QUESTION HOUR

NEARLY 3.25 LAKH YOUTH RECEIVED UNEMPLOYMENT GRANT: SKILL DEPT

In the last 10 years, about 3.25 lakh youth of the State have availed unemployment allowance. In the previous govt, from Dec 2013 to Dec 31, 2018, about 1,56,791 eligible candidates were given unemployment allowance of Rs 121.60 crore. “From Jan 1, 2022 to Jan 15, 2023, about 1,67,937 eligible candidates have done internships in various govt departments and given unemployment allowance,” the Skill Planning and Entrepreneurship Department in response to a question by GC Kataria

Ruckus After Kalla Presents Mgregs Report

MLAs FLOUT DISCIPLINE POST QUESTION HOUR

ees over brib- l Rampratap Kasania said that crores of rupees flowed like water but till date not a single person’s poverty has gone away. He demanded population control law

Earlier, in a written reply to a question of BJP MLA Avinash, Dhariwal said the ACB had booked three government employees over bribery charges in Jaitaran assembly constituency during the same period.

Jaipur: The House resounded with laughter on Tuesday when Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh was responding to a question of MLA Dharmanarayan Joshi. As Joshi was not satisfi ed with the answer, Singh invited the MLA to come to his residence over team or dinner and he would take action against the offi cer in front of him. At this, MLA Ramlal Sharma quipped, “Your dinner is expensive, lunch is fi ne.” In response to this Singh said, “You come once, will serve you dinner like Rajendra Rathore.” Hearing this, Rathore smiled and Vasundhara Raje also could not hold her laughter. Meanwhile, there was a lot of discussion among the legislators as to what is special in dinner of Rajendra Rathore and Vishvendra.

—Naresh Sharma

NOTICE TO MLAs ABSENT DURING CM’S REPLY TO GUV’S ADDRESS

Jaipur: A show cause notice has been issued to Congress MLAs who were not present at the time of Chief Minister’s reply to Governor’s address. The show cause notice has been given to about

MLA WRITES BOOK ON RAJ POLITICAL CRISIS, CLAIMS IT TO BE A ‘SHOCKER’

Jaipur: Independent MLA from Marwar Junction (Pali) Khushveer Singh Jojawar has written a book on the political crisis in Rajasthan. Several shocking claims have been made in the book. He waved the book during the debate on budget in the assembly on Tuesday. “I am the witness in this, I am the culprit. Whatever I have written in this book, I have written the truth,” he said. “I have brought this book. I have not decided yet who will release it. I will get it kept in the district level treasury. When the right time comes, I will get it released by the right person,” he said.

Ajmer discom earns over `33 cr revenue from settling disputes

a dozen MLAs. Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi issued the notice to MLAs absent from the House. The reason for remaining absent has been asked. The MLAs who have received the notice are in a tizzy now. The opposition members had created an uproar in the House over paper leak incidents during recruitment exams. It happened when the governor was reading his address. Gehlot said the government was concerned over paper leaks.

—Shivendra Singh Parmar

MLA GIRRAJ MOCKS BABA RAMDEV, BJP FOR ‘CLAIMS’ OF CHEAP FUEL

Jaipur: Congress MLA Girraj Singh Malinga used objectionable words for Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev. “There was a ‘Paune Do Aankh Wala Baba’, who used to claim to sell petrol and diesel for Rs 30. Now there is no trace of that Baba, where has he gone? His own eye was not treated and he is fooling the whole public that you should do yoga like this, inflate your stomach like this, do this,” said Malinga while targeting the BJP during the budget debate in the Assembly on Tuesday. They are doing such work. These BJP people have spread a whole net of such people. “Someday they bring Baba to create some drama, other day they bring cow or God into politics,” he said.

Jaipur: Important discussion among 4 prominent leaders of BJP held on Tuesday in the house. Rajendra Rathore first went to Satish Poonia’s seat then Satish Poonia got up and went to Vasundhara Raje. Satish Poonia and Vasundhara Raje had a conversation. Meanwhile Gulabchand Kataria was also seen speaking something. Satish Pooni returned to his seat after a long conversation after which Rajendra Rathore again sat near Raje. After some time, Vasundhara Raje went out of the house. Now there is curiosity among the BJP MLAs about what serious discussion took place between the four leaders.

Jaipur: Satish Poonia raised question regarding the fire incidents in the state from January 2021 to December 2022. He asked will the government conduct an inquiry into these incidents and present the results? He also asked what kind of help was given to those affected by the fire and whether the government was taking any action for quick prevention of incidents in future.

Replying to the question, Disaster Management and Relief Minister Govind Meghwal said that 386 incidents of fire took place in the state in two years and assistance is given on the basis of the report of Patwari and Tehsildar.

MLA LAHOTY DEMANDS BUDGET FOR SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN SANGANER

Jaipur: The issue of drains, sewerage and waterlogging of Sanganer Assembly echoed in the House. MLA Ashok Lahoty said that give some budget to Sanganer too and don’t take the entire budget to Jodhpur and Kota. “There is neither drain nor sewerage in hundreds of colonies of Sanganer Assembly,” Lahoty said in the House through an adjournment motion in Zero Hour. Lahoty also named the affected areas of Sanganer Assembly.

DoP to probe Vet Univ ‘recruitments’

Kashiram Choudhary

Jaipur: The Animal Husbandry Department has stopped the recruitment of assistant professors in Rajasthan’s only Veterinary University being done by the university administration over irregularities and has issued orders to constitute a high-level inquiry committee. Although interviews have been done, the inquiry committee, prima facie, found irregularities during the in- vestigation. Now the Personnel Department will set up a committee for a high-level inquiry into the matter.

Irregularities have been found in the recruitment of assistant professors in Bikaner’s Rajasthan Veterinary and Animal Sciences

A total of 16,108 cases were disposed of during the Lok Adalat.

Shubham Jain

Ajmer: The Ajmer Discom has recently earned a revenue of Rs 33.90 crore from disputes that were settled during National Lok Adalat on Feb 11. Officials informed that a total of 16,108 cases were disposed of during the Lok Adalat.

“Of these 16,108 cases, 14,015 cases were related to the disconnection of electricity connection and 2,093 cases were related to theft or misuse of electricity.

Instructions were given by Ajmer Discom to settle these disputes in Lok Adalat. Nearly 207

Revenue Circles

University. On June 23, 2022, the university administration started the recruitment process for 72 posts of assistant professor. After complaints of irregularities, an inquiry committee was formed under the chairmanship of the Deputy Secretary of the Animal

Husbandry Department. The committee found the complaints correct and has banned the recruitment process.

Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Department Minister Lalchand Kataria sought opinion from the DoP and after the recommendation of DoP, a high-level inquiry committee will be formed. Animal Husbandry Secretary Krishna Kunal said that the committee will soon investigate.

M inister BD Kalla tabled the annual report of Mahatma Gandhi Employment Guarantee Scheme report on Tuesday. Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore pointed out that it was not in the list of business. Kall said it was mentioned in the list. Hitting back, Rathore asked, ‘You are Ramesh Meena?’ Kalla said, “This happened in your time too. When the minister absent, the other minister used to table the report.”

Discipline deteriorated in the House without Speaker CP Joshi. As soon as the Question Hour was over, there was chaos in the House. Chief Whip went behind the seat of Shanti Dhariwal. Raghu Sharma also got up from his seat and reached near Dhariwal. Rakesh Pareek, Amin Kagzi also left their seat while Harish Chaudhary sat near Deputy Chief Whip Mahendra Chaudhary . Rajendra Yadav sat near Ramlal Jat.

MINISTER RAJENDRA YADAV FACES FLAK FOR ‘COLLEGES IN INN’ ANSWER

Higher Education Minister Rajendra Yadav gave an absurd statement in the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday that until the building for the Government college is not constructed, the college will be opened in a rented building or an inn. The Opposition expressed displeasure with this answer while MLAs of the ruling party also looked bewildered. Yadav replied to a question of MLA Balbir Singh Luthra about opening a college in Sri Vijaynagar in Raisinghnagar assembly constituency.

SHANTI DHARIWAL DEMANDS APOLOGY FROM RATHORE FOR DEFYING CHAIR

Jaipur: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal demanded apology from Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore for defying the chair. He said whatever happened was not right. “It has happened once before. When Niranjan Nath Acharya was on the chair, then Bhairon Singh Shekhawat defied the chair. At that time Mohan Lal Sukhadia had brought special notice and Bhairon Singh had apologise.” Dhariwal said that today Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore also defied the chair and he should apologise. Rathore said to the presiding officer, “I have no intention to disobey the chair. I just want to say, you keep smiling.

Raj Farmers Debt Relief Act Draft to be out soon

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Principal Secretary (Cooperative) Shreya Guha on Tuesday took a meeting of department officials regarding the implementation of budget announcement 2023-24 and said that a draft of the Rajasthan Farmers Debt Relief Act will be prepared soon and a committee will be formed at the earliest for the same.

“Small farmers, landless labourers and farmers of the weaker section are facing difficulties due to this situation. To provide a permanent solution to this problem, the Farmers’ Debt Relief Act will be introduced. This will ease the burden of farmers and stop the auction of their land. A debt relief commission will also be constituted under the Act,” said Guha.