MUMBAI | 22 FEBRUARY 2020 ECONOMY & PUBLIC AFFAIRS 5 . < No need to fear CAA, NPR: Delhi to help Maharashtra with education reforms Thackeray after PM meet PRESS TRUST OF INDIA quoted as saying in an official state- New Delhi, 21 February ment. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Maharashtra, as the Congress "I also shared about our efforts to New Delhi, 21 February and the NCP are opposed to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal bring a positive change in Maharashtra's the measures. said his government will provide all pos- education model. We should also think o one needs to fear AICC general secretary in- sible help to Maharashtra in imple- of a tie-up between the two states and about the Citizenship charge of Maharashtra menting education reforms, describing pick good things from each other's edu- N Amendment Act Mallikarjun Kharge and Shiv it as cooperative federalism at its best. cation models," he said. (CAA) and the National Sena leaders Aaditya Kejriwal’s statement comes hours Sisodia, who is also the Education Population Register (NPR) is Thackeray and Sanjay Raut after Maharashtra Higher Education minister, said the Maharashtra govern- not going to throw anyone out were also present during the Minister Uday Samant met Delhi ment has started with some new pro- of the country, Maharashtra meeting. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia grammes in the field of education and Chief Minister Uddhav The meeting came soon here to discuss various initiatives taken he would like to learn and adopt it in the Thackeray said on Friday, after after Thackeray asserted that under the AAP government's education city. meeting Prime Minister one does not have to fear the model. Sisodia said the Maharashtra "We want to take the journey of Narendra Modi. CAA and no one will thrown “Delhi government will provide all government has started with some new bringing about a revolution in educa- The Shiv Sena chief said an out of the country due to NPR, possible help to Maharashtra to imple- programmes in the field of education tion ahead by adopting and imple- atmosphere is being created soon after meeting Prime ment education reforms in their state. menting best learning programmes and in the country that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Maharashtra Chief Minister Narendra Modi. This is cooperative federalism at its best. change in the state education model. practices for our children. National Register of Citizens Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son and State minister The Congress and the NCP, Both states can learn so much from ech “I came here with a lot of curiosity to "That is why it's very important to (NRC) is “dangerous" for Aaditya Thackeray in New Delhi PHOTO:PTI along with some other oppo- other,” Kejriwal tweeted. know more about Delhi’s education collaborate with each other and learn Muslims. sition parties, have been criti- After meeting Sisodia, Samant said model. It is so successful and I would from the individual experience of edu- Talking to reporters after Thackeray's first visit to the tion and CAA-NPR-NRC. cal of the CAA-NPR-NRC, and he also shared about the Maharashtra like to take ideas from here and adopt in cation departments of both the states," his meeting with Modi that national capital after taking Thackeray met Gandhi at the matter has created discord government's efforts to bring a positive our education system," Samant was Sisodia said. lasted nearly an hour, over as the chief minister of her 10, Janpath residence and among the Maharashtra Thackeray said he had a dis- Maharashtra. the meeting lasted around alliance partners. cussion on the Citizenship He later met Congress half-an-hour. This is the first Thackeray said the Centre Amendment Act (CAA), the President Sonia Gandhi and meeting of Thackeray with has already made its stand National Population Register veteran BJP leader L K Gandhi after the formation of clear in Parliament that NRC Sedition slapped against woman for raising pro-Pak slogans (NPR) and the NRC. Advani. the coalition government in will not be implemented "I have made my stand Thackeray's Shiv Sena was Maharashtra. across the country. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA In a related development, the organisers, under the ban- days judicial custody. clear on all these issues. No earlier a part of the BJP-led Sources said the leaders are Sources said the leaders Bengaluru, 21 February security was provided at the ner of "Save the Constitution", Her father Wazi also called one has to fear about CAA. I NDA, but formed the "Maha learnt to have discussed the discussed the functioning of home of the woman, Amulya invited her to address the gath- for action against her as per the had said CAA is not a legisla- Vikas Aghadi" government in functioning of the 'Maha- the state government. A young woman who raised Leona, in Chikkamagaluru dis- ering in the presence of All India law, saying she has made an tion to throw anyone out of Maharashtra with the Congress Agadi' government of Shiv “Talking about NPR and pro- Pakistan slogans at an anti- trict, after it was attacked, Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen "unforgiveable mistake." On the country," the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Sena, Congress and NCP. Census...the census happens CAA rally last evening has been allegedly by right wing workers. (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Friday, Yeddiyurappa said: chief told reporters. Party (NCP) after parting ways Thackeray's stand on the every 10 years and it is impor- booked for sedition and Officials said some people Owaisi, on Thursday. "Importantly, the organisations His son Aaditya Thackeray, with the saffron party. Citizenship Amendment Act tant that it takes place. I have remanded to judicial custody, had targeted her home on After being removed from that are behind people like also a minister in his cabinet, Thackeray also met (CAA) and National assured all the citizens of my police said on Friday. Thursday evening and the win- the stage, she was arrested on Amulya and nurturing them, if accompanied him during the Congress president Sonia Population Register (NPR) has state that no one's right will Karnataka Chief Minister B S dow panes were damaged. charges of sedition and pro- we don't take action against meeting. Gandhi and held discussions become a bone of contention be taken away," Thackeray Yediyurappa said the woman Amulya had raised "Pakistan duced before a magistrate's such organisations, such things This was Uddhav on the current political situa- among the allies in said, adding "it's not so". had links with Naxals. Zindabad" slogans thrice after court, which remanded her to 14 won't end." J&K signs over Yoga is science, not religion ~2,100 cr MoUs nor political in Mumbai activity:Naidu PRESS TRUST OF INDIA PRESS TRUST OF INDIA crore worth of non-binding Coimbatore, 21 February Mumbai, 21 February MoUs in Kolkata, ~850 crore in Bengaluru and over ~2,100 Vice President M Venkaiah The newly formed Union crore in Mumbai. Naidu said yoga is not a Territory of Jammu and J&K has identified 14 sec- religion or a political activ- Kashmir on Friday inked tors, including horticulture, ity, but a science and Memorandums of food processing, manufactur- should be practiced for the Understanding (MoUs) worth ing, infrastructure, media and betterment of an individ- over ~2,100 crore during its entertainment, film and ual. investment summit roadshow tourism, to attract invest- “The world needs more in the city. ments, he added. happiness and that is “We want to maximise Kewal Kumar Sharma, exactly what Lord Shiva industrial growth and employ- Advisor to Lieutenant teaches us. Adiyogi is the ment opportunities in Jammu Governor of Jammu and one who first transmitted and Kashmir. For this we are Kashmir said, "We are in the the yogic science to engaging in six city roadshows. final stages of designing an humanity,” he said, speak- Of this, we have already suc- ambitious Industrial ing at the Mahashivarathi cessfully concluded in Promotion Policy 2020 in J&K, festival organised at Isha Bengaluru, Kolkata and which will have elements like Yoga Centre, where the 112 Mumbai,” Jammu and SGST reimbursement in full, feet tall statue of Adiyogi Kashmir Principal Secretary attractive land policy, exemp- formed the background. Planning, Development and tion from stamp duty, support Adiyogi is an inspiration Monitoring Rohit Kansal told for green industrialisation and representation of Yoga, reporters at an investor road- along with other benefits." which is not a belief, but a show organised by CII. When asked about the ground technology to transform one- “The roadshows will fur- situation in the union territory, self, the Vice-President said. ther cover cities like he said it is much better than “Yoga is not a religion, it Hyderabad, Chennai, what it was a few months back. is a science. It is time we all Ahmedabad in February and "We're talking about invest- now get back to Yoga. I am March,” he said. ments in the long term. You're happy that Prime Minister Led by Lieutenant not talking about today, given Narendra Bhai Modi has Governor Girish Chandra today's situation (is) much bet- taken the initiative to take Murmu, the officials pitched ter than what it was, let's say, a Yoga to the United Nations. about the business possibilities few months back. So things are Now Yoga is catching up! in Kashmir valley to India Inc. improving, I don't see this Thanks to the initiative of Kansal said the union terri- becoming a problem for any the Prime Minister" he tory has signed around ~2,000 investment," he added.