DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2014 (PAGE 9) Navy holds war room brief for Members take oath Jaitley on critical requirements NEW DELHI, June 5: the early procurement of new sub- marines under the Project-75 India in LS amid bonhomie Navy chief Admiral Robin and speedy construction of six Dhowan today briefed Defence NEW DELHI, June 5: al of his Cabinet colleagues and to take oath in their mother Scorpene vessels. Congress President Sonia tongue, including D V Minister Arun Jaitley on the issues The briefing, which was It was bonhomie all around facing the maritime force including Gandhi taking oath. Sadananda Gowda, Ananth attended by all Principal Staff as a sizeable chunk of members With the churning brought Kumar and G M Siddheshwara, the depleting under-water force Officers of the Navy, including of the newly-elected 16th Lok levels and the status of the indige- out by the elections throwing in who took oath in Kannada. Vice Chief Vice Admiral Sunil Sabha including Prime Minister contrasts, it was a changed sce- Sarbananda Sonowal took oath nous nuclear submarine pro- Lanba, Deputy Chief RK Pattanaik Narendra Modi took oath today. gramme. nario in the House with BJP for in Assamese and Jual Oram in and other three-star rank officers The country's unity in diver- the first time coming in with a Odia. The Defence Minister was based here. sity was in full glare as the given a detailed one-hour presenta- majority on its own ending the A spirit of democracy was The Navy also stressed on pro- House boasting of over 300 first 25-year-long coalition era. visible in the House as members tion by the Navy chief himself on viding additional budget for the timers - including Modi - saw a the issues facing the force and its On the opposition side, and leaders who took oath were construction of the Indigenous festive atmosphere with mem- immediate requirements for meet- Congress was the largest party cheered by even their political Aircraft Carrier, which is being bers donning traditional dress ing its operational tasks couple of with just 44 members. detractors. built by the Cochin Shipyard and head gears and many taking days before Jaitley visits Mumbai Several Union ministers Many members, including Limited there. oath in their mother tongue. took oath in Hindi in the name leaders from rival sides, were to review the preparedness of The force also stressed on the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Western Command there, Navy Attired in spotless white of God, with Sushma Swaraj, seen greeting each other after importance of inducting 16 multi- Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary Affairs, Prakash Javadekar kurta-pyjama, the Prime Uma Bharti and Harsh Vardhan taking oath or making the affir- officials said here. role helicopters, which have been addressing on the occasion of the World Environment Day, in New Delhi on Thursday. Dhowan is understood to have Minister was the first to take taking oath in Sanskrit. mation. stuck for the last over two years oath amid thumping of desks. Sonia Gandhi made the With the election of the briefed Jaitley about the recent due to one reasons or the other and He took oath in Hindi in the affirmation in Hindi and so did Speaker scheduled tomorrow, mishaps involving the two frequent complaints filed by bid- Russian-origin Kilo Class sub- Now green clearance online: Javadekar name of God and was followed Minister Ram Vilas Paswan of the process of oath taking by the ders who have been expelled from LJP. all 543 members has to be com- marines and the impact it has had the tender. by BJP veteran L K Advani. NEW DELHI, June 5: not visit the office but submit provide new dimensions to the This was followed by sever- Several ministers preferred pleted by then. (PTI) on the operational capabilities of The Minister was also briefed their proposals online," discourse. the force. on the status of the salvage opera- In order to bring more trans- Javdekar said, adding that he "The world has always pro- parency, environment clear- The Navy chief also stressed tions of the INS Sindhurakshak, had, while taking charge of the vided a vocabulary (on climate on the need for inducting more which sunk on August 14 after an ances can now be sought online, AAP leader Anjali Damania quits party ministry, announced that the change) and we have reacted. under-water vessels to meet the explosion killing all 18 persons on Prakash Javadekar, Minister of MUMBAI, June 5: “I have never and will never communication at various levels system would be made online in We will provide a new vocabu- requirements of the force including board.(PTI) State for Environment and in future compromise on my val- were irritating Anjali (Damania) order to bring more transparen- lary to which the world will Climate Change, today said. Activist-turned-politician ues. I request the media to and Preeti (Menon). They could cy. react and we will take the dis- and senior Aam Aadmi Party "The online service system The Minister was speaking respect my privacy,” the 45- not focus on the major reasons for TOR (Terms of Reference) course to a new height because leader from Maharashtra, Anjali year-old leader said. for which they had joined poli- on the sidelines of a function we bother about climate change. Damania and state AAP secre- and environment clearance pro- organised to mark the World Damania, a crusader against tics. Hence, she decided to quit,” We will work by keeping energy tary Preeti Menon have resigned posal is operational from today. Enviornment Day. corruption, refused to state any Gandhi said. For 25 days, submissions can be efficiency as the central theme." from the party, ahead of the state reasons on her sudden decision “We have been able to con- Javadekar, who also handles Assembly elections. done both online and in the form the Climate Change portfolio, He emphasised on better to quit the party, and said she vince her that a structure will be of hard copies. interaction between his ministry “Dear colleagues, with a only wished the “best” for AAP. created for organisational issues said India (a developing coun- heavy heart, I am ending my "But from July 1, it will be try) should not be potrayed as a and people and said "we will be “Kindly excuse me, I do not and she should focus on what association with AAP,” Damania fully online. That is our beginin- "villian" in the debate on cli- meeting the public more often at wish to state anything except she is good at (taking up corrup- said in a letter addressed to AAP ing of transparency. One need mate change but should instead different places". (PTI) that I care a lot for my party and tion-related issues). She colleagues, issued late last my best wishes are always with (Damania) intends to meet all evening. it,” she said. volunteers this evening to exhort Damania, who unsuccessful- Reacting to the exit of the them to refocus on our original RJD's alliance with Congress ly contested the recent Lok two AAP leaders, Mayank goals of systemic change,” Sabha elections against BJP Gandhi said that lack of commu- Gandhi added. leader Nitin Gadkari from Nagpur, said, “My greatest nication at various levels and Damania stood at the fourth will continue in Bihar: Lalu complaints against AAP com- position from Nagpur Lok Sabha PATNA, June 5: from Congress are blaming the Lok Sabha constituencies in regards for Arvind (Kejriwal), who is like an elder brother. All I mittee members by party work- seat during the recent election by alliance for defeat," he said, in Bihar whereas RJD forfeited ers pushed Damania into tender- securing 69,081 votes. RJD supremo Lalu Prasad reply to a question on a section deposit only at one place in want to request is that please do not have conspiracy theories ing her resignation. Gadkari won from the seat, today said despite a defeat in the of Congress leaders at the meet. West Champaran," Prasad said over my exit.” “Minor organisational issues with 5,87,767 votes to his credit, Lok Sabha elections his party's "Our alliance with Congress taking a potshots at Kumar. The state party convener said like complaints against the by defeating seven-term MP alliance with the Congress will continue in Bihar in future," RJD managed to win four she will never compromise on behaviour of committee mem- Vilas Muttemwar of Congress. would continue. he said emphatically. Lok Sabha seats in Bihar on its The RJD chief also dis- her values. bers by AAP workers and lack of (PTI) The RJD president earlier in own while its partner Congress missed any murmuring within the day presided over a won two seats. NCP bagged the alliance. marathon review meeting with one. JD(U) slumped to two seats "I had a meeting with Free-form gestures could party nominees in the recently- from 20 it had won in 2009. Congress leaders day before held general elections and also BJP, LJP and Rashtriya Lok yesterday in Delhi in which party office bearers and leaders. Samata Party alliance cornered Congress president Sonia Former Union minister Gandhi and its vice president 31 out of a total of 40 LS seats be passwords of the future Raghubansh Prasad Singh, ex- in the state. Rahul Gandhi besides National chief minister Rabri Devi, RJD NEW YORK, June 5: "All it takes to steal a pass- "You can create any shape, Conference leader Farooq Yesterday, the Bihar Pradesh word is a quick eye," said Janne using any number of fingers, and BJP MP Devji Bhai entertaining media personnel while Legislature party leader Abdul Congress Committee in a meet- Imagine unlocking your Abdullah were present and there Bari Siddiqui and Prem Chand Lindqvist, one of the leaders of in any size or location on the entering Parliament House to take oath as Member of was no talk of any murmuring ing reviewed the drubbing of smartphone or tablet with free- the project.