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Congwill

keep

watch on

functioning

ofBJP govt:

Baghel

Pug marks of tigerseen in Mhow junglesINDORE: The forest officials have

expressed the possibility that a tiger is

prowling the jungles of Mhow in

Indore district. Forest departmentofficials said the department

employees came across the pug mark

of a tiger in the jungles of Choral-

Kalakund area which falls under

compartment No 79 in Mhow.

Officials are still trying to confirm if

the pug mark is really of a tiger. They

will subsequently try to find its

location and take steps to ensure its

safety. DFO, Mhow, Gaurav Choudhary

said the department staff who have

seen the pug mark have informed the

pug mark is around six inches and

usually thepug mark ofa leopard is no

more than four inches. So it is most

likely the pug mark of a tiger. The cast

of the pug mark has been made but it

has not dried because of the rains.

O nc e i t h as d ri ed, t he f or es t

department officials would also be

able to say whether the tiger is a male

or a female.

The forest depart ment is

undertaking a survey of animals in the

forest areas.The exercise,which is held

once in four years, started recently.

Forest department officials said

looking at the kills that have been

discovered so far, there was the strong

possibility that the kills could have

been made by a tiger. Officials said

thereis a difference between thekill of

a tiger and leopard.Also, after killing an animal, the

leopard will eat the insides of the

animal while the tiger will rarely eat

the insides and start with eating the

back legs.

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NEWS MAX

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Rahul

bypassed

regional

leaders to

discourage

factionalism

AAP MPunit

intensifies

activities

in state

BHOPAL

Mayawati

trying to

broaden

social base

in UP, SP

worried

Modi making

inroads

into

Samajwadi

partys land

Sania

Mirza-Horia

Tecau in

Australian

Open mixed

doubles final

AAP leaders are betteractivists than administrators

BIPIN SASI

The man who has man-

aged to bring politics out

on the streets from the

cushy rooms is now compared

to item girl Rakhi Sawant. RSSchief Uddhav Thackeray has

claimed that Rakhi Sawant can

govern better than Kejriwal.

Even a supporter like Chetan

Bhagat felt ashamed of Kejriw-

als Rail Bhavan protest and

termed AAP as an item girl,

Shinde called him mad and

NCP's DP Tripathi called them

saap. Rakhi Sawant is be-

lieved to be a fame-hungry

woman. She thanked Thacker-

ay for saying that she can gov-

ern better than the Delhi CM.

She believes if the Gujarat

Chief Minister can run the

country by selling tea, whycan't she do being an item girl.

Its not about the political class

who changed the opinion

against Kejriwal. V Balakrish-

nan, Ex-CFO, Infosys, Meera

Sanyal, Ex-Banker, KV Sridhar,

Creative Head, Leo Burnett,

and other members of the pro-

fessional/new entrepreneurial

class who are in the AAP have

to rethink about their choice.

All these entrepreneurs joined

AAP for intelligent reform

but the party seems to do a

Robinhood and street justiceact which may not augur well

for India to develop.

There is a clear difference be-

tween being an activist and

governing a state with all the

legislative powers. If memory

serves me right, it was Arvind

Kejriwal who said that as they

could not achieve everything

through activism, they were

planning to enter politics. So

where did that common sense

that prevailed then go away

now? Was it pure populist and

has he also fallen trap to the po-

litical class and is now com-

pletely behaving as one? It's nota good sign and the corporates

who have joined the party now

need to really re-assess & re-

think their plans and the party

to which they want to get affili-

ated.

Why Kejriwal never thought

that he was leading a street side

protest that could have snow-

balled into something ugly - as

it often happens in India. These

are genuine questions that

every common man has within

for Kejriwal. I am saying com-

mon man because intellectuals

have a different set of ques-

tions and doubts. It is a fact that

in Arvind Kejriwal's entire

service of 20 years in Indian

Revenue Service, he never

served outside Delhi, even

though the norms of the serv-

ice are that all IRS officers

serve a posting only for 3 yearsin a place. Kejriwal in the reply

says that there were 276 such of-

ficers who were not transferred

owing to shortage of the IRS of-

ficers in Delhi. It can be a mere

fact.

Coming back to his Rail Bha-

van protest, he disrupted the

life of people in Delhi for hours

and he threatened to disrupt

Republic day parade. ISI and

the maoists have been trying to

disrupt Republic day for years,

then where is the difference be-

tween these groups and Aam

Aadmi Party. Soldiers receive

medals for bravery; childrenget awards for saving lives of

people and Kejriwal calls Re-

public day a drama. Think of

a situation if the Indian mili-

tary start protesting against

AAP. Is Kejriwal cleaning the

system or damaging it further?

India has never witnessed

such political mobilisation on

the streets. It is the first time

when India has witnessed a CM

on street protesting for de-

mands. He was protesting to

back Aam Aadmi Partys law

minister Somnath Bharti on

his night raid against alleged

drug and prostitution. The two-

day sit-in was organised to de-

mand the suspension of the po-

lice officers who refused to

obey Law Minister Somnath

Bhartis orders to raid a house

in Khirki Extension, following

which Bharti and a group of ac-tivists nabbed some Ugandan

women on charges of drugs

and prostitution and forced

them to undergo medical tests,

which then came out to be

clean. Many people compared it

as a moral policing act. Even

though the party released some

videos online to prove the fair-

ness of their actions, opposi-

tion parties are still mounting

pressure on AAP to sack law

minister Somnath Bharti.

The sense of immunity and

sense of impunity with which

the Aam Aadmi Party has beenfunctioning - from loose-talking

to vigilantism to street protests

despite being the ruling dispen-

sation in the Capital - received

a rude knock by the Supreme

Court. Now, doubt persists-

whether Kejriwal is going to

plan a protest against Supreme

Court for sending him notice?

Now, winds of change on the

social networking sites are

growing anti-AAP sentiment. A

new facebook page created by

IIT students is decrying the

policies of AAP .The page pro-

claims that it is "an honest ef-

fort by a group of IITians tostop misuse of the prestigious

institution's name by a particu-

lar political party".

We all agree that the system is

rotten and needs to be cleansed.

But under the garb of popular

opinion we cant allow it to be

replaced with mob rule.


2/12

BJP govt neck deepin corruption,says Singhdeo

RAIPUR: The Congress has

accused the BJP government of

being neck deep in corruption.

Congress Legislative Party

leader TS Singhdeo has said the

party stands by the charge-

sheet that it had released before

the election and would

continue to highlight the scams

to expose the government.

Saying that the Congress had

lost the polls by just 1 per cent

less votes, Singhdeo said the

government should release a

white paper on the scams

mentioned by the Congress inits charge-sheet. Singhdeo said

the Raman Singh government

should pass laws on the lines of

the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act,

2013 in the ensuing budget

session of the state assembly.

Pointing out that allocation of

coal blocks and other mines has

been a potential source of

corruption during the BJP

regime, Singhdeo said there

have been instances when

companies, floated by people

close to senior BJP leaders, were

allotted mines without

adopting a transparentprocedure. Besides, a company

with a paid up capital of just Rs

one lakh was allotted iron ore

mines though it was not

entitled. Despite Chhattisgarh

producing power at a cheaper

cost, electricity is being sold to

people of the state at a higher

price, ultimately benefiting the

independent power producers

and industrialists, he added.

Singhdeo said since the

existing provisions in the state's

Lokayukta had failed to curb the

rampant corruption, it is

imperative to have laws on the

lines of the Act passed by thecentre. He said if the chief

minister really believed in "zero

tolerance against corruption", as

claimed by him, he should

ensure that the changes in

Lokayukta are brought about in

the forthcoming budget

session.

02 (MP&CG)January 27 to February 2, 2014Chhattisgarh Explore

Cong will keep watch on functioning of BJP govt: BaghelRAIPUR

Chhattisgarh State Con-

gress Committee presi-

dent Bhupesh Baghel

and leader of the opposition in

the assembly TS Singhdeo have

said the party leaders will not

allow the BJP government to

get away with corruption and

the party will take up issues,

particularly of corruption, to

their logical conclusion. The

party is trying to ward off the

perception that the opposition

is soft on government.

Baghel said the party will con-

stitute a shadow ministry to

keep a close watch on the func-

tioning of the Raman Singh

government which has re-

tained power for the third con-

secutive time. He said that the

party was in the process of fi-

nalising a plan to constitute a

shadow ministry and it would

be implemented soon.

The Congress plans to set up a

committee, headed by a legisla-

tor, to keep a close watch on the

activities on each and every de-

partment of the state govern-

ment so that the opposition can

effectively raise corruption and

other issues pertaining before

the general public, Baghel

added.

The Congress has been rais-

ing issues of alleged corrup-

tion in centrally sponsored and

other schemes, but the party

could not corner the ruling par-

ty or any of the ministers dur-

ing the 10-year BJP rule from

December 2003 to December

2013. A section of Congress

leaders smelt a rat in this oppo-

sition behaviour and the then

leader of the opposition Ravin-

dra Choubey often faced criti-

cism that he was always soft on

attacking chief minister Ra-

man Singh. During the last ten

years, state Congress remained

dormant, except during a brief

stint with Nandkumar Patel as

PCC chief.

Child marriages come down in ChhattisgarhRAIPURThe child marriages have

come down marginally in

Chhattisgarh. The latest annu-

al Health Survey Report (2011-

12) said 10.4% of males tie the

knot before attaining 21 years,

the legal age for marriage, as

compared to 4.7% from oppo-

site sex in the state. In last re-

port, 11% male and 6% fe-

males married under the legal

age.

Though the decline is only

marginal, Chhattisgarh can,however, draw solace from the

fact that it has fared much bet-

ter than its parent state of

Madhya Pradesh where 18.3%

male and 10.4% females are

subjected to child marriage.

Incidentally, Chhattisgarh

fares much better in child

marriages than most of the

eight socio-economically back-

ward states in the country --

dubbed as Empowered Action

Group (EAG) states. The re-

port states Odisha and Uttrak-

hand fare better than Chhat-

tisgarh, while the other EAG

states of Bihar, Jharkhand,

Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan

and Uttar Pradesh have a

higher number of child mar-

riages.

A total of 16 districts were

surveyed in Chhattisgarh in-

cluding tribal dominated ar-

eas recorded a higher number

of male child marriages vis-a-

vis females. Kawardha report-

ed 27.1% male child as against

8.7% females, Sarguja (21% to9.3%), Koriya (18.1% and 9%) ,

Dantewada (15.1%; 5.1%),

Jashpur (14.2%; 9.4%) of male

and females respectively.

Kawardha district in Chhattis-

garh has the worst record with

27.1% males and 8.7% females

getting married before the le-

gal age of 21 and 18 years.

Majority of child marriages

still happen in tribal areas

where traditions and rudi-

mentary customs still prevail.

Many still consider that mar-

rying their son at the age of 20

makes no difference even if il-

legal.

Attributing the decline in

child marriages in the state to

the increased levels of aware-

ness among people due to ex-

tensive campaigns undertak-

en by the government, a senior

official said more needs to be

done as states of Odisha and

Uttarakhand have a better

track record. The figure of un-

derage male and female wed-

dings in Odisha is 5.4% and 4.6

% only. In Uttarakhand, only

5.5% males and 2.3% females

got married under their legal

age.

Rodents damaging costly equipments at Cgarhs premier hospital

RAIPUR

Rodents are causing extensive

damage to costly medical

equipments at the premier Dr

BR Ambedkar Hospital here.

According to information, ro-

dents have bitten off wires of

CCTV cameras, x-ray units and

other lighting equipment. A

hospital employee said even the

laundry has holes in it. He saideven the pantry, which feeds pa-

tients, could not be termed as

rodent and cockroach free.

Cockroaches have been seen in

the ICU and operation theatres.

The hospital has recently invit-

ed tenders for pest control, as

rats and cockroaches are play-

ing havoc.

While officials are not ready

to comment insiders say that

several expensive equipment

including the probes of endo-

scopes have been damaged. A

senior official admitted that

the problem was grave and

even the mortuary wasn't safe

from the rodents' attacks.

"Though luckily we haven't had

any Jaipur like incident of rats

nibbling on parts of dead bod-

ies, the same cannot be ruled

out here too", he said addingthat things were never so bad.

Medical Superintendent Dr

Vivek Choudhary admitted

that the problem was acute. He

confirmed that this was the

first time since the inception of

the hospital in 1995 that such a

pest control was being under-

taken. He said the last day for

receiving tenders in January 27

and so far they had received

seven bids.

Meanwhile, a proposal of Rs

30 crore has been sent to the

State Government to convert

the eye department in Dr BR

Ambedkar Hospital to Regional

Institute of Ophthalmology

(RIO). The move comes in order

to attend to the growing num-

ber of patients in a better man-

ner. An average of 150 patients

walk-in to the eye departmentevery day out of which several

are operated upon.

To provide better service, in-

frastructure, staff, machinery

and other facilities will be in-

troduced as soon as the propos-

al gets a nod from the Govern-

ment.


3/12

PM to be urgedto change FoodSecurity ActBHOPAL: Chief Minister

Shivraj Singh Chauhan has

said that he will urge thePrime Minister to change

Food Security Act of the

Union Government.

Some provisions of the Act

causing difficulties to

businessmen should be

removed.

Chief Minister Chauhan was

addressing a convention

during Aao Banayen Madhya

Pradesh Yatra at Dhar

recently. On the occasion, he

inaugurated and laid

foundation stones for

construction works costing

Rs. 53 crore 23 lakh anddistributed cheques and

material worth Rs. 35 crore 31

lakh to 5,260 beneficiaries of

various schemes.

The Chief Minister said that

districts development

schemes will not be chalked

out at Bhopal. They will be

formulated after convening

Panchayats at district-level.

Apart from food, clothes

and houses, people will also

be provided free treatment

and education. Necessary

steps will also be initiated for

media persons welfare.

The Chief Minister said thata network of cottage and

small industries is being laid

throughout the state to give

fillip to economic

development and provide

more employment to people.

Trade Promotion Board has

been constituted to promote

business in the state. The

Chief Minister said that Rs.

600 crore has been

provisioned to give

compensation to farmers

against loss to their soybean

crops due to hailstorm and

other natural calamities.Chauhan directed to provide

relief to farmers affected by

recent hailstorm at Sardarpur

in Dhar district.


all sections need to work in

tandem to ensure all-round

development of the state and

give new dimension to

Madhya Pradesh. He said that

no new liquor factory or shop

will be opened in the state.

Illicit liquor sale will be

effectively curbed. Employees

with good performance will

be rewarded and negligent

ones punished. He urgedpeople to plant saplings, use

water and power judiciously,

de-addict villages, send

children to schools and

respect women. He also

administered pledge of Aao

Banayen Madhya Pradesh to

people.

03(MP&CG) January 27 to February 2, 2014 Bhopal

Rahul bypassed regional leaders to discourage factionalismBHOPAL

Regional leaders were not given

prominence during AICC vice-

president Rahul Gandhis re-

cent visit to Bhopal. Even sen-

ior leaders like Digvijay Singh,

Ajay Singh and Kantilal Bhuria,

among others, received rather

cold treatment from Rahul. Per-

haps the party high command is

cautious after the December as-

sembly elections defeat. The na-

tional leaders know the extent

of feudalism and groupism in

the party that was responsible

to a large extent for the partys

poor show. There are definite

signs that the party high-com-

mand is in no mood to entertain

factional feuds of regional lead-

ers, which has been a major

cause of the party's defeat in thestate for three consecutive as-

sembly polls.

When Rahul visited Bhopal re-

cently, there were only two Con-

gress party leaders allowed into

the terminal to receive him-

newly inducted PCC president

Arun Yadav and leader of oppo-

sition Satyadev Katare. No one

else was permitted to go any-

where near the SPG security,

leave alone Rahul Gandhi. Con-

gress leaders, workers and their

vehicles were not allowed to join

the cavalcade which silently

rushed out from a rear exit of

the Raja Bhoj International Air-

port. It was perhaps for the first

time when Rahul Gandhi

reached Bhopal minus the Con-

gress' show of strength- crowds,

slogan shouting, flowers, gar-

lands and the presence of the

state Congress' stalwarts.

The media was kept as far

away as the Congress support-

ers. News channels were cate-

gorically told that an agency

had been given the charge of

covering the All India Mahila

Congress function at the old as-sembly premises where nine

cameras were put-up at the ven-

ue. Channels were told that the

programme could be telecast

live and given the bandwidth for

video signal. All channels,

therefore, had the same shots.

Rahul Gandhi was the only

male present on the venue at theCongress women's wing func-

tion.

All other leaders including

AICC general secretary Digvi-

jay Singh, former Union minis-

ter Suresh Pachauri, former

PCC chief Kantilal Bhuria and

senior leader Ajay Singh were

asked to wait at the PCC officewhere three meetings were held

with party office-bearers at dif-

ferent levels. It was not until af-

ter 4pm when Rahul Gandhi

reached the PCC office that Con-

gress leaders and office-bearers

could be in proximity to raise

the usual slogans.

RTE meaningless without quality education, say academicians

BHOPAL

Academicians and activists

have demanded concrete ac-

tion by the government to im-

prove state of school education

in Madhya Pradesh.

They said more funds are

needed to improve the quality

of education. Schools shouldhave proper infrastructure and

other facilities. Students have

been given right to education

under RTE Act, but it is mean-

ingless without quality educa-

tion, academicians feel.

They said basic provisions of

RTE Act are not being adhered

to. They alleged they have been

demanding for many years that

proper school monitoring com-

mittee should be constituted as

per provisions of RTE. Teach-

ers are employed on contractu-

al basis.

But in a labour surplus econ-

omy, it is hard to improve qual-

ity unless the service is attrac-tive. Students should receive

quality education. Mere ensur-

ing enrolment of students in

schools is not enough, acade-

micians opined.

Meanwhile, the state govern-

ment has said it will soon ap-

point area education officers

across the state to ensure qual-

ity education.

Area education officer will

monitor at least 50 schools and

keep vigil and work dedicated-

ly to ensure quality education

in schools.

The government is also going

to introduce an online plat-

form for knowledge sharing ofteachers. For example, a

teacher feels that his notes are

better, he could share it with

others of his fraternity. The

government will also work to

improve co-ordination between

officials of Sarva Shiksha Ab-

hiyan and School Education

Department.

Minister of state for school

education Deepak Joshi said,

"It is true that schools lack in-

frastructure. But we are com-

mitted to ensuring quality edu-

cation for the children. For the

purpose, we have devised sev-

eral strategies.

Besides these we are also go-ing to bring about more trans-

parency, especially related to

promotions of teachers so that

they do not have to worry

about their job prospects all

the time and could concentrate

more on teaching, the minister

said.


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04 (MP&CG)January 27 to February 2, 2014Madhya Pradesh

Over 11,000 health staff appointed this yr

BHOPAL

The state government is making con-

stant efforts to provide quality health

services to people. In pursuance of

this, large-scale recruitment of tech-

nical and non-technical health staff

is being made at every level through

campaigns. So far, 11 thousand 398

posts have been filled against total

16,172 posts of various health cadre

sanctioned for year 2013-14.

Health Minister Dr. Narottam

Mishra informed that in compliance

with Chief Ministers directive, the

Health Department has chalked out

100-day action plan like other depart-

ments.

Priority in the departments action

plan has been attached to fill vacan-

cies in health institutions of various

levels.

Appointments on posts at various

levels under National Health Mission

are being made through MP Online

for the last one year. Through this

process, specialist doctors like gy-

naecologists, paediatricians & anaes-

thesiasts, staff nurses, ANM, lab

technicians, AYUSH Medical Offi-

cers, consultants, Assistant Pro-

gramme Managers, assistant engi-

neers, District Programme Man-

agers, Divisional Programme Man-

agers, data entry operators, Block

Programme Officers, Block Commu-

nity Mobilisers, Block Accounts

Managers etc. have been appointed at

state, division, district and develop-

ment block levels.

CM announces incentive moneyfor Panchayats elected unopposed

BHOPAL

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh

Chauhan has said that efforts

will be made to ensure that

Panchayats are elected unop-

posed in next elections. Such

Panchayats will be given incen-

tive money of Rs. 5 lakh each.

The Chief Minister announced

this while responding to public

reception accorded to him atShahganj in Sehore district re-

cently.

Chauhan was accorded warm

welcome at several places. The

Chief Minister also laid foun-

dation stone for Aurobindo

Public School being construct-

ed by Vardhman industrial

house at a cost of Rs. 14 crore.

He announced to open a college

at Budhni from the current ses-

sion. He said that ITI will also

be upgraded.


development of villages is pos-

sible only through peoples co-operation. Moral campaigns

should be launched in villages.

It is necessary to rid villages

from curses of open-air defeca-

tion and addiction. He said that

efforts will be made to reach

out irrigation water to tail-end

farmers. Smart phones will be

given to students taking admis-

sion in colleges.

A number of institutions and

individuals accorded grand re-

ceptions to Chauhan after ar-

riving at Shahganj for the first

time after becoming Chief Min-

ister third time. The Chief Min-

ister reached from helipad toDussehra Maidan in an open

jeep. Flower petals were show-

ered on him all through the

way. The city was bedecked like

a bride. The Chief Minister

was weighed against coconuts,

fruits, laddoos and satrangi

sweets at a number of places.

Tableaux depict states developmentand womens empowermentBhopal : Governor Shri Ram

Naresh Yadav unfurled Nation-

al Flag and took salute of pa-

rade at Republic Day state-level

function at Lal Parade Ground

here today. A number of de-

partments took out tableaux

depicting development and

womens empowerment on the

occasion.Tableau of Tribal Welfare De-

partment depicted multi-di-

mensional initiatives taken for

tribal womens empowerment.

It showed Madhya Pradeshs

tribal women as economically,

politically and socially capable

and empowered. Tableau of

Horticulture and Food Process-

ing Department depicted un-

precedented success achieved

by women in self-employment

and economic self-reliant

through chilli production.

Farmers Welfare and Agri-

culture Development Depart-

ments tableau Annapurnadepicted progressive women as

a sign of rural womens em-

powerment. Sports and Youth

Welfare Departments tableau

focused on Maa Tujhe

Pranaam and Veerangana Yo-

jana. International medalist

women players were also de-

picted on this tableau. Home

Departments tableau depicted

efforts to check crimes against

women through 1090 Helpline.

Jail Department focused its

tableau on the theme of

womens empowerment in jail,

Bio-diversity and Bio-technolo-

gy Department on Dadi Ka

Batua, Narmada Valley Devel-opment Department on irriga-

tion projects giving direction to

womens lives and Tourism De-

partment focused its tableau on

womens empowerment

through expansion and devel-

opment of tourist facilities.

The Animal Husbandry De-

partment displayed increasing

womens participation in de-

partmental schemes in its

tableau. Tableau of Panchayats

and Rural Development De-

partment highlighted womens

participation in Samagra

Swachhata Abhiyan. Women &

Child Development Depart-ments tableau depicted

womens empowerment

through Tejaswini Project and

Shaurya Dal. Office of the

Chief Electoral Officer depict-

ed womens participation in

electoral process and their em-

powerment in its tableau.


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05(MP&CG) January 27 to February 2, 2014 Politics

AAP MP unit intensifies activities in stateBHOPAL

The AAP MP unit has intensi-

fied its activity in the state af-

ter it announced that it will

contest Lok Sabha elections in

the state, for which they are or-

ganising various events,

awareness drives, door-to-door

meetings, membership drives

and rallies. The AAP's pri-

mary membership has

reached around 4 lakh in the

state. Till December 8, the

membership was around only

80,000.

Initially, the AAP had decided

to organise Swaraj yatras si-

multaneously from five major

cities of MP including Bhopal,

Indore, Jabalpur, Rewa and

Gwalior, but following AbhayVerma's illness, who was sup-

posed to lead the yatra from

Rewa, the yatra from Rewa

was cancelled. According to

AAP leaders, during the

Swaraj yatras, they interacted

with people in nearly 100

places and tried to cover as

much ground as possible to

reach out to people and under-

stand the basic problems being

faced by the people.

AAP has so far received more

than 100 online nominations

from Madhya Pradesh. Bhopal

itself has received nomina-

tions from around 18 candi-

dates whereas Indore has re-

ceived nominations from 15

candidates. This is in addition

to around 300 applications sent

to Delhi from various parts of

MP. "The mood captured from

the recently concluded Swaraj

Yatra is indicating a tough

fight for the traditional politi-

cal parties from AAP. Strong

and prominent personalities

are joining hands with our

party every day which is build-

ing a strong base for AAP in

the state," said Akshay Hunka,

state secretary of AAP.

Numerous well-known per-

sonalities working for various

social causes have not only

joined hands with AAP buthave also filed their names for

the upcoming polls. When

asked about the expected num-

ber of constituencies from

which AAP will contest the

election, Hunka said, "Right

now, I cannot make a formal

announcement on the number

of seats AAP will be contesting

but after receiving good re-

sponse from all over the state,

we are certain that we will be

able to fight from all 29 con-

stituencies of Madhya

Pradesh."

Cong leaves decision on fieldsitting MPs to high command

BHOPAL

The state screening committee of the Congress for

Lok Sabha poll has decided to leave it to the high

command whether or not to field sitting MPs

again in Madhya Pradesh.

In Indore and Hoshangabad parliamentary con-

stituency, the party had decided to hold referendum of

party workers to pick candidate for Lok Sabha polls.The committee in its first meeting recently only ap-

proved the guideline framed by AICC for the election

tickets. The committee presided over by minister for

railways Mallikarjun Khadge, met in Delhi.

The party has decided not to field any sitting MLA in

the LS polls and has suggested to give more tickets to

youths. The Congress has recast its State Election Com-

mittee. The Congress changed the chairman of the com-

mittee. Arun Yadav was appointed the chairman of the

committee while replacing Kantilal Bhuria.

Deputy speaker Rajendra Singh and leader of opposi-

tion Satyadev Katare were appointed as committees

members. Other members like former leader of opposi-

tion Ajay Singh, AICC general secretary Digvijay

Singh, union ministers Kamalnath, Jyotiraditya

Scindia, and 18 others members who were appointed be-

fore Assembly election will continue on the post.Meanwhile, the party insiders said the party will be

able to win only half of the seats it got in last Lok Sab-

ha time. In 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress

bagged 12 out of 29 parliamentary seats in Madhya

Pradesh. However, this time Congress may not get more

than six or seven seats as party workers have lost hope

and spirit to take on their rivals.


6/12

06 (MP&CG)January 27 to February 2, 2014Editorial

ASTROLOGY

29-01-2014- Wednesday - Magh Mah

Krishnapaksh-Trayodashi (Chaturdashi

Tithi Kshay)

Positive directions - South and East

Bad time - 12:33 pm to 1:54 pm

Good time - 7:09 am to 9:51 am and

3:15 pm to 5:57 pm

30-01-2014-Thursday - Magh Mah

Krishnapaksh- Amavasya

Positive directions - South and East



11:01 am to 1:53 pm and 4:36 pm to 5:57

pm

31-01-2014- Friday - Magh Mah

Shuklapaksh- Ekam

Positive direction - South

Bad time - 11:12 am to 12:33 pm


1:54 pm to 3:15 pm and 4:36 pm to 5:57 pm

01-02-2014- Saturday -Magh Mah

Shuklapaksh- Dwitiya

Positive directions - West and South

Bad time - 9:51 am to 11:15 am


12:33 pm to 4:36 pm

02-02-2014- Sunday - Magh Mah

Krishnapaksh-Tritiya

Positive directions - West and South

Bad time - 4:36pm to 5:57 pm

Good time - 8:30 am to 12:33 pm and

1:54 pm to 3:15 pm

03-02-2014- Monday -Magh Mah

Shuklapaksh-ChaturthiPositive directions-West and North

Bad time - 8:30 am to 9:51 am


9:52 am to 11:15 am and 1:54 pm to 5:57

pm

04-02-2014- Tuesday -Magh Mah

Shuklapaksh - Basant Panchami

Positive direction -North


Good time - 9:51 am to 1:54 pm

By AACHARYA SARVESH

E-Mail: [email protected]

Mobile: 9826609192

VASTU TIPS FOR VEHICLE PARKING

Best place for vehicle

parking area is in the North-

West direction and the

second option is the South-

East of the plot.

If the selection is North-

West, then it involves lot of

travelling that lead to your

success and well-being and

the vehicle remains in the

parking area only for a very

short time.

North-East direction for the

parking is not recommended

because it isthe direction for the

heavenly forces and this

should not be obstructed.

Always park your vehicle

with its front portion facing

North or East. These are the

preferable directions.

Mayawati trying to broadensocial base in UP, SP worried

Even a skilled tactician

like Mayawati has to ac-

cept that social engi-

neering may not be enough to

trump the political changes In-

dia have witnessed in the past

year. Already, the Aam Aadmi

Party has hurt the BSP in Del-

hi where its vote-share plum-

meted from 14.5 per cent in

2008 to just five per cent in

2013. Delhis Dalits, were

swayed by the AAPs pro-poor,

good-governance slogans and

the broom symbol, and the pat-

tern could repeat in Haryana

too. Clearly Mayawatis plan to

replicate the BSPs UP strate-

gy first consolidate Dalit

votes, then enter into political

alliances, finally create

caste/social alliances has

slowed down in other states. A

course correction decentral-

ising authority within the par-

ty, awarding tickets to clean

candidates, and a socio-eco-

nomic reforms agenda has

become inevitable for the po-

litical class; and autocrats likeMayawati are no exception.

Meanwhile, Mayawati is ag-

gressively courting the Mus-

lim community in Uttar

Pradesh. This has increased

the worries of the Samajwadi

Party. To widen the BSPs so-

cial base, Mayawati has of-

fered tickets to Muslim candi-

dates in 18 Lok Sabha con-

stituencies. Well aware of the

growing disenchantment with

the Akhilesh Yadav govern-

ment, Mayawati has used her

phenomenally well-attended

Lucknow rally to remind Mus-

lims and other sections of her

administrations law and order

record. In Akhileshs tenure,

UP has been hit by a streak of

communal rioting culminat-

ing in the devastating Muzaf-

farnagar-Shamli riots. But

Mayawatis attempts to create

nostalgia for her rule cannot

rest solely on Akhileshs fail-

ures.

The allegations of amassingdisproportionate assets, cor-

ruption in building of parks,

legislators with criminal cas-

es, and the multi-crore NHRM

scam in which her ministers

were implicated have done her

much damage. Mayawati has

to be candid about her mis-

takes and change her style of

functioning.

Rahul trying to distancehimself from anti-incumbencyR

ahul has been trying to distance

himself from the anti-incum-

bency attached to Prime Minis-

ter Manmohan Singh, by packaging

himself as a rebel prince. The fierce

gesticulations, the raising of the deci-

bel level and the 12-cylinder drama at

the AICC meeting were features of this

positioning. Also important was his

underlying assurance that despite the

top job being reserved for a member of

the first family, the Congress wouldpromote dedicated grassroots workers

and women to positions of importance.

The announcement of the results of

the four Assembly elections had led to

profound demoralisation and a belief

that defeat in the forthcoming general

election was inevitable. What has com-

pounded the problem was the quiet de-

tachment of an influential body of the

intellectual class from the Congress.

Those pillars of the opinion-making in-

dustry the Congress had nurtured, pro-

moted and patronised through bodies

such as the National Advisory Council,

the UGC and the ICSSR suddenly be-

came intoxicated with the heady brew

being served by the Aam Aadmi Party.The Congress, it was calculated, had

become so flabby and outdated that it

was in danger of giving Narendra

Modi a clear walkover in the coming

battle.

The newly-energised AAP, it was be-

lieved, had the energy and the moral

halo to appropriate some of the anti-es-

tablishment thrust of Modi.

The Congress may go on living in de-nial, but the political elites haughti-

ness and indifference is fast becoming

an election issue. The unprovoked, but

calculated outburst of Mani Shankar

Aiyar that Modi was best suited to dis-

tributing tea at the AICC offices dam-

aged the Congress instead of Modi. It

was a suicidal statement. Aiyar epito-

mises the arrogance of an elite that be-

lieves it is born to rule (through theGandhis). Read along with Salman

Khurshids remark about AAP com-

prising third class individuals who

stink, they suggest that the Congress

edifice rests on two different architec-

tures of entitlements: the sops for the

poor and the comfort zones for the so-

cially privileged.


7/12

07(MP&CG) January 27 to February 2, 2014 Feature

Think different, bedifferent, Love yourself

SWECHCHHA OJHA

Email: [email protected]

The accusation of being different

is the one of the biggest things

that brings out the real person in

you. The problem with people is that

they start making fun of whatever new

they see, and the problem with those

who do the new is that they fail to ignore

the negativity people have show. Theloss that both incur because of what

they do is that the people laughing at the

new miss out on the real special thing

that is being created, and the one who's

being laughed up on misses out on the

fun they can have being different by lis-

tening to the stupid comments. But

what fun would there be in the world if

nobody created something new and no-

body laughed on others.

Why do you think despite of all the

negativity and differences the world al-

ways seems just right? Why do you

think everything that is imperfect is

still perfect the way it is? It's because

everything is meant to have both good

and bad sides, every coin is meant to

have two sides, every person needs to

have both black and white colours. The

problem arises when leaving aside black

and white, a third colour appears, the

grey colour, the mixture of black and

white, something that is neither good

nor bad, something to which one canneither say yes nor say no. What if

everything loses its basic two colours

and becomes a mix of both, a colour

from which it's impossible to take out

one specific answer to your question,

and you finally sit down with just a

question and confusion.

Even the world around us has two

colours of everything, there are people

close to us and far from us, there are

seas, there are shores, there are days,

there are nights, there are good people,

there are bad people, there is sweet and

there is sour, there is earth and there is

sky, there is water and there is fire,

there is god and there is evil, there is

right and there is wrong, whatever you

think has an opposite side. And as much

as Ive seen and heard, a mixture of two

opposites is always disastrous. And the

absence of any one of them is even

more disastrous. If there is creation,

there is going to be destruction. If

things only get created and not de-stroyed, they will take the form of nev-

er ending creations and begin to destroy

other things, things that are meant to

stay longer, things that are not meant to

be destroyed.

Whenever someone tells you you're dif-

ferent and asks you why, tell them you're

different because they're all the same,

and you don't prefer to be something

that is common. I mean c'mon, why

would I want to look like all the others

on my wedding day? The flower girls

look the same, the bridesmaids dress all

the same, the bride looks different! Why

be the bridesmaid? Be the bride. Why be

the sheeps and not the shephard?

Why be the same when we can be dif-

ferent and stand out and make an iden-

tity of our own? Why listen to those

about being odd or weird from those

who do not have the courage to do any-

thing out of the line for good? Why not

do what needs to be done, why not do it

ourselves than waiting for someone elseto do it.

Be different and love yourself. For be-

ing different and getting afraid of look-

ing different and odd is something any-

one can do. The real thing is to be dif-

ferent and show it proudly!

Everyone has got a life and the bare

task of living life as it comes can be

done by anyone. The real thing is when

someone takes life as it comes, then

changes it accordingly, adds some spices

of fun and then lives it, king size. Have

a happy Monday. Ciao!


8/12

08 (MP&CG)January 27 to February 2, 2014Must Read

Rahul didntendorseShindes

truce offer to Kejriwal

NEW DELHI

R

ahul Gandhi, who is

leading the Congress

party's campaign for

the national election, was re-portedly upset with the com-

promise supplied by the Cen-

tre to Arvind Kejriwal, allow-

ing the Delhi Chief Minister

to call off his demonstration

while claimin g victory.

Home Minister Sushil Ku-

mar Shinde was one of the

twin targets of Kejriwals

protest. The other was the

Delhi Police, which reportsto

Shinde.

Rahul Gandhi reportedlymade it clear to senior Con-

gress leaders including

Shinde that a compromise

should not have been provid-

ed to Kejriwal.

Sources say the Prime Min-

ister, Congress chief Sonia

Gandhi and Rahul had not

been consulted about the

truce offered to Kejriwal by

Shinde.

For two consecutive days,

Kejriwals sit-in at the heartof the capital created traffic

nightmares and threatenedto

preventthe policefrom these-

curity lockdown needed in

central Delhi for Sunday'sRe-

public Day.

Kejriwal's protest, held in

biting cold and rain, had not

drawn large crowds. The fact

that the city's highest elected

official washolding it hostage

triggered a wash of criticism.

Critics felt his Aam AadmiParty was looking for cover

that would allow it to call off

the demonstration. Shinde's

offer filled the gap.

TheCongressis proppingup

Kejriwal's minority govern-

ment in Delhi despite a sec-

tion of the party making it

clear that it does not agree

with the alliance. Gandhi and

other senior leaders, sources

say, are determined not to

withdraw support becausethat would allow Kejriwal to

brand himself as a political

upstart, taking on traditional

and archaic parties who are

incapable of placing the pub-

lic's need forgood governance

above their hunger for power.


9/12

09(MP&CG) January 27 to February 2, 2014 Glamour/Sports

MELBOURNE

Sania Mirza stands just one

win away from clinching her

third mixed doubles Grand

Slam title after the Indian and

her Romanian partner Horia

Tecau entered the Australian

Open final with a come-from-

behind win on Friday. Sania

and Tecau defeated the Aus-

tralian pair of Jarmila Gaj-

dosova and Matthew Ebden

2-6, 6-3, 10-2 in a contest last-

ing an hour and 13 minutes. In a see-saw

battle, Sania and Tecau were outplayed in

the opening set, during which they failed

to earn even a single break point. Gaj-

dosova and Ebden were markedly better

with their first serve to pocket the opener

in 28 minutes.

But Sania and Tecau roared back into the

match in the second set. The Indo-Roman-

ian pair held serve and converted the only

break point they earned.

They were also helped by the nine un-

forced errors, which their rivals commit-

ted, to stay afloat in the match. Sania and

Tecau were immaculate in the decider

and did not commit a single unforced er-

ror en route to outwitting the local

favourites.

Sania and Tecau will be up against the

winners of the clash between Sino-Amer-

ican pair of Jie Zheng and Scott Lipsky

and the French-Canadian combination of

Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor. If

Sania and Tecau win the summit clash, it

would be the Indian's second Australian

Open mixed doubles title.

Sania had earlier won the trophy with Ma-

hesh Bhupathi in 2009.

Sania Mirza-Horia Tecau inAustralian Open mixed doubles final

3rd ODI: Ravindra Jadeja, RavichandranAshwin help India tie New Zealand

Ravindra Jadeja kept In-

dia's one-day series

against New Zealand

alive as the tourists took 17 off

the final over to tie an epic

third match in the series at

Eden Park Saturday.

New Zealand were on theverge of sealing an historic se-

ries win over the world cham-

pions, after making 314 and

then removing the cream of In-

dia's batting talent to have the

tourists at 184-6 with less than

15 overs remaining. But Jadeja,

who finished unbeaten on 66,

and Ravi Ashwin who posted a

career-best 65, ensured India

stayed in the game.

Between them they put on 85

runs in 55 balls for the seventh

wicket before Ashwin fell to a

spectacular catch by New

Zealand century-maker Martin

Guptill, leaving Jadeja to getIndia to the end as the tail-end

batsmen fell around him.

Despite Jadeja's heroics, India

captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni

felt his side wasted an opportu-

nity to seal a victory. "You're

supposed to pick situations

where we could have closed the

game quite comprehensively.

Those were the situations that

we didn't grab and there were a

few of our batsmen who could

have done that so that's a bit

disappointing," he said. "But

(it's also a) good result because

it keeps us alive in the series.We can't win it but we can go

for a draw."

New Zealand, who won the

first two matches, need to win

one more to claim the series

victory, while India need to win

the remaining two matches to

draw. All-rounder Corey Ander-

son, who finished with five for

63, had the role of bowling the

final over to India and could

not contain Jadeja who belted

two fours, a six and a single to

go with two wides.

Three overs from the end,

New Zealand believed they had

Jadeja caught behind but um-pire Rod Tucker turned down

the appeal even though replays

indicated the ball touched the

bat.

New Zealand, who lost the

toss for the third time, were

sent into bat on a fast-paced

wicket and were all out for 314

on the last ball of an innings

built around Guptill's 111.

Guptill and Kane Williamson

featured in a 153-run stand for

the second wicket and when it

was broken in the 33rd over

with the removal of

Williamson (65) New Zealand

felt confident enough to pro-

mote big-hitting Anderson up

the order.

But the move did not pay off.Anderson went for eight and

was quickly followed by Gup-

till, then Brendon McCullum

(nought) and New Zealand

were 230 for five.

Ross Taylor (17) and Luke

Ronchi (38) staged a minor re-

covery but when Taylor was

run out it sparked a collapse in

which New Zealand lost four

wickets over 18 runs. At 288-9 it

was left to some lusty hitting by

Tim Southee to get New

Zealand over the 300 mark be-

fore he was run out on the last

ball.India had a scare at the start

of their reply when Rohit Shar-

ma was dropped by Jesse Ryder

at second slip before they com-

fortably progressed to 64 with-

out loss after nine overs.

However, the momentum

switched with a bowling

change which saw Anderson

remove Shikhar Dhawan (28)

and Sharma (39) while Hamish

Bennett, back in the New

Zealand side after a three-year

absence, removed Virat Kohli

for six.

Suresh Raina (31) and Dhoni

(50) carried India through to184 at the start of the batting

power play. With the removal of

Dhoni there was reason for

New Zealand to sense they

were in command, but Jadeja

with his 66 of 45 deliveries, in-

cluding four sixes and five

fours, kept India in the game.

No competitionwith Alia, Sidharth:

Varun DhawanMUMBAI

Young actor Varun Dhawan,

who made his Bollywood debut

with Alia Bhatt and Sidharth

Malhotra in "Student Of the

Year", says the trio has dis-cussed competition but he be-

lieves their camaraderie goes

beyond it. "We (Alia Bhatt, Sid-

harth Malhotra and I) have dis-

cussed competition, we do dis-

cuss these things but I think

when you do your first film

with someone, you form a bond

and it's like (they are) family,"

Varun said here at the launch

of the trailer of his second film

"Main Tera Hero". "You are just

bonded for life. So you overlook

that (competition) thing. I just

have lot of love in my heart for

both of them," he added.In fact, he says that Alia and

Sidharth "were more nervous

for me than I am right now (for

my film 'Main Tera Hero')".

"That's how the relationship

is," added the son of filmmaker

David Dhawan. Karan Johar's

directorial, "Student Of The

Year", released in 2012. It

turned out to be a hit and set

Alia, Sidharth and Varun's ca-

reer on roll in the Hindi film in-

dustry. Varun is awaiting the

release of "Main Tera Hero",

while Alia is waiting for "High-way" to hit the screens and Sid-

harth is looking forward to

"Hasee Toh Phasee". Varun has

showered praises on the trail-

ers of both the films and he has

even urged the audience to go

and watch them. "Sid (Sidharth

Malhotra) and Alia's films are

releasing in the same month

(February) and mine (releases)

in April. I have loved the promo

of 'Hasee Toh Phasee' and

'Highway' and you all must go

and watch the films," the 26-

year-old said. While "Hasee Toh

Phasee" will hit the theatresFeb 7, "Highway" starring Alia

Bhatt and Randeep Hooda, will

release Feb 21. Meanwhile,

Varun-starrer "Main Tera

Hero", directed by his father, is

slated to release April 4. It also

features Ileana D'Cruz and Nar-

gis Fakhri as the female leads.


10/12

10 (MP&CG)January 27 to February 2, 2014Commerce

Union Minister for Fi-

nance P Chidambaram

has accused the BJP of

opposing foreign direct invest-

ment in multi-brand retail

which would have generated

employment. He was speaking

at the World Economic Forum

meeting in Davos.

FDI in multi-brand retail has

been a contentious issue in In-

dia, with as many experts be-

lieving that it would destroy

domestic industry as those

who feel that it would be good

for the country's economy. It

appears that the Finance Min-

ister lacks material to substan-

tiate his theory that the BJP

does not have a positive policy

for economic growth. On the

contrary, there are many exam-

ples to demonstrate that the

Congress, which has been

heading the UPA Government

at the Centre for close to 10

years now, has blundered on

the economic front.

The results are there for all to

see. Growth as a percentage of

the Gross Domestic Producthas fallen, employment oppor-

tunities have gone down, in-

vestors have been scurrying

away with even Indian busi-

nessmen preferring to expand

and invest outside the country

prices of essential goods

have been on the rise, and in-

flation has refused to go any-

where away from close to two

digits.

Icons of industry have been

expressing their dismay at the

state of affairs where the

Union Government has lost the

plot and the economy is on

auto-mode. International cred-it rating agencies have been

ruthless in their observation

that the country's economic de-

cline over the decade has been

largely due to the lack of firm

leadership and sound econom-

ic and fiscal policies of the

Congress-led UPA regime.

Chidambaramscriticism of BJP

for opposing FDInot sound

MP improves itsstand in financialinclusionBHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh has

improved its standing in finan-

cial inclusion, as measured by

the CRISIL Inclusix index.

For the year ended on March,

2012, the latest period for which

data has been made available by

the Reserve Bank of India for 638

districts across the country, the

state improved its score over

2011 by 3.2% -- higher than the

all-India improvement of 2.7%.

However, at 33.1, it still lagged

the all-India score of 42.8.

Pawan Agrawal, senior direc-

tor of CRISIL Ratings, said, "In-

dia's overall CRISIL Inclusix

score has risen by 2.7% in fiscal

2012 -- the highest annual in-

crease since 2009. Forty-seven

out of 50 districts in MadhyaPradesh have seen an improve-

ment in their score in 2012 over

2011."

At the same time, at 42.8 on a

scale of 100, the all-India CRISIL

Inclusix score reflects under-

penetration of formal banking

in the country. Just one in two In-

dians have a savings account and

one in seven has access to bank

credit. There are wide dispari-

ties in access to financial servic-

es, too. While India's six largest

cities have 10% of its bank

branches, the bottom 50 districts

have merely 2% of the bank

branches.The improvement in 2012 over

2011 was predominantly driven

by growth in the number of de-

posit accounts (18.1% on-year

compared with an all-India

growth of 12.6%). Growth in the

number of credit accounts

(10.8% on-year compared with

an all-India growth of 8.3%) also

helped. Credit accounts benefit-

ed from the high growth in agri-

cultural credit accounts (29.3%

on-year compared with an all-In-

dia growth of 11.1%).

Though Madhya Pradesh's

overall Inclusix score was con-strained by its lower perform-

ance in Credit and Branch Pene-

tration, it scored above average

in Deposit Penetration.

Efforts on to establish MPas tourism friendly state

BHOPAL

Maximum work has been done

in tourism sector in Madhya

Pradesh during last 9 years.

Though MP has all the hues to

attract tourists, the state failed

to exploit the potential fully.

But now the situation is that

Madhya Pradesh has carved

out its unique identity on the

tourism map of not only in the

country but abroad also.

For establishing Madhya

Pradesh as tourist-friendly

state, efforts are underway to

provide quality tourism facili-

ty with courteous behaviour by

service providers. For this,training is being imparted at

Hospitality Training Institute,

Bhopal to employees working

in dhabas/hotels, guides,

porters, taxi drivers and rick-

shaw pullers. Number of

tourists has increased consid-

erably in recent years follow-

ing improvement of tourism

infrastructure in the state and

campaigns conducted at na-

tional and international levels.

Tourism Departments budget

was Rs. 15 crore in year 2004-05.

It has now been increased to

Rs. 154 crore. Satisfactory in-

crease has also been registered

in the income of Madhya

Pradesh State Tourism Corpo-

ration. It was Rs. 16.25 crore in

year 2003-04, which has in-

creased to Rs. 96.25 crore in

year 2012-13.Water sports facility is being

developed to fully exploit

tourism potential of vast reser-

voirs in the state. Nine years

ago, Tourism Development

Corporation had only one boat

club at Upper Lake, Bhopal. It

has now 9 boat clubs at Upper

Lake Bhopal, Bargi Jabalpur,

Tigra Gwalior, Halali boat

club, Tawa Dam, Sankhaya

Sagar Shivpuri, Orchha boat

club, Pipaliya Pala Indore and

Ujjain boat club. Boat clubs

will also be started soon at In-

dira Sagar and Choral reser-

voirs. Neelam Boat Club will

soon be started in Lower Lake

at Bhopal. All existing boat

clubs have been modernised.

Earlier, there were only pedal

boats. But now power boats,

cruise boats, mini cruise boats,speed boats, banana rides, jets

key water scooters and modern

water sports equipments are

also available there.

Iran may not purchase soya oil from IndiaBHOPAL

The US and other world powers

have eased the economic sanc-

tions against Iran. Iran will now

be able to buy soya oil from oth-

er countries. So far it was forced

to buy the soya oil from Indiadue to the trade restrictions im-

posed on it. However, now the

monopoly of Indian soya meal

export to Iran may end.

The price of Indias soya oil is

much more compared to several

other countries. Iran was buy-

ing Indias soya oil despite be-

ing costlier as it was not allowed

to trade with other countries.

But now Iran may buy cheaper

soya oil from other countries.

At current rates, Indian soya

meal is far more expensive than

South American origin cargo

and hence not workable in otherexport markets.

Experts say higher price is one

of the reasons for declining ex-

ports in the South East Asian

markets while until now Iran

had no other option but to pur-

chase soya meal from India. In-

dia's exports of soya meal

soared a whopping 400% to

886,776 tonnes during the finan-

cial year ended March 31, 2013,

from the previous year. Howev-

er, the soya meal exports to Iran

dropped from 187,560 metric

tonnes in November 2013 to

132,452 metric tonnes in Decem-ber.

Indore-based Soybean Proces-

sors' Association of India

(SOPA) spokesperson Rajesh

Agrawal said easing of sanc-

tions is one factor and the other

factor is India's high soya meal

prices as compared to other ex-

porting countries. At present,

main importers of soya meal,

besides Iran, is Japan, Korea

and other South East Asian

countries.

Economic sanctions by the

world powers had slashed Iran's

oil exports by more than 50%and narrowed its options to ex-

port agriculture products to a

small number of countries. As

the recently hit agreement has

relaxed many sanctions, rival

suppliers such as Brazil will

now be able to boost their trad-

ing with Iran.


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11(MP&CG) January 27 to February 2, 2014 Region

BJP begins candidate

selection process in MP

BHOPAL

BJP has started the process for se-

lection of candidates in MP for the

forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. State

BJP president Narendra Singh Tomar

said the prospective candidates for

the Parliament elections would be se-

lected from among the leaders who

were visible in their respective con-

stituencies and winnability would be

the main factor behind their selec-

tion.Tomar said the task of selecting can-

didates for Lok Sabha seats was com-

paratively easier as compared to se-

lection of candidates for the state as-

sembly elections given the number of

seats and visibility of the candidates

on a larger canvass. On a question if

the candidates would be selected from

among MLAs and ministers too he

said this would be decided by the par-

ty's election committee. Tomar said

the party would all out efforts to win

Guna and Chhindwara seats being

represented by union ministers Ka-

mal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia.

Tomar also criticised Arvind Kejari-wal for holding dharna in Delhi. He

said Kejariwal should focus on his

work for which he was given an op-

portunity to form the government.

When asked if the state unit of BJP

under him introduced 'Membership

on missed phone call' facility on being

impressed by the Aam Aadmi Party

(AAP)'s scheme he said this practice

was already in the BJP for more than

a year.

The BJP leader also rejected the BJP

national vice-president Uma Bharti's

demand for a CBI inquiry into

MPPEB exam scam while saying

there was no need for a CBI inquiry

into the scam. "If any leader hasraised any demand for CBI inquiry it

must be his or her personal opinion.

The party has nothing to do with it",

said Tomar. He said the state police

were doing an excellent job in the in-

vestigation; hence there was no need

for CBI inquiry.

Human trafficking

alarming in Rajasthan

ALWAR/JAIPUR

The history of human trafficking is ex-

tremely horrifying in the state of Ra-

jasthan and the fact that the govern-

ment and social organizations have not

taken up any solid steps regarding the

issue is more depressing.

The women who have been targeted forthe heinous crime of traf ficking are ei-

ther left to walk on the wrong path for-

ever or are left to die a terrible death.

The children of such women are also

forced to get involved in the same line

as there is no way out for these unfor-

tunate children. There are several

women in the states who were sold by

their own families for little amount of

money. Mostly women are brought to

the place with the promise of marriage

from different states such as West Ben-

gal, Assam, Tripura, Bihar, Chattis-

garh and Madhya Pradhesh.

The women who are brought to the

Alwar district and are sold fail to get

any social status as they are not ac-cepted by the society or even the fami-

ly. There is not even a proper shelter

home in the district for the victims of

trafficking.

A minor girl who was just 15 years old

was given a promise of marriage and

brought to Rajasthan so that she could

be thrown in the business of prostitu-

tion. The girl has been a resident of

Pargana district, Kolkata. The accused

who already had a wife and four chil-

dren brought the minor girl on the

promise of marrying her and tied her

to prostitution.

In another case, a minor girl of Guwa-

hati, Assam, left for New Delhi to visit

her mother after a little spat with hergrandmother but before she could

reach the place of her mother, a woman

named Manju misled her and promised

to take her to mother.

She took her to her home instead. Af-

ter keeping the minor girl in home for

at least a month, she sold the girl to her

brother-in-law.


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Sonia saved Rahul

from direct con-

frontation with ModiThe decision not to nominate Rahul Gandhi

as prime ministerial candidate was mainly a

tactical one, aimed to insulate him from a

presidential-style, head-to-head campaign

against Narendra

Modi. Sonia

Gandhi said the

decision had

little significance

because the

party has not

traditionally

named prime

ministerial

candidates

before elections.

Modi, however,seems eager to

campaign against Gandhi,casting himself as

a self-made man and Gandhi as a privileged

shehzada,or prince. Following Sonias

announcement that Rahul wont be

projected as PM nominee,BJP leaders said

Congress was afraid to thrust Gandhi into

the ring with Modi.

Neither Sonia nor Rahul has shown the

courage for a direct confrontation with

Modi. Sonias decision seems to be dictated

more by maternal instincts rather than the

political instincts of a seasoned leader.She

would rather have her son shielded from a

bruising BJP onslaught against the UPA

governments failures than egg him on into

the heat of the political battle.

Last May,the BJP was caught in a similar

situation when the party s rank-and-file

demanded that the leadership announce

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its

PM candidate.Overcoming the dissidence

by party veteran LK Advani, the BJP rose to

the occasion and ever since,its campaign

for the 2014 general elections has moved

into high gear.

The nervousness is palpable now,Arun

Jaitley,opposition party leader said.Why

puncture your card in an adverse political

environment? There is no fire in the belly

left to fight adversity.Damaged by a series

of corruption scandals and a flagging

economy, Congress looks unlikely to retaincontrol over the next Parliament, especially

after poor results in four state assembly

elections held in December.Sonia has learnt

lessons from the 2012 UP assembly polls

and the recent assembly elections which

Rahul disastrously led from the front.But

with the Congress staring at its biggest

challenge in 2014,her decision will

demoralise cadres who expected the party

to counter the BJPs elevation of Modi with a

matching response. Holding Rahul back for

2019 seems to be the clearest indication till

date that the Congress could be resigned to

a drubbing at the Lok Sabha polls.From the

party of the freedom struggle,to the party

which faced repeated waves of popular

anger in 1967, 1977,1989 and 2013-14, theaura surrounding the Congress and the

Gandhi-Nehrus has steadily depleted.Rahul

faces a much tougher fight than his mother,

father,and grandmother in restoring the

Congress to a position of primacy.

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Modi making inroads into Samajwadi partys landRAJIV TIWARI

LUCKNOW/BHOPAL

U

ttar Pradesh holds the key when it

comes to forming government in Del-

hi. BJP's prime ministerial candi-

date Narendra Modi knows this fact fully

well, and it seems his efforts to make inroads

into Samajwadi Party's land are paying divi-

dends. At the same time, Samajwadi Party

Supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav is in no

mood to let Modi make an impact in Uttar

Pradesh. Going by the sheer size of the

crowd, the recent rallies addressed by Modi

and Mulayam could be termed very success-

ful. ut, the fact that Modi is an outsider here,

the crowd that cheered for Modi does not au-

gur well for Mulayam. Modi was at his best,

say many, and he directly attacked Samajwa-

di Pary for the state of affairs in Uttar

Pradesh. Mulayam too questioned Modis

secular credential and growth model.

In their direction to aggressively market

the "Narendra Modi-for-PM" slogan across

the country, BJP launched its 'Modi for PM'

campaign in Madhya Pradesh, on the occa-

sion of the 118th birth anniversary of Netaji

Subhash Chandra Bose. Chief Minister

Shivraj Singh Chauhan launched the cam-

paign from Khargone. Leader of Opposition

in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and BJP

Vice President Prabhat Jha started the cam-

paign in the state capital. The party has set

"Mission-29" (winning 29 Lok Sabha seats)

for Madhya Pradesh and "Mission-272 Plus"

for the nation to make Gujarat Chief Minis-

ter Narendra Modi the Prime Minister.

Meanwhile, he BJP under the leadership of

Narendra Modi seems to have impressed ru-

ral voters throughout the country as the BJP

is emerging as the most favoured party in the

upcoming Lok Sabha elections. According to

the poll surveys, the BJP is likely to bag high-

est ever seats crossing all its previous tallies.

Kejriwal called off dharna due to dwindling support

Why Arvind Kejriwal called off

its dharna and ended the stir

so early and unexpectedly?

Earlier, he appeared determined to con-

tinue his dharna indefinitely and even

threatened to take his protest to Raj-

path on January 26.

However, various factors seemed to

have played against the party, forcing a

rethink. The party met with severe crit-

icism for their mode of protest , espe-

cially among its middle class support-

ers. Social and news media alleged that

the party was indulging in terror tac-

tics. The party's strategy on the issue

was also questioned as it posed a threat

to the security of the capital ahead ofthe Republic Day.

The violence that broke out at the

protest site, initiated by AAP support-

ers, also forced party members to say

that they would need to carry out dam-

age control. The demand to suspend

five policemen wasnt strong enough to

enthuse the broad AAP support base.

This wasn't a kind of agitation, said

many, to warrant a shutdown of the

city. The crowd wasn't as large as the

leadership expected. Kejriwal's health

deteriorated after a night's exposure in

Delhi's biting cold. The city's gover-

nance was going for a toss as the cabi-

net was on the streets.

The agitation was attracting really

bad press and, finally, it left AAP open

to savage criticism from the other po-

litical parties. Interestingly, some of

his own party members slammed Kejri-

wal's decision to stage a dharna andraised concerns over his form of gover-

nance. AAP member Capt G R

Gopinath said Kejriwal and his Cabinet

should govern from their offices and

only his party workers should protest.

"Demanding suspension of police per-

sonnel is making a scapegoat of hap-

less junior officers who are mere cogs

in the wheel. It also runs the risk of los-

ing the support of the educated middle

class," he said. Former AAP member

Santosh Hegde also expressed his con-

cern over Kejriwal's tactics. If this was-

n't enough, the weather was not at all

conducive for an open-air jamboorie.

And all of this combined, was making

the AAP workers' shoulders droop. The

closure of four Metro stations and mas-

sive curbs on movement in the area by

Delhi Police had made it extremely dif-

ficult for people to reach the protest

site. Many of those who turned up werehard core party supporters and the

'aam aadmi', who was out in hordes to

support Kejriwal during his initial

protests, were conspicuous by their

miniscule numbers.

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