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NEW ABODE OF DEMOCRACY
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla addresses at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the New Parliament Building on Thursday.
A NEW BEGINNING Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone of New Parliament Building, in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
STONES HURLED AT BJP CHIEF JP NADDA’S CONVOY; VIJAYVARGIYA, ROY HURT
ATTACK ON NADDA ‘SPONSORED’,
AMIT SHAH SEEKS WB REPLY
PM: New Parliament building will
Under pressure from Oppn, Haryana Dy CM Chautala hopes farmers-Centre rift Historical & Proud will end soon Day for India, says
witness ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla after stone laying ceremony
The home ministry called for two reports from the Bengal administration within 12 hours Aditi Nagar
New Delhi/Kolkata: Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday ordered an investigation into an attack on BJP chief JP Nadda’s convoy in West Bengal and asked the Governor for a detailed report on law and order in the state. The home ministry called for two reports from the Bengal administration within 12 hours as the BJP alleged that the state had slipped into complete lawlessness and anarchy. The BJP chief ’s convoy came under attack, allegedly from supporters of Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress, around 60 km from Kolkata. Nadda was on his way to a meeting of party workers Turn to P6
The broken windshield of JP Nadda’s convoy vehicle.
MAA DURGA SAVED ME: NADDA IN
CM MAMATA’S NEPHEW’S CONSTITUENCY
AMIT SHAH @AMITSHAH Bengal has descended into an era of tyranny, anarchy and darkness under the Trinamool rule. The manner in which political violence has been institutionalized and brought to the extreme in West Bengal under TMC (Trinamool) rule is sad and worrying
Kolkata: “If I have reached here for the meeting, it’s due to Maa Durga’s grace,” said Nadda. The BJP has launched protests across the state. Nadda said he was unhurt because he was travelling in a bullet proof car but other BJP leaders, Kailash Vijayvargiya and Mukul Roy, were injured. Some journalists were pushed and shoved back, according to PTI. Mamata Banerjee claimed the attack was staged and accused the BJP of resorting to “drama” to malign her government ahead of assembly polls next year. “BJP is creating a new Hindu dharma (religion). It is a hateful dharma. This is how Hitler became who he was. They are creating videos of incidents and sharing with media...Nautanki is going on. They will say Pakistan is attacking us, Nepal, Israel,” said the Chief Minister. “Just think of the situation. They are roaming around with the BSF, CRPF, Army, CISF....then why are you so scared?,” added Mamata.
DELHI DY CM’S HOUSE ATTACKED New Delhi: Delhi’s rul-
ing Aam Aadmi Party claimed on Thursday that Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s residence had been “attacked by BJP goons” who, the AAP claimed, had acted with the support of police personnel meant to ensure the safety and security of Sisodia and his family. Shocking visuals from videos posted online by Sisodia and AAP leaders Atishi and Raghav Chadha showed dozens of men marching up to the Deputy
CM’s residence and forcing their way past a handful of policemen, at least one of whom had what looked like an assault rifle. The videos show the mob pushing the police aside and hammer on the gates till they fly open. As the mob makes its way inside the compound,
some policemen follow them in and try to stop them from proceeding any further. According to news agency ANI, a case has been filed and six people have been arrested. Sisodia, who was not home at the time, tweeted: “Today, in my absence, BJP goons broke into my house and tried to attack my wife and children. You (tagging Home Minister Amit Shah) may have lost the political battle but this is how you will respond?”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the foundation stone laying ceremony of New Parliament Building, in New Delhi on Thursday.
Chandigarh: Breaking his silence on the farmers’ protest, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala hoped that they will call off their stir now that the Centre has offered to give written assurances on MSP. The Jannayak Janta Party leader said he is quite hopeful that the farmers protesting over the new agri-marketing laws will understand that when the Centre is giving written assurances, it a victory for their struggle. Meanwhile, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday urged farmer union leaders to consider proposals sent to them to break the deadlock over protests against the three new Turn to P6
New Delhi: Describing the laying of foundation stone of the new Parliament building as a “milestone in India’s democratic history”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said if the old Parliament house gave direction to the country postindependence, the new one would be a witness to making of a self-reliant India. Addressing the gathering after laying the foundation stone of the new building and performing the groundbreaking ceremony, Modi said many new things were being done in the new Parliament House, which will increase the efficiency of the MPs as modern methods will be incorporated in the work culture. “It is a very historic day. Today is a mile-
BUILDING YOUR PALACE AS FARMERS PROTEST: CONG ON PM, NEW PARL New Delhi: The Congress attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new parliament today, giving a reminder of the farmers protest going on outside the borders of the national capital for more than two weeks. “Mr Modi, History will also record that when the Annadata was fighting for their rights for 16 days on the streets, you were building a palace for yourself in the name of Central Vista! In democracy, power is not a means to fulfill whims, it is a medium for public service and public welfare,” Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted in Hindi on Thursday under hashtag “farmers”. stone in India’s democratic history,” he said. “We, the people of India, will together build this new building of Parliament. This new building will be an inspiration when India will celebrate its 75 years of independence,” Modi said. “I can never forget the moment in my life when I had the opportunity to come to Parliament House for the first time
in 2014 as an MP. Before stepping in, I bowed and saluted this temple of democracy,” he said. If the old Parliament House gave direction to India post-independence, the new building would be a witness to the creation of a selfreliant India, Modi said. “If work was done to fulfill the needs of the country in the old Parliament building, Turn to P6
COVID-19 REVIEW MEETING
INCREASE SCOPE OF TEST FOR PREVENTION ON INFECTION, INSTRUCTS CM GEHLOT
Strong arrangements should be made for vaccination, Gehlot orders officials Kartikey Dev Singh Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said that for effective prevention on Covid-19 infection, the scope of tests should be extended. He said that maximum tests should be done so that infection can be detected in time and it is easy to stop its
spread. He also gave instructions to ensure proper arrangements for vaccination soon. Gehlot was addressing the Covid-19 review meeting on Thursday at the Chief Minister’s residence. “The delay in test poses a threat to people’s lives and makes the patient’s condition serious. Keeping this in
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot speaking during the meeting.
mind, health workers and medical personnel should ensure that people with symptoms like cold, cough, cold (ILI) are screened,” he said. The Chief Minister said that at present there is sufficient testing capacity in the state, but our effort is to have maximum testing to break the chain of infection. “For this, the test capacity should be continuously increased to one lakh Turn to P6