% ' ,! -,. /012 --. ()"*+, )/+! *)+ 2,,& $ 34 35/46 /1 7 spokesperson Randeep Singh (anti-satellite missile), some Surjewala said. “Take back intelligent people got confused. rime Minister Narendra your words and apologise to They thought that I was speak- PModi invented a contro- 130 crore people, or the nation ing about sets used in theatres.” versial acronym — sarab — for and Uttar Pradesh will never “They got confused A-SAT the Opposition coalition in forgive you,” he added. with set used in theatres. Uttar Pradesh at his election Samajwadi Party chief Whether we should cry or rally in Meerut to launch a Akhilesh Yadav, however, laugh at their intellect for con- scathing attack on the tweeted that the PM confused fusing space mission with the- Samajwadi Party, the RLD and “sarab (mirage)” and “sharab atre,” Modi said. the BSP that have come togeth- (liquor)” because of the In a veiled attack to the er to take on the BJP. teleprompter. “Teleprompters Opposition, Modi said he will A furious Congress exposed how those who pro- give clear “hisaab” of all that his demanded his apology and mote hate don’t know differ- Government did. He said, accused him of stooping to a ence between ‘sarab’ and “Chowkidar hoon bhai, hisaab new low. ‘sharab’; ‘Sarab’ means mirage hoga, sabka hoga, baari baari se “Sapa (Samajwadi Party) ka which the BJP has been show- hoga.” ‘sa’, RLD ka ‘Ra’ aur Baspa ing for the last five years,” Lambasting the Opposition (BSP) ka ‘ba’, matlab ‘sarab’. Akhilesh said. while keeping the focus on a (Take the ‘Sa’ of Samajwadi Describing the PM as strong Government, Modi said Party, ‘Ra’ or Rashtriya Lok Dal “drama king” and “flop film that his Government had " # $ % & '()*$ and ‘Ba’ of Bahujan Samaj actor”, Surjewala said despite shown the courage to conduct +, % $ Party),” PM Modi said to a large his party’s differences with a surgical strike in all spheres () - % public gathering as he launched Mayawati, he addressed her as — land, sky and space. The his campaign in Uttar Pradesh “ji” and this is “Indian culture”. contest is between a “a decisive M *( for the Lok Sabha election. Hitting out at Rahul Government and an indecisive " “For UP’s good health and O P ! Gandhi’s theatre jibe over PM past,” Modi said a day after hief Minister Ragubar Das for India’s future, should you Modi’s address to the nation announcing that India had Con Thursday held a meet- $ not stay away from sarab? Prime Minister said. condemning Modi for likening Minister? You are calling three after India’s successful testing of demonstrated anti-satellite mis- ing of BJP Vistaraks, or full- *( Sapa, RLD, Baspa, ye ‘sarab’ Barely had he finished three political parties to political parties sarab? Is this anti-satellite missile on sile capability by shooting time worker seeking feedback aapko barbaad kar degi (this speaking, the Congress “sharab” or liquor. “Does this the way a PM talks? Can the Wednesday, Modi said , “When down a live satellite. about party preparations for sarab will destroy you),” the addressed a Press conference kind of talk befit a Prime people accept this,” Congress I was speaking about A-SAT Continued on Page 4 parliamentary elections at State % % % BJP headquarter. The party Vistaraks are full time mem- % bers who visit every homes, building in the state to ensure % that the party’s views can be directly presented before com- ( poorly executed Gabbar Singh Aay Yojana) a “game changer” mon people. Tax (GST). Informal sectors and a “final assault” on pover- The Chief Minister on the ongress president Rahul have been badly hit. ty, Gandhi said the scheme is occasion issued necessary direc- % % % CGandhi on Thursday said “The aim of the ‘Nyay’ “fiscally perfectly doable” and tions to full time party workers N the “Nyay” scheme will remon- scheme is two-fold. First is to will not be implemented “rash- to reach out to masses high- etise what the Prime Minister guarantee a minimum income ly like demonetisation and lighting the various develop- countering the allegations made demonetised and asserted that to the bottom 20 per cent fam- GST of the BJP”. mental schemes launched by by opposition parties. The CM his party’s anti-poverty pro- ilies. The second is to remon- Asked about apprehen- Prime Minister Narendra also sought the feedback of gramme has thrown the BJP etise the economy that has sions of some economists that Modi. The CM asked the BJP Vistaraks about the work they !" into total disarray. been demonetised by Modiji,” “Nyay”, which entails an expen- workers to go through various have done in the areas. In an exclusive interview to Rahul said. diture of 3.6 lakh crore annu- social media medium to reach BJP national president PTI ahead of the 17th general The Congress chief said ally, could aggravate India’s out to masses. Amit Shah had mooted the election beginning April 11, there is a reason why the party fiscal deficit position, Rahul State BJP spokesperson, idea of Vistaraks two years back NO Rahul said the Nyay scheme christened the scheme Nyay, said, “No, that’s not right.” Deepak Prakash said, “The under which BJP leaders had to O has the twin objectives of giv- which translates to justice in He said the party consult- Vistaraks are core members for spend a day at various booths ing money to the 20 per cent Hindi. “There is another aspect ed a large number of econo- any party. It is the Vistaraks who in the district, interacting with poorest families in India and to calling the scheme ‘Nyay’. mists and experts, studied reaches out to people high- voters and also making them # remonetising the economy Why have we chosen to call this numerous papers and other lighting the schemes of gov- aware of the Central govern- “damaged” by demonetisation. scheme ‘Justice’? Because over research material on this sub- ernment. The CM gave neces- ment schemes led by Prime “What the PM has done the last five years, Mr Narendra from the small and medium country. We want to return to ject and run an extensive finan- sary instructions to party work- Minister Narendra Modi. over the past five years is to Modi has simply snatched from businesses, he’s taken away India’s deprived sections what cial modelling exercise before ers how to reach to people “Vistarak Yojana”, is aimed at remove all money from the poor and given nothing back. from the unemployed youth, he Modiji has snatched from deciding to include the plan in highlighting the schemes. ” The targeting the individual voter, economy with failed policies “He has taken away from has extinguished the savings of them,” he said. its Lok Sabha manifesto. CM also asked the party work- which is the basic unit of the like demonetisation and a the farmers, he has snatched mothers and sisters of this Terming Nyay (Nyuntam Continued on Page 4 ers to be active in social media electioneering process. ! " Q R and present his reply. Notably, the Speaker’s tri- # he Jharkhand High Court bunal in Jharkhand Assembly $ # Ton Thursday ordered to had on February 20 validated issue notices to six MLAs of the joining of six legislators BJP, who had changed sides elected on the tickets of the from JVM after being elected JVM during 2014 Assembly to the State Assembly in early polls into the BJP. The decision 2015. Hearing the petition filed was taken after four-year long by JVM chief Babulal Marandi hearing at the Speaker’s tri- and MLA Pradeep Yadav, the bunal that started in 2015. court gave the MLAs four Eight JVM leaders had week’s time to present their become legislators after the sides. 2014 Assembly elections in The bench of justice Sujit the State but soon six of them % Narayan Prasad ordered to went to the BJP taking the issue notices to the MLAs -- strength of BJP to 43 in the 81 &'(") Randhir Singh, Amar Kumar member house. The MLAs Bauri, Ganesh Ganjhu, Alok who changed sides contended Chaurasia, Janki Prasad Yadav that their party merged with and Navin Jaiswal and asked the BJP, however the JVM them to appear before the chief filed a complaint with the court after four weeks to pre- Speaker’s tribunal, which after () # ) " # . sent their side in the case. a long hearing of the case val- # # / # $ / # The court also asked to idated the cause of the six 012 # % ()% % # / issue notice to Jharkhand MLAs and dismissed Marandi’s % % Assembly advocate Vinod Sahu petition. an arms embargo. discussed informally and then UN sources told PTI that it goes to the Council. However, this is the “first time” the US, P it is not yet decided by when a tepping up the internation- the UK and France have moved vote would be held on the draft Sal pressure to designate a draft resolution directly in the resolution, during when it Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Security Council to designate ! could again face a veto by Masood Azhar as a global ter- Azhar as terrorist. Unlike a list- " China, which has in the past rorist, the US, supported by ing proposal, which is generally blocked bids to blacklist Azhar. France and the UK, has direct- under a 10-day no objection Sources said the draft res- ly moved a draft resolution in period, the draft resolution is ! " olution would condemn “in the the UN Security Council to not under any no-objection $ strongest terms the heinous blacklist the Pakistan-based provision. and cowardly suicide bombing” terror group’s chief. Reacting to Washington’s % & on February 14 in Jammu & Two weeks after China put move, Chinese Foreign L ( Kashmir’s Pulwama district a hold on a proposal to list Ministry spokesman Geng that killed 40 CRPF personnel.