New Delhi: The Congress and several Opposition parties are mulling to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building by PM Narendra Modi on May 28, the birth anniversary of Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar. The foundation stone of the new Parliament building was also laid by the PM. That time too, the Congress and many Opposition parites had stayed away from the ceremony.

Why `2,000 note was introduced and why it is being junked, RBI explains

New Delhi: The Rs 2,000 note was introduced in Nov 2016 under Section 24(1) of the RBI Act, to meet the currency requirement of the economy “in an expeditious manner” after the big demonetisation exercise, in which the legal tender status of all Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 banknotes in circulation at that time was withdrawn, the Reserve Bank of India has said. “With fulfilment of that objective and availability of banknotes in other denominations in adequate quantities, printing of Rs 2000 banknotes was stopped in 2018-19,” RBI said.

Mumbai (ANI): Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday reiterated that Rs 2,000 notes will continue to be a legal lender, after the Central bank’s announcement that the notes will be withdrawn from circulation. He also said he doesn’t expect a rush in the branches and urged people to not rush to banks.

PIL IN HC AGAINST EXCHANGE OF `2,000 NOTES WITHOUT REQUISITION SLIP, ID PROOF

New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court will hear on Tuesday a public interest litigation against permission to exchange Rs 2,000 denomination notes without obtaining any requisition slip and identity proof. The plea was filed by lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay who mentioned the case before a bench for an urgent hearing Monday itself. But the court declined request and posted it for Tuesday.

DON’T KNOW WHY PM MODI DIDN’T DECLARE MANGARH A NATIONAL MONUMENT: GEHLOT

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Udaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot on Monday targeted PM Narendra Modi for not announcing Mangarh Dham as a national monument during the latter’s visit to the area.

“PM Modi had come only after preparing to declare Mangarh Dham as a national monument. For this, he had already

CM Ashok Gehlot lights lamp to inaugurate birth anniversary celebrations of Maharana Pratap in Udaipur, on Monday.

called our Chief Secretary and asked how much land would be re-

quired for this. I had also gone to make an announcement, but don’t know what was the reason that Modi ji could not declare Mangarh as a national monument.

He only said that Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and MP should together decide what to do in the matter,” said Gehlot while addressing the 483rd birth anniversary celebrations of Maharana Pratap organised by Mewar Kshatriya Mahasabha and Municipal Corporation at Sukhadia Theater here.

CM Gehlot said when he was the Union Min- ister, the Mewar Complex Scheme was started to develop places related to Pratap. Regarding this, Gehlot told BJP State President CP Joshi, “You get the old file of Mewar Complex recovered from Delhi. Modi ji should think about this so that Mewar Complex can be presented in a new avatar in the coming times. The government may belong to any party, but this work can only be done by a government,” he said. More on P2 & 8

BJP’S “BAD OMEN” REPLY TO RAHUL GANDHI’S ATTACK es connected to multiple issues for almost a month. Early this month, clashes had broken out in the state after Kuki tribals organised a solidarity march on May 3 to protest against the Meiteis’ demand for Scheduled Tribe status. RNI NUMBER RAJENG/2019/77764 Vol 4 l Issue No. 345 Pages 12 l `3.00 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia

New Delhi: The BJP on Monday taunted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with a “crybaby” jibe for his objection to Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the new Parliament building. BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said Rahul Gandhi “starts beating his chest” whenever there’s a historic moment in the country.

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“Raj’s roads will be at par with those of US by 2024”

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari doing an aerial survey on Monday.

Laxman Raghav and Kapil Sharma prosperity of the state. Gadkari said this while addressing the gathering at a foundation stone-laying programme of various development works worth Rs Rs 2,050 crore at Pakka Sarna village in Hanumangarh district.

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that by the end of 2024, the roads in Rajasthan will be like those in the United States leading to the More on P8