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Tuesday to gain the upper ('/ hand in keeping the party ! organisation on their side. & While Pashupati Kumar Paras- ' && led faction removed Chirag ((* %&'( Paswan from the post of the ((""&&& visibly upset Union Health president of the party, "&* *& Ministry on Tuesday warned Chirag hit back by expelling (*+ the public that as the country Paras and four other rebel MPs (* is dealing with highly trans- from the party. 0&((&/ missible variants now, con- While it’s clear that the tainment, social distancing anti-Chirag move has the bless- '' need to be more stringent. ing of both Bihar Chief + ' NITI Aayog member Dr Minister Nitish Kumar and ((* % VK Paul said at a Press con- the BJP leadership, Chirag is '" '& ference here that the hoping that Prime Minister '(* Government is keeping an eye Narendra Modi or Home *('*& on the Delta Plus variant, and Minister Amit Shah will come "*&,(& & the vaccination process in India to his rescue. ,&( & is expected to scale up. “After all Chirag batted for &($**'(.&, However, he warned peo- the BJP in the Bihar Assembly (& *(& ple should maintain social dis- polls, which spoiled his relation 1+'2% 2$&(. tancing. “Responsibility and with the BJP. Now it’s up to the , '( discipline are two important PM and the HM to find a solu- ""&& %* things for unlocking. Virus tion to this crisis. Chirag may *"&(&( transmission is very low right be isolated but he carries the */ now. Cluster cases should be legacy of Ram Vilas Paswan. ,0 contained. We are dealing with People of Bihar will never for- + ''' + a highly transmissible variant give those who betray him in & 12 1231. They feared that the coun- this year than we were in 2020, his hour of crisis,” said a leader ((* % && try may see a super surge in hence we need to exercise close to Chirag. '((& '% ,,011 s lockdown restrictions Covid-19 caseload sooner or greater caution and strictly In his first reaction after his .&,,3& 2310456 Ahave ended in several parts later unless vaccination cover- abide by Covid appropriate uncle Paras ousted him as the *(*&* of the country and people have age is spread at a rapid pace behaviour,” he said. leader of the party in the Lok 4'& #&"( %751723,16 started flocking to markets, before new variants arrive. The Continued on Page 11 Sabha with the support of four &&&&+ shopping malls and public others MPs, Chirag likened and the party controlled by it which 41 of 76 members were "&&25#(*(/ % ,0755,04 places, bypassing Covid-pro- the organisation to a mother now split down the middle only present, its Bihar unit working 23476 tocol, including social distanc- who should not be “betrayed”. eight months after the death of president Raju Tiwari said. + ing norms, health experts and OP He also shared on Twitter Chirag Paswan’s father, the two It was unanimously decid- & , %041 virologists fear it may bring a letter he had written to him warring groups are now rally- ed to expel the five MPs from '-./!$% 6 && closer Covid-19 third wave. New Delhi: The new Delta Plus has been detected and submit- on March 29 that highlighted ing the members of its organ- the LJP for their “anti-party” &'(*, =1,45572351,6 They said while it is not mutation of coronavirus is “a ted to the global data system. Paras’ alleged indifference to isation to their cause as both activities, he told reporters. &'( easy to predict when the third variant of interest”, not “a vari- It has been seen in Europe since the party’s agenda and conduct factions claim to represent the It was a hurriedly called '&,&,N*& P %,55523146 wave will come, it is important ant of concern”, the March and was brought into against its interests, and had Lok Janshakti Party. meeting, Tiwari said, claiming *'O*(( to increase vaccination and Government said on Tuesday. the public domain two days ago urged him to fulfil his respon- While the party MPs have that many other members also 4'&2 "& '%,540,123,,46 ensure that people follow social “Delta variant played a major on June 13,” NITI Aayog’s sibilities to it and their family sided with Paras, the group extended their support to the & !('&/1 norms to limit the scope of role in the second wave. An Member Health, Dr VK Paul, following the death of LJP headed by Chirag Paswan decision and expressed faith in &0&:4'&2 ;$ %,750,023016 transmission and mutation of additional mutation of this said at a Health Ministry founder Ram Vilas Paswan. called a virtual meeting of the Chirag Paswan’s leadership. &,*''(+ the virus. variant, known as Delta Plus, Press meet. With the Paswan family party’s national executive in Continued on Page 11 *!"</ ' % 474023,,06 " # ! ( ( Q ,, -! R Q R+ ' . ! $ $%&' P ith Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh around # Wthe corner, as part of a new political he National Investigation Agency (NIA) manoeuvring, 11 suspended MLAs from Bahujan Ton Tuesday announced a reward of 10 Samaj Party (BSP) have decided to float a new lakh each for providing information to help political outfit before the elections. rior booking and pre-online identify two suspected individuals, as cap- The new party will be formed under the lead- Pregistration are now no tured in CCTV footage when explosives ership of Lalji Verma, who was recently expelled longer mandatory for Covid material was being planted outside Israeli from the party. vaccination. “Walk-ins are embassy here. Earlier, nine MLAs suspended from the BSP allowed. This means, anyone The case met SP chief Akhilesh Yadav at Samajwadi Party aged 18 years or more can iting brazen misuse of the relates to an office in Lucknow on Tuesday. This meeting directly go to the nearest vac- CUAPA against dissenters, explosion near sparked the speculation that the rebel MLAs might cination centre, where the vac- ly at the nearest vaccination the Delhi High Court on Israeli embassy join the SP and contest the upcoming Assembly cinator performs the on-site centers. The Ministry also said Tuesday granted bail to student ! here earlier this elections as Samajwadi Party candidate. registration and provides vac- that the facility for assisted reg- leaders and activists arrested as year. Shravasti MLA Aslam Raini, who was sus- cination in the same visit, for istrations through the 1075 accused in the Delhi riot cases. “Any infor- pended from the BSP after he rebelled against the Covid vaccine,” Union Health Help Line has also been oper- “We are constrained to say, use of the UAPA against stu- who have been raising ques- mation in this party during the Rajya Sabha elections held in Ministry said on Tuesday. ationalised. that it appears that in its anxi- dents, the court underscored tions on the vicious crack- regard leading to November 2020, told the media here on Tuesday In a statement issued on “That, all the above modes, ety to suppress dissent and in that the right to protest peace- down against student activists identification and that all the 11 rebel MLAs of BSP will form a new Tuesday, the Health Ministry specifically operationalised for the morbid fear that matters fully without arms is a funda- for raising a finger at police for arrest of the sus- political party and Lalji will be the leader. said, “The facilitated registra- rural areas, are functional and may get out of hand, the State mental right under Article misusing the provisions of the pected individu- He said another expelled BSP leader Ram tion through the Common enabling equitable access to has blurred the line between 19(1)(b) of the Constitution UAPA to implicate innocent als will be Achal Rajbhar is also with them. Service Centres on Co-WIN is vaccination in rural areas, is the constitutionally guaran- and has not been outlawed yet. persons in the Delhi riot cases. rewarded with cash of 10 lakh on each sus- “We will make Lalji the head of our party. All just one of the many modes of evident from the fact that, as on teed ‘right to protest’ and ‘ter- The court’s observations came The court observed that pect,” the NIA said in a statement. the 11 MLAs are united now. Right now we are registration on Co-WIN.” 13.06.2021, out of the 28.36 rorist activity’. If such blurring while it granted bails to femi- making inflammatory speech- The NIA also shared the drive where one short of one MLA, due to which a new party is not The facilitators such as crore beneficiaries registered gains traction, democracy nist organisation Pinjara Tod es, organising chakka-jams, can access the pictures and videos of the two being formed immediately and if one more health workers or ASHAs also on Co-WIN, 16.45 crore (58 would be in peril,” the bench of activists Devangana Kalita, etc, were common in the face suspects. Those willing to help further the MLA comes, then we will form the party imme- mobilise beneficiaries in rural per cent) beneficiaries have Justices Siddharth Mridul and Natasha Narwal and Asif Iqbal of widespread opposition to investigation can visit diately,” Raini added. areas and those residing in been registered in the on-site Anup J Bhambhani said. Tanha in separate orders. Governmental or parliamen- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18km He said the name of the new party would be urban slums, for on-site regis- mode,” the Ministry said. Making scathing remarks The court’s remarks will tary actions.