aryinfection cases, two(both second study. ual immunity in determining certain land transactions, al- came here...Let them go backto fication,quarantineandfollowup in West Bengaland Tamil Nadu infection cases at nearly three women) had succumbedto the “The basic idea behind both who gets theclinical disease. legedly involvingmembersof his the HC.The HC should hear it of contactsfor14 days (80percent will be very accommodating. per cent and indicated that fa- virus, whichput the death rate the studieswas to lookatthe Lastly, suchstudies should be family, inAmaravatibefore itwas first,” he said. Salve quoted of contactstobetracedin72 Twenty-threeseniorCongress talities among primaryinfec- among secondaryinfections at trend of transmission. The idea doneonalargerscaleand in declaredthesite forthenewcap- Dhavanspeaking about ‘regime hours).Quick isolation of COVID- leadersrecentlysignedaletterde- tion cases were higher than 7.4per cent, the study noted. behind the lateststudy wasto manylocationstoget an accu- ital of AndhraPradesh. revenge’onceandsaid“that’sex- 19 patientsshall be ensured in mandingintrospection,account- that of secondaryones, the Shah, however, pointed out find if we can associatesevere rate pictureofhow the disease OnOctober17,JusticeRamana actlywhatishappeninghere.This treatment facilities/ home (sub- abilityandelections.Ahmedbhai study noted. that as the samplespace in the clinical conditions and bad is transmitted.” said,“itisanimportantqualityfor man appeared againstthe pres- jectto fulfillingthehomeisolation successfullynegotiated withthe ajudge to withstandallpressures ent CM because of whichall this guidelines).Clinicalinterventions, ginger group to reachacompro- and odds and to standupbravely has been happening”. as prescribed,shall be adminis- miseacceptableto all.Manyofthe forthcoming providedyou re- —and eachone hardtofill. home. In September,when the before drawing goalkeeper Peter againstall obstacles” and that a He said the Reddy govern- tered. Surveillance forILI/ SARI dissidentswerehis personal spected his confidence. In numbersweresteep in Mumbai, Shiltonoff his line. Maradona “vibrantandindependentjudici- ment is usingits sympathisersto casesshallbecarriedoutinhealth friends.Ahmedbhaialsohad nu- Parliament’sCentralHall,journal- 26/11 Parkar would seeover80Covid- rounded Shilton on the right, ary... is required in the current intimidatejudgesofthe High facilitiesoroutreachmobileunits merouscontactsacrossthepolit- ists would crowdaround him, 19 patientsaday,downtoaround holdingoff Butcher, who had re- times”. Courtthrough social media. The or through fever clinics in buffer ical divide. sincehehadinformation–butup high-profile clients. Oftenwhen 20 now. “I thought God gave me silientlycome back, and placed On November 2, Attorney HChadorderedaCBIinquiryinto zones,” the guidelineshavesaid. The son of awealthyfarmer to apoint, without betraying his he checkedhis phone afterCovid achance, so whynot?” he says. the ball intothe right-hand side GeneralKKVenugopalnotedthat the matter,Salve pointed out, fromBharuch,Gujarat,hestarted party and the Gandhis. duty,therewould be 60-70 One of his regretsisthat the of the exposednet. the “timing” of Reddy’s letter to adding that he wasappearing for PDP youth chief politicsasaYouthCongressleader To label him aChanakya,as missedcalls.AmongthoseParkar sixth-floor ICU,with itspictur- A"golazo",screamedthe theCJIandthestategovernment’s WhatsApp in the case. in it,” an NIA officialsaid. and wonaParliamentary seat in somehave done,wouldbeamis- treatedwere twoyoungerbroth- esque viewofBandraWorli Sea Spanish commentator.Ascream move to makeitpublic in the On the allegations of irregu- The agency had earlier called 1977,when his party receiveda nomer.True, he worked behind ersofactor Dilip Kumar who, he Link,bearsthe gloom castby so loud thatthe commentator wake of JusticeRamana’sorderto larities in land dealings in himto Delhiforquestioninginthe drubbing in mostofnorth India. the scenes and had enviable con- regrets, succumbed to Covid-19. Covid-19,withfamiliarfacesnow emptiedtwo litresof wateratone expeditetrialincasesagainstleg- Amaravati,the siteofthe new case. He wasaneight-time tactsinall walksoflife, including Then,inJune,firstheandthen coveredbymasks.Parkar says go,the storygoes. islators,“couldcertainlybesaidto capital of AndhraPradesh, Salve OnMonday, before leavingfor Parliamentarian, thrice from the the business world. His job may hiswifetestedpositive.Theywere sometimestheyhavetodropthe Thus,Maradonaadorned,de- be suspect”.But Venugopalde- said details of the newcapital Delhi, Parratold The Indian Lok Sabha. have required him to settle dis- in ICU foraweek,nexttoeach guard. “EventuallyIdid nothesi- finedand wonthe 1986 World clinedconsentto initiateproceed- were alreadyout in newspapers Express,“Politicalengagementhas But afterthe Congress lostits putesandarbitrateonconflicting other.“WhenIhad the strength,I tate holdingapatient’shand if Cup withhis trickery,his sleight ings againstReddy forcriminal as early as June 2014. been initiated andelections have hold in Gujarat, the BJP triedits demandsof powercentres,buthe woulddraw thedrapetoseeif she theyneededit.” of hand, his breathtaking slalom contempt of the SupremeCourt. Despitethedetailsbeingpub- been announced.Ihavebeen ac- best to whittledownhisclout.So carriedouthisdifficulttask with- wasstill alive,” he says. Parkar estimates he has runs and goals and his determi- Hearing the AndhraPradesh lic,the former AdvocateGeneral tively engagingonthegroundand muchsothat in his 1980 Lok out ruthlessness or ill will. The anxiety made even the treated1,000hospitalisedCovid- nation to makehis owndestiny. government’s petition wasbeingaccusedofusingthein- assisting the partyinbringing Sabha campaign, BJP workers Rahul Gandhi,when he first doctor break down whenevera 19 patientsand another 500in He wasnever the stuffofvir- Wednesday,thebenchissuedno- formation, letters were being suitablecandidatesfortheseelec- struckoff thenameBabubhai,the tookoveraspartypresident,side- colleaguecalled.Hiscelebritysta- OPDby now. And,it’sstillnoteas- tual dreams, because he wasso ticeandsaid:“Listinthelastweek writtentotheIncomeTaxandCBI tions. And today, Ihavebeen sent name by which he then called linedAhmedbhai but later was tusandcontactsdidn’thelpwhen ier.“Ihaveseen critical patients human.Therewerepilesof other of January2021. Inthemeantime, andreleasedtothemedia,hesaid. anotice, asking me to come to himself, and insertedAhmed on beginningto realisehisworth.He the drug Remdesivir,then scarce, andIfeelhelpless.Thereisstillnot golazos —screamers from 30 directionsissuedintheimpugned Responding to this,Dhavan Delhi forquestioning...The moti- his election posters to give the appointed him party treasurer. wasrecommendedfor him. solidtreatment forCovid-19and yardsout, back-heelsfromclose orderdated15.09.2020totheex- said the statedoes nothaveany- vation forthis is political.” campaignacommunal twist. Duringthepandemic,Ahmed Eventually, a53-year-oldstock sometimes thereisnothing we range,daisy-cuttersandpile-driv- tent of following shallremain thing againstthe High Court. “PDP’s @parawahid ap- InhislastRajya Sabhaelection bhaikeptintouch, inquiring so- broker,whose father Parkar had can do to save them,” he says. ers--butnothing reachedthe ro- stayed–‘Itisfurtherdirectedthat He said he had usedthe ex- plaudedbythenHM@rajnaths- from Gujarat, despiteAmit Shah licitouslyabout my health andof treated forCovid in May, stepped mantic highnotesofthe World thenews inregard to registration pression‘regime revenge’ when ingh forstrengthening democ- pulling outall the stops,hemade my husband.Unfortunately, it into help.Parkargot twodosesof Maradona Cup golazo. of FIR or in the context of the said he appeared in abail matter for racy in J&K has been arrested on it by ahair’sbreadthinanail-bit- washehimself and his family Remdesivir,andfelthe“sawdeath physically and psychologically, The years between Italy1990 FIRshallnotbemadepublicinany the lateJJayalalithaa. Agreeing baselesschargesbyNIAtoday. No ingfinish. whichtestedpositive. and returnedfromit”. Glenn Hoddle gave the ball away and USA1994wereperhaps the electronic, print or social media, that ‘regime revenge’ does take coincidencethathefiledhisnom- Ifirstmet Ahmedbhaibackin When Imessaged my con- Aftertheyweredischarged cheaply in the middle of the mostdifficult phase in his life. to foistthe office of aformer place,heaskedwhetheritmeans inationforDDCon20thNov&re- the early ’80s. RajivGandhi, as cern,heassuredmehewasdoing fromhospital,Parkarandhiswife Argentina half. It wasbuntedup- Aftera15-month suspension AdvocateGeneral and alsowith that agovernment cannotinves- ceivedNIAsummonsnextday it- Prime Minister, hadappointed well. Unassuming as ever,heand had to spendtime in isolation. fieldto Maradona,whowascloser from international footballin respect to the other alleged ac- tigateany offencewhichallegedly self,” former chief ministerand himasone of his three his familycheckedintoalittle- Eventually,itwasamonthbefore to his owngoal than his centre- March 1991 fortestingpositive for cusedpersons’.” took place under aprevious gov- PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Parliamentarysecretaries, along knownhospitalinGhaziabadrun the whole familysat down fora line. Spinning around, he took off cocaine,Maradona'ssoccercareer Hearing awrit petition by the ernment. tweeted. with OscarFernandes and Arun by afriend. It wasonlyashis lunchtogether,includingtheirson and tore pastthe frozen Peter tookadeepdive.Theepitaphwas state’s formerAdvocateGeneral Referring to the contention “BJP milksillegal scrappingof Singh.Themediareferredto them health took aturn forthe worse who worksatthe Trident Hotel Beardsleyand PeterReid,then hastilywritten:Thegreatest who DammalapatiSrinivasandothers, thatthe CBIhad notinitiatedany Article 370inevery nook &cor- as Amar, Akbarand Anthony. thathewasshiftedto asuperspe- and had to live there due to the slithered to the right. The ball could notbethe greatest. the High Court,inaninterimor- processthoughthestatewrote to ner of the country. But when it Icomplainedtoamutual cialty hospitalinGurgaon. Covid restrictions. stuckhypnoticallytohis feet,as But Maradonawas farfrom der on September 15,had also it,Dhavanasked“doesitmeanin- comes to Kashmiris questioning friend, the late Murli Deora, that His party colleagues usedto Parkar’scolleaguesthoughthe though entrancedbythe finished.ForItaly 1990,heunder- stayedtheinvestigationof theFIR. vestigation can be stopped?... itsabrogationtheyare lockedup Ahmedbhaiwasnot atallhelpful say, “Therehavebeen manyCPs would notexpose himself again. grandeurofthe man. took an intense workout regime This stay continues to remain in Howcan an investigation be &punished.Everyone knows at in providinginformation. Over (Congress Presidents) ,but only But, by July,Parkar wasbackat He then teasedpastTerence andknockedoff 26poundsinless operation. stoppedatthe threshold?”. The whose behestDevinder Singh the years, Icame to see him as a one AP.” Foraparty morebelea- work.Hecontinuesto spendover Butcher,andthencutinsideasthe than six months, returnedfresh The Supreme Courtbench FIR, he said, discloses factsthat worked for. Ironic thattheyhave friendfirstthanapoliticalcontact. gueredthanever,itsnationalfoot- threehoursdailyattheICU,start- strapping defender lunged cyni- and strong. “Had we wonthat also asked theHigh Courtnot to needtobeinvestigated. the gall to blame others. Waheed Idiscoveredthat he couldbe printslippingaway,APleavesbe- ing 9.30 am, and then with pa- cally. Maradona pickedupmore WorldCup,Iwouldhaveprizedit decide the writ petition pending FULLREPORTSON has no connection whatsoever remarkablystraightforward and hind morethanone pair of shoes tientsintheOPDbefore returning pace and slippedpastFenwick, morethan the 1986 Cup,”hesaid before it whilethe topcourt is www.indianexpress.com

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November 24,and have been ac- Corporation pays Rs 39,000 per ical interns of Government of EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE CASETRACKER EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE cessedbyThe Indian Express. monthforinternsonCovid-19du- Gujaratwhoaretirelesslyandself- AHMEDABAD,VADODARA, DGPMEETSSENIOR AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER25 Themedicalinterns—thosein ties,whichisoverandabove their lessly performingtheCovidduties NOVEMBER25 Places ConfirmedDeaths New cases OFFICERSOVER thefifthyearof theirMBBScourse regular stipend. andhelprunning1200-bedCovid Ahmedabad 47,341 2,003349 COVIDACTIONPLAN INTERNS AT BJ Medical College, —havehighlighted that their Further,citing ahealth and hospital smoothlyeveninthe CONTINUINGITS dailyrally of Amreli 3,1862726 affiliated to the Ahmedabad Civil monthly stipendofRs12,800is familywelfaredepartmentorder time of increasedpatient load,” recording over 1,500cases, Anand 1,758 16 20 Ahmedabad: StateDirector Hospital, on Tuesdaywrote to “meagre” in comparisontomost of the Delhi government, the in- while adding that by wayofthe Gujarat touchedanew high with GeneralofPolice Ashish their dean seekinganincrease in other states wheregovernment terns stated that as per the order, communication, theyare hoping Aravalli 936 24 6 1,540 freshcoronavirus cases on Bhatiaundertook ameeting their stipend, citing that they interns “arepaid muchmore.” theinternswhochooseto servein fora“reasonableandatleastcom- Wednesday. Deputy Chief Banaskantha 3,6913557 of allseniorpoliceofficerson “formapartofbackboneof Covid- “Wehavealways performed Covid-19duty,will be paidan parable incentive/honorarium to MinisterNitin Patel, who also Bharuch3,275 17 26 Wednesdayoverthe swift 19 workforceinthe 1200-bed our duty very sincerelyand have honorarium of Rs 1,000 foran mostother states.” holdsthehealthportfolio,assured Bhavnagar 5197 70 19 implementation of the ac- hospital”. notgiven muchroom forcom- eight-hour shiftand Rs 2,000 for Subsequently, thesame day, of additional capacity building in Botad909 78 tion plan to thwart rising Following their representa- plaintfromanyfacultyinourhos- 12-hour shift, per day, which will Dr PankajShah echoedthe in- thecomingdays butrefusedtoad- Covid-19cases. tion, the dean of the college, Dr pital,”statestheir letter. be over and above themonthly terns’ grievances,while adding Chhota Udepur 7644 5 dress concerns about the crunch Astatement issued from PankajShah, has forwardedtheir The BJMC interns have high- stipend. that the internsare “notasking, in ICUbeds, especiallyin Dahod 2,265 716 theDGPofficesaidthepolice representation to the principal lightedthatthoseinternswhoare Citing arecent Gujarat health neither expecting anyexorbitant Ahmedabad city. Dang 125 have beendirectedto ensure secretary of the healthdepart- performing their dutiesin departmentorderthatstipulated increase in the paytheyare get- As per Ahmedabad Hospitals DevbhoomiDwarka891 56 effective implementation of ment,addingthat “collegeseri- Ahmedabad Municipal payment of Rs 15,000 monthly tingbuttheyare reallyhopingthat and Nursing Homes Association Gandhinagar 6,330 98 81 the ongoing curfew in four ouslyfeelsthattheirrequestisnot Corporation-runhospitals,arebe- stipend forfinal year MBBS and the government will consider (AHNA), of the 651private ICU metropolitan cities by mak- inequitable at all”. ing paid Rs 500per dayashono- BDSstudents, who areonclinical their requestand provide with bedsinthe 90 civic body requisi- Gir Somnath 2,015 22 9 ing specialpolice arrange- Both communications —the rarium whichisoverand above duty of Covid-19 patients, the in- some justifiable solution...” tionedprivate hospitals, only44 Jamnagar 9036 35 44 ment at marketplacesto letteraddressedtothedeanby the the monthlystipend. ternsintheircommunicationsaid, The dean’s communication were vacant until 5pm Junagadh4,165 32 20 stop crowding, strictly medicalinternsaswellastheone Relying on news reports,they “Lookingatallabove cases,we se- wasalso markedtoDeputy Chief Wednesday, which isaboutseven Kheda 2,009 15 30 checking vehicles in border addressed to the principal health also highlighted that riouslyfeel thatthe stipend of Rs MinisterNitin Patel, whoisthe per cent vacancy. Overall,273 of Kutch3,046 33 19 districts, appealing to differ- secretarybythedean—are dated Brihanmumbai Municipal 12,800seems bit unfair formed- HealthMinister. the total2,972 privatebedswere ent business communities available in these hospitals. Mahisagar 1,5711318 to maintainsocialdistancing AsAhmedabadcitycontinues Mehsana 5,1193345 while at work. ENS to reportover320 cases daily— Morbi 2,528 19 24 AHNA issues discharge criteriafor Covid patients the district reporting closeto350 Narmada 1,6071 4 sional Covid-19treatment in the cases —Patel on Wednesday Navsari 1,430 77 next sevendays. AHNA. According to thecondi- ing of beds which, if freed, can in- intoaccount incidents likefireor touredanew buildingataKidney EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tions fordischarge of aCovid pa- creasethe availabilityofbedsfor doctor’s medical ailment. “In the hospital,anextensionof Medicity Panchmahal 3,275 22 27 Vaccine trial AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER25 tient, the patient should be with the Covid-19patients,” AHNA case when the clinician at the of whichthe Ahmedabad Civil Patan3,379 49 49 On Tuesday, 500doses of no fever foratleast 48 hours, no president Dr Bharat Gadhavi said. transferring hospitalisnot in a Hospital is apart. Patelsaid the Porbandar 9834 4 Bharat Biotech’s vaccine candi- THE AHMEDABAD Hospitals and hemodynamic instability or at- The criteria fortransfer of position to treat due to anymed- 10-storeybuilding, being built at Rajkot 16,404180 127 date, Covaxin, were deliveredat Nursing Homes Association tainment of normal pulse and Covid-19patientsfromone hos- ical ailment, has amajor equip- acostofnearly Rs 500crore,is Gujarat Medical Education and (AHNA) on Wednesdayissueda blood pressurefor 24 hours and pital to another were also an- ment failurewhichcan impede Sabarkantha 2,1381221 “nearingcompletion”and“willbe Research Society (GMERS), Sola, criteria fordischarging Covid-19 patient should be offoxygenfor nouncedbyAHNA.Apatientwill the treatment of Covid-19pa- operational by Januaryor Surat 42,276 885 277 chosen as one of the trial sites by patients to avoid unnecessary 48 hours prior to discharge. be transferredfromthe treating tients, designation as Covid care February” next year. Surendranagar 2,843 13 20 the ICMR, to startclinical trials, “blocking” of bedsthatcreates Certain patients with severe health carefacilitytoanother only facility has been withdrawnby The state, meanwhile, sawa Tapi 9406 4 Patelsaid. SolaCivil Hospital will shortage of bedsfor the virus af- damagetothe lungs and in re- in the conditions when the trans- the government authorities for significantjumpinthenumberof Vadodara19,008 229 169 be theonlysitefor the trial of the flicted patients. covering statecan be discharged ferring health carefacility does anyreasons or has an unfortu- Covid-19 tests—nearly84,000 vaccine candidateacrossGujarat, The AHNA had earlier an- on home oxygen carewith 1-2 nothavecritical medical equip- nateevent suchasfireoranother Valsad 1,2798 3 samples were tested across Guj- as per the clinical trials registry nouncedadmission criteria for litres oxygen support. However, ment suchasBiPAP or ventilator catastrophe,” the patientscan be arat Tuesday.Ahmedabadtested Other states 1483 that waslastmodifiedon Covid-19patientsinprivate hos- aback-up mustbeprovidedto or if theyare notfunctioning. transferred. anadditional2,000samplesfrom November 20. pitals following accusations of such patients,the AHNAguide- Secondly, if the patient re- Also, the patient can betrans- the usual12,000testsitconducts Cumulative Total New Cumulative Around1,000participantsare creating artificial shortage by the lines stated. quires treatment with extracor- ferredif the transferringhospital per day. Thirty-one areaswere discharge: cases: cases: deaths: expectedinthe double-blind tri- Ahmedabad Municipal “It has been observed that poreal membrane oxygenation is amulti-specialty hospitaland designatedasmicro-containment 1,83,756 2,02,230 1,540 3,931 als, where500 willbeadminis- Corporation (AMC). even when the patient can be or (ECMO) or Continuous Renal has the capability to manage zonesinthe Ahmedabad city. teredwith the vaccine candidate The criteria fordischarge of discharged, manytimes, the rel- Replacement Therapy(CRRT) Covid-19patientsbut has not Restrictionswere imposedon220 and 500others with aplacebo. the Covid-19patients were is- ativesofthe patientsinsistonnot and the same is notavailable startedCovid treatment, or has householdsinresidential society ing) has acapacity of treating 168 ventilators. Approximatelyby “The 500vaccinedoses have suedbyan expert committee of discharging the patient forvari- with the hospital. stoppedCovid treatment, or if the Indraprastha TowerinThaltej patientswith aprovision for November 30, Covid-19patients been stored in cold storagetoday Covid-treating clinicians of the ous reasons.This resultsinblock- Further, AHNAhas also taken patient insists on transfer. area. In anotherhousing society, equippingbedswithoxygennear- canbetreated at this newkidney (Wednesday).Seniorexpertsfrom Surel Apartment at Bodakdev,a ing completion.Onthe fourth hospitalbuilding...We arehoping the Centrewillvisit Ahmedabad totalof 160householdswere con- floor,another 168patientscan be thatcaseswilldropwiththenight to trainSolahospitaldoctors,who tainedafter at leastadozen cases treated and provisionofoxygen curfew andother measures in willbeinvolvedinthetrial.Young were detected from the society. bedshavebeen completed. Thus, place,butincaseitdoesn’t,we are and healthyvolunteers shall be Narol, Vatva, Lambha, and Vastral atotal of 336patientscan be prepared,” said Patel. administered thevaccine doses areas continuedtoadd more treated here. If needbe, 56 ICU Thenewfacility,headded,was forthe trialand will be continu- micro-containment zones . bedshavebeen provisionedwith expected to be ready forprovi- ouslymonitored,” Pateladded. Thirty newcases were re- portedfromKheda. The BJP MP from Kheda, Devusinh Chauhan, ¦FbøY §FFÀFeQFÀFd½F¾½Fd½FôFFÕX¹F, d¶FÕXFÀF´FbSX (LX.¦F.) who wasinKevadia to attend the (IZY³ýie¹F d½F¾½Fd½FôFFÕX¹F Ad²Fd³F¹F¸F 2009, IiY¸FFaIY 25 IZY Aa°F¦FÊ°F À±FFd´F°FIZY³ýie¹F d½F¾½Fd½FôFFÕX¹F) ½FZ¶FÀFFBMX www.ggu.ac.in RYû³F³Fa.07752,260342,RYG¢ÀF ³Fa.07752,260148,154 two-day80thAll India Presiding IiY¸FFaIY224/AIYF./´Fi½FZ¾F/2020 d¶FÕXFÀF´FbSX,dQ³FFaIY 25/11/2020 Officers’Conference(AIPOC),also ´Fi½FZ¾F d½FÄFF´F³F tested positive forthe virus. 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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ess GANDHINAGAR, KAMAALSAIYED We have made all Expr NOVEMBER25 PIRAMANVILLAGE(BHARUCH), 1949 -2020 NOV25 necessary TO HELPfarmers of Ahmedabad arrangements for the He wasaclose friend... Even if the Congress had trouble in district in bumper production of AFIVE-MINUTE walk from his burial (tomorrow).... The the middle of the night, he would steer the partytosafety. Rabi crops, Gujarat government ancestral home, agrave has been body of our leader Ahmed It is alosstothe party.Hecould have gone on to become has decidedtorelease 980cusec readied in thewoodedgrave- Patel will reach our the President of the country, but he neverexpressedany waterintoFatewadi canal and yard.OnWednesday,anambu- village on Thursday and suchdesireinhis political career.Ifanyone ever needed Kharicutcanalwithimmediateef- lance from HMP Foundation in will be taken directly to help, medical assistance, he would be at the forefront. He fect to cater to areas of Daskroi, Piraman leftfor Vadodaraairport wasanexample of humanity. We had very personal Bavla,Sanand,Dholka,Viramgam, to bring backthe body of veteran the graveyard” relationship despitebeingfromdifferent political parties. Bareja and Matar tehsils. Congress leader Ahmed Patel, —IMRAN PATEL In Gujarat, he always worked forthe public. Deputy Chief MinisterNitin whicharrived by achartered DEPUTY SARPANCH, PIRAMAN SHANKARSINHVAGHELA, FORMER CHIEF MINISTER,GUJARAT Patelannouncedthe decision on flight from Delhi. Wednesdaywhileaddingthatthe Patelhad wishedtobeburied release of Narmada waterinthe beside his parents, Halimabibi Our guide, Ahmedbhai Saddenedbythe news of twocanalswillcontinuetillMarch and Mohammedbhai Patel. our villageonThursdayand will Patel, has takenour leave passing away of Ahmedbhai. 15.The move is expectedtopro- Classmates at the Gujarati- be takendirectlytothe grave- and leftusingrief. During my brief bout with vide irrigation watertoclose to medium section of Mission yard.People have startedpray- We pray forhis soul Covid, he regularly inquired 28,000 hectareland in the seven School in the village of around ing at their homes and in and forthe strength to bear about my health and well tehsils. 3,000 people, Abbas Mullah, 71, mosques in Piraman village.” this loss. being. He will be missed. Addressingapressconference, remembers Patelasa"shystu- Wasim Shaikh, administra- Patelsaid that with very good dent", who grew up to be aman torofHMP Health Centre, says, AMIT CHAVDA, BHARAT SOLANKI, monsoonthisyearandoverflow- of the people –for the village, “The health centrewas startedin PRESIDENT, GUJARAT CONGRESS FORMER CONGRESS MP ingof theSardarSarovarDam,the "their man in Delhi". He would 2011,thankstothe effortsof stategovernmenthasbeenreleas- meetMullah wheneverhevis- Ahmedbhai. Medicines, labora- The Congress party and youngsters likemehavelosta ing morewater intothe ited Piraman, chat withvillagers Mortalremains of Ahmed tory testsand medical treatment guidewith the passing away of Ahmedbhai Patel. He has Saurashtrabranchcanal and lateintothe night, and sortout Patel, which arrivedina is free of costfor patientsfrom helped me grow strong in social, political and ideological Kutchbranchcanalthaninthelast their issues, Mullah recalls. charteredflightto Piraman and neighbouring vil- aspects. He had compassion forall people of Gujarat. year to help Rabi crops. WhatssetsPiraman apartis Vadodara, en routehis lages. TwoMBBS doctors are WheneverIvisited him in New Delhi,henever letmego On the same lines, he added, itscement concreteinternal native village Piramanin postedatthe centre.... Close to a withouteating ameal. We aresaddenedbythe sudden followingademandfromMLAsof roads and ahelipad on the out- Bharuchdistrict;(left) hundred patientscome herefor departureofaman, who wascommitted to his promises Ahmedabaddistrict,stategovern- skirts.Ithas twowater distilla- Congress leaders, including treatment everyday.” and frienships. ment has decidedtorelease wa- tion plants, setupwith Patel'sef- GPCC president Amit Apartfromthis, basic com- HARDIKPATEL, WORKINGPRESIDENT,GUJARATCONGRESS terfromNarmadacanal intothe forts. All open haren public Chavda, arrive at Vadodara puter course and coaching for Fatewadi and Kharicut canals for spaces have gardens "so that airport to receive the body professional courses arealso or- irrigation of Rabi crops. people would notthrow of Patel. BhupendraRana ganisedfor the youth forfree, he The passingawayof Ifeelsaddenedabout the Thedeputychief ministeralso garbage", avillagersays,credit- adds. AhmedbhaiPatel is loss of RajyaSabha MP saidthatNarmadawaterwillalso ing Patelfor the plan. At Vadodara airport, saddening. Hisworkto and Congress leader be given, on demand, to fill up Fordealing with health forwork(he) got done.” Congress Seva Dalmembers strengthenthe Congress Ahmedbhai Patel. Isend around 600ponds in North emergencies, Patelhad starteda During those visits, Mullah stood in attendance. Seva Dal is partyand hissocial work my sympathies to his Gujarat through the Sujalam medical OPD centrerun by a says,Patel metvillagers at his among Congress wings thatwas willalways be remembered. family. Suflam pipeline. trustnamedHMP Foundation – home at night –theycame up to close to Patel's heart–if in namedafter his mother.The him with issues suchaschil- Gujarat, he usedtotakepart in VIJAY RUPANI, NITIN PATEL, The release of Narmada OPD centreisonthe main street dren's admission, jobs and med- the symbolic Dandi march the CHIEF MINISTER GUJARAT DEPUTY CM ,GUJARAT waterinthe two leading to his ancestral house. ical treatment and financial Seva Dal ledincommemoration All houses areconcreteand problems. of the original march ledby Iamexperiencing adeep personal loss with the canals will continue the entirevillageiscovered by “He (Patel) wasshy student; nancial problems. The reason Deputy SarpanchofPiraman Mahatma Gandhi. passing away of Ahmedbhai Patel. Ipray forhis till March 15,Deputy CCTVcamera. Mostofits resi- Iwas notorious. We sat together whyheisloved by millions of villageImran Patelsays,“We Congress leader Rahul departed soul and hisfamily. dentshavesettledinthe US, the in classroom,” Mullah says. people is forhis service towards have made all necessary Gandhi is expectedtoattendthe Chief MinisterNitin UK, Canadaand SouthAfrica, “Later he shiftedtoanother all sections; forhelping them re- arrangementsfor the burial (to- burialhereonThursday. MANSUKH VASAVA, Patelannounced says former deputy sarpanch school in (adjacent) Ankleshwar solve their issues. He neverex- morrow).... The body of our (WITH INPUTS FROM ADITI BHARUCH LOK SABHA MP, BJP Salim Patel. town and Iquit studies due to fi- pected anything from anybody leader AhmedPatel will reach RAJAINVADODARA) State govt withdraws BARODA MEDICALCOLLEGE ACB detains professor rioting case involving for ‘demanding bribe Cong MLA, Patidar and harassingstudent’ quota stir leaders transferredthe casetothe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Vadodaraunit of the ACB. ordered expeditious disposal of VADODARA,NOVEMBER25 According to arelease of the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE cases involvingsitting and for- ACB, the videos were sent forex- RAJKOT,NOVEMBER25 mer lawmakers in the country. THE ANTI-CORRUPTION Bureau amination to the Gandhinagar Sabva,who is anative of (ACB) on Wednesdaydetained Forensic Science Laboratory(FSL) CONGRESS MLALalit Vasoya Botaddistrict, had formally senior professor and head of the forauthenticationand thereafter and his formercolleagues in joinedthe BJP afew days ago. anatomydepartment of Baroda statementsofthe complainants the Patidar Anamat Andolan Vasoya and Bhanderi were Medical College Dr SKNagar for and witnesses recorded. Samiti (PAAS), including amongthe three PAAS leaders allegedly demanding abribeof In addition to demanding a Dinesh Bambhaniya, Dilip whom theCongress had subse- Rs 1.5lakh from studentsseek- bribe, Nagarisalso accusedof Sabva,and Amit Thummar quentlygiven party ticketsto ing a"confidential report" and sexual and mental harassment along with 28 others got arelief contest theAssemblyelections harassing astudent. by afemale student. The ACBhas Wednesdayafter atrial courtat in December 2017. Dr SKNagar wasdetained booked Nagarfor seeking bribe Jetpur town in Rajkot district al- Bhanderiwas replacedby following acomplaint filedbythe as agovernment official as well lowedastate government plea Bhikha Joshi at the lastminute Gujarat Healthand Family as under Section 354ofthe to withdraw the case of rioting but Vasoya had contestedthe President RamNath Kovind, Vice-President MVenkaiah Naidu, Gujarat Chief MinisterVijay Rupani among otherdignitaries WelfareDepartment (GHFWD), Indian Penal Code forassault or and criminal conspiracy against election from DhorajiAssembly at thetwo-day80th All India PresidingOfficers' Conference, at Kevadia on Wednesday. Express whichreceived videos and com- use of criminal forcetoany them. seat and had emerged plaintsfromstudents. The GH- woman, intending to outrageher The courtofPGGoswami, the victorious. FWD had forwardedthe com- modesty. principal senior civil judgein His victoryhad endedthe plaint of the studentsand the Nagarwillbeformallyar- Jetpur,allowedapursis submit- dominance of VitthalRadadiya 80TH ALL INDIA PRESIDING OFFICERS’ CONFERENCE videos to theACB unit of rested afterthe mandatory tedbyspecial public prosecutor familyoverDhorajiseat even as Ahmedabad,whichfurther Covid-19test. Mahesh Joshi to withdraw the the Congress failedtodislodge case filedagainstVasoya and32 the BJP from powerinthe state. Kheda MP Devusinh Chauhan tests positive others in 2017 during the height Talking to The Indian Express Rs 50 lakh Murder of the Patidar quotastir in the afterthe caseagainsthim was state. withdrawn, Vasoya thankedthe for coronavirus after attending conference missing from convict, wife "Wehad receivedanorder stategovernment. from the districtmagistrateof "The government had an- RamNath Kovind. Chauhan The Indian Express, “The the protocol, about his test finance office, ‘die by suicide’ Rajkot to file an application to nouncedthat cases filedduring EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE along with severalother MPs counter of the health depart- result.” the effect that the prosecution the Patidar quotastir would be VADODARA, NOVEMBER 25 and other dignitaries from ment forCovid-19testing was Atop official of the police does notwish to pursue the withdrawn. Somehow, thecase Gujarat were in Kevadia forthe separateand it wasthe duty of department said, “WhileCovid- four booked in Bhavnagar matter.Accordingly, we filed involving me wasnot.But now KHEDAMPand BJP leader inaugural session of the confer- the police departmenttoen- 19 testing wasmandatory, sev- todaysuchanapplication un- that the government has with- Devusinh Chauhan Wednesday ence. surethateveryonewho came eral leaders arrivedatthe same EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE der the CrPC Section 321with drawnit, Ihavetothank the gov- tested positive forCovid-19 in According to Narmada dis- in wastested. Health officials time andsome mayhaveinter- AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER25 RAJKOT,NOVEMBER25 the order of the district magis- ernment," said the opposition Kevadia wherehearrived to trict health department officials, do nothavethe powertodoso. acted with others at the venue trateasanattachment. The MLA. participateinthe inaugural Chauhan had arrivedatthe Devusinh Chauhanji, came to before being tested.Weare FOUR PERSONShavebeen AMURDER convict and his wife courtgranted our plea and Vasoya said he wasaware function of the two-day80th All Covid-19testing counter latein the counter around 2.30 pm looking intothe reason why booked aftercash worthRs50 allegedly diedbysuicide on droppedproceedings against that trial wasoninanumber of India Presiding Officers’ the afternoon afterinteracting and asked to be tested.Weper- Chauhan wasnot tested lakh went missing from afinance Wednesday, hours before his pa- all the accused," Joshi told The cases related to violence during Conference (AIPOC)atthe withother leaders, including formedaRapid Antigen Test on earlier.” office in Navrangpuraof rolewastoexpire,atAmblavillage Indian Express. thequota stir but refusedtore- Statue of UnityTent City in Gujarat Ministerfor Home him and it waspositive.Hecan Later in the day, Chauhan Ahmedabad. According to police, of Sihor taluka in Bhavnagar. The Jetpur town police had spondtoaqueryifhehad made Narmada district. PradeepsinhJadeja and other undergo RT-PCRtoconfirm the took to Twitter to announce an FIR wasfiledatNavrangpura Thevictimswere identifiedas booked Vasoya,Bambhaniya anyrepresentations to thegov- The two-day80th All India BJP MLAs. result. We told him he had that he had tested positive for policestationonTuesdaywherein ChakuVaghela(35)and his wife and others afterPAAS convenor ernment to getthe case against PresidingOfficers’ Conference Dr RB Kashyap, Epidemic tested positive and informed Covid-19and is in home isola- ChiragThakkar (27), aresident of Kaluben (32). Songadh police in Hardik Patel's supporters had him withdrawn. "Trial is on in wasinaugurated by President Medical Officer,Narmada, told the police department, as per tion in Kheda. Chandkheda in Ahmedabad, has Bhavnagar said that the couple clashedwithagroup, LeuvaPatel the majorityofthe cases anditis claimed that cashworth Rs 50 were found hanging from atree Samaj(LPS), while the Gujarat amatter of relief that the case lakh haswent missing in transit behindtheirhomeataround8.30 Pradesh CongressCommittee againstushas been withdrawn. 5special public War veteran to flag off cycling expedition betweenhistwofinanceofficesin am. working president's convoy was Suchbeingmynature, Ihad not Navrangpuraarea. “Chakuwasconvictedof mur- passing through Sardar Chowk pleadedwith the government to prosecutors for Chirag has namedfour of his dering one Damji Koli of Ambla in Jetpur town in February2017. withdraw the case. But Idon't to commemorate 1971 Indo-Pak war victory employees -- HasmukhDabhi, villagein2016andwassentenced Hardik wasonhis waytoDevki- want to sayanything moreasthe GCTOC cases HitendraThakkar,Kunal and to lifeimprisonment. He was Galol villagebut members of LPS government has done our work Ahmedabad:About yearsincethe Indian Army, representativesof DhrangdhrainSurendranagar JitendraGohil -- as perpetrators lodged in Rajkot Central Jail. had allegedlytriedtoblockhis anyhow,"the Congress MLAsaid. Gujarat Control of Terrorismand EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, district. On Wednesday, he will forthe theftand theyhavebeen However, hehadcomebacktohis wayinSardar Chowk,leading to Atrial courtinDhrol of OrganizedCrime (GCTOC) Act AHMEDABAD, NOVEMBER25 Indian CoastGuardand Border travel withhis grandsontoa booked underIndian Penal Code home for10days afterbeing stone pelting between the two Jamnagar districthad lastmonth cameintoeffect,thelegaldepart- Security Force. border outpostbeyond Lakhpat sections 120bforcriminalcon- granted parole.Ashis parole was groups. convicted sitting BJP MLA ment, by wayofanotification, HONORARYCAPTAIN “I had participated in the forthe flag-offceremony. spiracy and 406for criminal expiringtoday, Chakuwas re- "While achargesheetwas Raghvji Pateland four others in a Wednesday appointed five spe- Gumansinh Jhala, an 87-year- Indo-PakWar at Asal Uttar near “When the Armycalls, Ihaveto breachoftrust. quiredto reportbacktotheRajkot filedinthe case, the courthad rioting case of 2007. cial public prosecutors. old warveteran, will flag offa Amritsar in 1965. Iwas asube- go,” Jhala told The Indian “As per the complaint filedby Central jail,”DDVaghela,sub-in- notframedchargesagainstthe The stategovernment had GCTOC cases, whichare tried cycling expedition from the dar then. Our troops had come Express before heading forthe Chirag, he had givenRs50lakh spector of Songadh said. accused. CrPC Section 321con- submitted apursis under CrPC by special courts wherespecific Indo-Pak border in Gujarat on under heavy fire from the border outpost. cashinthreeinstallmentsofRs20 “While walking to the nearby fers poweronthe prosecution to Section 321inthis case too, but judgesaredesignatedby thestate Thursdaytocommemoratethe Pakistani side and we had suf- Afterhewas woundedin lakh, 20 lakh and 10 lakh to his highway,theyreturnedhome, move apleatowithdrawcases the courthad rejected it stating governmentinconcurrencewith golden jubilee victorycelebra- feredalot of casualties. Ihad in- the 1965 war, Jhala wasposted four employees to take it from J tiedthe woman'ssari to thetree and the government exercised suchaplea could notbeenter- the HC Chief Justice, appointed tions of 1971 Indo-Pak war. jured my foot,hand and nearly as adrill instructor at the andKfinanceofficeto Samudra fi- andhangedthemselves,”thesub- that power. The matter was tainedwhen the matter was Brijesh LimbachiyainAhmeda- The 10-dayexpedition, lostmyeye.Iwas later treated Officers Training School in nance office on November 11. inspectoradded.ThePSIsaidthat closedafter the courtconcurred pending forpronouncementof bad division, Tushar Gokani in whichwill cover1,971 km from at hospitals at Ambala and Chennai. HoweveronNovember14, when police had registeredacase of ac- with our submission," Joshi judgment. Rajkot,Raghuvir PandyainVad- the border outpost1,171 to Chandigarh,”Jhala, aresident He also taught cadets at the Chirag checkedthe lockerofhis cidentaldeath.“Circumstancesof added. The courthad sentencedthe odara,NayanSukhadwalainSurat Longewalla in Rajasthan, will of Bhuj in Kutchdistrict, said. National Defence Academyat other finance office, he foundthe the incident suggestthis to be a The move comesaround two BJP MLAand others to six and Kalpesh Goswami in Kutch- be undertaken by various for- The octogenarian originally Khadakwasla before retiring in cashmissing,”saidapoliceofficer case of suicide. However, no sui- months afterthe Supreme Court months imprisonment. Bhuj. ENS mations of KonarkCorps of the hails from avillagenear 1981. at NavrangpuraPS. cidenote wasrecovered,”hesaid.

Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,NOVEMBER26,2020 EXPRESS NETWORK 5 BJP claims ‘Lalu HOME SECY TELLS LS tape’, telling MLA CannotgiveJ&Ktelecom to skip Speaker’s freezedetails,citessecurity vote, cite Covid Secretaryincharge of the take the plea that since the LIZ MATHEW He said that the Home Department can issue matter involves thecoun- tion to lookintothe alleged vio- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER 25 “government may direction forsuspension of try’s security,the govern- SANTOSHSINGH& lation of the jail manual. telecom services. “It has ment is notobliged to supply ABHISHEKANGAD As per the audio releasedby CITING“THE security sce- decline to produce a been verifiedfromthe Lok the documentsorpapers or PATNA,RANCHI,NOV25 Modi, aLalu aide firstspeaksto nario”, the MinistryofHome document on the Sabha Secretariat that the send officials before the Paswan’s personalassistant, be- Affairs has informedLok Committee proposes to dis- committee to depose. But ADAY afteraccusing Lalu Prasad fore the twoleaders areput in Sabha that it will notbeable ground that its cuss mainlythe suspension the government hastosat- of trying to topple the NDAgov- touch. The RJD chief apparently to disclose information relat- disclosurewould be of telecom services in J&K… isfy the Speaker that the ernment in the state, former says,"Achha suno, hum log ing to suspension of telecom prejudicial to the The MHA has already stated matter involves security of Bihar deputy chief minister tumkoaagebhi badhayenge. and Internetservices in itsposition on the issue and the country,” Acharysaid, Sushil Kumar Modi releasedan Wahan kal jo Speaker ka chunav Jammu &Kashmir. safetyorinterestof issues related to the subject adding that ministries deny- audio purportedlyfeaturing the hai, usmein hum logon ka saath In aletterWednesdayto the state” before theCommittee in its ing documentstoparliament RJD chief, who is serving time on do to hum tumkomantri ba- Lok SabhaSecretaryGeneral lastmeeting dated 16th standing committees, where fodder chargesinRanchi, telling nayenge. Hum log kal uskogira SnehlataShrivastava,Union October,2020 and has noth- discussions areconfidential, Pirpaiti (Bhagalpur) BJPMLA denge. Samjhe na (Listen, we will Home SecretaryAjayBhalla The Standing Committee ing further to stateoradd in is rare. Lalan Paswan over the phone to promote you. Help us in tomor- said, “considering the secu- on Information Technology, this regard,” he said. The IT panel has wit- absent himself from voting for row’s election forSpeaker,we rity scenario in UT of Jammu headedbyCongress MP In October,the Ministry nessedatussle between the the Speaker’s election held on will makeyou minister. We will &Kashmir,disclosureofin- Shashi Tharoor,had sought had told the parliamentary ruling and Opposition par- Wednesday. As Paswan claimed topple their government. formation relating to sus- the presence of MHA repre- panelthat the Union Home ties over the agenda of tele- he receivedthe call on Tuesday, Understood)?" pension of telecom services sentativesfor abriefing Secretaryhad issuedsuchdi- com and Internetservices in the BJP and JD(U) demandeda WhileLeader of Opposition would be prejudicial to the Wednesdayon‘Suspension rections twice in December J&K. BJP members of the probeinto"the Lalu tape". Tejashwi Yadavquestionedthe safetyorinterestofthe of Telecom Services/Internet 2019 in specific areas of panel have objected to adis- BJP leader VijayKumar Sinha presence of ministers Ashok state”. and itsImpact’. Delhi forlimited periods cussion on the issue. waselected the Assembly Kumar Choudharyand Mukesh He also pointed out that Although Additional only. It also said the Ministry The Lok Sabha Speaker Speaker on Wednesday, getting Sahani, who arenot members of “the matter related to shut- SecretaryGovind Mohan ap- “does notmaintain dataof has written to allpanel 126votes, including Paswan’s either House, during the voting, down of InternetinJ&K…is peared before the panel, suchsuspension orders is- heads, asking them to avoid and Independent MLASumit he did notspeak on the allega- also sub-judice” in the sources said he declinedto sued by various stategovern- sub judice matters in com- Kumar’s. Mahagathbandhan tions regarding the tape. Supreme Court. provide details on the mentsincluding Jammu and mittee meetings. Tharoor, candidateAwadh Bihari RJD spokesperson Citing Rule 270ofRules of Internetshutdown. When he Kashmir.” however, repliedtothe Choudharygot 114votes. Three MrityunjayTiwarisaid, "As we Procedureand Conduct of wasasked about the com- Former Lok Sabha Speaker,saying the issue of MLAs including one of the have said before,the entireNDA Business in Lok Sabha, he munication blockade in SecretaryGeneral PDT Internetconnection wasno AIMIM remainedabsent during is afraid of our leader Lalu said the “Government may other states, the official, it is Acharysaid rules allowthe longer pending before the voting. Prasad... We arenot convincedof decline to produceadocu- learned, said lawand order government to reject apar- courtand that on August16, In the tape releasedbyModi, the authenticity of the audio ment on the ground that its is astate subject. liamentary panel’s demand the Centreallowed4G the man said to be Lalu urges tape." disclosurewould be prejudi- In his letter,Bhalla fordocumentsifthe matter Internetaccess on trial basis Paswan to miss the session cit- Senior JD(U) leader Sanjay cial to thesafetyorinterest pointed out that the Union is linked to nationalsecurity. in Ganderbal and Udhampur ing Covid infection and offers Kumar Jha said the tape wasev- of the state”. Home Secretaryorthe “The government can in the Union Territory. him aministerial berthshould idence of thepolitics of the the Mahagathbandhan getthe Mahagathbandhan. "Skeptics & Speaker of itschoice and topple arm-chair theorists who were “IMPORTANT” the NDAgovernment.The MLA desperatelyselling an alternative Whilstcareistakenprior to acceptance of remains non-committal. politics that the advertising copy,itisnot possible to verify its Paswan said he had received Mahagathbandhan would usher contants. The Indian Express (P) Limited cannot be held responsible for such contents, nor for any the callvia an aide of Lalu. "I kept in should bowinshame today. loss or damage incurred as aresult of telling him that Iambound by The #LaluTape is atestimonyto transactionswith companies, associations or party rules," Paswan said. Theof- NDA’s firm belief that The individuals adversing in itsnewspapers or fice of the Jharkhand IGP Godfather’s party would’veun- Publications. 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CBI submits status National Forensic Sciences University,anInstitution of National Importance,MinistryofHome Affairs (MHA), Government of India invites online applications for admis- report of inquiry to HC sion to the following unique and highly indispensable super specialized courses. gave initsaffidavitwasthattheis- Name of the cours No of Eligibility Criteria EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE sue has been politicisedand the LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER25 transfer of the DM is notfeasible seats duringthistime,”senioradvocate M.Sc. Forensic 20 Bachelor of Dental THE CBI on Wednesday submit- Jaideep Narain Mathur,the ami- Odontology (2 Surgerywith minimum tedthe status reportofits inves- cus curiaeinthe case, said. Ye ars) 55% marks (*For SC/ST tigation intothe Hathras case in Additional AdvocateGeneral candidates minimum asealedcover to the Lucknow VK Shahi, who represented the 50% of marks) from any benchofthe Allahabad High stategovernment,saidtheCBIhas Institution recognized by Court, whichtook suomotu sought moretime from the court cognizance of the hurriedcre- to complete itsinvestigation. the Dental Council of mation of the victim by thedis- “Initsaffidavit,theCBIalsotold India (DCI) trict administration. that it had been giventime by the Post Graduate 20 Bachelor's degree in dis- Thevictimwasa19-year-oldDalit CBI courttocompleteinvestiga- Diploma in cipline of Science, woman,whowasmurderedafter tion by December 10.Agencyalso Humanitarian Pharmacy,Medicine, being allegedly gangrapedby said if it fails to complete investi- Forensics (1 Ye ar) Veterinary, Dentistryand men belonging to upper castes. gation in the givenperiod then it other allied health sci- The Uttar Pradeshgovern- will seek moretime from the ment also submitted an affidavit court," said Shahi. ences and equivalent statingthereasonsfornot remov- ADivision BenchofJustice with minimum 50% marks ing Hathras District Magistrate PankajMithal and Justice Rajan Post Graduate 20 Bachelor of Science in Pravin Kumar Laxkar.“One of the Roywill hear the matter next on Diploma in Forensics Nursing with awith mini- reasons the stategovernment December 16. Nursing (1 Ye ar) mum50% marks Forapplication guidelines,reservation rules (as per the Four accused in Hathras Govt. of India) and other details,please visit our website: www.nfsu.ac.in case undergo BEOSP test Important Dates: Last date forthe online application : 31st December,2020 brain fingerprinting test,isa Date of entrance examination : 10th January, 2021 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE neuro-psychological method of Date of counseling : 18th January, 2021 AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER25 interrogation in whichthe ac- Date of commencement of session: 1st February, 2021 cused’s participation in the crime Campus :Gandhinagar FOUR DAYS afterthe four ac- is investigated by studying their cusedinthe alleged rape and brain’s responsetocertain audio Contact us: murder of a19-year-old Dalit or visuals (related to the crime) Dean woman in Hathras were brought shown to them. The accusedun- School of Forensic Science,National Forensic Sciences to Gujarat from Aligarhjail, a derwent medical examination University,sector-9, Gandhinagar-382007,Gujarat, India BrainElectrical Oscillation Mondaybeforethe test.“Our Phone: 079-23977171/191/148 Mobile: +91 SignatureProfiling (BEOSP) test team of forensic experts prepares 8849130278, +919429601439 wasconducted on them probes (small questions)for the INF/1353/20-21 –EXECUTIVE REGISTRAR Wednesdayatthe Gandhinagar- accused. Followingthis, the based ForensicScience BEOSP wasconducted,” said a Laboratory. senior official at the Directorate BEOSP test,also known as of Forensic Science, Gandhinagar. ‘Fake’ doctor arrested for running hospitalinAmreli

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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA On ‘love jihad’, BJP picks up baton from vigilantegroups . BECAUSETHE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL Police, judicial apparatus have aidedthis move

NEW OLD AMERICA Christophe Jaffrelot

Biden has ateam that harks backtoObama administration. “LOVEJIHAD” IS hitting the headlines again, Parivar(or affiliated)brigades stalk interfaith something already evident from the but this old wine appears todayinadifferent marriages in whichthe bride is aHindu. Citizenship AmendmentAct (2019). This But he maynot find it easy to step over all of Trump’s legacy bottle, as the BJP is taking over from vigilante The judicialapparatushasalsocontributed process is bound to transform India officially groups. to thisvigilanteagenda,asis evidentfrom the intoanethnic democracy,likeIsrael —where NANNOUNCINGHIS national security team lateTuesday, US president-elect Joe The notion of “love jihad” firstappearedin case concerning Hadiya, ayoung Hindu mixed marriages arepracticallyimpossible. Biden declared that “America is back”. That ringing affirmation is repudiation Gujarat in 2007,priortoresurfacing in 2009 woman of Kerala who had convertedto Islam But thisnew,law-basedversion of the of the defeated incumbent Donald Trump’s “America First” framework. in Kerala and in Karnataka under the auspices in 2015 andmarriedaMuslimman in 2016. Hindunationalistfightagainstinter-religious Throughouthis campaign,Biden attackedTrumpfor abandoning America’s of Pramod Muthalik, aformerRSS member Herparentspetitionedthe court, claimingshe marriagesreflectsanother major change.The I whofoundedhis ownvigilantegroup, SriRam had been forciblymarriedand converted,de- firstideologues of Hindutvawerenot against global leadership,retreatingfromforeign military commitments,trashing US Sene, and who defineditasfollows:“In love ji- spiteher insistence that she had acted of her thesemarriages. Onthecontrary, VDSavarkar, security alliances, wrecking global institutions likethe WHO and WTO, closing America’s had, fanatic boys areencouraged to attract ownfreewill.The state’shigh courtsidedwith in Hindutva: Who is aHindu? considers that borders, walking out of agreementsonmitigating climatechange and containing Iran’s young Hindu girls outside ice cream parlours, the parents, invalidated the marriageinMay anon-Hindu would become partofthe na- nuclear weapons programme. Biden’s criticism has hugeresonance in the US establish- schools, colleges and theatres …This is an or- 2017 and placedHadiya under their guardian- tion if he or she “adopts our land as his or her ment that reacted with shockand anger to Trump’s challenge to all the major premises ganisedefforttodemoralise the Hindu com- ship, arguing that this “vulnerable girl” had countryand marries aHindu”. Suchmarriages of Americaninternationalism afterthe Second WorldWar.Now the appointment of many munity”. probablybeen the victim of Islamistgroups. were good things forSavarkar and his follow- familiar figuresfromthe Obama Administration suggests areturntothe old order in This rhetoric came out in public in 2014.In Her husband appealed the decision in the ers, because theyinsistedthat the same blood September of that year,afew months after Supreme Court whichordered the National wasrunninginthe veinsofthe Hindus and Washington. Biden’s team comesasabig relief to America’s friends and partners who NarendraModi wasvoted intooffice, two Investigation Agency to investigateapossible those who had convertedto another religion: have struggled to cope with the administrative disorder and policydisruptions unleashed weeklymagazines by theRSS, Organiser and Islamistconspiracy.The NIA said that sucha Race,akey word in Savarkar’slexicon,waspo- by Trump. China, too, will hope that an internationalistBiden might be moreopen fora Panchjanya,devotedtheir coverstories to “love Once on acase,warriors ploycould notberuledout, and that Hadiya’s tentiallyacementing force. Today, by contrast, resetinbilateral relations and eschewthe all-out confrontation initiated by Trump. jihad,” the latter showingthe photo of an Arab case wasnot an isolated one.Without wait- MuslimsareseenbyHindu nationalists as im- So is Trump’s “America First” an aberration that is about to be turnedintoanamus- wearing akeffiyehand darkglasses beneath against “love jihad” resort to ing forthe probe’s findings, the judges released possible to assimilate, as if theybelonged to a ing anecdote in US political evolution? Notsofast. Trumpwas merely channeling the whichread the title, “Pyar andha ya dhanda?” tactics ranging from her intoparental custody.But when theysaw different species. (Is love blind or is it abusiness?). the investigation results, theyruledinMarch This logic harksbacktothenotion of caste deepening popular discontentagainst the ravagesofendless wars, and aglobalism that disinformation to In reaction to “love jihad”, the Sangh intimidation to coercion. 2018 that her marriagewas valid. endogamythat BJPleaders supportpublicly wasseentodecimate Americanjobs and open American society to amassive influxofim- Parivarlaunchedacounter-offensive to pre- If vigilantegroups, includingthe Bajrang —asevidentfrom Om Birla’s recent speechon migrants. That the contestfor the presidency wasaclose one in the American heartland vent young Hindu womenfrombeing wooed Parents of girls who choose Dal, have been the main instruments of the the occasion of aBrahmin “Parichay suggests that the resistance to therestoration of globalism will notsimplydisappearwith by Muslim men. Theyformedspecial groups, to enter into alove marriage anti-“love jihad” campaign, the BJP has grad- Sammelan”. As Satish Poonia, the Rajasthan Trump’s defeat. Equallyimportant is the palpable disappointment of the progressives suchasthe Hindu Behen Beti Bachao Sangh- with aMuslim do not uallyusedittoo.The party consideredovertly BJP chief, said even morerecently, “In our cul- who backedBiden with great gusto.Theydisapproveofhis turn to the old ruling caste. arsh Samiti. Activists offeredtohelp parents hesitate,sometimes, to turn exploiting it ahead of by-elections in UP 2014. ture, marriage isn't justanindividual choice, it While India mustwaittosee howBiden governs in these hardtimes, Delhi has reasons wholamented their daughter’s marriagetoa The BJP’s stateunit includeditinits pro- also encompasses approvalof religion and so- Muslim and developedanetwork of inform- to Hindu vigilante groups to gramme before decidingagainst it.But the ciety”. Indeed, the fight against“love jihad” to bepleasedwiththeappointmentof AntonyBlinkenasthenewSecretaryofState andJake ers in police stations andcourtswherepar- bring their child back into party made it acampaign issue during the bearstestimonyofadevalorisationof individ- Sullivanasthe national security adviser.Blinkenand Sullivan heldsenior positions in the ents mightgotoreportamissing daughter, the fold. But organisations 2017 elections. And shortlyafter forming his ual freedom, in particular of women, who are Obama Administration andSouth Blockhas dealt with them on manyissues. The newchief file acomplaint forabduction, or to keep abre- cabinet, Yogi Adityanath established“anti- seen as incapable of deciding whom to marry of national intelligence, AvrilHaines, served in the StateDepartment and the WhiteHouse astofacase. This networkofinformers indi- in the Sangh Parivar orbit Romeo squads” to “protect” women —inpar- and as vulnerable to being seduced. before shewasappointedastheDeputyDirectorof theCentralIntelligenceAgencyby Obama. cates the degree of osmosis that exists be- have also sought to prevent ticular from Muslims. Anotherold syndrome, the idea of the John Kerry, who will translateBiden's intense commitment to addressing climatechangeis tween the stateapparatus and the Sangh interfaith marriages even Today, the BJP is going one step further in Hindus’ demographic decline, alsoneeds to Parivar. the states it rules by announcing newlaws. On be factored in: Inter-religious marriagesap- no stranger forIndia. He served as Obama’s SecretaryofState afteralong stint as US Senator when parents were not Once on acase, warriors against“love ji- November 18,NarottamMishra, BJP Madhya pear as partlyresponsible forthis declinein fromMassachusetts.SouthBlock wouldalsohopethatthenewdefencesecretarywouldbu- had”resorttotactics ranging from disinfor- opposed. Notonly have the Pradesh Home Minister said: “Weare going the Hindu nationalist worldview, in spiteof ildontherapidexpansionofbilateralsecuritycooperationthathasstrongbipartisansupport mationto intimidationto coercion.Parentsof police sometimes annulled to table the Madhya Pradesh Dharm the factthatthe majority community still rep- intheUSandanew enthusiasminNewDelhi.BidenislikelytobeastoughontradeasTrump girlswho choose to enter into alovemarriage marriages (in total disregard Swatantrey Bill, 2020,inthis winter session resents80per cent of society.But the “fear of and Delhi needs to find creative ways to resolve sharpening trade tensions with the US. with aMuslim do nothesitate, sometimes, to forthe lawwhen the bride in Decemberagainstlovejihad,whichmeans small numbers” (touse Arjun Appadurai’s turn to Hindu vigilantegroups to bring their awoman is forcedor luredbyapersonofother phrase) is all pervasive when cultivatedforpo- child backintothe fold. But organisations in and groom are both of age), religion formarriageand later she is tortured larisingsocieties.The Ahmadisof Pakistan can the Sangh Parivarorbit have also sought to but it has also let Sangh forconversion.” Nowthe UP cabinethas testify to this (ir)rationality. ROLL IT BACK prevent interfaith marriages even when par- Parivar (or affiliated) cleared adraft ordinancetocheck“unlawful entswerenot opposed. Notonlyhavethe po- brigades stalk interfaith religious conversions” linked to “interfaith The writer is senior research fellowatCERI- lice sometimes annulledmarriages (in total marriages”. Sciences Po/CNRS, Paris, and professor of UP government’s ordinanceoninter-faith marriageisa disregardfor the lawwhen the bride and marriages in whichthe bride Suchalaw would illustratethe transition Indian politics and sociology at groom arebothofage), but it has also letSangh is aHindu. from adefactotoadejureHindu Rashtra, King’s India Institute trespass on fundamental freedoms

YCLEARINGANordinance that enables the statetopolice and punish in- ter-faithmarriages with“the sole intention of changing agirl’sreligion”, the Uttar Pradesh government has trespassedonaninalienable right guaran- teed by the ConstitutionofIndia —the freedom of an adult citizen to choose Bwho she livesand partners with, and to followany faith of her choice. In do- ASTRIKE FOR THE CONSTITUTION ing so, it becomes the firstBJP-ruledstate to frame alaw againstwhat the party describes as “love jihad”. It sets adangerous precedent that other BJP-ruledstateslikeMadhya Pradesh, Haryana and Karnataka look eager to follow. It is under threat from thevery institutions that areexpected to safeguardit Under the provisions of the proposedlaw,the statecan choose to investigatethe mo- tivesbehind awoman’schangeofreligion andhas the powertoannul an inter-faith mar- DRaja riageifitfinds that itssole “purpose” is her religious conversion. This flies in the face of a constitutional fact:Neither clan council nor khap panchayat, and certainlynot ademo- ON NOVEMBER 26,1949, the Constituent apexcourtwas discouraging petitions under whowentto reporttheincidentwasarrested cratic government, has the licence to vetpersonal choices as right or wrong. Allowing Assemblysubmittedthe draftConstitution.A Article 32 of the Constitution. That article de- andchargedwithserious offences.Hecontin- thepolice to examinesubjective “intentions” of men and women entering amarriage daybeforethe submission,BRAmbedkar, scribed by Ambedkar as the heartand soul of ues to languish in jail. veers intothought control —and sets the lawupfor rampant abuse. It also legitimises a head of the Drafting Committee, expressed the Constitution empowers aperson to di- The outrageous manner in whichthe rank communal fantasy —the alleged conspiracy by virile Muslim men to lure and con- concern about “what would happen to her rectlyapproachthe SC to seek remedy forthe Constitution and constitutional morality are vert gullible Hindu women. It continues the cynical politics that seekstomarshal Hindu [India’s] democratic Constitution?” Decades violation of fundamental rights. During the discardedbythe powers that be is creating unitybystoking the anxieties about the Muslim Other —and enshrines it in law. Under later, Ambedkar’s fears seem to be coming debateonArticle 32, Ambedkar had said: “If I fertileconditions forafascistdictatorship. If true.The Constitutionisunderthreat from the wasasked to name anyparticular Article in the executive,legislatureand judiciaryviolate fire forthe Hathras gang-rape, the Yogi Adityanath government has sought to deflect crit- very same institutions —the legislature, ex- this Constitution as the mostimportant —an the spiritoftheConstitution, then therewould icism by emphasising measures takenfor the securityand “respect” of women—the ecutive and judiciary—thatare expected to Article without whichthisConstitutionwould beutter lawlessness. It is,therefore, pertinent “love jihad”ordinanceisbeing peddledasanother suchmove. But that the law’s scrutiny safeguardit.The NarendraModigovernment be nullity—Icould notrefer to anyother thatthesethreeorgansof the governmentset is speciallyfocussedonawoman’s changeoffaith reveals the patriarchal paranoia behind startedthe practice of celebrating November Article exceptthis one. It is theverysoulofthe worthy examples by upholding the it. The rhetoric of protection, indeed, disguises amanic fear of female sexuality that will 26 as Constitution Day. Butthe Sangh Parivar It is tragic that the Constitution andthe very heart of it”.Ifthe Constitutionand adhering to theprinciplesof notbecontainedbycaste and clanbarriers, whichisusedtopolice women'slives and hasemergedasthe biggestthreat to constitu- institutions of governance Supreme Courtdiscourages people taking re- constitutional morality.Time has cometo tional values. course to the “the heartand soul” of the bring in the Directive Principles of the choices, oftenbyviolence, as is evident in the history of “honour killings”. are flattening the The waylegislation that negatethe Constitution in acalculated Constitution, then whichinstitution would Constitution to empowerthe people and en- The Allahabad High Courtrecently overturnedthe HC judgment that questioneda essence of the Constitution is introducedand ensureand empowerpeople to adhere to the surejustice —social, political and economic. “conversion justfor marriage”, whichwas cited by the UP CM to bringthis ordinance, as passed, while ignoring deliberation, proves manner and in flagrant Constitution and encouragethem to imbibe Againstthisbackdropofevents, the work- “bad in law”. It pointed out that in the eyes of lawaman and awoman arenot onlymem- the mala fide intent of the government. violation of equityand constitutional values? ersandpeasants—theurbanandrural work- bers of religions, but individuals with “free willand choice”.Byseeking to crampand con- Parliament is blatantlyunderminedand by- justice,whichare central to In the case of relief formigrant workers, ing people, in formal and informal sectors — strict the freedom of the individual, the Yogi Adityanath government imperils the larger passed. If Parliament becomes redundant, the majestyofthe rule of law. the SC had initiallyobserved that issues con- arestaging anation-wide strike. Trade unions freedoms of aconstitutional democracy.Itmustwithdraw the proposedlaw. democracy will bein peril. The passageofthe cerning migrant labourers fell within the do- and organisations of peasantsand rural poor anti-farmer farm bills and anti-worker labour It wasdemonstrated in the main of public policyand hence therewas areraising notonlyeconomic demands and codes is anexample of howundemocratically most unfortunate way,when hardlyany scope forjudicial intervention. By rights, but theyare on the streetsalso to save legislation is pushedthrough. none other than the Chief the time the SC took up the matter,millions the Constitution and democracy itself. While It is tragic that the institutions of gover- had sufferedunimaginable hardships. the countryobserves the Constitution Day, the A WORD IS NOTENOUGH nance areflattening the Constitution in acal- Justice of the Supreme Court In Hathras, ayoung Dalit woman was general strikeisdemonstrating the wayfor- culated manner and in flagrant violationof (SC) observed on two rapedand brutallyassaulted by peoplebe- ward.The workingpeople who foughtfor the In times of Covid-19, it seems languageisas equity and justice, whichare central to the occasions that the apex court longing to high castes. Later,her dead body freedom of the country, arestanding up today majestyof the rule of law. It wasdemonstrated wasdiscouraging petitions wascremated despitethe plea of her family to save the Constitution and the Republic of flummoxedasthose who use it in the mostunfortunateway,when none nottodoso. The statemachinery allegedly India. other than the Chief Justice of the Supreme under Article 32 of the threatenedthe familyofthe victim, telling N2018, THE Oxforddictionarychose“toxic” —asin“toxic masculinity”, partic- Court(SC) observedontwo occasions that the Constitution. them nottospeak to the media. Ajournalist The writer is general secretary,CPI ularly relevant in the light of #MeToo —asits new“word of the year”. Lastyear, “climateemergency” made the cut. Since then, in the seemingly interminable Itime the earth is taking to traverse an elliptical path around the sun, apandemic has struckand work,love, friendship, societies and economies have been funda- mentallyaltered.Somuchsothat even foradictionary,awordisnot enough. NOVEMBER 26, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO Earlier thisweek,the OxfordEnglish Dictionarydeclared that it has notchosen aword for2020 because this is “a year whichcannotneatlybeaccommodatedin one single word”. PRICE RISE STABILISES country’s economy. theOpposition refusingtoend the protests. Instead, anumber of newadditions to the global English lexicon have found mention, in- THE OUTLOOK FORthe country’s economy Leaders of the Akali Dal (Longowal), CPM cluding “coronavirus”, “mail in”, “unmute”and,ofcourse, “lockdown”. With theflurryof is good, according to Union Finance POLICE ATROCITIES andCPI said that theywerereadytohold words, though, what the good people at the Oxforddictionary's office arereally saying is MinisterRVenkataraman. He basedthis THE LOKSABHA Speaker has called fora talkswith the government but thereshould optimistic assessment on projections of 10 reportfromthe government on the alleged notbeany preconditions. The strikebystu- this: 2020 has leftthem speechless. Everyyear,the word they choose indicates atrend, a per cent increaseinfoodand power blinding of criminals in Bihar by thestate’s dents, however, seems to be petering out. newusagethat distills adebate. In COVID-19times, it would appear that language, the production next year,coal production of police.Police atrocities were thetopicof root of allidentity,isasflummoxedasthose who use it. Arewedigitalcreaturesnow,who 110-112million tonnesand the fact that adjournmentand call-in-attention motion BRITS AND KIWIS “unmute” ourselveswhile working from home forabrief spellofsocialcontact? Is democ- rising prices have played themselvesout. by Oppositionmembers,especially those NEWSMEN COVERINGPRINCE Charles’ visit racy andpolitics going to be an armchair affair,and voting challengedfor the newforms it The monthlyrateofincrease in prices from the CommunistParty of India to the Nehru Memorial Museum were has taken? And what of old wordswhichhaveacquirednew,devastatingovertones —the have stabilisedtoaround one per cent and (Marxist) and JanataParty.Several mem- rudelyejected by the assistant press secre- this is no small achievement in an inter- bers alsoreferredtothe attacks on jour- tary to the Queen, Brian Hutchings, who “migrant”has become infusedwith newmeaning in India, as millionsjourneyedonfoot. national inflationarysituation, he added. nalists in Rajasthan and Orissa. told them no “press wasallowednear the Thereis, however, asilverlining in this speaking silence. Scientific terms have entered The finance ministerwas replying to a Prince here”. When asked if theBritishdid everydaylanguagelikenever before,and across the board, newwords areemerging at six-hour discussion on risingprices in the PUNJAB STRIKE notwant the visit of the prince reported, an unprecedented pace. Perhaps in ayear that the worldstood still, people managed to Lok Sabha.Heusedthe occasion to offera THE THREE-DAY STRIKE againstthe recent Hutchings replied, “I am notBritish”. It was collectively expand their minds. mid-term appraisal of the stateofthe rise in bus faresinPunjab continueswith later found out that he is aNew Zealander.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,NOVEMBER26,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY ‘‘Itisclear that ferventmovesare being made in the shadows to bring the Arabs 7 and Israel closertoeachother.’’ THE IDEAS PAGE — DAWN Along winter for economy Not by majority Public sector investments arelikelytoremain depressedasstatescut back on spending, alone making recovery difficult In ademocracy,public morality and unelected institutions arenecessarychecks,not inimical to Centre 87.5 12.0 electedgovernment 70.0 9.0 tute” forthe British parliamentarysystem. 52.5 Gandhi’sviewwasthatintheBritishsystem, Dharmakirti Joshi 6.0 theparliamentworksonlyforpartisaninter- and Adhish Verma 35.0 est—andnot forthe national interest. “By 3.0 politicalindependenceIdonot meananim- 17.5 itation to the British House of Commons, or THE PANDEMIC HAS delivereda“scissor cut” the Sovietrule of Russiaorthe Fascistrule of to the government’sfinances. On the one 0.0 0.0 Italyorthe Nazi rule of Germany. Theyhave hand, economic output, and thereforegov- FY05 FY07 FY09 FY11 FY13 FY15 FY17 FY19 Ram Madhav systemssuitedto theirgenius.We musthave ernmentrevenues, areshrinking,whileonthe ours suited to ours… Ihavedescribed it as other,the government has to spend moreto States RamRajya —sovereigntyof thepeoplebased safeguardlives and livelihoods. 40.0 16.0 THEPOPULARunderstandingaboutdemoc- onpuremoralauthority,”hewroteinHarijan The effect of this goes farbeyond awiden- racies is that theyare elected governments. in January 1937. ing of the deficit. It has far-reaching conse- 30.0 12.0 But democracies do notrun merelyonthe BRAmbedkar toodescribeddemocracy quencesfor both the Centre’s and states’ abil- basisof electedgovernments.In2,500years, inIndiaas“onlyatop-dressing”onanIndian ity to invest and liftthe economyout of the 20.0 8.0 democracies have developedsystems of ef- soil “whichisessentiallyundemocratic”. In currentphase.Italsomeansmoreborrowings. ficient checks andbalances —elected and his famous “Three Warnings” speech, Andasstateshave agoodpartoftheirrevenue unelectedinstitutions.Suchabalanceiscrit- Ambedkar warnedthat only constitutional 10.0 stream comingfromthe Centre, it changes 4.0 ical to their success. meansandinstitutionsshouldbeusedhere- their debt servicingability forthe worse. In recordedhistory,the Greekswerethe afterinstead of the meansusedduring the First, considerthe revenue side. Notsur- 0.0 0.0 firsttoexperiment with models of govern- freedom movement.Healso underscored prisingly,inthe firsthalf of the fiscal —April- FY05 FY07 FY09 FY11 FY13 FY15 FY17 FY19 ment.Thereweremonarchies, oligarchies the importance of socialdemocracy forthe September—theCentre’snetrevenue(taxand and democracies among theGreek city- successof politicaldemocracy.Bothwerere- non-tax) collection stood at Rs 5.5 lakh crore ■■ Debt/GDP(%) ■■ Interestpayment/Revenuereceipts(%) states of the 5th CenturyBCE. Aristotle, the spondingto theexperiencesof theirtimes— or merely27.3per cent of thebudget forthe ■■ Interestpayment/GDP(%)-RHS ancientGreekphilosopher,wrote thatwhile Gandhi wasreferring to the tyrannyofthe fullfiscal year (compared to 41.6 per cent of ■■ RevenueReceipts/GDP(%)-RHS monarchieswere forthebenefitof themon- British rule and Ambedkar wasresponding budgetedtargetcollectedinthefirsthalf of the archsand oligarchies forthe benefit of men to the oppressive caste system. Neither was previous fiscal year). Seen another way, rev- Source: CEIC, RBI, MoSPI withmeans, democracies were forthe ben- againstdemocracy,butbothwere againstthe enuecollectionsinthefirsthalf of theyearwere efit of men without means. Plato, Aristotle’s idea of “majoritarianrule”. ForGandhi, down32.5percentyear-on-year,ascompared guru, wasnot fullyinagreement. The city- democracymeanttheweakgettingthesame to anaverage15percentgrowthoverthesame stateofSparta wasanoligarchywhilethatof chance as the strong. ForAmbedkar,itwas periodinthe previous five fiscals. Athenswasaraw democracy.Spartansruled about giving voice to the voiceless. Presently, fiscaldatafor thefirsthalfofthe over Athens forafewdecades.Whenthey Fordemocraciesto succeed,bothGandhi year(April-September)is availableonlyfor 11 left,theAtheniansheldacourttopunishthe andAmbedkarbelievedthattheparliamen- large or so callednon-special categorystates. supportersofthe Spartans. Twenty-one tarymajoritiesneedtoberestrainedthrough As per our analysis, thesestates’ ownrevenue thousandAthenians,allmenfromprivileged constitutional ethics and public morality. is down 21.5 per cent year-on-year as com- backgrounds, assembledinastadium and Constitutionalethicsisaboutleadersrespect- pared to the previous five years’ average CRSasikumar votedtodeclarethe philosopher Socratesa ingconstitutionalorder,conventionsandin- growth of 10.4per cent.Ifweadd the Centre’s the budgetedtarget of Rs 6.22 lakhcrore, while taxpoolfrom32per cent to 42 per cent be- collaborator with the Spartans. He wassen- stitutions.TheAmericanshave awrittencon- transfer to thesestates,then the declinein rev- revenue expenditurewas down just9per ginning in 2015-16, courtesy of the 14th tencedtodeath,promptingPlatotodismiss stitution, the British don’t. Yet, both enue forthe latter reduces to 16.5 per cent. cent. On the other hand, the Centre’s actual FinanceCommission).Thisexplainsstates’ fi- Atheniandemocracy as a“kleptocracy” —a developedhealthyconventions that safe- Ergo,the shortfall in states’ revenue seems less capital expenditurewas along budgetedlines. nancial vulnerability whentheydonot receive stateofunrestrainedpolitical corruption. guard theirdemocracies.Thereisabeautiful steepthanthat in theCentre’s.Butit is impor- To beableto maintaintheirspendinginthe adequateand timelyfunds from the Centre. Democracyhastravelledalongwayfrom convention in America of the outgoing tant to note that the states’ revenue shortfall is face of suchasharp declineinrevenue, gov- The bottom line is thatwith the slowdown those times. It has witnessed theriseofdic- President leaving ahand-written letter for partlymitigated by central transfers. ernmentshavebeen forced to increase bor- in growth, and as aconsequence in govern- tators likeHitler and Mussolini, but also theincomingone,whichthenewincumbent What has been the impact of suchalarge rowings. So farthis year,boththe Centre’s as ment's revenues (for both, the Centreand manygreatdemocrats.Eventoday, Vladimir of the WhiteHouse would gettosee on the fall in revenue collections? Mostdirectly, the well as the states’market borrowing have in- states), debt servicing forstates, whichlooked Putin in Russiaand Joe Biden in America get firstday inoffice.“Weare justtemporaryoc- Centre’s total expenditurehas declined0.6 per creasedby50per cent year-on-year(both un- comfortable, is settobecome burdensome. elected through democratic electionsvery cupantsofthis office. That makes us centyear-on-year during the firsthalfofthe dertakeborrowingsinaddition to those from Combinedwith rising debt levels, this differentfromoneanother.Thedifferenceis guardians of thosedemocratic institutions current financialyear.This is ledbyan11.6per the market). This means that debt levels are means thatstatesareunlikelytopush up their that in the world’s successful democracies andtraditions—likeruleof law, separationof cent decline in capital expenditure, with rev- settorisesharply. At theendof 2019-20,over- capital expenditure. The ReserveBankof likethe US, UK and India, thereisafine bal- powers,equalprotectionandcivilliberties… enue expendituremildlyup1per cent. all general government debt stood at anine- India’s recent publication “State Finances: A ance between the elected and non-elected Regardless of the pushand pullofdailypol- Forthe 11 states,total expenditureand yearhighof 76.7percentof GDP(50.4percent Study of Budgetsof2020-21” also found that institutionswithenough safeguards. itics, it’s up to us to leave those instruments capital spending have contracted by 1.5per fortheCentreand 26.3 per cent forthe states). capitalspending by statesturns out to bepro- Therewas muchscepticismabout the of our democracy at leastasstrong as we cent and23.4percentrespectively,whilerev- If we take astepbacktotakeacloser look cyclical, that is, it tends to be lowerduring a ideaofuniversal adult franchiseduringthe foundthem”,BarackObamawroteinhislet- enueexpenditures have grownby1.5 percent. at howthe debt and itsservicingindicators lowgrowth phase,and vice versa. Besides, the making of the Indian Constitution. But tertoDonaldTrumpinJanuary2017. The Since the bulk of the revenue expenditureis have movedinrecent yearswefind thatwhile If we take astep back to take spendingsensitivity to debt is higher at adebt Rajendra Prasad, the chairman of the electedmustprotectalltheunelectedinstru- committedinnature, itis difficult to prunethis the Centre’s debt/GDP has trendeddown- acloser look at howthe debt ratio of greater than 25 per cent. ConstituentAssembly, whobecamethefirst mentsofdemocracy –judiciary, media and expenditure.Evenwithinthat, allocationsfor ward,the states’ debtto GDPratiohastrended Currently, 12 large states have adebt to President of India,assured the Assembly’s civicorganisations. pension and subsidiesare down 10 per cent up since 2015-16. But surprisingly,the ratio of and its servicing indicators GSDP (gross statedomestic product) ratio of membersabouttherawpoliticalwisdomof Gandhi’s greater emphasis wasonpub- and 20per cent,respectively.Growth in over- interestpaymentstorevenuereceipts for have moved in recent years over 25 per cent, sevenofwhichhavearatio theaverageIndianasalsothestrengthof the lic morality.Heinsistedthat forIndia’s all revenueexpenditure is stillhigherforstates, states —one of the indicators of debt sustain- we find that while the greater than 30per cent (Punjab has the high- other institutions to safeguardthe demo- democracy to succeed, the Congress should arguably, as theyare at the forefront of the ability whichgenerallymovesin sync with the Centre’sdebt/GDP has estratio at 40 per cent). The situation is setto craticprocess.Sevendecadesof India’sdem- convertitself intoaloksevaksanghandwork fightagainstthepandemic. Moreimportantly, debt ratio —has continuedtotrend down. worsen and morestatesare expected to end ocraticexperiencebeartestimonytothepo- at the grassroots forsocial, economic and health beingastate subject (statesspend alit- That is, the twopaths have diverged. trended downward,the up having debt to GSDP ratio of 25 per cent. litical maturityofthe Indian people. moral independence of the people.True tle overtwoand ahalf times that by the Centre This isbecauseof continuouslyimproving states’ debt to GDP ratio has Consequently, overall investmentscould However, India has had itsown bruises Gandhians chose syndication at the grass- onmedicalandpublichealth), states will have revenue streamsfor thestates, while thein- trended up since 2015-16. But take asubstantial hit this fiscal year with the duringthisperiod.TheinfamousEmergency rootsratherthanelection to Parliament or to shoulder amajor partofthe health expen- terest outgoremainedonafixed path. States’ government’s and the private sector’s ability of IndiraGandhitaughtanimportantlesson legislative assemblies. ditureburden on account of the pandemic. revenue/GDP ratio rose from 13.3 per cent in surprisingly,the ratio of and willingness to invest impaired,despite that Parliament, the elected branchof India’s democracy,asenvisaged by the Animportant aside: While both the Centre 2015-16to14.5 per cent in 2019-20. interest payments to revenue thefall in interestrates (adjusting forinflation, democracy oftendescribed as the “temple makersofitsConstitution,thrivedessentially and states have cutcapital expenditure, the Remember that states’ revenue comprises receipts forstates —one of real ratesare even lower). The private sector of democracy”, can becomeacircus and becauseofthe respect of the leadersfor eth- latter have cut it by moreastheyface aharder theirown revenue as well as transfers from the indicatorsofdebt will remain wary of investing as demand un- democraciescan be imperilledifthe rulers ical constitutionalism and moral activism of budget constraint. This is worrying as states the Centre(whichincludes both taxdevolu- certainty continues, and capacity utilisation succeedinjeopardising the otherpillars like the grassroots activists.Neither shouldsee undertake morethan 60 per cent of the over- tion andgrants).If notfor the higher growth in sustainabilitywhich remainslow,atanaverage 58.6 per cent so far the judiciaryand free press. the other as an enemy andtryto bringthem all general government capital expenditure. transfers from the Centre, this indicatorof debt generally moves in sync with thisyear,way belowthe 71.9 per cent seenlast Mahatma Gandhi wasnot abig admirer down. In fact, over the past fewyears,toadhereto sustainability would have stagnated. the debt ratio —has year.Hence, it might awhile before thecylin- of the parliamentarysystem. He neverut- theirfiscal consolidationroadmaps,states The shareofcentraltransfers in states’ rev- continued to trend down. der of public investment starts firing. teredaharshword against anybodybutused The writer is member,boardofgovernors, have curtailed capital spending. Forinstance, enue increasedfromaround 42 per cent in wordssuchas“sterilewoman” and “prosti- India Foundation in2019-20, capital expenditurebystatesstood 2014-2015 to around 47 per cent in 2019-20 That is, the twopaths have Joshi is chief economistand Verma is senior at Rs 4.97lakh crore, down 20 per cent from (largelydue to arise in shareofthe divisible diverged. economistCRISIL Ltd LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Congress’s memory-keeper DANGEROUSMOVE THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,‘Opencau- IDEAS tiously’ (IE, November 25). The dangers AhmedPatel had asense of party’s history,and futurechallenge posedtooverall financialstability by let- ONLINE ting industrial houses have access to rel- ONLYINTHE EXPRESS SheelaBhatt atively inexpensivecapital in the form of householdsavingsthrough banks, how- ever legallyregulated,are fartoo great to ● ONERATIONCARD,MANY FORAHMED Patel, May18, 2004,was an un- againsther would, to agreat extent, wane. and the trustdeficit within. the senior leadersofthe party to uniteintheir riskatthealtarof liberalisationof owner- LEFTBEHIND:SAMEET forgettable day. It wassofor his party,too. Afterall,heand afew senior Congressleaders In that historic meetingat10, Janpath, in fight againstthe rising waveofHindutvaby ship norms. The IWG’s suggestion that PANDAANDVIPULKUMAR On May13, the BJP,under the leadership of hadhelpedmakepossible the striking meta- May2004, Patelwas told that Sonia Gandhi understandinganddecodingModi’s strengths contradictstheexpertadviceneedsto be AtalBihari Vajpayee, had lostthe election. The morphosis of Sonia Gandhi from 1998 on- wouldn’t want the newgovernment to get and the BJP’s strategies. The Modi-ledBJP had rejected outrightbythe RBI’s decision ● CONSTITUTION,ALIVING countrywas surprisedbythe unexpectedvic- wards, when she became the Congress pres- weakenedatthe outsetbythe fierce opposi- been lucky to confront aCongress whichhas makers. DOCUMENT:RAMESH tory of the Congress-ledUPA. ident. tion to her“foreign origins”. been steadilyweakeningwithin since 2004. SSPaul, Nadia POKHRIYALNISHANK Ahmedbhai wasthrilledasthe results In viewofthe street protestsorganisedby Sonia wasgraceful and reticent in refus- Modi’srise wasmade easier because of fis- pouredin.Onthe night of May13,hegave me the BJP, it hadbecome clear that the then ingherparty’s offer, but Rahul wasagitatedin sures within the Congress party. PLANAHEAD arareinterview,and spoke extensively on Congresspresident’spossibleelevation to the his concern forhis mother’s security.Heand Thenarrowand spurious debateof“com- www.indianexpress.com Sonia Gandhi. Ahmedbhai wasadifficult highestpoliticalofficewould divide the coun- Patelhad abitter exchange, whichmay have munal versus secular” wasn’t what Patelrec- THISREFERSTOtheeditorial, 'Beforethe politician to interview, he would notopen up try. But Ahmedbhaiwas quintessentiallya sowedthe seeds of distrustbetween them, ommended to his party.“Eman shun vale (it firstshot’ (IE, November 25). Auniversal ONLYTOGETHER easily. We knew eachother since 1980 but I Gujarati who would find a jugaad forevery and costthe Congress heavily. It destabilised won’t lead to anyoutcome)”, he would say immunisation program that is expected could gethim to speak on Sonia Gandhi, on critical problem. the decision-makingprocess within the party when Iasked forhis views on some sensitive to covermorethanabillion people be- THIS REFERS TO thereport,‘Firstsignsof the record, onlyin2004. On the morning of May18, the Gandhi establishedunder Sonia Gandhi. The length- communal matter.The newmembers of longingtoall agegroupsinaspan of two thaw: CaptaininvitesSidhuoverforlunch Listening to him hold forthonSonia familymet to discuss the pros and cons of ening distance between Ahmedbhai,the Rahul’s team sawAhmed bhaiasamember to threeyears is tooambitious. The poli- today’ (IE, November 25). Punjab Chief Gandhi in the interviewIcould gather that the mostdifficult political decisionoftheir Congress’s institutional memory-keeper,and of an opposing camp. He facedthe allegation cymakers in India and elsewhereare MinisterAmarinderSingh and Navjot Ahmedbhai would, in the coming weekend, lives. Afterthe family’s private meeting, Rahul Gandhi,heirto itsFirstFamily, only grew of “keeping the party weak in Gujarat to help awareofthe practicalaspect of anypro- Singh Sidhu seemedtobeengaged in a musterall the supportwithin the party and Ahmedbhai and one moresenior Congress since. the rise of Modi”. posedvaccinationdrive that intends to warofattrition.Buttheyhesitatetocross from leaders of thenon-BJP parties, to ease leader drovedownto10, Janpath and joined Despitebeing in poweratthe Centrefor a Till 2014,Ahmedbhaiwouldget hundreds give acentpercentcoveragetoits entire theRubiconbecauseof thefearthattheir the passagefor her to succeedVajpayee. them. decade,theCongress couldnotconsolidateor of calls and severalVIP visitors daily. After population againstthe deadlyvirus. political movesmay notfructify.There At that point, he seemedtometobedriven Thatfatefulmeetingchangedmanythings expand itspresence in the states. Therewere Rahul became president, he washardlyen- Therehas to arationalprioritisationfor arealwaysrumoursgaloreaboutCaptain by hisstrong feelingsforthelateRajiv Gandhi, and itsreverberations eventuallybecame a no significant grassroots activities to ensurea gagedinparty activity.Itwas only when he accessibilityinthe short run,but in the and Sidhu shifting their loyalties in the morethan anything else. He waskeen to en- contributing factor in the rise of Narendra strengthening of the different wings of the playedaswiftand decisive role to help stitch long run, initiatives, likeidentifying un- Congress and even jumping ship. Now surethat “Rajiv’s widowand the inheritor of Modi. That’swhat Ahmedbhai believed—and party.For aparty in power, keeping the organ- theunlikelycoalition thatformedthe govern- affectedandaffectedbutcuredindividu- withNarendraModitakingnoprisoners the Gandhi family’slegacy” would become sharedwithmewhen Imet himjust72hours isationalactivitiesgoing isalso important, and ment in Maharashtratokeepthe BJPout of als and placedthemundersome kind of whenitcomes to dealingwith his polit- prime minister. Of course, he wasacutely before Modi wonpowerinNew Delhi on May the absence of it will take atoll —that’s avital powerthatparty newcomers sawthe old watertightterritorialbubbles,needtobe icaladversaries,the opposition leaders awareofthe fierce and focusedopposition of 16,2014.Then,myquestionto himwas:Why lesson the BJP under Modi’s leadership has Ahmedbhai in action again. devisedtoarrestthe spread of the musthaverealisedtheirpoliticalfortunes the BJP-RSS on the issueofSonia’s “foreign ori- did Congress become so weak afterbeingin learnt from the Congress rule of 2004-2014. infection. will be safeonlybystickingtogether. gins”. However, he thought that once she oc- powerfor 10 long years? Amongstmany Patelknewthe Modi phenomenon better The writer is asenior journalist and Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata Tarsem Singh, Mahilpur cupiedthe seat of powerthe opposition things, he said it washit by ageneration gap than anyCongressman, but he could notget contributing editor to rediff.com

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ARUNJANARDHANAN KEYRESERVOIR CHENNAI,NOVEMBER25 OPENEDINCHENNAI CYCLONE NIVAR, expected to makelandfall before dawn on IN CHENNAI, the relentless Thursday, intensifiedtothe “very rain ledtowaterlogging in severe”categoryasitbarreledto- severalparts andforcedthe KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG Mamataatthe BankurarallyonWednesday. Express wardsthe Tamil Nadu- authorities to release large TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* Puducherry coaston quantities of waterfromthe ■ Maharashtra 17,89,800 5,439 0.30% Wednesday, leaving the state Chembarambakkam lake, a ■ Kerala 5,71,873 5,420 1.00% bracing forits fifthmajor cyclonic keydrinkingwatersourcefor SOUNDSBENGAL POLL BUGLE Delhi 5,40,541 6,224 1.25% storm in the last eightyears. thecity.Forthefirsttimeafter ■ As the cycloneapproached, the massive floods of 2015, ■ West Bengal 4,63,463 3,545 0.80% the Tamil Nadu government about 1,000-1,500cusecs of ■ Haryana 2,22,292 2,329 1.20% Will fight from evacuated about 1.25 lakh peo- waterwerereleasedfromthe ple to 1,486relief camps in NDRF personnel inspect acoastalareanear Mamallapuram reservoir on Wednesdayaf- *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast 7days**Calculated over7-day growth Chennai and southern districts in Chengalpattu district on Wednesday. PTI ternoon. The volume of re- by Wednesday evening.Atotal lease wasincreasedto5,000 CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT jail, ensureTMC of 4,200camps have been made cusecs by theevening,with operational since Tuesdayand ing to 145kmph(or the "veryse- PudukkottaidistrictsonThursday morewater expected to be 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY the evacuation will continue till vere"category) by Wednesday as well, said aweather bulletin. releasedbynight. ENS 1.47 6.99 44,376 Thursdaynoon, staterevenue evening.The cyclonic storm is IMD warnedofgale winds NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: wins: Mamata ministerRBUdhaya Kumar told likelytotakeabout six hours to along with “extremelyheavy” 1.46 6.84 37,816 TheIndian Express. weaken aftermaking landfall. rainfall Thursdayand Fridayover Karnataka and Telangana on Yadavhas been put behind bars According to theRegional Tamil Nadu’s northeastern TamilNadu’sRanipet,Tiruvanna- Thursdayand Fridayasthe cy- Deathsasaratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE but he ensured his party's good positive cases (in%); number tested recovering; more Meteorological Department in coastalstretchesanddistrictshave malai,Tirupattur and Velloredis- clone enters the mainland. indicatorofprogress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days KOLKATA,NOVEMBER25 performance. The BJP's win (in Chennai, gale winds at speeds of beenreceivingheavyrainfallsince trictsand AndhraPradesh’s The stategovernment, in avertingdeaths the spread of disease may signal the peak Bihar) wasthrough manipula- 115-125 kmph and gusting to Tuesdaymorning. Heavy rain is Rayalaseema, Chittor,Kurnool, meanwhile, declared aholiday IN Asign of howbitter the 2021 tion and notthrough popular 140kmphwereswirling over the expected in Chengalpattu, Prakasam and Kadapa districts. for16districtsonThursday. DataasonNovember24,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers AssemblyelectionsinWest mandate," she said. SouthwestBay of Bengal, but in- Villupuram, Nagapattinam, Besides, heavy rain has also Wednesday, too, wasaholiday. includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive Bengal promise to be,Mamata She also accusedthe BJP of tensified to 120-130 kmph gust- Tiruvarur,Thanjavur and been forecast over south-interior --WITHENS,PUNE Banerjee kickedoff the offering moneytoTrinamool Trinamool Congress's campaign, Congress MLAs to switchsides. tearing into theBJP and calling "They arecalling Trinamool the party a"dustbin of lies" and workers and offeringmoney. Cong to probe as 200 PM cites projectclose to Sonia hearttopoint the "biggestcurse to the nation". Theyare saying, we will give you Addressing arallyatBankura 2crore,cross over.Theyare food kits provided by MP —fromwhereBJP leader Amit telling an MLA, Iwill give you15 to lack of governance in utilising potential Shah launchedhis party'scam- lakh now, 15 lakh later.Isthis a paign earlier this month — political party? Theyare adis- Rahulfound undistributed wasofdenting andpaintingof Banerjee said, "The BJP is nota grace," she said. local people forced openthe MAULSHREESETH coaches.” political party but amithyerpuro Banerjee also accusedthe SHAJUPHILIP shutters of abuilding wherethe LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER25 The PrimeMinister said dustbin (a whole dustbin of lies). Communistsofjoininghands THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, bags of provisions had been coaches were brought from Wheneverelectionsarrive, they with the BJP to avoidarrests in NOVEMBER25 dumped. TAKINGONthe Congress in an Kapoorthala, Punjab, and only bring up the issue of Narada the Sharada scam. "The Leftof Congress Malappuram dis- obliquewaywhilespeakingabout “painting and denting”workwas (sting operation) and Saradha the pasthas become the new NEARLY200 food kitsprovided trict president VVPrakashsaid a governance,orthelackofitbefore doneatthe unit in RaeBareli. (scam) to intimidateTrinamool BJP," she said. by CongressMPRahulGandhi committee has been constituted 2014,Prime MinisterNarendra That line of thinking, andthe leaders. But letmetell them very Dismissing talk of the BJP forflood-hit families in the to look intothe incident and fix ModionWednesdaycitedtheex- styleofwork, changed onlyafter clearly,Iamnot afraidofthe BJP coming to powerinthe state, the Wayanad constituency he rep- theresponsibility forthe lapse. ampleofRae Bareli Rail rail coach 2014 –and theresultisfor every- or itsagencies. If they have the CM said, "A fewpeople areun- resentsinLok Sabha have been “Action would be takenagainst factorytoexplaintoLucknow one to see, he said. He said alarge guts, theycan arrest me and put der the illusion thatthey(BJP) found infestedwith worms after the party leaders who failedto University studentsand teachers PM Modi speaksduring the centennialfoundation dayofthe number of coaches aremanufac- me behindbars. Iwillfightelec- will come to power, so some local party leaders failedtodis- distributethe kitstothe flood-hit howafailuretoutilisetruepoten- UniversityofLucknow, via video conferencing,inDelhi. PTI tured at the RaeBareli unittoday, tions from jail and ensurethe people aretrying to take a tributethem during the familiesduringthe crisis.’’ tial in governance can leave even andthisfactorywouldsoonbethe Trinamool's victory." chance. But Iwant to saythis calamity. PVAnwar,Left-backed bigprojectsuseless.But,headded, biggestrailcoachfactory in the To makeher point, she re- clearly,thereisneither any The kitswerefound aban- Independent legislator of theycanyieldresultswhenoneis tory wasaproject close to her potentialisnotutilised.Itisnot far world. ferred to the RJD'sgoodshowing chance nor 'by-chance' forthe donedatabuilding in Nilambur Nilambur constituency,alleged able to utilise the true potential. heart away from Lucknow–RaeBareli “Saamarthya ka sahi istemal in the recent Bihar Assembly BJPtocometopower. We will municipal town in Malappuram. that the Congress leaders RaeBareli is the Lok Sabha Modi, who wasaddressing the railcoachfactory. Manyyearsago, kaise hota hai wohaapkebagal elections despiteLalu Prasad be- again return to powerwith abig- Theyhad been assignedtoa stashedthe foodkitstobedis- constituency of Congress leader centennialFoundationDaycelebra- investment wasdonethere,facil- meinhihai (real use of potential ing in jail. "Even Lalu Prasad germandate." Congress committee at tributed among people during Sonia Gandhi, and the only tions of LucknowUniversity itieswere created,machinerywas is justnext-door to you,” Modi Nilambur in 2019 whenthe re- the local body polls. Morerelief Parliamentaryseatthepartywon throughvideo-conferencing,didnot brought;big announcements said, adding that along with right gion witnessedfloods and kitshavebeen hoardedby in UP in 2019 GeneralElection.As name either the Congress or Sonia. were made thatrail coachwould useof potential,“niyataurichchha landslides. Congress leaders in other parts chairpersonof theUPAandthelo- Modi said: “I want to cite an be manufacturedthere. But for shakti (intentionand willpower) Bengalnow asecond The issue came to fore when of the constituency,hesaid. cal MP,Rae Bareli rail coachfac- exampleofthe result when true years, the onlyworkdone there is equallyimportant. Kashmir:Dilip Ghosh PATEL’SRISE Link between Congress’s past and EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE KOLKATA,NOVEMBER25 ■ Elected to the Lok Sabha from Bharuchin present, party’s troubleshooter-in-chief BENGAL BJP president Dilip 1977 forthe firsttime at Ghosh on Wednesdayclaimed the ageof28. Wonthe that Bengal had turnedintoa seat again in 1980 and links—hecouldreachout with shelve the idea. “secondKashmir”,inviting a 1984.Losttothe BJP in MANOJCG equal ease to themercurial The leaders stoppedcollect- sharp reaction from the 1989. Wasthe last NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 MamataBanerjee, the ideologi- ing signatures afterPatel’s inter- Trinamool Congress which ac- Muslim to be elected to callydrivenSitaram Yechury, or vention,but sent the letter any- cusedhim of maligning the Lok Sabha from Gujarat AHMEDPATEL,theCongressstal- Mayawati’schief lieutenantSatish way. state’s image. wart who diedonWednesday, ChandraMishrawith amessage GivenPatel’s equation with “WestBengal has turnedinto ■ Elected to the Rajya hadone“expressedbutunfulfilled from Sonia. Forthe self-effacing, Sonia, he wasoften seen as voic- asecond Kashmir.Everyday, ter- Sabha in 1993 –first of wish” —tobring about agenuine media-shyCongress stalwart, all ing her opinion. “He wasalways rorists arebeing arrestedandille- his five terms in the dialogueandreconciliationwithin these leaders were justaphone the firsttoknowthe Congress galbomb-making factories are Dilip Ghoshaddresses arally Upper House. Also aparty caught in an internecine call away. president’s mind. That wasthe being unearthed. The onlyfac- in Suri in Birbhum. PTI served as AICC general war. Withtheleadershipissuefar Patelwasafighter, andhiside- sourceofhisauthority.Andhein- torythat is flourishing hereisthe secretaryfrom fromsettled—andtheconstantly ologicalclaritywasneverindoubt. stinctively knewwhat she would bomb-making factory,”Ghosh September 1985 to shrinkingelectoral base remain- Patelwith CongresscolleaguesGhulamNabi Azad and Meira And the respect he commanded want,”former Union minister said at a‘Cha-Chakra’ (chat over SaugataRoy. January1986and May ing aworry —the 71-year-old Kumar.Hewas an eight-time MP. Express archive inthepartycameto lightwhenhe Ashwani Kumar said. acup of tea) event of the BJP in Earlier in theday,stateBJP 1992 to October 1996 backroomoperator,whoinmany facedthemostdifficultelectionof Aparty leader recalled, “He Birbhum district. general secretarySayantan Basu ways wasthe link between the his life: his 2017 RajyaSabha re- wouldcallleaderswhowere sulk- The TMC accusedGhosh of described MamataBanerjee as ■ Wasmember of the Congress’s pastand itspresent, the latter despitethe perception Indian Express on Wednesday. election bid from Gujarat. The ing,andthatcallfromAhmedbhai maligning the state’s image. “saree-clad Hitler”. At a‘Cha CWCfromApril 1992 wastheoneleadertheembattled of atrustdeficit between Rahul Manyinthepartybelieve Patel high-voltageelection notjust made the difference, as everyone “What can Isay about this crazy Chakra’ eventinMalda district, and party treasurer partyneededthe most. and him. wasperhapstheonlypersonwho brought out the tenacity in him knewhis authority in the party... statement? If Dilip Ghosh feels Basu said, from October 1996 to Bracing forelections to ap- Hisloyaltyto theGandhifam- couldhavebrought aboutatruce butalsounifiedtheCongress,with Forinstance,manypeoplegive the that Bengalhas turnedinto “Ifanyone wantstofight July2000.Became point anew party president, ilywas neverquestioned, warts betweentheGandhisandtheun- theentireleadershipthrowingits credit forour (2017)Punjab Kashmir then he should leave the againstthe regime of the saree- Sonia Gandhi’s political Patel’s towering and influential and all. happyleaders. weight behind him. Assemblyelection victory to stateand stay in Kashmir.This clad Hitler,theyshould come and secretary2001–apost presence would likelyhaveen- “He wassincerelytrying to The Congress leadership will Afterthe letter to Soniafrom Amarinder Singh. But notmany kind of statement reminds me of join us. All arewelcome in our he held until his death. suredalargely trouble-freetransi- arrangeadialoguebetween the alsomisshiscoalition-buildingef- the 23 senior Congress leaders, knowthatwemanaged to pacify comments made by Kangana party.” Wasamong the three tion even if the baton is to be Congresspresident,RahulGandhi, forts.Rahul'sfirstreactionto asen- therewereinsinuationsthatPatel 27 of the34rebelsbecauseof Patel Ranaut. She TMCsecretary-general and parliamentary passed from Sonia Gandhi to andustoresolve partyissues...He iorleaderonWednesdaywasthat wasthe brain behind the move. –alistwas sent to him, and he had said that Mumbai has turned stateministerParthaChatterjee secretaries appointed Rahul Gandhi once again. For, wasclearthatthepartymuststay Patel’s demiseisalosstothe The letter-writers denythis, but calledalmostevery one of intoPakistanOccupiedKashmir. said Basu was“uneducated”. by RajivGandhi when Patelshared arapportwith the strongandremainunited,”oneof Congressasaninstitution.Hewas theyconfirm Patelhad got wind them...and 27 withdrew.” Shewas askedtoleave the city. “Have youeverseen he became PM PTI party'sveteransandcommanded the23writers of the letter critical one of the fewCongress leaders of their plan and had spokentoa FULLREPORTON Similarly,Iam asking Ghosh to an educatedperson making such therespectof itsyoungleadership, of the party'sleadership told The who had precious cross-party fewofthem and asked them to www.indianexpress.com leave thestate,” said TMC MP comments against awoman?” Fadnavis: BJPready to form govt whenever JAISHANKAR CONCLUDES 2-DAY VISIT unnatural alliance ends in Maharashtra India, Bahrain agree to boost cooperation Rashid Al Zayani. questionedabout some recent EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE During his callsonthe lead- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE statementsbysenior BJP leaders, NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 ership, he personally conveyed, PUNE,NOVEMBER25 who had claimedthat their party on behalf of India, sincerecon- will come to powersoon. INDIAAND Bahrain on dolences on the demise of Prince TERMINGTHE Maha Vikas Fadnavis wasinPune to attenda Wednesdayagreedtostrengthen Khalifabin Salman Al Khalifa. He Aghadi government of the Shiv party workers' rally, organised their ties in areas of defence and recalledthe contribution of the Sena, NCPand Congress in forthe BJP candidate contesting maritime security, space technol- latePrime Ministerinstrength- Maharashtraasan“unnatural al- the Pune graduates' and teach- ogy,trade and investment, infra- ening India-Bahrain relations liance”, former chief minister ers' constituency polls forthe structure,IT, FinTech, health, hy- and forthe welfareofthe Indian and opposition leader Devendra Legislative Council. drocarbon and renewable energy community in Bahrain, the Fadnavis on Wednesdaysaid the Later,atthe rally, theformer as ExternalAffairs Minister S MinistryofExternal Affairs said BJP is capable of setting up an al- CM said, “This Maha Vikas Jaishankar concludedhis two- in astatement. ternative stategovernment Aghadi government is apal- dayvisittothe country The ministerthankedthe wheneverthe existing “unnatu- Fadnavis during the poll campaign forthe graduates’ tooram sarkar as it has gone Wednesday. ExternalAffairsMinister SJaishankarwith Bahrain PM Prince leadership of Bahrain forhosting ralalliance” in powercomes constituency, in Chinchwad. Rajesh Stephan backonseveral promisesit During the visit, Jaishankar Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, at Manma in Bahrain. PTI morethan 300,000 Indian com- to an end. made to the people. In the last calledonPrince Salman bin munityinBahrain and fortaking “In history,nounnatural al- one year of itsrule, it made sev- Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown “exceptionalcare”of thecommu- liance has lastedinpower for prepared to form an alternative Fadnavis told reporters at an eral promises but failedtokeep Prince, Deputy Supreme of Bahrain and DeputyPrime Khalifa.Healso held talkswith nity during the Covid-19pan- long. The dayitends, our party is government in the state,” event in Pune, when he was anyofthem.” Commanderand Prime Minister MinisterShaikh Ali bin Khalifa Al his counterpartDrAbdullatifbin demic. 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SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER Lung fibrosis, Covid-19’s lasting signature

Severe scarring of the lungsmay occurinperhaps 5-10per cent of patients. But giventhe large numbers of theinfected,doctors have warnedofa‘tsunami’

ity of the almost60millionpeople who have Some three decades ago, lung fibrosis was predict whichCovid-19patientsare likelyto more. Anti-fibrotic drugs arebelievedtobe ANURADHAMASCARENHAS contracted thevirus around the worldhave lesscommon. It usuallyoccursinelderly peo- progress to fibrosis would be invaluable, the useful in patients with acuteseverityofin- PUNE,NOVEMBER25 had onlyamildormoderateinfection, about ple, wherethe lungs become stiffand the experts have said in the article. terstitial lung disease (ILD), Dr Udwadia said. 10%will develop severe Covid-19 pneumo- ability of oxygen to enter the blood circula- Dr Udwadia cited the caseofa45-year- Brig. (Dr) MSBarthwal, retired professor AS THE novelcoronavirus continues its nia, and 5% will develop AcuteRespiratory tion diminishes. If the Covid-19virus causes old non-smoker in intensive carewith severe and Head of Department of Pulmonary march across the globe—witness the cur- Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Giventhe overall lungfibrosisasasequelae to thecoronavirus Covid-19ARDS who progressed within28 Medicine at Pune’s Dr DYPatil Medical rent surgesinthe US and manyparts of numbers of those infected with SARS-CoV-2, disease pneumonia, large numbers of cases days to end stagefibrotic lung disease,de- College, Hospital andResearch Centre, said Europe and India —devastating pulmonary this still worksout to significant pulmonary maypotentiallyresult from the pandemic, spitereceiving remdesivir,tocilizumab, dex- thereare very fewstudies on whichanti-fi- fibrosis, the scarring or inflammation of the involvement in severalmillion individuals. Dr Sundeep Salvi, chestphysician anddirec- amethasone, and even 500mgpulses of brotic drugscan lessen the progression of fi- tissue around the air sacs of the lungs, which Indiahas had morethan92lakh cases and torofthe Pulmo CareResearch and methylprednisolone. brosis. Apartfromthe drugs, thereshould be leadstofatigue andshortness of breath,is over 1.34 lakh deaths so far. “Weare routinely Education Foundation, said. Nine months intothe pandemic in India, focus on supportive management as well — being reported in vast numbers of survivors. seeing this dreadfulfibrosis,”DrUdwadia The full fallout of the Covid-19epidemic steroids arenow partofstandardcarein giving home oxygen therapy, chestphysio- An article publishedinLung India,the said. Even backinJuly, Dr Randeep Guleria, remains to be seen,but knowledge of closely mostseverelyill hospitalisedCovid-19pa- therapy(breathing exercises under supervi- peer-reviewedmedical journal of the Indian Director,AIIMS, and the country’s leading pul- related coronavirus outbreakslikeSevere tients—however, theusual doses that most sion) and good nutrition, Dr Barthwal said. ChestSocietybypulmonologists Dr Zarir F monologist, had said post-Covid recovery AcuteRespiratorySyndrome (SARS) and receive do notseem sufficient to prevent According to Dr Udwadia, sinceitispa- Udwadia, Dr Parvaiz AKoul, and Dr Luca clinics mustextensively follow up on patients Middle EastRespiratorySyndrome (MERS) some of the patientsfrombeing leftwith tientswith the mostsevereARDSthat are Richeldi, has underlinedthe problem of post- to see the impact of the virus on other organs has ledexperts likeDrUdwadia to hypothe- Testing forCovid-19 at Mumbai’s Bandra residual lung shadows,DrUdwadia said. mostlikelytoend up with fibrosis, this might Covid-19interstitial lung disease (PC-ILD)— as well. “Wehaveseen anumber of patients sise that while the majority of patientswill station on Wednesday. Amit Chakravarty be thegroup to consider foruse of anti-fi- anothername forpulmonaryfibrosis —asa who have severe pneumonia, wherelungs stabilise or improveovertime, some will What role can anti-fibrotic drugs playin brotic drugs. Suchpatientswill generallyre- condition that chestphysicians will have ad- gettotallyscarred.Although theycome out, progress to advancedlung fibrosis or PC-ILD. the prevention and treatment of post- quireprolongedventilation withhigh oxy- dress and manageincreasinglymorefre- some of them requireoxygenathomeafter The sheer scale of the pandemic suggests abnormalities? Covid fibrosis? genrequirements, and perhapsanti-fibrotics quently. (‘Post-COVID lungfibrosis: The recovery.Three months down, CT scans have that physicians arelikelytoencounter po- It is toosoon to determine that,accord- That again, remains unclear at present. along with steroids, he said. tsunami that will followthe earthquake’) shownlungs areinbad shape,” Dr Guleriahad tentiallyhundredsofthousands of individu- ingtothe Lung India review(Udwadia et.al). But thereisarationale fortheir potential use- To better understand the natural course told TheIndian Express in an interview. als with PC-ILD, Dr Udwadia said. Those with moderate or severe disease, with fulness. of the disease, follow-up visitsare recom- Howcommon is lung fibrosis in Covid- persisting symptoms or with radiological ab- Covid and Idiopathic PulmonaryFibrosis mended, either remotely or in person,upto 19 patients? And howserious is the threat from lung Whichpatientsare at greatestrisk of normalities, would requirefurther investi- (IPF) have commondemographic factors — atotal duration of 36 months, basedonthe It’s quiteroutine. While the vast major- fibrosis? developing long-term pulmonary gation. An accurate biomarkerthatwould theyaffect males, the elderly and smokers degreeand extent of lung involvement.

CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD Mahatma’s iconic statue, part of Parliament’s Being active could prevent 5mndeathsyearly: WHO identity, site of protest and veneration

UP TO 5million deaths sise that everyone, of all LIZMATHEW couldbeavoided each ages and abilities, can be NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 year if all adults, including physicallyactive andthat people living with chronic everytype of movement ONCE THE construction of the new conditions or disability, counts. The guidelines Parliament House begins, the iconic statue devoteatleast150 to 300 come at atime when the of MahatmaGandhi,perhaps themostiden- minutes everyweek to PAPER novelcoronavirus pan- tifiable symbol of India’sParliamentafter the moderatetovigorous aer- demichas forced millions building itself, will be shifted to atemporary obicactivity, newguide- CLIP around the worldtostay location —tobekeptsafe, andtobeeventu- lines issuedbythe World at home, and curtailed allybrought backtothe premises. Health Organisation NEWGUIDELINES manyeverydayactivities. Parliament House officialstold The Indian (WHO) say. Statistics from the Express that the statue would be placedat Forchildren and adolescents (5- WHO showone in four adults(27.5%) the main entrance of the newbuilding, once 17 years), the WHO has recom- and four out of five adolescents(81%) it wascomplete. mendedanaverage of 60 minutes of globallydonot meetthe 2010 WHO moderatetovigorous, mostlyaerobic, recommendations on physical activ- Awitness to history physical activity per dayall week long. ity.The direct healthcarecostisesti- If statues could recordthe goings-on be- Vigorous-intensity aerobic activities, mated at $54billion; the lostproduc- fore them,this 16-footbronzestatueofthe as well as those that strengthen mus- tivity is estimated to costanother $14 Fatherof theNationwould beamong the most cles and bones, should be incorpo- billion. Almostnoimprovements valuable repositories of India’scontemporary ratedatleast3days aweek. have been seen in physical activity history.The Mahatma, seated in lotusposi- The guidelinesonphysical activ- levels over the pastdecade. tion,hasbeenamutewitnessto bothintense, The Mahatma’s iconic statue is one of Parliament’s mostrecognisable features. Renuka Puri/Express Archive ity and sedentarybehaviour empha- ANURADHAMASCARENHAS thought-provoking debatesas well as cacoph- onies—uproarious protests and slogan shout- ing —inParliamentfor close to three decades. overnightsit-in protestatthe statue,spread- The statue in frontofwhichthousands of Thestatue wasthe creation of RamV INDIA ACTIVE CASES 444,746 And alarge number of lawmakershave atone ing sheets on thesmall lawn in front. visitors to ParliamentHouse pose forpictures, Sutar,now 95, who has also designedthe time or the other over the years stood or squat- wasunveiledonOctober 2, 1993 by then Statue of Unity,the world’s talleststatue, of tedatthe statue in symbolic protest. Areminder of values PresidentShankarDayal Sharma. It wasdo- Sardar Patel, in Gujarat. When Sutar was 500,000 It wasinfront of this statue that Rahul MPs cutting across party linessay the nated by the Urban DevelopmentMinistry, asked to design astatue forIndia Gate, he had 465,478 Gandhiheld his firstprotest againstthe “fre- statue holdsenormous meaning forthem. accordingtothe RajyaSabha website. made asmall model of Mahatma Gandhi in quent disruption” of Parliament by BJP MPs. Senior BJP leader and RajyaSabha MP Some Parliament officials said the statue meditative pose, recalledAnil RamSutar, The firstpicturesofRahul as an active Lok VinaySahasrabuddhe said the statue repre- wasnot meant forthe spotwhere it wasulti- Sutar’s son. 444,746 Sabha member showedhim —with sentsthe sense of gratitude the country has matelyinstalled,ratheritwas meant to be “Therewas acompetition, and partici- Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is nowwiththe BJP, forthe contribution of MahatmaGandhi to placedunder the canopyatIndia Gatefrom pantswereasked to makeastatue 2.5 feet 450,000 to his right—and otheryoungMPs likeJitin the world, his values and simplicity. whereastatue of King George Vhad been re- high. Prime MinisterMorarji Desai came to Prasada, Kuldeep Bishnoi, Sachin Pilot, and Forthe CPI’s DRaja, who served as MP for movedinthe mid-1960s. But it endedupat examine the entries whentheyweredis- AjayMaken, sittinginfront of the Gandhi 12 years,the statue symbolisesloveand Parliament House afterseveral leaders and playedatthe Central Public Works statue holding signs that said “Please Hear compassion foreveryone, andnon-violence Gandhians opposedthe idea of placingthe Department (CPWD). He liked whatmyfa- LAST 10 DAYS Us” and “WeAlso Want To Speak”during the —amessagethat no MP should ever forget. Mahatma on apedestalvacated by the King ther made the best.Hewas so fascinated by Nov15Nov 24 2005 Budget session. Congress MP Hibi Eden,who entered of Britain. it that he took it home to keep looking at it 400,000 ThelateTDP MP NaramalliSivaprasad Parliament forthe firsttime in 2019,said the Aformer seniorofficialofParliament re- forafewdays, and then returnedit,”Anil had photographers flocking to him everyday statue wasnever justadecorative piece. “It calledthat the latesocialist leader George RamSutar told The Indian Express.“Then Note: The Nov24figureinthisgraph is based on the government updateonNov 25 during the Budget session of 2018 whenhe means alot of values and principles we Fernandes raisedthe matter in Parliament. IndiraGandhibecame Prime Minister, and appeared before the statue in various get- should look up to.Wheneverthereisinjus- “He accused the(Congress) government of she toochecked all the statues and liked my ups —wearingasari, dressed as AdolfHitler, tice —againstthe people or when the leaving Gandhi in the middle of the road. So father's creation the most,” he said. INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLD TOTAL CASES as aChristian priest, as LordKrishna, as a Opposition is deniedjustice —wegoinfront the government immediatelymade arrange- Everyone wasimpressedbythe “seren- 9,222,216 59,961,235 maulvi, as Narada, etc. of the statuewhichsymbolisestoleranceand mentstobring thestatue to Parliament, and ity and the peaceful expression”onthe face During Parliament’s Monsoon session non-violence. It also reminds us of the ex- place it in front of GateNo. 1,”the official said. of the Mahatma, Anil RamSutar said. There Source:MinistryofHealthandFamily Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, this year,held amidstthe Covid pandemic, pectations that the common citizen of the Another official said therewas also aplan to aretwo copies of the statue, he said —one is Welfare,updatedat11pmonNov25 updatedat11pmonNov25 eight RajyaSabha MPs including Derek countryhas from us,” Eden said. install the statue near Nirman Bhavan. in Gujarat and the other is in Hyderabad. O’Brien of the Trinamool Congress and Rajiv “Thereisalsoasimilarstatue, 27 feet high, Satav of the Congress, staged perhapsthe first Plannedfor elsewhere The sculptorand his creation forthe Karnataka Vidhan Sabha,”hesaid. Muslimministers:numberslagfarbehindshareinpopulation tation of the community in the Council of 10 STATES WITH LARGEST MUSLIM POPULATIONS has aMuslim minister, with the highestrep- ZEESHANSHAIKH Ministers is only5.7 per cent —less than a MUSLIMMLAS BYPARTY resentation in West Bengal (7), followedby MUMBAI,NOVEMBER25 thirdoftheir shareinthe states’population. States Muslim %share Muslim Ruling Maharashtra(4) and Kerala (2). Four of these 10 states, Assam, population of members party or The BJP says theabsence of Muslim min- LAST WEEK, a15-memberNDA Cabinet Karnataka,Gujarat and Bihar —all where (% shareof Muslims in Cabinet/ coalition 1 43 76 isters in itsgovernmentsisbecause of the took charge in Bihar,with the BJP as the the BJP is in power—donot have asingle population of in state Totalstrength in state SHIVSENA OTHERS CONG absence of support from the community, largest party in the alliance —and without Muslim representative in government. Muslims in India) of Cabinet and their hesitancy to join the party. asingle Muslimrepresentative.This was The onlyBJP-ruledstate that has a 1 “You needreciprocity forany relation- Uttar Pradesh 3.85 cr (22.35%) 19.26% 1of54BJP the firsttimeindecades that the Bihar gov- Muslim minister is Uttar Pradesh —where BJP ship to work.You can’t treataparty likea ernmentdid nothaveaMuslim minister. Mohsin Raza is the MoS in charge of West Bengal 2.46 cr (14.22%) 27.01% 7of48TMC pariah and then expectittosharepower This lack of representation of Muslims Minority Welfare. Bihar 1.75 cr (10.16%) 16.87% 0of14JDU-BJP 12 233 with you. Morethan the BJP,itisfor the in the government isn’t Justbeforethe 2014 Lok Maharashtra1.30 cr (7.54%) 11.54%4of 43 MVA AIUDF (Muslim) community to introspect on this limited to Bihar—ortojust Sabha elections, therewas TOTAL 32 issue. Once the community joins hands STORYIN Assam 1.07 cr (6.21%) 34.22% 0of18BJP TMC an NDAgovernment alone, only onestate,Gujarat, Kerala 0.89cr(5.16%) 26.56% 2of20LDF with the party,itwill be in abetterposition recordsscrutinisedbyThe amongstthese 10 states to bargain forpower,”said Jamal Siddiqui, NUMBERS Karnataka 0.79cr(4.58%) 12.92% 0of28BJP Indian Express show. whichdid nothavea 19 national president of the BJP Minority Cell. Rajasthan 0.62cr(3.60%) 9.07%1of 22 INC 17 LEFT In fact, in moststates, Muslim minister. Thenum- IUML Across India, the BJP has onlyone elected when it comes to Muslims in Cabinets,the berofMuslim ministers in these 10 states Gujarat 0.58cr(3.36%) 9.67%0of 23 BJP 14 18 Muslim MLA: Aminul Haque Laskar, who shareofthe community is waybelowtheir wasalso almost double at 34 pre-2014. Jharkhand 0.48cr(2.78%) 14.53% 1of11JMM AIMIM SP waselected from Sonai in Assam, and who shareinthe population. And if the BJP’s pol- Muslims as per the 2011 census make Totalpopulation 13.79cr(80.08%) 17.34% 16 of 281 wasrecentlyelected Deputy Speaker of the itics doesn’t open anyspaces, even states up 14.2 per cent of the country’s popula- of these states Assembly. wherethe Congress is in powerhaveshown tion; howevertheir representationasmin- Muslims. In Punjab and Chhattisgarh, The onlyMuslim ministerinUttar little by wayofrepresentation. isters is only3.93 per cent. ■ States with high Muslimpopulationdonot include J&K which wassplitintotwo Union Territories lastyear. where theMuslim populationissmaller, Pradesh, Mohsin Raza, is notanMLA —he Of the top10stateswhere80per cent In the three states out of the 10 where ■ There areatotal of 28 functionalLegislative Assembliesinthe country,ofwhich 16 do nothaveMuslim rep- the Congress stategovernmentshaveone waselected to the Legislative Council by the resentation. Some of these areinthe Northeast, which have smallMuslim populations. of India’s Muslims reside, the total strength Congress is partofthe government — ■ Of thetotal 559 ministers in various stategovernments, only 22 belong to theminority community. Muslim eachout of 17 and13ministers re- BJP-ledstate government. of the Council of Ministers is 281, outof Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Jharkhand — ■ Of the3,976 MLAs across thecountry,only 233 MLAs areMuslim, making up just 5.86per cent of thetotal. spectively. In Lok Sabha, too, theBJP has no Muslim whichonly16are Muslims. The represen- onlythree of the total 38 ministers are Almost everymajor non-BJP-ruled state representative.

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TOPOFTHE WORLD USsetsrecordof2mn viruscasesin2weeks Novcould see twiceasmanycases as anyother month in US

LAURENLEATHERBY Meghan, the Duchess NOVEMBER25 of Sussex FORTHE firsttime since the coronavirus outbreak hit the BRITAIN United States, the countryhas Duchessof addedmorethan one million cases in eachofthe pasttwo con- Sussexsaysshe secutive weeks. Covid deaths, whichlag reportedcases by hadmiscarriage weeks, arealsoatalevel notseen inthesummer since the spring. Some epidemiologists proj- THE DUCHESS of Sussex ect that the number of deaths in hasrevealedthatshehada US president-elect Joe Biden stands with nominees forhis national security team at his transition headquarters in the coming weekscouldexceed At adrive throughCovid-19 testingsiteinElPaso,Texas. Reuters miscarriage inJuly,givinga Wilmington, Delaware,onTuesday. Thenominees are: (from left)AntonyBlinken forsecretaryofstate;JakeSullivan for the spring peak,inspiteofim- personalaccount of the national security adviser;AlejandroMayorkasfor secretaryofHomeland Security; Avril Haines fordirector of national proved treatment. traumatic experience in intelligence; JohnKerry forspecial envoy forclimatechange; and ambassador to the United Nations-nominee Linda In the pastweek,the United Nearly 2,000 countiesacross hope of helping others. Thomas-Greenfield,who stands behind vice president-elect Kamala Harris. Reuters States addedanaverage of Some epidemiologists theUnitedStates arenow record- Meghan described the 173,000 newdailycases. If this project that the number ing their worstmonth in miscarriageinanopinion growth patternholds,the total of deaths in the coming November —nearly five times as pieceinthe NewYork number of cases reportedfor the manyasinOctober.Themapsbe- Times.She wrote: “I knew, Rejecting Trump’s foreign policy full month of November is likely weekscould exceedthe lowshowinwhichmonth coun- as Iclutchedmyfirstborn to hit 4.5 million. That would be spring peak,inspiteof ties sawtheir biggestcaseloads. child, that Iwas losing my morethandouble the number of improved treatment The New York City metro second.” The former approach, Biden says ‘America is back’ anyprevious month. area sawmorenew cases in MeghanMarkle and hus- With severaldays still leftin Aprilthan anyother month. band Prince Harryhave an the month, about 3.3 million have tested positive forthe virus And manycounties along the 18-month-old son, Archie. people in the United States had since the outbreakbegan, avast Gulf Coast, as well as in Arizona The duchess, 39, said she TREVORHUNNICUTT ED Senate China’s Xi congratulates already tested positive forthe majority in the lasttwo months. and California, had morecases wassharing her storyto &HUMEYRAPAMUK coronavirus as of Nov. 23. But cases thereaswell as in in JulyorAugust thanin breakthesilencearoundan testawaits WILMINGTON,NOVEMBER25 PLAIN NorthDakotacontinues to other parts of theUpper November so far. all-too-common tragedy. E Biden on election victory ● nominees EX have thecountry’sworstout- Midwestand Mountain West But with morethan 40 states “Losing achild means car- US PRESIDENT-ELECT Joe Biden break when adjustedfor popu- that drovethe initial fall surge seeing sustainedincreases in rying an almostunbear- said on Tuesdaythe United BIDEN’S CABINET nominees KJMVARMA lation, aposition it has main- have leveledoff slightly,while cases,it’s likely even moreof able grief,experiencedby States will be “ready to lead” will needtopassaconfirma- BEIJING,NOVEMBER25 tainedsince early September. cases aregrowing on both coasts those counties will setarecord manybut talked aboutby againonthe global stage, turn- tion voteinthe Senatebefore Almost onein10North Dakotans and in the South and Southwest. this month. NYT few,”she wrote. AP ing the pageonRepublican theytakeoffice. With the CHINA’S PRESIDENTXiJinping President Donald Trump’s Republicans holding aslight on Wednesdaycongratulated US “America First” policies as he majority in the chamber,the president-electJoe Biden on Pakistan Cabinet approves pledged to work together with confirmation processisun- winning the presidential elec- GERMANY the nation’s allies. likelytobesmooth sailing. tion, expressing hope thatthe Carcrashesinto Introducing his foreign pol- While someofthe nominees twocountries would uphold the Chinese President Xi Jinping ordinance on chemical icyand national security team, had been confirmedfor roles spirit of non-confrontation and gateoutside the Democratic former vice in previous administrations advance healthyand stable de- castration for rapists: report president signalledheintended with bipartisan support, sec- velopment of bilateral ties, offi- sagecameas US President Donald Merkel’soffice aftertaking office on Jan. 20 to retary of statenominee cial media reported. Trump’s government authorised (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 ACAR with slogans steer the United States away Blinkenand secretaryof Xi sent amessagetoBiden to President-elect Biden to begin a SAJJADHUSSAIN would be finalisedinaweek to scrawledonits sides from the unilateralistnational- Homeland Security nominee congratulatehim on his election formal transition process. ISLAMABAD,NOVEMBER25 be promulgated,Information Dr Gaurav Sharma crashedintothe gate of ism pursuedbyTrump. Mayorkas have both faced as US president, becoming one However, Trumphas notyet con- MinisterShibli Farazsaid. German Chancellor Trumpoverfour years unset- major GOP opposition in the of the lastmajor worldleaders to ceded, and vowedtopersistwith TO COMBAT risingcases of sex- The proposedlawsalsopro- Angela Merkel’s office in tledmanyUSallies, in Europe past. This makes the runoff congratulatethe president-elect. effortstochangethe vote, which ual violence againstwomen and hibitsthe controversial “two-fin- Indian-origin Berlin on Wednesday and and elsewhere, with an antago- elections forGeorgia’sSenate Promoting healthy and sta- have so farprovedfruitless. children in Pakistan, the federal ger” test performedonrapesur- police said theywereun- nistic approachtowardthe NATO seatsevenmoreimportant. A ble development of China-US re- Chinainitiallyhesitatedto con- Cabinethas approved in princi- vivors. The WorldHealth MP in New sureofthedriver’smotive. alliance and trade relations, adouble win forDemocrats lations notonlyserves the fun- gratulateBiden afterRepublican ple twoordinances aimedat Organisation has already de- Dozensofpolice and afire abandonment of international in Georgiawould give them damental interests of thepeople incumbent President Trumpre- handing out exemplarypunish- clared the test as “unscientific, Zealand takes enginerushedtothescene agreementsand warm relation- majority in the Senate. in both countries, but also meets fusedtoconcede. However, on ment, including chemical castra- medicallyunnecessaryand un- afterthe vehicle, with ships withauthoritarian leaders. the common expectation of the November13,China’sforeignmin- tion and hanging, to rapists,ac- reliable”. Rightsgroups have also oath in Sanskrit “StopGlobalisation Biden said his team, which international community, Xi said istrycongratulated Biden and cording to amedia report. termedthe test agross violation Politics” written in white includes trustedaide Antony thatAmericaisback,readytolead in his message, according to Harris fortheir victory. ACabinetmeeting chaired by of the victim’s righttodignity. on one side and “You Blinken as his nominee forUS theworld,notretreatfromit,once state-run Xinhuanews agency. While Biden is unlikelyto Prime MinisterImran Khan in Human RightsMinister PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA damnedkillersof children secretary of state, would shed again sit at thehead of thetable, On the same day, Chinese drasticallychange Trumppoli- Islamabad on Tuesdayalso de- Shireen Mazari tweeted, MELBOURNE,NOVEMBER25 and old people”onthe what the president-elect de- ready to confront our adversaries Vice President Wang Qishan sent cies towardsChina, experts said cidedtochangethe definition of “CabinetCommittee on Disposal other,hit the gate.Police scribed as “old thinking and un- and notreject our allies, ready to amessagetoKamalaHarris to aBiden presidency maypavethe rape,DawnreportedWednesday. of Legislative Cases (CCLC) will DR GAURAVSharma, anewly- said theyhad takena54- changed habits” in itsapproach standupforourvalues,”Bidensaid congratulateher on her election wayfor the resumption of high- The Anti-Rape (Investigation nowfinalise(the ordinances) elected MP in NewZealand, on year-oldmanintocustody. to foreign relations. at the event in his hometown of as the next US vice president. levelcommunicationbetween and Trial) Ordinance 2020and and it should become opera- Wednesdaytookoath in Sanskrit Policesaidtheywereeval- “It’sateamthatreflectsthefact Wilmington,Delaware. REUTERS The Chinese President’s mes- the countries. PTI PakistanPenalCode tional in next fewdays...” PTI in the country’s Parliament. uating whether the driver Sharma, 33,originally from had anypsychological is- Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur, sues. Neither the gate nor wasrecentlyelected as aLabour the car sufferedmuch African envoys head for Ethiopia Mysterious shiny monolith found PartyMPfromHamilton West in damage. REUTERS NewZealand. India’s High Commissioner SPAIN as thousands of war dead reported in remote part of desert in Utah to NewZealand and Samoa, Muktesh Pardeshi, said on 4deadasmigrant AMMA news agency, run by world,” said Lt. NickStreetofthe Twitter that Sharma took oath boatcapsizesoff REUTERS authorities in Amhararegion LINDSAYWHITEHURST Utah Highway Patrol, partofthe firstin“New Zealand’sindige- ADDISABABA/NAIROBI, who backAbiy, said that more SALTLAKECITY,NOVEMBER25 Department of Public Safety. nous Maori language,followed CanaryIslands NOVEMBER25 than 10,000 Tigrayan “junta Still, it’s clear that it took by India’s classical language— ABOAT with 35 migrants forces” had been “destroyed” DEEP IN the Mars-likelandscape some planning and work to con- Sanskrit, showing deep respect from the Maghrebregion AFRICAN UNION envoys headed with morethan 15,000 small of Utah’s red-rockdesertlies a struct the 10-to12-footmono- forculturaltraditions of both whichwas heading to- to EthiopiaonWednesdayhours arms and heavy weapons seized mystery: Agleaming metal lith and embed it in the rock. India and NewZealand.” wardsthe CanaryIslands before agovernment ultimatum in battles from Dansha to Adwa. monolith in one of the mostre- Theexactlocationissoremote Sharma, who did his MBBS capsized on Tuesday, wastoexpirefor northern forces Therewas no immediatere- mote parts of the state. that officials arenot revealing it from Auckland and MBAfrom emergency services said. to surrender in athree-week war sponse from the TPLF,Tigray’s Thesmooth,tallstructurewas publicly,worriedthat people Washington, worksasageneral Four people were found that has shakenthe region and Tigray refugees wait foraid dominant political party which found during ahelicopter survey might getlostorstranded trying practitionerinNawton,Hamilton. dead,28were rescuedand killedthousands of Tigrayan at acampinSudan. Reuters is spearheading the fighting. It of bighorn sheep in southeastern The smooth, tall structure to find it and needtoberescued. He has previouslybeen involved somearestillmissing,they fighters according to onereport. toohas spoken of killing large Utah, officialssaid Monday. wasfound during a The monolith evokes theone in publichealth,policy, medicine said. Migrantarrivalsin Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed’s numbers of itsenemies duringa Acrew from the Utah helicoptersurvey of sheep that appears in the Stanley and consulting in NewZealand, CanaryIslandshave surged government has seta72-hour Largenumbers have diedand stream of oftencontradictory Department of PublicSafetyand in southeastern Utah. AP Kubrickmovie 2001:ASpace Spain, the US, Nepal, Vietnam, to 17,000 this year –ten deadline forthe Tigray People’s therehas been widespread de- claims by both sides. Division of WildlifeResources Odyssey.Becauseit’sonfederal Mongolia, Switzerland and India. times lastyear’s total –as Liberation Front (TPLF) to lay struction inaerialbombardments With phone and internet spotted the gleaming object publicland,it’sillegal to place art Replyingto aTwitteruserwho north Africansgrowdes- down arms or face an assault on and ground fightingsince the war connections to Tigray largely from the air Nov. 18 and landed together.But theydiscoveredno objectswithout authorisation. asked whyhedidn’t take oathin perateafter losing income their highlandcapital Mekelle, beganonNov.4.Some 42,000 down and access to the area to checkitout duringabreak clues about who might have BureauofLand Management Hindi, Sharma said it washardto fromtourism,asectorhard home to halfamillion people. refugees have fledoverthe bor- strictlycontrolled, Reuters could from their work.Theyfoundthe drivenitintothe ground among officials arelooking intohow keep everyone happysohede- hit by Covid-19. REUTERS The deadline wasdue to run der to Sudan andTPLF rockets notverify the AMMA reportor three-sidedstainless-steel object the undulating redrocks or why. long it’s been there, who created cidedonSanskrit as it pays hom- out on Wednesdayevening. have hit neighbouring Eritrea. other statementsfromall sides. is about as tall as twomen put “Thisthingisnotfromanother it and whether to remove it. AP agetoall theIndian languages.

NEW YORK NOW SEEMS INHOSPITABLE AND NOWHERE IN THEIR PLANS As their days in Washington dwindle, Ivanka and Jared look for new beginning

perhaps, or Florida, where It has been aturbulent social events, the familyand itsen- miliar with the discussions, talks clothingbrands,retargetedto her ELIZABETHWILLIAMSON President Donald Trumpisren- ride since then, captured best by tourageoften occupiedthe front falteredonthecouple’sreluctance newconservative fans, but two WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER25 ovatinghis Mar-a-Lagoestate. their experience with the Milton tworows, standing to greetad- to answerbasicquestions,includ- moresay that line would notsell. But NewYorknow seems in- Gottesman Jewish DaySchool of ministration well-wishers, said ing when their children were last Nobody rules out politics for TOWN OFFICIALSin Bedminster, hospitable and nowhereintheir the Nation’s Capital. In 2017,the one irritated parent. exposedtoDonaldTrump. Ivanka Trump, either as candi- NewJersey, have the plans fora plans. “In an odd way, theywill couple enrolledtheir elder two The tension came to ahead The familywithdrew from dateorkingmaker. possible Trumpfamilyfuture, or even have aharder time than children in the private elemen- this fall, afterthe WhiteHouse the school on October 19 anden- Manhattan society is adiffer- at leastthe blueprints:amajor Trumphimself” in NewYork,said tary school. event to announce JudgeAmy rolledinanother Jewish elemen- ent story. Christopher Buckley, a addition to Ivanka Trumpand DonnyDeutsch,abrandmanage- The small student body leans ConeyBarrett’snominationto the tary school in the Washington comicauthor who satirisedthe Jared Kushner’s “cottage”onthe ment mogul in Manhattanand heavilytowardthe progenyof SupremeCourt, whichfeatured suburb of Rockville, Maryland. Trumpadministrationinthenovel grounds of the TrumpNational no-holds-barredcritic of Donald public servantsand diplomats fewmasks, no social distancing, a By the time the 2020 cam- Make Russia Great Again,said, Golf Club, four newpickleball Trumponcable TV.“He’s despi- deridedbyDonaldTrumpasthe rashof coronavirusinfectionsand paign wasinfull swing, all liberal “Washingtontendsto bemoretol- courts,arelocated heliport, and cable but largerthan life.” “Deep State”, and the Kushners’ thePresident’ssubsequenthospi- hopesthatIvankacarriedwithher erant of fellowswamp creatures, aspa and yoga complex. “Those twoare the hapless enrollment created the kind of Ivanka Trumpand Jared Kushner with their children. NYT talisation with Covid-19. With to Washington were long gone. who arecontinuallyinand out of As Manhattan awaitswordof minions who went along.” heated divide that has trailedthe parentsupinarms,schooladmin- Businesswise, Ivanka Trump favour.” That does notextend to the Trumpfamily’s return, the When Ivanka Trumpand Trumps over the pastfour years. istrators approachedthe family and Kushner will notlackfor op- “Manhattan,where‘in’ and ‘out’ firstdaughter and her husband Kushner movedtothe nation’s Some parentslobbiedtorefuse their grandfather. private-schoolworld,thatparents about the potential exposureof tions, giventhe Kushnerfamily lists aresacred tablets,” he added, appeartobemakingprepara- capital, theyhad convincedmany them admission; others urged Once in, Ivanka Trumpand with heavy security details keep students, the youngestofwhom money. Twopeoplewho know concluding,“Theremightbemore tions elsewhere: aGarden State thattheywould beamoderating tolerance forchildren notguilty Kushnertendedtoviolatetheun- disruption to aminimum, four had been attending in-person the couple said shemightbeable Grubhub thanLaGrenouille in refugebehind guardedgates, voice in the WhiteHouse. forwhat theysaw as thesins of spoken rule of the Washington parentssaid. At schoolwide classes. According to aperson fa- to resurrect her jewelleryand their dining future.” NYT

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST RESERVE BANK TO LIFT CURBS ON WITHDRAWAL OF DEPOSITS Rlys limping,swift growth LakshmiVilasBanktooperateas in non-metro flights; Patna DBSBankIndiafromtomorrow recovery fastest in October PRANAVMUKUL BUSIESTROUTES Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited with ing financialhealth of the LVB scheme, and itsshares or deben- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 ENSECONOMICBUREAU ED Nobailout DBS Bank India Limited.Onand would be penalised. “...twomore tures listedinany stockexchange RANK NOVEMBER 2020 NOVEMBER 2019 NEWDELHI/MUMBAI,NOV25 forequity from the appointed dateof decisionshave beentakenthatthe shall standdelisted without any PATNA, GUWAHATI, Varanasi, 1Mumbai-Delhi Mumbai-Delhi PLAIN E shareholders November 27,the entireamount boardwhichhas been removed, furtheractionfromthetransferor Srinagar —flightstoand out of 2Bengaluru-Delhi Bengaluru-Delhi ● LAKSHMIVILASBankLtdwillstart EX of thepaid-upsharecapitalandre- the liability will be fixed. Those bank,transferee bank or order non-metro and tier-1 citieshave 3Bengaluru-KolkataBengaluru-Mumbai normal operations as DBS Bank serves and surplus, including the who have made mistakes, will be from anyauthority,” the notifica- been among the fastestgrowing 4Delhi-Patna Kolkata-Delhi IndiaLtdfromFriday, withthegov- THE FINAL amalgamation balancesinthesharesorsecurities punished.Therewillbeimprove- tion said. passenger trafficroutes since do- 5Delhi-Hyderabad Delhi-Hyderabad ernment on Wednesdayapprov- scheme announcedby premium account of Lakshmi ment in overall oversight also so The RBI had earlier placedin mestic civil aviation reopened up ing ascheme foramalgamation the RBI on Wednesday Vilas Bank Ltd, will be written off. asnottorepeatsuchbankdealsin public domain adraft scheme of on May25after twomonths of 6Bengaluru-Mumbai Delhi-Chennai proposedbythe ReserveBank of hasn’t offeredany bailout Itsshares or debentures listedin future.Thisisoneof thebigefforts amalgamation of LVBwith DBIL, lockdown-enforcedclosure. 7Delhi-Srinagar Mumbai-Hyderabad India (RBI) for thelender.The RBI forequity shareholders anystock exchangeshall stand of cleaning up the banking sys- whichisoperatinginIndia Thereare twocleartakeaways 8Delhi-Chennai Delhi-Pune said the moratorium imposedon whose shares have been delisted—effectively wiping out tem,” he said,asper aPTI report. throughwholly-ownedsubsidiary fromthedata.One,routessuchas 9Ahmedabad-DelhiBengaluru-Hyderabad Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd will be written off. As per the equity shareholders entirely. The terms of the amalgama- model. The RBI had appointed TN Delhi-Patna, Delhi-Srinagar,and 10 Delhi-Guwahati Mumbai-Chennai liftedonNovember27, resultingin scheme, shares or deben- “The20lakhdepositorsandRs tion of Lakshmi VilasBank (LVB) Manoharan, former non-execu- Delhi-Guwahati have replaced Source: OAG depositorsbeingableto withdraw tures of LVBlistedinany 20,000 croredepositsare now with DBS Bank have upsetstock tive chairman of CanaraBank,as routessuchasKolkata-Delhi,Mu- their funds without anylimits. stockexchangeshall fullysecured.Theyneednot investors. The bank had amarket administrator of LVB. mbai-Hyderabad,andBengaluru- “All the branches of the stand delisted. worry.Theyshouldnotrush,their capitalisation of nearly Rs 500 LVB’s networkisfocusedin Hyderabadinthetop10listofdo- forSrinagarand Varanasi were tourists andthosevisiting friends Lakshmi Vilas Bankwill function depositsare in the best hand,” croretill Tuesday. south India, with three-quarters mestic air routes by numbers of around 67 percent and 65 per and relatives, but remain pes- as branches of DBS Bank India UnionministerPrakashJavadekar In agazettenotification, the of itsbranches located in three seatsallocated by airlines this cent of the corresponding num- simistic on businesstravel. Travel with effect from this date. LVBrestricting cash withdrawal said whilebriefing about Cabinet MinistryofFinance said, “On and states —Tamil Nadu, Andhra month so far. Two, in terms of ac- bers for2019, respectively. agentshave pointedtotourismas Customers, including depositors at Rs 25,000 per depositor. decisions. DBIL, awholly-owned from the appointed date, the en- Pradesh and Karnataka. Financial tualdomesticpassengernumbers “Traffic at smaller airportsis themain reasonfortheriseinde- of LVBwillbeabletooperatetheir However, thefinalschemean- subsidiary of Singapore-based tireamount of the paid-up share position of Chennai-based forOctober,Patna, Srinagar,and mainlydrivenbytheregionalcon- mandfortraveltoSrinagar.At1.57 accountsascustomers of DBS nouncedonWednesdayhasn’t DBS Bank Ltd,had atotal regula- capital and reserves and surplus, Lakshmi Vilas Bank,whichhas a Varanasi operated at over 60 per nectivity(UDAN)scheme.Also,in lakhseatsinNovember, theDelhi- Bank India with effect from offeredany bailout forequity tory capitalofRs7,109 croreasof includingthe balancesinthe networkof563 branches and de- cent that of October 2019. percentageterms, trafficwas at a Srinagar routewas the country’s November 27,” the RBI said. shareholders whose shares have June 2020 and it willbring in ad- shares or securitiespremium ac- positsofRs20,973 crore, has un- The main reason forsmaller lowbase (in smaller towns) and seventh busiest.Infact, deviating The government had earlier been written off. ditional capital of Rs 2,500crore countofthetransferorbank,shall dergoneasteadydeclinewiththe cities showing faster air traffic therefore, it waseasier to achieve from the general trend,seat allo- on November 17, on the advice TheUnionCabinet,atitsmeet- intothe mergedentity. stand writtenoff.” bank incurring continuous losses growth is the continuedcurtail- pre-Covid levels,” AmeyaJoshi of cation forDelhi-Srinagar has ac- of the RBI, imposeda30-day ing Wednesday, approved the The ministerfurther said that “The transferor bank shall over the lastthree years, eroding ment of railway operations in NetworkThoughtssaid.According tuallybeen higher than the 1.27 moratoriumonthe crisis-ridden Scheme of Amalgamation of those responsible fordeteriorat- cease to existbyoperation of this itsnet worth. manyparts of thecountry, those to data from British aviationcon- lakh of November 2019. trackingthesectorsaid.Forplaces sultancyOAG,thenumberof seats “In the last2-3 months, likePatna and Srinagar,thereare allocatedto thetwobusiestroutes Jammu &Kashmir’s tourism sec- specificadditionalreasonssuchas in India —Delhi-Mumbai and retary Sarmad Hafeez and direc- Ahead of F&O expiry, COVID-19IMPACT $856.6 billion election-relatedtravelandthelib- Bengaluru-Delhi —this Novem- tor, tourism, Nisar Ahmad Wani Expected worth of the eral arrivalpolicyinthe region. berhavebeen almosthalfofthat got in touchwith alot of travel Sensex falls 695 pts as ‘$271-bn consumer spending to transactions that would The Delhi-Patna routehas inNovemberlastyear.TheBenga- agentsandmadesurethatthear- move to the digital seenhighercapacityallocationby luru-Mumbairoute,thethirdbus- rivalpolicyisveryliberal.Another mode by 2030 in India airlinesthansomeof thetraditio- iestlastyear,hasbeenreplacedby draw fortourists hasbeencultural shifttodigital mode by 2023’ naltrunkroutesthismonth.There Bengaluru-Kolkatathis year. programmes—theyhavefinished investorsbook profits were 1.79 lakh seatsflying betw- The reason forthe Mumbai one in Gulmargand areplanning About 66.6 billion transactions worth$270.7 billion are 420 billion eenthetwoairportsinNovember, routes falling out of the top10list another in Pahalgam,” Sanjay expected to shiftfromcash to cards and digital payments Global transactions, makingitthefourthbusiestroute is the restrictions imposedbythe Narula, MD of the Delhi-based ENSECONOMICBUREAU by 2023inIndia, areport by Accenturesaid worth $7 trillion, that in India currently. In comparison, stategovernment.Currently, only ApexTravels &Tours and former MUMBAI,NOVEMBER25 are expected to shift therewere1.69 lakh seatsbetw- 100arrivals and 100departures a vice-president of Travel Agents Shareof from cash to cards and een Delhi and Hyderabad, 1.61 dayare allowedatMumbai, the Association of India, said.”Along AFTER THE recent surge on the 75% surveyed digital payments by lakhonBengaluru-Mumbai, and country’s second busiestairport. with all this,air farestoKashmir backofforeignfundflows,domes- executiveswhosaidthe 2023 and increase to 1.03lakhonMumbai-Hyderabad. Thesenumbersaredoublethe50 have beenverycheap.Peoplestar- tic marketsonWednesday came pandemichasincreased $48 trillion by 2030 “Whilethedemandinthelast arrivals and 50 departures al- vedoftravelalso perceive Kash- under pressureasmarket partic- urgencyoftheirplansto fewmonthswasonaccountof the lowedafter operations resumed mir as aplace wherespread of ipants pressedfor profit-taking modernisepaymentsystems Bihar Assembly elections, move- post-lockdown, but still only a Covid is notextensive,” he added. ahead of derivative expiryamid consumerdynamicandimproving ment of labour hasbeen high on fifthofthe airport’s capacity. Ascaseloadsincreaseandsev- weak global cues. The Sensex The Sensexclosedat43,828. BANKSFOCUSEDON thecustomerexperience this sector,” aseniorexecutive at Overall, the Centrehas re- eral states begin to issue fresh re- plummeted by 695 pointsto COMPLIANCEFORNOW: alow-cost airline said,adding, “A stricted the number of domestic strictions, however, airlines are 43,828.10andtheNSENiftyIndex Whilebanks’investmentsinnew REPORTDETAILS: partofthis demand would have flightsto70per cent of the pre- taking arelook at their strategy. fell 197pointsto12,858.40 witnessedanintra-dayhigh of CONVENIENCEAPRIORITY paymentssystemshavefocused Thereportisbasedonasurvey, usuallybeenabsorbedby therail- Covid level. The cap on capacity “Withincreasinghopeof vaccines Rising forthe fourth straight 73.88 and alow of 74.02. FORCONSUMERS: primarilyonmeetingcompliance conductedbetweenJulyand ways buttrainsarenot runningat was33per cent in Mayand has being available early in the new session, therupee appreciatedby As per Deepak Jasani, the Amidthepandemic,consumers deadlines,thewaytheywilldrive August,of120payments peak frequency across India yet.” beengraduallylifted;arelaxation year,thereshouldbearecoveryin 10 paisetocloseatnearly amonth Nifty50 openedupbut raninto arelikelyprioritiseconvenience valuemovingforwardisby executivesatbanksglobally Comparedwiththepre-Covid from 60 per cent to 70 percent demand, and thereisplenty of high of 73.91against the US dol- twoboutsofselling pressure. aboveallelse embracingthechanging Source: Accenture/PTI situation,Patnarecordedthebest wasannouncedonNovember12. available capacity ... Airlines and lar on Wednesdayaspositive de- Volumes on the NSE were in line numbers in October.Asper data However, the OAGdatashowthe airportshavetaken all possible velopment on the coronavirus with that of the previous session. from aviation analysis platform capacityallocated by airlines for steps to ensurethat travel is safe, vaccine front enthusedinvestor Among sectors, PSU bank index Why is it important: BanksinIndia have been making multi-year investments to modernise NetworkThoughts,domesticpas- November was62per cent of and as confidence builds so will sentiment. At theinterbankforex endedinthe positive,while re- their payments systems, and going forward,they are expectedtostrengthen these sengertraffic in OctoberatPatna November 2019. demand,” Mayur Patel, head of market,thedomesticunitopened alty,banks, telco, pharma, IT and investments to scale up and improve the resilience of their digital payment operations airportwas almost 80 per cent of Airline industry professionals Japan and Asia Pacific at OAG at73.98againstthegreenbackand auto indices were main losers. thatmonthlastyear.Thenumbers expectanuptickindemandledby Aviation, said. BRIEFLY Voluntary More tests likely for SII to get to Oxford’s half-dose efficacy Toyota halts

Striketoday, liquidation: apart,saidaseniorgovernmentof- “If they’reusingonlythe full full dose 28 days later. It also de- operations at mayhitbankops PRABHARAGHAVAN ficial privy to thedesignofSII’s Giventhat Serum dose-full dose regimen, it is likely clinedtorespondto aqueryabout IBBI proposes NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 phase 2/3 clinical trial. InstituteofIndia only that Covishieldmay come out whether it would seek permis- Bidadi unit NewDelhi: Banking opera- The Pune-headquartered with asimilar efficacy readout of sions from CDSCOtoconduct ad- tionsmay be impacted amendments SERUM INSTITUTE of India (SII) firm’s founder,DrCyrus Poona- sought permission to around60percent.Thiswouldstill ditional testsusing this regimen. Thursdayassome bank mayhavetoconduct additional walla, told TheIndian Express on test the full dose in be enough forthem (SII) to apply EmailedqueriesonNovember amid strike unions will be joining the testsforapprovalsto marketaver- Mondayitwould be asking the India, it can onlyseek forapprovalsfromtheIndiandrug 24 andrepeated phonecalls and nationwide strikecalled by ENSECONOMICBUREAU sion of ‘Covishield’ in India that Central Drugs StandardControl regulator,because itsguidelines messages to Drug Controller EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE central trade unions.Ten NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 couldbemoreeffective atprevent- Organisation(CDSCO)for“special nod to administerthe suggestthat avaccinehas to meet Generalof IndiaDrVG Somani,the BENGALURU,NOVEMBER25 central trade unions, except ing symptomatic Covid-19cases emergency marketing authorisa- vaccine as twofull doses an efficacy of around 30 to 50 per chief of CDSCO, on November 25 BharatiyaMazdoorSangh, THE INSOLVENCY and Bankru- than it possiblymight be at pres- tion” forCovishield in 45 days. cent foraCovid-19vaccine to re- remainedunanswered by press AUTOMAKERTOYOTA Kirloskar will observe thegeneral ptcy BoardofIndia (IBBI) has ent, The Indian Express has learnt. GiventhatSIIonlysoughtper- nearly amonth apart, ceive approval,” Massachusetts- time Wednesday. “Wesee alot of Motorshasannouncedalock-out striketoprotest againstvar- proposedamendmentstotheex- This stems from preliminary mission to test the full dose-full according to an official basedvaccineexpertDrDavinder meritinthis regimen andwewill atitsmanufacturingunitinKarna- ious policies of the Centre. isting lawsoastoallowcompa- findings this week that dose regimen in India, it can only Gill earlier told The Indian Express. nowstart discussions with regu- taka’sBidaditown,amiddifferen- niesto withdraw fromavoluntary AstraZeneca and University of seekpermissiontoadministerthe “Right now, alowerefficacy of latorsintoincorporatingthisdose ces between the management liquidationprocessafterapproval Oxford’s AZD1222 —the vaccine vaccine as twofull doses nearly a At thesame time, the testing 60-70percentmaynot beabigis- combinationforfurtherclinicalin- and the union over disciplinary `6KcrforNIIF by creditors and the National on whichCovishield is based— monthapart,accordingto theoffi- forthisadditionaldosingregimen sue,because India doesn’t have a vestigation,” an AstraZeneca actionagainst afew employees DebtPlatform CompanyLaw Tribunal.Theinsol- had an efficacy of 90 per cent cialcited earlier.“What has been maynot have to be as drawnout Covid-19vaccineyet.But, ayear spokesperson told The Indian andaresultantsit-instrikebyem- vency regulator has sought pub- whenparticipantsweregivenhalf approved (for testing)isthe full astheycouldapplytoCDSCOtoin- fromnow, whenmultiplevaccines Express.“Our agreementwithSII ployees earlier this month. NewDelhi:Equityinfusionof lic commentsonthe proposal. adosefirst,followedbyafull-dose dose only... they(SII)havetoask clude thisasa“separatearm” in have beenapproved,thena15-20 is akey part of our effortstobring The factoryatBidadi, on the Rs 6,000 croreinNIIF Debt The proposedamendment boostershotamonthlater.Bycon- for(emergencyuseauthorisation) the ongoing trialsofCovishield in per cent difference in efficacy will AZD1222 to low- and middle-in- outskirtsof Bengaluruandspread Platformsponsoredby Nati- would requireacompanytore- trast, it had an efficacy of only62 forthefulldoseregimenonly,”the India,accordingto theofficial.This matter,” he added. come countries and beyond. The over 432 acres, employs around onalInvestmentandInfrast- ceive approvalfromcreditorsrep- per cent when giventoother par- official told The Indian Express on maymeanthatthenumberof par- SII declined to respond to licensing agreement with SII is to 6,500people and can produce up ructureFund wasapproved resenting two-thirdsofthe value ticipantsastwo fulldosesnearly a condition of anonymity. ticipants theywould have to re- queries emailedonNovember 24 supplyone billion doses forlow- to 3.10 lakh vehicles. This is the on Wednesdaybythe of outstanding debt to withdraw month apart. “If theywillaskfor(marketing) cruit forthis arm can be reduced about whether it would seek ap- and middle-income countries,” second time in afortnightthat Union Cabinet. the voluntaryliquidation process InIndia,Covishieldisbeingad- permissionforhalf dose,theywill and the firm can do aphase 3trial provalto marketadosingregimen thecompany’sspokespersonsaid. work have been halted.The first incasethesaleof companyassets ministeredtoaround1,600partic- have to conducttrialsforhalf dose forthis regimen directly, theoffi- thatincludedadministeringhalf a Full report on suspension wasonNovember10 SMARTs has notbegun. ipantsastwo full doses 28 days as well,” the official said. cial said. dose of Covishield followedbya www.indianexpress.com afterthe union calledastrike. 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NOROOM FOR ABUSE, PLENTY FOR BANTER:LANGERONINDIA SERIES 14 SPORT Australia'sheadcoach JustinLangeronWednesdayasserted thatthere would be no room forabuse when his team takes on India in an upcoming series but he expectsplentyofbanterbetweenthe twoevenly-matchedsides. PTI

Given option of picking kit, Team India goes for ’92World Cuplook

member of the ’92 WorldCup team, has by our players during the 1992 WorldCup,” DEVENDRAPANDEY preservedthe jersey, which stands out be- BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal said. MUMBAI,NOVEMBER25 cause of itsclean look in the absence of mul- tiple sponsor logos and 'India' written Short-livedaffair THE INDIAN cricketteam will go retrofor the across it in yellow. The trystwith the 1992 kit forthe current limited-overs series in Australia by donning Morewas pleasantlysurprisedand players won’t be long term as the newspon- the iconic dark-blue team kit from the 1992 turnednostalgic when he heardthe current sorswill eventuallycome up with their own WorldCup,hostedjointlybyAustraliaand generation of players, captained by Virat design, the BCCI official said. “As anew spon- NewZealand. The jerseywith broad- Kohli, optedfor this kitwhen the BCCI con- sor (MPL Sports), theywill eventuallyhave coloured stripes across the shoulder has sulted them before theyleftfor the tour. to come with adesign of their own. Theywill great recall value as it markedthe introduc- have to use their owntechnology (for creat- tion of coloured clothing, whiteballs and Down memorylane Kiran Moreposes with his 1992 WorldCup jersey; Theteam captainedbyMohd Azharuddinbeforeaphotoshoot; Opener ing fabric),” Dhumal added. floodlightsata50-overWorld Cup. “I come across manypeople who agree ShikharDhawantweeted apictureofhim in the jerseyfromSydneyonTuesday. Credit:Kiran More/Twitter The Indian team finishedseventh in the TheIndian team had to do away with the that thiswas thebestjerseyofthe Indian round-robin stagewinning justtwo games. lighter-blue jersey, various versions of which team. The colourisamazing and it is still fresh Moreisremembered forriling up Pakistan’s have been worn fornearly twodecades, be- in people’s minds.Itwas the firsttime we forthe three One-DayInternationals and brand of online gaming companyMobile tions.The players optedfor the 1992 kit, JavedMiandad with his appeals from behind cause anew kit sponsor has signedathree- playedaWorld Cup in coloured clothing and three T20 Internationals before switching to Premier League, bagged therightsfor three whichreachedthem in Australia on Tuesday. the wicket, whichsaw the batsman jumpup year deal. with the whiteball. Ask anycricketerfrom whites forthe Test series. years afterNikedecidedtoend itslong-term “As MPL is anew sponsor,theycannotuse and down to mockhim. When India playAustralia in the first my generation and theywill saythe 1992 Opening batsman ShikharDhawan association in September.Atop BCCI official adesign similar to what the previous spon- The below-par finishofthe team does One-DayInternational in SydneyonFriday, WorldCup jerseyisthe best.Wehad played tweetedapictureofhim in the jerseywith confirmedthe newkit sponsor could not sor had. The MPL had sent us afew designs nottakeawayany emotion attachedtothe old-timers from the team of 1992 will cher- in coloured clothing earlier but notataWorld the caption: “New jersey,renewedmotiva- copythe ‘design’ usedbyNike. forthe one-daykit, including the design from jerseyfor More. “Other than the jersey, Ieven ish seeing the dark-blue kit backonthe field. Cup,” Moretold TheIndian Express. tion, Ready to Go.” To avoid copyright violations, the BCCI 1992. We asked the cricketers to give their have the sweater,” Moresaid. “It is very pre- Former India wicketkeeper KiranMore, a The Indian team will wear the retrokit Last week,MPL Sports,the merchandise and MPL offeredthe players different op- opinion.Theychose the onewhich wasworn cious to me.” SHORTSTORIES If opportunity []Tracing the rise of talented gamechangerswho areprimed fortheir time in the sun during this Australian summer presents, would love to keepin Ok Tested the next three Chahal has become avirtuoso in white-ball cricket,but hisevolution suggests theleggie deserves acrack at the five-daygame World Cups: KL loftedhit to settle theissue. Even then, the fi- Dhoni wasforcedtolungeout alot morethan SRIRAMVEERA naldeliverywasamagnificentrarity:atossed- he had bargainedfor and couldn’t getenough MUMBAI,NOVEMBER25 up loopyone, justthat the left-hander was behind the hit, holing out to long-off. PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA braveenoughtocharge out. It’s aball Chahal typicallyuses againstbig SYDNEY,NOVEMBER25 YUZVENDRA CHAHAL captures our imagina- hitters, drags them away from their hitting tion because of what has captured his imagi- The ‘wider’ one positions, away from their comfortzones. INDIA'S WHITE-BALL vice-captain KL Rahul nation.At themomentof thereleaseof theball, Batsmen hesitate in rushing out to Chahal on Wednesdaysaid he would be happyto aspinner narrows thevarious geometric op- aftertheyseeotherstryitoutdisastrously. Like The orthodoxline keep wicketsinthe next three global ICC tionsavailableto himby instinctandimagina- what happenedto Wriddhiman Saha this IPL. He pings the leg- and middle-stumpline eventsifgiven an opportunity even though tion. The choices reveal the character and the He oftenuses his feet but it’snot easy against to batsmen notthat good againstleg-spin. the team management has notyet spoken to skill. With Chahal,the question always was: is Chahal as he can driftitfurther away from the “Those who have doubts in them, na, he uses him about it. Rahul has nowpippedspecial- his artrestrictedtoacleverresponse to an at- off-stump.SunilGavaskar,onair,let outadeep- that line,” observes Hirwani. Doubts leads to istwicketkeepers RishabhPantand Sanju tack fromabatsman?Canheinducemistakes rootedappreciative cryof“beauty” when re- stutteringsteps as theygingerly open up and Samson as the no.1glovesman in the limited inabatsmannotlookingto hitout?Orinother plays revealedthesensuousleg-breakhadrap- prod at it unsureofthe extent of venom in the overs format. Three ICC events--two back- words, can he transcendfromalimited-overs idlydippedand turnedafter drifting away, ball. In his six-foratMCG in January 2019, to-backT20 WorldCups followedbythe virtuoso to Tests? Does he have thenous, the beating Saha’sexpansive ambitions. couple of Australians areswallowedupthus: marquee ODI WorldCup -- arescheduledin patience,theskill,thecraft,thetemperament, That outside-offline continues to be Marcus Stoinisembarrassedand Jhye the next three years. The 28-year-old's keep- and the fitness forit? Chahal’smostrecognisedfeature.Hehaseven Richardson owned. ing does provide the team theoption of hav- “I have only one big wish left: to playfor namedita‘wider’. He doesn’t merelypushit “Woh Handscomb ka wicketdekha?” ing an extrabatsman or bowler. India in whites, Iamready forTests,” Chahal wide as some spinnershavedoneinthe past; Chahal asks. Of the six, he cherishedthat one. "It helps the the team combination alit- voicedhis desiretothis newspaper lastyear. he drifts it away.Asignificant difference and It’s the momentPeterHandscomb, pasthis tlemoreand it's something Iwould love to Hisownsparsefirst-classturnoutdoesn’thelp the reason whybatsmen fail to nail it. fiftyand consideredgood against spin, ended do...if the opportunity presentsitself and I butincreasingly,evidencesuggeststhathehas Usually, thedriftthataright-handerisused up on abanana peel, stutteringand slipping cankeep in three WorldCups, Iwouldlove grownenough to at leastbetried. to istheonethatcomesintheairtowardshim, as theballskidded rapidlytotraphim lbw. to do it formycountry,"Rahul said in re- Watching himbowlinrecent timeshas sometimes alarmingly drifting further down, It driftedinfromwell outside off-stump sponse to aqueryfromPTI ahead of the lim- been abrain-teaser.Unlikemanyofhis con- opening him up and then suddenlyturning and swerved in towardsmiddle. “I have al- ited-overs series againstAustralia starting temporaries, Chahal usesthe traditionalleg- sharplyacross him.This one is different. Right ways hadthat drift, that’s keyfor me,” Chahal November 27.Has the team management spinner’s skillsettotackle the demands of from the momentofits release, it’sgoing the says.Handscomb justabout leanedforward spoken to him about keeping in ICC events? modern-day cricket. otherwaybutbecauseof thedrift(asopposed when the driftmade him stop and the leftfoot "Nothing has been told to me and we are “He is ready forTests,” says Narendra to being thrownout wide) the batsmen seem startedtostutter outashetried to holdbal- notthinking that farasateam. Obviously Hirwani, former Indialeg-spinnerand the to thinktheycan reachitbeforeitgets toofar ance.Hedid it reasonablywell but the sub- WorldCups areimportant and that is along- spin coachatthe National CricketAcademy. away from them.Afatal mistake. sequent speedofthe skiddingballthat term vision forevery team and country,"he “He is at the laststage of evolution as aspin- Good batsmen end up being lured in. Like straightenedwas toomuchfor him. said. "I think forme, we arejusttaking one ner.Abimprovement kyabacha hai? He is Sanju Samson this IPL. Justalittle morecon- Or the time Chahal stumpedSam game at atime. So if Iput up consistent per- doingeverything. He is reading the batsmen YuzvendraChahal has the abilitytoproducethe mosteffectiveball from his tortion at the release,aslight openingupper- Billings, another batsman with agood rep- formanceswith bat and gloves, it givesusan and the conditions. It’s notabout his foot, repertoireagainstabatsman he wantstofox. SuvajitDey haps, but otherwise therewas no real give- utation againstspin, in 2018.Itwas aclassic option of playing an extrabowler or an ex- head, shoulder, elbow anymore. He is smart, away.The cockedwristuncoiled to the left, to humiliator:big drift, sharp dip, and rapid trabatter," said the stylish Karnataka bats- and he is awareofwhat he can do. Shaana theoff-side, at release(ratherthantotheright turn. Billings wasstrandedway down the man. In the ODIs, Rahul has been batting at hai (he’s shrewd)”. neither driftnor dip, but Gaylewas dragged in an out-of-comfort-zone framework.That or straight down) and the ball driftedaway track, done in the air,desperatelywaving his no.5 and has openedinthe T20 Therewasenoughevidence,duringtheIPL out of his comfort zone.Hewatchedthe first combination is Chahal’s speciality. Thein- withfuriousrevolutions.Samsonstartedtoad- bat across the line. Internationals, and he admitted that hispo- forRoyal Challengers Bangaloreand over the ball turn intohim from alengthand without stinct of alimited-overs bowler,the vocabu- justhis downward bat swing,the ball kept Offthe field, Chahalisthe kind of man sition in the line-up will depend on formats. pastyear,ofChahal’sability to producethe the pressing needtohit everyball,jabbedit to lary of aTestleg-spinner. drifting away,upsetting the timing and the who makes the accompanying photographer "Obviously, the last ODIseries(against mosteffective ball from his repertoireagainst short midwicket.The second andthird balls In that same over,thereweretwo dotballs point of impact on the bat, and slicingout as a ask him to hop on to asuitcase placedona New Zealand) that we played, Ibatted at no.5, abatsman he wantstofox. were thingsof beauty:fullof imagination,dare, atKLRahulaswell,againtailoredto perfection. miscuedhit. dressing-table mirrorand sit cross-leggedaf- it's arole thatIhave enjoyed and (I am) happy impishness. Theyweretosseduphigh, rather Twoslowheavily- side-spunleg-breaks,start- MSDhoniwasalsosimilarly takenout.The teraninterview. Without either an inhibit- to playwhatever role the team givesme." The egobuster slowlyand dangerouslywide.And justabout ing from middle stump. Chahal musthavere- drift makes the batsman wait thatbit longer, ing self-consciousness or flagrant showman- Mahendra Singh Dhoni's keeping wasin Take thelastoverofthechaseto ChrisGayle spinningbackintolegalboundaries.Gaylejust alisedRahulwouldn’tthinkof comingdownto atough demand especially on the front foot ship, Chahal wordlesslyhoppedonitand adifferent league and theway he guided when he had to defend three runs against gapes at the firstone that nestles intothe him nor has the tendency.The onlyplausible as theystart to stutter intotinymovements smiled. Thereisalevel of maturity that only spinners went alongway in India's white- KingsXIPunjab.Gayledoesn’tusuallyconsider ’keeper’sglovesanddragstheotherto theleg- alternative wasslog-sweeping, but Chahal to balance themselvesasthe wait forthe ball those capableofchildishnesscan reach, critic ball success. Would he be able to chide a the arcfromcover point to wide long-offas side forasingle. Thatline has been attempted raisedthe riskswithhis off-stumpline. So, stretches. So, Dhoni took the other approach, Clive James wrote, and Chahal’s Instagram KuldeepYadav or YuzvendraChahallike places to plunderruns againstaleggie. He by leggies before,but notthe pace or trajec- Rahul tried cutting and both times,endedup in total contrasttoSamson,tohit asimilar moods reveal enough impishness while his Dhoni could, if he takesupon asimilar role? doesn’tbingeoninside-outloftedcoverdrives tory;theyare usuallyfiredacross,flat,fast,and choppingitto shortcover. ItwaslefttoNicholas ball. He chose to go down on his back kneeto bowling artshowcases that increasing matu- "Look obviously, nobody can fill MS Dhoni's either.So, Chahalshifted his line to well out- away from the batsman.Not likethis. Pooran to do what mostbatsmen loathe to do holdbalance even as he reachedout. But the rity.His time has come in Tests.Are the selec- place. He has shown us the wayand how side off, from around the stumps. Therewas This wasatease to Gayle’s ego, presented againstChahal: rush down the trackfor the driftisn’t an easy beasttotame. In the end, tors tunedin? wicketkeeper-batman role is performed.”

GAME-CHANGER You are always feted when youare at the top: Tewatia on Sharjah heist

Tewatia talksabout those nervous mo- anyone that he is around. If anyone comes Mayank Markande talked to him. of agame-changer,afinisher.It’s atough DEVENDRA PANDEY ments. “I had the option to getout by to meet him, theyare told that he is in quar- “When Isat in the team bus, Mayank task,especially as the finisher doesn’t get MUMBAI, NOVEMBER25 playing one bad shotbut the best way, I antine. Markande wassittingnexttome. He too opportunities in everygame. felt, waswhy nottry.For me, the option Tewatia says that nothing has comes hadgone through this when he waspartof Tewatia doesn’t forget to mention the DURINGTHE strategic timeout, skipper of giving up is notthere. It would have easy in his life. Even getting intothe Mumbai Indians and had takenthe wicket “extraordinarybonding” he developed SteveSmithhad asked Rahul Tewatia what been the easiestoption. Ihad to take the Haryana team wastough. The side already of MS Dhoni. He said ‘bhaiyya,aapko nahi with Ricky Ponting during his stint with he wasthinking. Rajasthan Royals needed risk. Risk mein hi tohmazaa hai,” he turns has three spinners in Jayant Yadav, Amit patahai aapnekya badicheezkar lee. You Delhi Capitals. 51 runs offthe lastthree overs. Tewatia had philosophical. Mishraand YuzvendraChahal. Adding to won’t realise it nowbut youwill realise it “He (Ponting) helpedmecorrect my struggledbadly in hisfirst23balls, scoring “Smith had told me earlier that ‘weare the difficulty quotient, their home base is tomorrowafter youwakeup,’ he said. technique, footwork and backlift. During only17when the target was224,and many promoting youtonumberfour’. It wasthe Lahli in Rohtak,with apitchtailor-made “When Ihit the bed,Ijustwent to sleep practice, he usedtohelpmebygiving had startedtocurse him on social media. opportunityIhad been waiting for. For forseamers. because matchmein itnapressureaagaya throwdowns. “I said if Iget three sixes off(Mohd) Haryana, Ihavebeen in suchsituations be- Aftergraduating from junior cricket, thakeabsochne ke himmat nahi bachi thi “I’m still in touchwith him. He replies. Shami and (Sheldon) Cottrell, the match fore andmanyatimes the result has gone Tewatia had to wait forhis chances. “I have (therewas so muchpressureinthe match Imet and spoke to him. He is ready to share will be in our hands. Ihad confidence and in my favour.Ilikepressure. Isomehowen- seen ups and down. Ifeel if youget things that Ididn’t have anyenergy to think any- hisknowledge.After that(Sharjah) innings, he (Smith) said, ‘Ya, it’s as easy as that,’” joyit.” His father would tell him later that very soon,chances aretheywill go away in thing). When Ispoketopeople at home the he messaged me ‘well done’.” Tewatia recalls about the game against afew commentatorsevenwantedhim to ashortspan of time,” he feels. next dayand when our media team lined Afterthe famous 53 againstKings XI Kings XI Punjab whichbecame one of the retirehurt. Rahul Tewatia with his family back He doesn'thesitate in saying that had up apress conference, Irealisedthat Ihad Punjab, Tewatia also finishedgames biggesttalking pointsofthe IPL. The world In the next over,Tewatia hit five sixes home in Sihi, near Faridabad. his famous innings in Sharjah nothap- done something reallyamazing. But Iknow againstRoyal ChallengersBangalore and had givenuponthe chase, but Tewatia had- offCottrell, and made the commentators pened, no one would have remembered yehsab chadtesooraj ko salaam hai (you are Sunrisers Hyderabad.But the Haryana all- n't. He knewthat if he could somehowcon- eat their words. It allowedRajasthan him. Worse, theywouldhavebeencursing feted when youare at the top).” rounder doesn’t delve in the past. He says nect five bigshots,the matchwould be on Royals believe that theyhad takenthe right time, Tewatia turnedfromazerointoa him.The 27-year-old didn’trealise what Tewatia’s innings wasnofluke. He had what he did washistory and he will have his side. However, circumstances were call by sending himupthe order and made hero. he had achievedtill he woke up the next been batting well in thenets. During the to startfromzeroagain. However, when suchthat even Smith’s faith would have the left-handedbatsman from Haryana a He is nowbackathome in his village day. Tewatia recalls howhewas in the lockdown, the Rajasthan Royals team man- things go backtonormal, Tewatia will hope wavered. majortalkingpoint. In that shortspan of Sihi, near Faridabad. He hasn’t informed ‘zone’ even afterthe game, until team mate agement had clearlydefinedhis role –that toshine again.

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