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You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 PATNA &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SIX MONTHS INTO PANDEMIC From RBI &public Noenddate,novaccineyet;stimulus sector banks to LIC, `205 cr to PM Cares rolling,won’thesitatetospend:FM from staff salaries Ruraleconomypicking up, labour ‘Hurting the farmers? SHYAMLALYADAV YOUR RIGHT back, Ministryresponsequicker: FM How? Ask us one NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 TO KNOW INSIDE IT’S NOT justawiderangeofcen- AN EXPRESS RTI ‘Every sectorcould PVAIDYANATHANIYER question we can’t answer’ tral educational institutions, at APPLICATION NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 leastseven public sectorbanks, decide cost,buyer; FARMERSTHEHEART THEEXPRESS Opposition before introducing sevenother leading financial in- farmers couldn’t. SIX MONTHS INTOthe Covid-19 OFATMANIRBHAR ENSECONOMICBUREAU the three reformistfarm Bills in stitutions and insurers, and the Indian Express to Rs 349.25 crore. Newlawswill give pandemic, and asharp 23.9 per NATION:PM ONMANN INTERVIEW NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 Parliament, Finance Minister RBI, have together contributed The Prime Minister’s Office, freedom to trade’ cent GDP contraction in April- KI BAAT PAGE 8 WITH Nirmala Sitharaman said the Rs 204.75 crorefromtheir staff whichmanages the fund,has de- NARENDRA SINGH June following astrict national POINTINGOUT THATher Congress and other political par- salaries to the Prime Minister’s clinedtofurnish details of contri- TOMAR lockdown, Union Finance NIRMALA Cabinetcolleague Narendra ties were doing a“disservice”, Citizen Assistance and Relief in butions received, saying thatPM MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE MinisterNirmalaSitharamansaid the pandemic, especiallyinthe SITHARAMAN Tomar,MinisterofAgriculture particularly afterhaving pro- Emergency Situations (PM CARES is “notapublic authority &FARMERS’ WELFARE Saturdaythe economycontinues absence of asure-shotvaccine. UNION FINANCE MINISTER and Farmers’ Welfare, had wide- fessedthe same reforms in their CARES)fund,RTIrecordsaccessed under the...RTI Act”. PAGE 9 to facechallengesofadifferentna- In an interviewtoThe Indian TOMORROW ranging consultation with all ownmanifestos. by The Indian Express show. Topping the listofpublic sec- turewithnoclear-cutenddatefor CONTINUEDONPAGE2 stakeholders including the CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Of these, records show, Life torbanks and institutions that Insurance Corporation of India respondedtoRTI queries (see (LIC), GeneralInsurance Corpo- chart), LIC alone gave Rs 113.64 ration of India (GIC) and National croretoPMCARES under various HousingBank alsocontributed categories: Rs 8.64crore from MP Siva was THE IDEAS PAGE over Rs 144.5 croreseparately staffsalaries, Rs 100crore under from their CorporateSocial “CorporateCommunication” Responsibility (CSR) allocation and Rs 5crore under “Golden in seat but THEFARMER’S and other provisions. Jubilee Foundation”. FREEDOMTOSELL This takesthe totalcontribu- Records showthatLIC’scon- order key for BY ASHOK GULATI tion from the 15 government tribution of Rs 100crore was PAGE 11 banksand institutionsthat re- made on March 31 —Rs5crore, division: Dy spondedtoRTI queriesfrom The CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Chairman JASWANT SINGH I 1938-2020 ‘Was The courteous scholar-politician surrounded by some hostile often out of sync with his party members’ COOMIKAPOOR MANOJCG NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 JASWANTSINGH, 82,was always RESPONDINGTOThe Indian somewhat of amisfit in the BJP, Express reportthat two aparty he helpedfound in 1980, OppositionMPs were in their and whichheablyrepresented seatswhen theyasked fordivi- as anine-time parliamentarian sion on the farm Bills, Deputy and ministerwithkey portfolios Chairman Harivansh, in astate- ALONG HAUL in the Vajpayeeyears between ment Sunday, said it was“true” 1998 and2004. that DMK MP Tiruchi Siva had Armysoldiersoperating aT-90 Bhishma tank near theLine of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh on Sunday. ANI Butthe former ArmyMajor demandedadivision from his with his liberalism, courteous Singh, who were partlyrespon- Rajnath Singh pays tribute seat but he pointed outthat “or- old worldmilitarymannerisms, sible forhis removalin2014, in- to Jaswant Singh, in New der in the House” is “equallyim- his interestinbooksand schol- dicatedthat despitedifferences, Delhi on Sunday. PTI portant” to have adivision. After meeting arship, and his outspokenness, the BJP’s topleadership appreci- The Indian Express, afterre- NDA onlyinname...no meeting wasoften outofsync with many ated his valuable contributions THE EDITORIAL PAGE viewing the official footageof in his party —the reason he was to the party. RajyaSabha TVbetween1pm — with Shah, twice expelledfromthe BJP. Singh’sbiggestsupporter in when the Deputy Chairman ex- called by PM all these years: Sukhbir At thetime of his death, the BJP wasAtalBihariVajpayee, ANHONOURABLE tendedthe sitting —to1.26 pm leaders from Singh wasnolonger in the party, who recognisedhis worth. MAN when theHouse wasadjourned remember aday in the last10 but the tributes paid to him by During Vajpayee’s twotenures BY SUDHEENDRAKULKARNI for15minutes, reportedthat NAVJEEVANGOPAL ‘Proper years when the Prime Minister Ladakh calloff PrimeMinisterNarendraModi as Prime Minister, Singh was PAGE 10 Siva had demandedadivision CHANDIGARH,SEPTEMBER27 relationship calledanNDA meeting forlunch and Defence MinisterRajnath CONTINUEDONPAGE2 from his seat at 1.10 pm. And that during to discusswhat theyhavein poll boycott CPM’s KKRagesh, too, wasinhis ADAY aftersnapping ties with Vajpayee’s mind. Alliances should notbeon seat at 1:11pmwhen he de- the BJP,Shiromani Akali Dal time’ paper... Beforethis, during (Atal mandedadivision on an amend- (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Bihari) Vajpayee’s time, there DIPANKARGHOSE ment movedbyhim to thebill. Badal on Sundaysaid the usedtobeaproper relationship. NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 This contradicted the Deputy National Democratic Alliance Express, Badal said, “For the last My father is afounder member Chairman’s contention that (NDA) had lostcredibility in the seven, eight... 10 years or so, NDA of the NDA... It’ssad thatwecre- THE GOVERNMENT on Sunday members neededtobeintheir last10years and wasanalliance is justinname. Thereisnothing ated theNDA but the NDAisnot announceditwould consider all seat to askfor adivision. “justinname". in the NDA. No discussions, no theretoday." “issuesrelated to language, de- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Speaking to The Indian planning, no meetings. Idonot CONTINUEDONPAGE2 mography, ethnicity,land and jobs” forwhich the Ladakhi peo- ple have demandedconstitu- Ex-staffer linked to Johar THEWORLD tional protection. BUSINESSASUSUAL The People’s Movement for Constitutional Safeguard, an BY UNNY firm claims NCB forced umbrella body of the Ladakhi leadership, agreedtocall offits himtoimplicatedirector boycottofthe Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development implicate Johar and other execu- Council (LAHDC) elections SADAFMODAK& tivesofthe film production com- scheduledfor October 16. MOHAMEDTHAVER panyinacase of alleged con- The contours of abroad un- MUMBAI,SEPTEMBER27 sumption of drugs. derstanding were reachedata The former Dharmatic REPUBLICANS IN meeting of three senior Ladakhi AFORMER executive producer Entertainment employee, Kshitij SENATE MOVE TO leaders with Union Home of Dharmatic Entertainment, the Prasad,was called in by NCBon MinisterAmit Shah on Saturday. sisterconcern of Karan Johar’s Fridayinconnectionwith itsin- CONFIRM TRUMP’S The announcement wasmade Dharma Productions, told a vestigation intothe alleged SUPREME COURT by MinisterofState forYouth Mumbai court on Sundaythat “drugs nexus” in Bollywood, and PICKBARRETT Affairs and SportsKiren Rijiju, the Narcotics Control Bureau placedunder arrest on Saturday. PAGE 13 MinisterofState forHome (NCB) had forced him to falsely CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 LEGAL EDUCATION Rhea ki aukaattowaiverfromgovt: howBihar DGPstoops to conquer PAGE 1 ED ANCHOR Bending PLAIN E ● thebar EX SANTOSHSINGH PATNA,SEPTEMBER27 BY WAIVINGoff his 193rd three-month noticepe- SEVENMONTHS ago, he started riod, the Bihar govern- GUNNER'S DAY his ownYouTubechannel and ment has bent over back- got professionals to managehis wardstofacilitateformer Facebook and Twitter accounts. DGP Gupteshwar Then, he took on the Opposition Pandey’s entryinto forquestioning the Bihar gov- politics.It’s notthe first ernment’s handling of atriple Pandeywith Nitish Kumar in Patna Sunday. PTI time, though. Pandey murder case in Gopalganj. Last took VRS in 2009, too, to month, he became the face of contestthe LokSabha the state’s pursuit of theSushant Within justfivedays of tak- Gupteshwar Pandeyjoinedthe pollsbeforechanging his Singh Rajput suicide case. ing voluntaryretirement,his rulingJD(U) in the presence of mind—hewas allowed On Sunday, it all fell into