BJP will form government in Rajasthan, claims Shah

First India Bureau along govt’s works. ExMoS for Education GS Dotasra said that state govt has taken into account the problems of every section.

CM also inaugurated a hi-tech veterinary hospital and mobile trauma centre in Baran district. The first-of-itskind hospital, worth Rs 20 core, has the capacity to treat 300 animals and birds for free. It is equipped with three modular operation theatres, advanced diagnostic lab with latest X-ray and sonography machine, indoor wards, all equipped with oxygen pipelines. Addressing a public meeting, Gehlot congratulated state minister Pramod Jain Bhaya and his team for their efforts to implement the project. He said he has sanctioned Rs 1,000 crore for setting up ‘Nandi Shalas’ and ‘Gou Shalas’ in budget, adding that he had written to PM requesting him to declare Lumpi disease a national calamity, but proposal wasn’t entertained.

Om Birla to visit Kota, Bundi from Feb 16-22

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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has claimed that the BJP government will be formed in Rajasthan in 2023. Shah said in an interview to a news agency that Assembly elections are to be held in Rajasthan at the end of this year. Shah said that all four states, including Rajasthan, are strong states of the Bharatiya

Janata Party and the BJP government will be formed there.

On the Lok Sabha elections to be held in 2024, Shah said that there is no competition in 2024. “The country is moving forward unilaterally with PM Narendra Modi. The people of the country have to decide, so far the public has not given the label of the main opposition party in the Lok Sabha to anyone. Despite all the conspiracies, PM Modi is becoming stronger and more popular. A conspiracy has been hatched against PM Modi since 2002,” Shah said.

KATARIA’S OATH TAKING ON FEB 22

Governor Kalraj Mishra with Gulab Chand Kataria, Governor-designate of Assam, who paid a courtesy visit to Governor at Raj Bhavan in Jaipur on Tuesday. Gulab Chand Kataria will go to Assam on February 21 and take oath as the Governor of Assam on February 22. Two banquets will be held on February 17, one by Vasundhara Raje at her residence and a feast for all the MLAs will be organised in the evening at the Raj Bhavan

Nat’l Agri Scheme projects shouldn’t be scarce: CS

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Sandhu inspects Woodland Park

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Abhishek Goyal (ADM Chittor), RS Pandey (Asst Collector Nathdwara), Divyaraj Singh Chundawat ( SDM Sangod, Kota), SS Charan & Seema Tiwari’s transfer as SDO was cancelled.

New Delhi: Former Dy CM Sachin Pilot hosted a ‘Kisan lunch’ for journalists at his residence 5, Canning Lane, Delhi. Many senior journos including Rajat Sharma, Sudhir Choudhary, Pawan Agarwal, Rajdeep Sardesai, Amish Devgan, Barkha Dutt, Nidhi Razdan, Shobhana Bhartia, Kumkum Chadha, Rajesh Mahapatra, Amit Mishra, Kishore Ajwani, Sumit Awasthi, Sangeeta Tiwari, Ashish Kumar & others were present. Pilot’s mother Rama Pilot was also present. Everyone tasted bajra-maize roti, sarson ka saag, fenugreek paranthas & chutney.

Kota: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will attend various programmes during his visit to KotaBundi parliamentary constituency from February 16 to 22.

He will attend the foundation laying ceremony of Indoor Sports Complex at Sultanpur and Lakheri, and inauguration of the new building of Kendriya Vidyalaya at Bundi.

Birla will reach Kota from Ahmedabad by train at 6.25 am on Thursday. He will go to Bundi on Thursday, where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development works at Gram Panchayat Khajuri. He will participate in the installation ceremony of 121 feet high Dharma flag at Shyam Mandir located in Dei at 12 noon.

Birla will hold a public hearing on Feb 17 at LS camp office. On Feb 18, he will attend Hadauti Kesari Dangal and Rani Lakshmi Bai Award. Later, he will also participate in Maharudrabhishek and free all-caste marriage ceremony of poor girls organised by Mahakaleshwar Mahadev Temple in Sripura.

Jaipur: The 19th meeting of State-Level Project Approval Committee under National Agriculture Development Scheme was held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Usha Sharma through VC at Secretariat. Sharma directed that there shouldn’t be any shortage of projects being run under state-level project by National Agriculture Development Scheme. Principal Secy, Agriculture, Dinesh Kumar told about progress of projects. Agri Commissioner Kanaram told about scheme’s income & expenditure.

Jaipur: Advisor to UDH Dept, GS Sandhu, inspected Woodland Park in Mansarovar and directed officials to make necessary arrangements for elderly people coming for walk in the park. Sandhu while inspecting the track in Park instructed the officials to prepare the level of the track in such a way that the elderly people do not face any difficulty while walking on the track. Along with this, the Former IAS officer also instructed to get all the faulty lights repaired with immediate effect. He also directed number of security personnel should be increased in park and the entry of anti-social elements should also be banned.

Why Samit couldn’t ‘sum-it’ in WCD Department?

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Jaipur: A young IAS officer of 2004 batch, Samit Sharma, Secretary Social Justice Department, is once again in the ‘limelight’ as the DoP has taken back the reins of the Women and Child Development Department (WCD) from him within a month. The additional charge of the department was handed to Samit on the retirement of Dinesh Yadav, the department’s former secretary and now this responsibility has been given to Principal Secretary, Cooperatives, Sreya Guha.

On the surface, this move is believed to be DoP’s routine administrative action, however, there is more to this than meets the eye.

Firstly, it is a rare and bizarre development that some Secretary is given an additional charge in haste and then it is rolled back and handed over to another Secretary. The stubbornness to better the existing system and the corresponding ‘tussle’ with the minister proved to be costly to Sharma. The WCD provides free nutritious food across the State to about 28 lakh children to im- prove their immunity.

For this, a budget of Rs 1,000 crore has been set aside, which has some part paid by the Government of India as well. This herculean task of feeding the children is done through 62,000 centres spread across the

State and more than 3000 female supervisors and project officers have been appointed for it.

Last month, Dholpur Collector Anil Agrawal brought to Samit Sharma’s notice, a corruption issue in WCD. It was told, with evidence, that out of the approved quantity, only 25-30 percent goods have reached the centres, while the receipts show the complete quantity. The Collector, after conducting an investigation at his level and being satisfied with the findings, wrote about the corruption and the State employees involved in it with a recommendation to take action against them. Samit Sharma sent the file to Minister Mamta Bhupesh with the recommendation to suspend the concerned female supervisor and the Minister returned the file with the remark that the investigation should be conducted again. But Samit Sharma again wrote that the Collector has already conducted an investigation and there is no need or logic in re-investigating the matter.

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S amit Sharma sent the file to Minister Mamta Bhupesh with the recommendation to suspend the concerned female supervisor and the Minister returned the file with the remark that the investigation should be conducted again. But Samit Sharma again wrote that the Collector has already conducted an investigation and there is no need or logic in re-investigating the matter.

However, the second time, the file did not even return from the Minister, rather the additional charge was taken from Samit Sharma.

Word in the bureaucracy is that even before this, there has been a tussle between Minister Mamta Bhupesh and

Samit Sharma on transparency in the procurement of goods and about streamlining the system. The Secretary wanted that the purchase and distribution of goods from NAFED should be done online. Sharma had received corruption-related complaints from half a dozen districts and hence, Sharma wanted to add new conditions in new supply orders.

However, now that Samit Sharma is no more at the helm, all responsibility falls on Sreya Guha who in the past, from April 2021 to 2022 has handled the reins of WCD.

SRK & GAURI

Shah Rukh Khan took to Twitter to announce that he will answer a few fan queries. Where one fan asked “What was your first Valentine’s Day present to Gauri Mam? #AskSRK @iamsrk.” To which SRK replied, “If I recall properly, it’s been about 34 years now....a pair of pink plastic earrings, I believe”.

SONAM

& ANAND

Sonam Kapoor took to her handle and dropped an unseen wedding picture with Anand Ahuja. In the picture, Anand is seen looking straight into the camera while Sonam is facing the other side. The love birds look nothing less than a dream in their wedding outfits. Anand donned a golden sherwani while Sonam rocked a red traditional lehenga with heavy accessories. Along with the picture, she penned a beautiful note for her husband. In her post, she even mentioned that their son has got Anand’s eyes and she was very happy about it.