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UPENG/2020/04393 l Vol 1 l Issue No.38 Former TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari holds BJP party fl ag after joining the party in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah Union Home Minister Amit Shah having lunch at the house during a public rally, in Midnapore on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI of farmers Jhunu Singh and Sanatan Singh, at Belijuri village in Midnapore on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI Finally, a ‘reluctant’ SHAH BREACHES Rahul now says ‘yes’ ONCE AGAIN CONGRESS LOOKS UNITED AS SONIA SAY IT’S ONE BIG FAMILY New Delhi: It was a MAMATA’S FORT present and cheerful morning for an ailing Mamata Banerjee Will Be Left Alone, says Amit Shah, lady Congress Presci- ent Sonia Gandhi when takes Trinamool Congress Rebels into the BJP fold the entire Congress once again looked unit- ed and a ‘reluctant’ Ra- West Bengal political heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari along with nine MLAs of hul finally said ‘YES’ to different parties and a TMC MP joined the BJP at Shah’s rally in Midnapore Gandhi family and sen- ior Congress leaders’ Mohd Fahad north Kolkata on Satur- proposal to take over ADHIKARI IN LETTER ASKS TMC day morning and said the charge of the party Congress leaders Pawan Bansal, Prithviraj Chavan and Harish Kolkata: Sending out a that the ideals of the President by January Rawat after a meeting with partys Interim President Sonia warning to West Bengal MEN TO JOIN HANDS WITH HIM 19th-century icon are 2021, subject to electoral Gandhi, in New Delhi on Saturday. Chief Minister Mamata Former leader of Trinamool Congress, Suv- more relevant in the process scheduled to be Banerjee, Union Home The BJP will win endu Adhikari on Saturday wrote a letter to present-day world. He completed by then. es in the party’s organi- bels” on the lawns of the Minister Amit Shah on more than 200 seats party workers asking them to join hands with also visited the Sid- UPA chairperson So- sation and an effective, Congress interim presi- Saturday said the BJP in next year’s Bengal him and “start a new beginning.” In the letter, dheshwari Kali Mandir nia Gandhi on Saturday full-time leadership. dent’s 10 Janpath home will win more than 200 Assembly elections Adhikari, who recently resigned from TMC in Habibpur and paid held a meeting of some The five-hour meet- marked the first move seats in next year’s state and joined Bharatiya Janata Party, said: “Our floral tributes to the rev- of the 23 senior Con- ing between Sonia Gan- towards reconciliation —Amit Shah, fi ght is to restore West Bengal to its glory.” Assembly elections. Union Home Minister olutionary Khudiram gress leaders who wrote dhi, Rahul Gandhi and after months of feuding, Pointing out desertions Bose. He also had lunch to her four months ago Priyanka Gandhi Vadra revolt and resignations. from TMC, Shah took with family of farmers seeking sweeping chang- and the so-called “re- Turn to P6 potshots at the party I have a long ADHIKARI JOINED BIGGEST Jhunu Singh and Sana- chief, saying that CM association with Amit EXTORTIONIST PARTY: TMC tan Singh, at Belijuri vil- Banerjee will be left Shah ji. I have been lage in Midnapore in loved like a brother by Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee alone in the party by the hit out at Suvendu Adhikari. “Suvendu Balichuri village along time elections arrive. the BJP. When I was has joined the biggest extortionist party. with BJP leaders. After A MORNING TO FORGET Ending weeks of affl icted by COVID-19, His personal wealth has increased the public meeting, he speculations, West Ben- no one from the TMC for manifold. He should explain how,” returned to Kolkata and SCOREBOARD: 4, 9, 2, 0, 4, 0, 8, 4, 0, 4,1 gal political heavy- whom I have given my Banerjee said. “Amit Shah speaks of held meetings with the weight Suvendu Adhi- life, asked me how I family-centric politics of others. Let me BJP state leaders. kari along with nine was. But Amit Shah remind you that Adhikari’s father Sisir On Sunday, he is Adelaide: The Indian MLAs of different par- did, twice and brother Dibyendu are TMC MPs,” scheduled to visit Visva cricket team under Virat ties and a TMC MP Bharati in Shantiniket- —Suvendu Adhikari, Banerjee added. Kohli faced its worst hour joined the BJP at Shah’s EX-TMC leader an followed by a road- of embarrassment while rally in Midnapore. show in Bolpur. The collapsing to its lowest Test Both Shah and Adhi- BJP’s state chief Dilip score of 36 as a rampaging kari referred to grow- “Bhaipo Hatao (Re- COVID-19, no one from visit to the state to take Ghosh has said that Australia cruised to an em- ing discontent among move The Nephew)”. the TMC for whom I stock of the party’s af- Shah and party presi- phatic eight-wicket victory the people and the party “I have a long associa- have given my life, asked fairs ahead of the As- dent J P Nadda would inside two and half days in about the rise of Baner- tion with Amit Shah ji. me how I was. But Amit sembly elections. visit West Bengal every the opening Day/Night Test jee’s nephew Abhishek I have been loved like a Shah did, twice,” Adhi- The Home Minister month till the Assem- here on Saturday. Turn to P6 Banerjee. Adhikari brother by the BJP. kari said in his speech. visited the birthplace of bly elections, likely in even gave the slogan, When I was afflicted by Shah is on a two-day Swami Vivekananda in April-May, are over. CM leads UP to number 1 spot CM Yogi’s unique plan to help farmers in digital transaction rankings Yogi Adityanath is contemplating a unique GANGA EMBANKMENTS WILL Digital transactions worth over Rs 1.76 billion till September. plan to step up organic and zero farming in BE FREE OF ENCROACHMENT Transactions breach last year’s total sum by Rs 98.53 crore the state and also support its distribution A campaign will also be launched to free the land occupied by the Ganges from encroach- Vishal Srivastav number one in the en- nology, people should with a dedicated market, which in turn will ment. In order to make the banks of the Gan- tire country in digital know and use technol- help farmers increase their income ges beautiful by removing encroachments, Lucknow: Thanks to transactions. This year, ogy for speed and tourists can also be attracted. Not only the sustained and fo- about 126 percent more transparency in work. M Tariq Khan Ministry of Jal Shakti this, Ganga Stadium will also be built in the cussed emphasis of the digital transactions During the global has rolled out the spade villages along the Ganga. So that the spirit UP chief minister Yogi took place than last year. pandemic Corona, un- Lucknow: The state gov- work on the ambitious of sports is developed in the youth of the Adityanath on assimila- Chief Minister Yogi der the direction of ernment has prepared a plan. According to the village. Renovation and beautifi cation of the tion of technology with Adityanath had in- Prime Minister Naren- plan for organic farming plan, fertilizer will not Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ponds along the Ganges will also be done. the economy, people in structed banks to pro- dra Modi, the work that and horticulture for the be used within 5 km ra- the state have embraced mote digital transac- the state government villages falling within a dius of Ganga. Farmers digital transactions like tions in the era of the did was in the best in- radius of 5 km on both in these areas will be sary equipment along ucts and provide special ly through this scheme. nowhere else in India. Coronavirus pandem- terest of the people, and sides of the Ganges. trained in organic farm- with training and infor- markets. The first is the cleanli- And hence it is not ic. He had also ap- this was made possible The Department of ing of grains, fruits and mation for this. The gov- The Yogi government ness of the Ganges, the without reason that, in a pealed to the people only with the technolo- Agriculture and Horti- flowers. Farmers will be ernment plans to iden- is working on three ma- second is the income of first, Uttar Pradesh is that the era is of tech- gy embrace. Turn to P6 culture along with the provided with neces- tify organic crops, prod- jor goals simultaneous- the farmers Turn to P6 UTTAR PRADESH www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia LUCKNOW | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2020 02 Chief Minister’s Varasat drive will thwart land sharks’ move in UP First India Bureau WARNS AGAINST DISRUPTIVE ELEMENTS Delhi Deputy CM questions Yogi’s credibility. —FILE PHOTO Lucknow: In first of its kind campaign to end the land related issues Sisodia tells UP CM in the rural areas, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has to raise edu level launched the special First India Bureau ‘varasat’ (natural suc- to do so. What is the cession) drive. New Delhi: Deputy fault of the people of It is aimed at eradi- Chief Minister of Del- the state? If you cannot cating the exploitation hi Manish Sisodia manage, then leave it.