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At the same time Jairam *!5*678 While maintaining that claimed the Delhi election such remarks should not have *!5*678 result was rejection of Home he Government on been made, he said the Delhi Minister Amit Shah, who was TThursday renamed Pravasi two institutions have been poll results were not a mandate he Congress drubbing in the chief campaigner of the BJP. Bharatiya Kendra and Foreign renamed in solemn tribute to on the CAA and the National Tthe Delhi Assembly elec- “It is a resounding slap on his Service Institute after late the “invaluable contribution” of Register of Citizens (NRC). tions has led to intense resent- before the people. face and it is a rejection of the Sushma Swaraj. The decision to Sushma to Indian diplomacy, While Union Minister ment in the rank and file of the “This (Delhi Assembly language used in the cam- 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. paign, tactics 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,” he said. 68th birth anniversary. “The announcement is the limelight for their hate !"# Scindia and Veerappa Moily and a new working mechanism Moily said the party is 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 concerned and worried about a cultural centre reflecting birth anniversary falling on asked voters to press EVM lessly” reinvent itself to become country has changed and in the humiliating defeat in Delhi. 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 “We are concerned. The pora, was renamed Sushma legacy and decades of public a force that Shaheen Bagh felt didn’t vote. But maybe this wants to discuss issues related Voicing concern over the overhaul our ideology and go scenario of Delhi is that people 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 (voters) didn’t take Congress 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 seriously. They thought they 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 should not divert their votes, 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. our own vote banks which 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 normally used to come to us, 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 have gone to AAP,” Moily said. 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 “Congress requires total 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. The former Union rejuvenation. You can’t point renamed Sushma Swaraj priorities. Sushma was one of ately,” Shah said, speaking for Shah admitted that the BJP delivered by his party’s leaders Incidentally, former Union Minister said the arrogance (fingers at) out one or two lead- Institute of Foreign Service. the most followed Foreign the first time since the Delhi may have suffered because of throughout the poll campaign, Minister P Chidambaram on within the party has to go and ers (for electoral setbacks), The illustrious leader who Ministers on Twitter globally. election results were the statements made by some both Anurag Thakur and Tuesday tweeted his rejoice regretted that even after six accountability will have to be brought rare empathy and a She was known for helping announced on Tuesday. party leaders during the Delhi Parvesh Verma repeatedly jus- over the AAP’s massive victo- years out of power sometimes, taken by every Congressman. human approach to India’s Indians stuck abroad as she was “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. some of the party leaders Now, this is the time to act for diplomacy as External Affairs quick to respond to their calls there who may say something The Home Minister said es, and no one from the BJP Scindia said the Congress behave like Ministers. rejuvenation of the party. It has Minister in the previous for help on Twitter. Sushma but the public knows how the his assessment of Delhi elec- asked them even to apply needs to change its working On the leadership issue in to be revamped. Surgical action Narendra Modi Government even became popular in party is. But this is not the out- tions went wrong but asserted restraint. Incidentally, the BJP style and ideology. Scindia said the party, Jairam said local will have to be taken so that it died on August 6 last year fol- Pakistan for her response to 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, level leaders have to be encour- starts yielding the results,” lowing a massive cardiac arrest. people wanting to get visas for have also suffered because of not a mandate on the CAA and Verma made the controversial and so his party needed to aged and nurtured. “We are vir- Moily added. The Ministry of External medical treatment in India. this. We don’t know exactly as the NRC. remarks for the first time. change its ideology and go tually non-existent in Bihar. We Continued on Page 7 Affairs, in a statement, said the Continued on Page 7 )*& P P ! +! 62 19! ling in the ill-fated bus and the lost their lives ... My condo- O injured were shifted to Saifai lences to the families of the vic- *!5*678 the incidence of criminals in n a tragic accident, at least 14 Mini PGI in Etawah. tims in this hour of grief. I wish politics,” the SC said referring Ipassengers were killed and Prime Minister Narendra those injured recover soon,” the olding that candidates for to the data placed before it. two dozen others injured when Modi expressed grief over the Prime Minister’s Office said in Helections should not be L M “We have also noted that a private bus in which they deaths in the accident and a tweet quoting Modi. selected merely on their the political parties offer no were travelling rammed into a hoped for speedy recovery of Chief Minister Yogi “winnability”, the Supreme explanation as to why candi- ! 8 " stationary truck on Agra- the injured. Adityanath directed the district Court on Thursday directed * 3 L dates with pending criminal Lucknow Expressway in “The road accident on magistrate and district police political parties to make pub- cases are selected as candidates O < M L $%&'( Firozabad on Wednesday night. Agra-Lucknow Expressway in chief of Ferozabad to reach the lic within 48 hours details of O = M3 > in the first place.” The police said that at least Uttar Pradesh has caused deep spot and oversee relief. He pending criminal cases against If a political party fails to ) 40-45 passengers were travel- grief. Many passengers have also said that the injured be them, in a far-reaching verdict submit the compliance report * , - provided the best treatment. aimed at decriminalising elec- of the directives with the ". . Yogi also announced Rs 2 toral politics. Election Commission, the poll lakh each compensation for the The political parties were panel “shall bring such non- families of the deceased and Rs ordered to upload on their compliance” to the notice of the / 0 50,000 each for the injured.