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RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 186
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) moved the Apex Court challenging the controversial agriculture laws, claiming that these legislations will make farmers “vulnerable to corporate greed” as Centre reiterated that the govt is ready to talk
GOING AGGRO, BKU TAKES SC ROUTE
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the controversial agriculture laws, claiming that these legislations will make farmers “vulnerable to corporate greed”, news agency ANI reported. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, on the other hand, reiterated that the government is ready to talk with the farmers and urged them to stop agitation in the “interest of the common people” and take the path of discussion. He further said that the government is willing to make reforms in the laws after talks, ANI reported. Meanwhile, two senior Delhi Police officers heading security arrangements at Singhu border, where thousands of farmers have been camping for two weeks, have tested positive for Covid-19, an officer said. Hundreds of police personnel have been deployed at the Singhu border point to prevent the protesters from entering the national capital. The Centre on Thursday issued a fresh call for farmers to end their agitation Turn to P6
A KRANTI IN THE MAKING!
WILL QUIT IF NO MINIMUM PRICE FOR FARMERS, SAYS DUSHYANT
Chandigarh: Haryana’s Deputy Chief Minister, Dushyant Chautala, a key BJP ally, on Friday promised to resign from his post if he is unable to secure the minimum support price (MSP) guarantee for farmers.
Farmers shout slogans during a protest march against Centre’s agri-laws, at Delhi-Meerut Expressway in New Delhi on Friday.
Women family members of farmers protesting in Delhi, work in fields in their absence, at Daun Kalan village, in Patiala on Friday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Two senior Delhi Police officers heading security arrangements at Singhu border, where thousands of farmers have been camping for two weeks, have tested positive for Covid-19.
BENGAL TUSSLE DEEPENS Mamata govt refuses to send chief secretary, DGP despite summons from Home Ministry
New Delhi/Kolkata: The tussle between Mamata Banerjee government and the Centre over attack on BJP president JP Nadda’s convoy escalated further on Friday with the former deciding not to send the state’s chief secretary and police chief to New Delhi in compliance with Union Home Ministry’s summons. In a letter to Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, state chief secretary Alapan Bandopad-
WB GUV DHANKAR URGES MAMATA TO APOLOGISE
File pic of the broken windshield of JP Nadda’s convoy vehicle.
hyay said he had been directed to request to “dispense with the presence of the state officials” in the meeting con-
vened on December 14. “While further reports are being obtained and compiled, Turn to P6
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the attack on Nadda’s convoy, calling it a “slur on democratic fabric”. Sharing a video of Banerjee where she is heard commenting on the Nadda’s visit and the incidents that followed, Dhankhar urged her to “apologetically” withdraw the remark that “outrages essence and sublimity of Bengal’s rich culture”. “I urge Chief Minister @MamataOfficial to engage in deep reflection and apologetically withdraw Turn to P6
FARMERS TO ‘CHAKKA JAM’ DELHI-JAIPUR HIGHWAY TODAY Jaipur: A day after threatening to intensify the agitation across the country, the famers on Friday said they will block Delhi-Jaipur road on Saturday. They also said will stage sit-in protest in front of DC offices, houses of BJP leaders & block Reliance/Adani toll plazas on December 14. However, they will not block the train services on the day of their nationwide protest.
BJP’s campaign amid pushback: 100 Press Confs, 700 Meetings New Delhi: With no end to the deadlock between protesting farmers and the government, the BJP has planned a massive campaign across the country to promote the controversial farm laws against which farmers have been protesting for the sixteenth straight day. As part of the big push from the ruling party over the next few days, 100 press conferences and 700 farmers’ meets have been planned in 700 districts, sources in the party said. Cabinet ministers will also take part in the communication campaign, BJP sources said, adding that the government’s measures to address the issues raised by farmers on the agricultural laws will also be spelt out during the outreach. The BJP will also address questions and concerns people have about the farm laws, they said. Farmers on Wednesday turned down the centre’s written offer of
Amit Shah may visit Bengal on Dec 19, 20 Aditi Nagar New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah is set to visit West Bengal once again. Shah is likely to visit West Bengal on December 19 and 20, revealed sources in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This will be Home Minister Shah’s second visit to the state in the last one and a half months. “Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to arrive in the state on December 19 and 20,” an official from the West Bengal unit of the BJP told IANS.
“During his two-day visit, apart from meeting party workers, he will also interact with the general public. The Home Minister’s visit will again infuse enthusiasm among the party workers the way it did the last time he visited the state,” said the source. Turn to P6
PANCHAYAT ELECTION RESULT CLAIMS
BJP spreading lies, Cong fared better than saffron party: CM Congress has got 40.87 percent total votes which is 0.29 percent more votes than BJP, Gehlot said Kartikey Dev Singh Jaipur: With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) trying to gather advantage from the results of the recently concluded Panchayat elections, claiming that the BJP has fared extremely well as compared to the Congress,
Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior leader of the grand old party Ashok Gehlot - on Friday hit back at the saffron party claiming that its leaders have ‘spread lies by showing wrong data analysis’. Taking to the micro blogging site Twitter, Gehlot said that both
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
BJP and Congress have managed to make its Pradhans in 98 Panchayat Samitis each while remaining 26 are of other political parties. “In 2015, the Panchayat Samitis BJP has 112 Pradhans while Congress had 67. This time, the number of Congress Pradhans has gone up by 31 while the number of Pradhans of BJP has decreased by 14,” he tweeted. In yet another tweet, the Chief Minister said,
“The Congress has got more votes than the BJP in the elections held on 222 Panchayat Samitis in 21 districts. Congress has got 40.87% total votes while BJP has got 40.58% total votes. Congress has secured 0.29% more votes than BJP.” Gehlot, in a series of tweets, further said, “The union ministers have spread lies through various press conferences about the results of the Zila Pari-
shad and Panchayat Samiti elections in Rajasthan on the direction of BJP’s high command to put a dent in the ongoing farmer agitation. The BJP is portraying the election result as a huge victory however, the data analysis proves otherwise. BJP’s National President, Union Home Minister and Chief Ministers of several states thwarted the Corona protocol during the Hyderabad municipal election Turn to P6
amendments in farm laws, and announced a series of plans to escalate their protest. The next day, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar urged farm leaders to consider the proposals and said he is ready for further discussions with them. “The government is ready to consider with an open mind any provision in the new laws where farmers have any issues and we want to clarify all their apprehensions,” Tomar had said on Thursday. “We kept waiting for suggestions from farmers’ leaders to address their concerns, but they are stuck on the repeal of laws,” he said, while virtually ruling out conceding to the key demand of farmers. Thousands of farmers, who have braved water cannons, tear gas and police barricades, began their protest over two weeks ago against the farm laws, aimed at doing away with middlemen and allowing them Turn to P6
India’s mRNA vaccine gets approval for human trials
New Delhi: An antiCoronavirus vaccine being developed by the Pune-based company, Gennova, has become the first indigenous mRNA candidate to have received approval to initiate human clinical trial, a central government statement has said. The mRNA vaccines are different than the conventional model. “The mRNA vaccines do not use the conventional model to produce immune response. Instead, mRNA vaccine carries the molecular instructions to make the protein in the body through a synthetic RNA of the virus,” the government said in the statement. The mRNA vaccines are considered safe as they are “non-infectious, non-integrating in nature, and degraded by standard cellular mechanisms”. The vaccines developed by American companies Pfizer and Moderna, which are said to have over 90 percent efficacy, use the mRNA model.