>/ . 7 7 7 SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' #%&'#( )*+, 2(%3%234 12$/ ), (2$)5 83680)2,) 434+238?3) 43/@A$)! ,+3))!221 /)01208 94! 614+06186+)!+3 436)2-2E /)+13)43)/2"/+B 0+B)34B)+3+!+3/ 3+ 123+283 1+/2E+31 /)13+/8 1B/)3+6+/2-+B!+/+ 0 !" "$##$ $C D+ ) + ), -.-./ )+ - )!/)012 ! n a candid admission, Union IHome Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said his assess- ment of Delhi Assembly elec- Q tions went wrong and main- tained that the statements like tually non-existent in Bihar. We “goli maro” and “Indo-Pak are almost extinct in UP but we R match” (in reference to ! ! are strong in Rajasthan, Shaheen Bagh) by party’s Madhya Pradesh and motormouths hurt the BJP’s & Chhattisgarh. In Haryana, we prospects in the polls. have come back,” he said. )!/)012 While maintaining that At the same time Jairam such remarks should not have )!/)012 claimed the Delhi election he Government on been made, he said the Delhi result was rejection of Home TThursday renamed Pravasi two institutions have been poll results were not a mandate he Congress drubbing in Minister Amit Shah, who was Bharatiya Kendra and Foreign renamed in solemn tribute to on the CAA and the National Tthe Delhi Assembly elec- the chief campaigner of the BJP. Service Institute after late the “invaluable contribution” of Register of Citizens (NRC). tions has led to intense resent- before the people. “It is a resounding slap on his Sushma Swaraj. The decision to Sushma to Indian diplomacy, While Union Minister ment in the rank and file of the “This (Delhi Assembly face and it is a rejection of the name the two institutes after the cause of the Indian diaspora Anurag Thakur and West Delhi party with senior leaders like result) is very disappointing. language used in the cam- her came a day before her and the ethos of public service. MP Parvesh Verma hogged Jairam Ramesh, Jyotiradtiya New thinking, new ideology paign, tactics used in the cam- 68th birth anniversary. “The announcement is the limelight for their hate & ' ( )*(%+ Scindia and Veerappa Moily and a new working mechanism paign,” he said. Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, being made on the eve of her speeches, Shah himself had $ % !%* calling for the need to “ruth- are the need of the hour. The Moily said the party is a cultural centre reflecting birth anniversary falling on asked voters to press EVM lessly” reinvent itself to become country has changed and in concerned and worried about India’s connect with its dias- February 14 in honour of the button in favour of the BJP with voters could not write why they Shah said anyone who “relevant”. this context we should also the humiliating defeat in Delhi. pora, was renamed Sushma legacy and decades of public a force that Shaheen Bagh feelt didn’t vote. But maybe this wants to discuss issues related Voicing concern over the overhaul our ideology and go “We are concerned. The Swaraj Bhavan in honour of the service of the former External the current. could have been a reason,” he to CAA with him can seek time Congress debacle in the just before the people,” said the scenario of Delhi is that people late External Affairs Minister Affairs Minister,” it said. “No one has said bahu said. from his office. “(We) will give concluded polls and the crisis former Guna MP in response (voters) didn’t take Congress known for her empathy in As External Affairs betiyon ka balatkar karenge Shah, however, said the time within three days,” he it is facing in some States like to query on Delhi Assembly seriously. They thought they reaching out to distressed Minister, Sushma brought a (wives and daughters will be BJP does not fight elections just added. He blamed the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, election results. should not divert their votes, Indians globally. Foreign sense of assertiveness in India’s raped). But the rest — goli for victory or defeat but Congress for the Partition on Jairam said the grand old party Jairam said if the party did our own vote banks which Service Institute, a renowned diplomacy besides engaging maro, Indo-Pak match — those believes in expanding its ide- basis of religion. needs to reinvent itself, while not change its course of action normally used to come to us, institution where diplomats the diaspora, a central focus of also should not have made. The ology through polls. While Shah has now come Moily too called for a “surgical” then it is staring at becoming have gone to AAP,” Moily said. are trained, has also been the country’s foreign policy party distanced itself immedi- Replying to a question, out against the hate speeches action to revive the party. irrelevant. “Congress requires total renamed Sushma Swaraj priorities. ately,” Shah said, speaking for Shah admitted that the BJP delivered by his party’s leaders Incidentally, former Union The former Union rejuvenation. You can’t point Institute of Foreign Service. Sushma was one of the the first time since the Delhi may have suffered because of throughout the poll campaign, Minister P Chidambaram on Minister said the arrogance (fingers at) out one or two lead- The illustrious leader who most followed Foreign election results were the statements made by some both Anurag Thakur and Tuesday tweeted his rejoice within the party has to go and ers (for electoral setbacks), brought rare empathy and a Ministers on Twitter globally. announced on Tuesday. party leaders during the Delhi Parvesh Verma repeatedly jus- over the AAP’s massive victo- regretted that even after six accountability will have to be human approach to India’s She was known for helping “A l l k i n d s o f w o r k e r s a r e poll campaign. tified their polarising speech- ry over the BJP. years out of power sometimes, taken by every Congressman. diplomacy as External Affairs Indians stuck abroad as she was there who may say something The Home Minister said es, and no one from the BJP Scindia said the Congress some of the party leaders Now, this is the time to act for Minister in the previous quick to respond to their calls but the public knows how the his assessment of Delhi elec- asked them even to apply needs to change its working behave like Ministers. rejuvenation of the party. It has Narendra Modi Government for help on Twitter. Sushma party is. But this is not the out- tions went wrong but asserted restraint. Incidentally, the BJP style and ideology. Scindia said On the leadership issue in to be revamped. Surgical action died on August 6 last year fol- even became popular in look of the party. May be we that the result of the polls was lost the seats where Thakur and the country has changed now, the party, Jairam said local will have to be taken so that it lowing a massive cardiac arrest. Pakistan for her response to have also suffered because of not a mandate on the CAA and Verma made the controversial and so his party needed to level leaders have to be encour- starts yielding the results,” The Ministry of External people wanting to get visas for this. We don’t know exactly as the NRC. remarks for the first time. change its ideology and go aged and nurtured. “We are vir- Moily added. Affairs, in a statement, said the medical treatment in India. )*+,-. 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Besides, 25 injured are lic within 48 hours details of O 7 M< 6 in the first place.” dispute in North-East Delhi’s undergoing treatment in dif- pending criminal cases against If a political party fails to Bhajanpura, police said. ) + , ferent hospitals,” Senior them, in a far-reaching verdict submit the compliance report Accused Prabhu Nath is a ! $ -. . Superintendent of Police aimed at decriminalising elec- of the directives with the relative of the family and killed , ! Sachindra Patel said. toral politics. Election Commission, the poll four of the family within a span SP (Rural) Rajesh Kumar The political parties were panel “shall bring such non- of around four hours, police 3.36 pm, Nath had called said the accident took place ordered to upload on their offi- compliance” to the notice of said. Decomposed bodies of an Shambhu to Laxmi Nagar. around 10 pm on Wednesday cial websites and social media the Supreme Court “as being in e-rickshaw driver Shambhu When Shambhu went to Laxmi in the Nagla Khanagar police platforms details of the pend- contempt of this Court’s Chaudhary (43), his wife Sunita Nagar, Nath went to his house station area when the double- ing criminal cases against their orders/ directions”, the Bench (37) and their children Shivam where Sunita was alone.