WON’T ALLOW ANY INJUSTICE TO DEPENDENTS OF MARTYRS: GEHLOT

Naresh Sharma and Satyanarayan Sharma

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who on Saturday met a delegation of widows of the martyrs from across the State, amid a simmering protest by the widows of three CRPF jawans killed in the 2019 Pulwama terror attack, said the state government has the highest honour for martyrs and war widows.

“Expressing their feelings, the widows of the martyrs gave their support to the current policies of the State government. It is not appropriate to give the jobs and rights of war widows and their children to someone else. The State government will always stand with the martyrs and their families,” the CM said.

“The dependents of the martyrs have been

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The BJP High Command has, in a way, decided that in coming assembly polls in MP and Raj, polls will be fought on face of Narendra Modi & strategy of Amit Shah However, sources reveal that according to reports received by party, party will have to field Shivraj in MP and Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan as a functional face in upcoming polls. Till now, it was being speculated that the formula of U’khand, Gujarat and Tripura would be implemented in MP & the present CM Shivraj Chauhan would be called to Delhi and given some important responsibility at the Centre. But if reliable sources are to be believed, in a high-level core committee meet of BJP, top leadership rejected the idea outright saying, ‘the CM is doing a very good job, has come up with many good and new schemes. These schemes should be publicised among people.’ This clearly indicates that Shivraj will be given important responsibility in the election campaign in Madhya Pradesh itself in the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections to be held on November 23. As far as Rajasthan is concerned, Vasundhara Raje almost stunned her opponents in the party by a big show of strength on the occasion of her birthday in Salasar on March 4. The presence of about 55 out of 72 BJP MLAs and 12 MPs was recorded in this show of strength by Vasundhara, which was a surprise. BJP’s Rajasthan in-charge Arun Singh also specially came to Salasar to participate in this function, which was an indication that Vasundhara’s rapprochement with Delhi has increased. In that ceremony, Vasundhara supporters also raised an interesting slogan saying, ‘KesariyameinHaraHara, RajasthanmeinVasundhara.’

The War widows expressed satisfaction over package being given by State govt to the families of martyrs employed by the State government in government services as per the rules. The rules will be followed in future too. No injustice will be allowed to happen to the dependents of the martyrs,” he added.

Gehlot said the Kargil package was implemented for the martyrs during his previous tenure. Under the package, Rs 25 lakh for the families of martyrs, 25 bighas of land, accommodation from the housing board and an additional Rs 25 lakh for those not taking the accommodation, and jobs for war widows or their children are pro- vided, he said.

“There is also a provision of fixed deposit of Rs 5 lakh for the parents of the martyr. In addition, provisions were also done to install statues of martyrs and to name any one public place after the name of martyrs,” he said.

“There should be no politicisation of matters related to martyrs. There is no provision in the rules to give job to any other family member other than the war widows or children. This demand is unjustified and due to this the widows may have to face undue family and social pressure in future,” the Gehlot said. The statement said martyr Havaldar Ramesh Kumar Dagar’s wife Kusum said the demand for giving compensatory government job to the brother-in-law is not according to the rules, Krishna Jat, wife of martyr Havaldar Shyam Sunder Jat, said only children of martyrs have right to get jobs given as compensation by state government. They termed the demonstration wrong and against the rules, the statement said.

‘Rajmata’ Sushila Kumari of erstwhile Bikaner royal family passes away at 94

Laxman Raghav

Jaipur/Mumbai: Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi attended the meet organised for preparations of National Legislators Conference in Mumbai. The meeting was presided over by former LS Speaker Meira Kumar. The conference organised by MIT, Pune. is scheduled to be held in Mumbai from June 15 - 18. The meeting was held at Jio World Centre to discuss preparations.

Bikaner: A member of the erstwhile Bikaner royal family, “Rajmata” Sushila Kumari, died owing to a prolonged illness on Friday night. She was 94.

Her last rites will be performed with full royal honours on Sunday and the body has been kept at the Junagarh fort in Bikaner for people to have a last glimpse of her, family sources said.

The deceased’s granddaughter and incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Bikaner East, Sid-

People pay their last respects to ‘Rajmata’ Sushila Kumari, a member of erstwhile Bikaner Royal family, at Junagarh Fort in Bikaner on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI dhi Kumari, paid a visit to her ailing grandmother on Friday night at the hospital where she was admitted. After the death of Karni Singh in 1988, Sushila Kumari was look- ing after the affairs of the erstwhile royal family. CM Ashok Gehlot BJP chief Satish Poonia, former CM Vasundhara Raje and other leaders expressed grief over her death.

Owaisi got disappointed in CM’s stronghold

Sangeeta Sharma and Rajeev Gaur

Jodhpur: With assembly elections round the corner, AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi visited Jodhpur on Saturday to strengthen public relations in Bamba Mohalla of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s home turf to seek his political ground but was disappointed there. He was expected to get huge support by meeting people of the socie- ty in Bamba locality, but in Bamba, which is considered to be a stronghold of Congress, he was neither welcomed, nor was there a crowded meeting.. While talking to the media at the

Jodhpur airport, he “My aim is not to fight against any party but to see the victory of my candidate,” he said. Targeting the BJP over Junaid massacre in Bharatpur, he said that

Monu Manesar has become a darling for them. On March 12, a public meeting will be organised in Gagariya village of Shiv assembly constituency near Indo-Pak border wherein, several leaders will participate.

On reaching Balotra, Owaisi offered Namaz at Municipal Council’s Town Hall. “Muslim community is not born just to vote, I am here to lend you the power to earn votes. Muslims are only being used,” he said.

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My heart is disturbed by the news of the demise of respected Sushila Kumariji, Bikaner’s former Rajmata and grandmother of MLA Siddhi Kumariji. She always gave priority to social service & welfare of the poor. I pray to God to grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the family members.

Jpr: State-level BSP meeting to be held today

Jaipur: An important meeting of BSP will be held at 1 pm at State Office. Central Co-ordinator & RS MP Ramji Gautam will be the chief guest. State President Bhagwan Singh Baba will preside over the meeting wherein, preps for assembly polls will be discussed. Leaders will be told about new guidelines issued by BSP chief Mayawati.

Fraudulent societies will face harsh punishment: CM

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Saturday that the state government is moving forward in the direction of taking strict action against the societies which cheat the general public of their hard earned money. “Such societies, including Sanjivani Credit Co-operative Society, will be given the strictest punishment, irrespective of the influence they have. The common people have great expectations from the state government,” Gehlot said while holding a detailed review meeting with high officials at CMR on Saturday.

Officials said that more than 1, 12,000 complaints have been received against the societies which cheated the common man and action has been started towards strict action against them under The Banning of Unregulated

Deposit Act (BUDS Act).

In the meeting, officials told that ED has been written many times in the cases of societies, & ED should come forward for action. The Chief Minister instructed officers of Cooperative Department, Police Dept and SOG to coordinate with each other and take prompt legal action according to plaints received in case. “The agony of investors who have invested crores of rupees in societies is heart wrenching,” he said and instructed CS to hold meeting with concerned officers & take necessary action.