FREE PRESS - VOL. XXXIX NO. 110 | INDORE | MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 | PAGES 14 OPPN STIRS UP UNITED FRONT TO DEFEAT BJP WWW.FREEPRESSJOURNAL.IN EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE FOR 24X7 UPDATES EDIT ECONOMIC GROWTH IS SILVER LINING BRAND QUEEN: SOME TAKEAWAYS FOR BRANDS Pg-12 RAJESH MOUDGIL Chandigarh News Brief Teen drowns in Narmada river A 17-year-old boy from Haryana drowned while bathing in Narmada river at Omkareshwar temple in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district on Sunday, police said. Shaurya Kumar, a Class 12 student, was part of a group of 43 students and four teachers from Kurukshetra Awasiya Vidyalaya who had come for a trip, Mandhata police station in-charge Balram Singh Rathore said. Inter-state drug cartel busted An interstate drug cartel was busted by the Delhi Police and one of its key members was arrested with 45 kg opium, worth more than Rs 30 crore in the international market, an official said Sunday. The accused, identified as Jasvir Singh (54), a resident of Punjab's Moga, used to hide opium between rice packets to mislead police. 2 terrorists killed near LoC Two terrorists were killed as security forces foiled an infiltration bid near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Machil sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Sunday, police said. Srinagar based PRO Defence Col Emron Musavi said based on specific intelligence inputs recieved from police and other intelligence agencies of likely infiltration attempt in Machil sector, troops were put on high alert and joint ambushes of police and Army laid. 83 tourists stuck in Triund rescued Over 80 tourists who were stranded amid heavy rains at the Triund hill station in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district were rescued by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Sunday, officials said. SDRF director Sudesh Mokhta said 83 people were rescued from Triund under the Dharamshala subdivision after getting information from one of the stranded tourist. In a major step towards forging a united anti-BJP front, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and other prominent Opposition leaders on Sunday called for a new alliance including the Congress for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, stressing that a bipolar contest will ensure the BJP's defeat. Several Opposition leaders, including the CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal, congregated for a mega rally organised by Haryana’s Indian National Lok Dal in Fatehabad district on the occasion of the late party founder and former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal’s . birth anniversary They slammed the BJP-led government for rising inflation and unemployment and accused it of selling public property to a few individuals and creating divisions in society on caste and religion. "If all non-BJP parties unite, which must include our friends from the Congress, we can get rid of those working to destroy the coun," try the Bihar Chief Minis, ter said. His deputy Tejashwi Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, was among the leaders in attendance. Nitish Kumar urged INLD patriarch Om Parkash Chautala, son of the late Devi Lal, to meet more lead- Sharad Pawar, Sitaram Yechury, INLD chief OP Chautala, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD?leader Tejashwi Prasad at the Fatehabad rally PTI Ensure change of govt in 2024: Pawar Time to form new alliance: Badal Lalu, Nitish meet Sonia Gandhi NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on Sunday said the time has come for everyone to work towards ensuring a change of the government at the Centre in 2024. Referring to the stir against the agri laws, he said farmers committing suicide is not a solution and that the real solution would be to bring about the change in government. Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday joined the call for like-minded parties to form a united front. Speaking at the INLD rally attended by several Opposition leaders here, Badal said his party along with the Shiv Sena and the JD(U) are the ''real NDA'' as they had founded the alliance. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday and pitched for bringing all Opposition parties together to defeat the BJP in 2024. The meeting at Gandhi's 10 Janpath residence is being considered very crucial in forging an opposition unity. ers from different parties and bring them together. Pawar, former Union Agriculture Minister, lauded the farmers of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Western Uttar Pradesh for fighting and forcing the central government to repeal the three farm laws. Yechury came down heavi- ly on the BJP-led government and said it was acting as a manager selling public property to a few individuals. Janata Dal (United) general secretary KC Tyagi said Nitish Kumar had no fear of the Enforcement Directorate, Income-Tax Department or other central agen- cies. Sukhbir Badal said the INLD and SAD were brothers and the rights of farmers could only be saved by . the leaders at the rally The Shiv Sena of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was represented by its South Arvind MP Mumbai Sawant. PFI activists eyeing Sheopur as hub to connect with UP, Raj CM directs removal of Jhabua DSO, orders probe against him RAJESH THAKUR city.bhopal@fpj.co.in Activists of the popular front of India (PFI) are extending their work in Sheopur district area, because from here it is easy to approach states of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. They wanted to extend their network in other states also, the officials said. This time, Sheopur had come to light for the wrong reason. Earlier it was in limelight because of Kuno National Park, a new home for Cheetahs. On the intervening night of September 21 and 22 in the joint operation of the state anti terrorist squad (ATS) and NaInvestigation tional Agency (NIA) raids were conducted in two districts of the state, Indore and Uj- RNI No. 38281/83 Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; jain and four accused were arrested. On the next day (Friday), they were presented in the special NIA Court in Bhopal. The Court had sent the accused to a seven-day remand. Additional director general of police (intelligence) Adarsh Katiyar told Free Press, “The network of PFI is extended to around 25 districts of the state of Madhya Pradesh. The activists think that Sheopur is a district where security agencies are not having their eyes on, because of low line district”. The ADG added, “Every anti-social and anti national element thinks that their activities are unnoticed, which is totally wrong. They fall in the trap of law and gets penalised for their wrongdoings”. CONTD. ON P8 OUR STAFF REPORTER City.bhopal@fpj.co.in Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan directed to remove district supply officer (DSO) of Jhabua SK Tyagi from the district and ordered probe into negligence in government work . on Sunday He was addressing a public meeting of BJP in Jhabua. He read the complaint in connection with the irregularity in distribution of grains from a ration shop. He said that his cleanliness campaign is continuing and anyone who commits irregularity will not be spared by him. , Notably some days back, he had suspended Jhabua’s Superintendent of Police (SP) Arvind Tiwari and ordered shifting of collector Somesh Mishra. CONTD. ON P8 T20I: INDIA WIN BY 6 WICKETS, CLINCH SERIES 2-1 Axar Patel catches Australian batter Mathew Wade during the third T20 cricket match between India and Australia, at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium as India beat Australia by six wickets in the third and final T20I to clinch the three-match series 2-1 on Sunday. Cameron Green (52 off 21 balls) and Tim David (54) scored the bulk of runs as Australia put 186 for 7 after being invited to bat. India chased down the target with one ball to spare, riding on Suryakumar Yadav's 69 off 36 balls and Virat Kohli's 63 off 48 balls. SEE SPORTS PAGE State Cabinet to meet in Mahakal City for the first time on Tuesday FP NEWS SERVICE Ujjain The weekly meeting of State Cabinet will be held for the first time in Ujjain . on Tuesday It was earlier scheduled to be held at Mantralay in Bhopal as usual but in wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit on October 11, it was shifted to Ma. hakal City As per available details, the meeting will begin at 12.30 noon at newly-constructed administrative building complex near Kothi Palace. The meeting to be presided over by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will be attended by his Cabinet colleagues, Chief Secretary and other top bureaucrats. In wake of the shifting of Cabinet meeting, the venue of weekly jansunwai programme has been shifted from administrative building complex to Zila Panchayat office. Owing to the meeting, all ministers and senior officials will have a chance to collectively visit the Mahakal Corridor, which has been named as 'Shiv Srishti Path'. Elaborate facilities have made available for the darshanarthis. 108 idols of Lord Shiva in different forms, mural walls having mythological inscriptions and descriptions and parking lots have been developed at the cost of over Rs 325 crore. PM will dedicate this project to the public on October 11. After paying obeisance to Mahakal Jyotirlingam, he will also address a public meeting here. Punjab Governor calls Assembly session CHANDIGARH The deadlock between the AAP government in Punjab and the Governor over convening the Assembly session ended on Sunday with the latter agreeing to call the session on September 27. A letter from Governor Banwarilal Purohit read that in exercise of powers conferred upon him by virtue of Clause (1) of Article 174 of Constitution, he is summoning the session on September 27 at 11 am. Page-7 Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar has given an assurance to Ankita’s father that the police will produce enough evidence in court to ensure that his daughter's killers are hanged. tivists and common people, had earlier gathered 29.10c. 20.20c Sunrise : 06.16 Sunset : 06.20 90+ Gehlot loyalists give resignation letters to Speaker OPPOSE MOVE to New generation appoint Pilot as CM should get chance JAIPUR: The Congress in Rajasthan plunged into a crisis Sunday as several MLAs loyal to Ashok Gehlot submitted resignation letters over a possible move to appoint Sachin Pilot as the next CM, their rebellion erupting just ahead of a Congress Legislature Party meeting. The loyalists headed to Speaker C P Joshi's home after a long meeting in the evening at minister Shanti Dhariwal's residence, saying they were resigning as MLAs. All this while, at the chief minister's home, Gehlot and Congress observers Mallikarjun Kharge and Ajay Maken waited for all legislators to arrive for the CLP meeting. Pilot and his supporters came but the meeting was a washout. Gehlot loyalists claimed that over 90 MLAs went to Joshi's home, but the number could not be . verified independently The Congress has 108 MLAs in the House of 200. There was no word from the Speaker's office on the resignation letters. Late at night, there were efforts by Kharge and Maken to persuade Gehlot loyalists to meet them one on one, if not as part of the planned MLAs' meeting. Ministers Shanti Dhariwal, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and Mahesh Joshi, along with advisor Gehlot's CM AGENCIES Srinagar Will ensure killers are hanged: DGP WEATHER CRISIS IN RAJASTHAN CONGRESS ANKITA MURDER: Last rites held finally, NH 58 blocked in protest People's anger over the murder of Ankita Bhandari, who worked as a receptionist at a resort in Uttarakhand's Pauri district and was reportedly being forced to provide to services" "special guests, continued with the National Highway (NH) 58 being blocked in protest, even as her last rites were finally conSunday on ducted evening. Her body was brought to the NIT Ghat here and consigned to flames amid the presence of a large number of people. A large crowd, comprising students, political ac- `3 QUALITY AT VALUE in large numbers at the mortuary of the base hospital where her body was kept. Then, they held a sit-in protest on the National Badrinath Highway in front of the mortuary, demanding the Ankita's of hanging killers, stranding vehicles on both sides of the highway. CONTD. ON P8 now, says CM Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said he has held constitutional posts for 40 years and the new generation should get a chance now, virtually admitting an imminent change of guard in the state. Gehlot, who has announced contesting for the post of Congress president, made the remarks during to a visit to Jaisalmer to offer prayer at the Tanot Mata Temple, in an indication that the Congress may choose Sachin Pilot as his successor in the state. Later in the day, a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party is scheduled to be held at his residence in Jaipur. Sanyam Lodha met the AICC observers, but the standoff continued. On their return, sources said, they told the other loyalists that they had put forth three conditions. They wanted the decision on the next CM to be left till after the Congress organiand election sational stressed that Gehlot should have a say in picking the new CM who should be someone who stood by the veteran leader during the rebellion by Pilot supporters in 2020. CONTD. ON P8 Minor boy gang-raped; rod inserted in private parts AGENCIES New Delhi A 12-year-old boy was allegedly thrashed and gangraped by four persons in the Seelampur area of the national capital, Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal informed through . the social media on Sunday "In Delhi, not even boys are safe. A 12-year-old boy was brutally raped by four people and left in a halfdead condition after being beaten with sticks," Maliwal wrote on Twitter. She further said the DCW team has registered an FIR in the matter. Of the four accused persons, Maliwal said that the police have arrested one person while three are still at large. CONTD. ON P8 Nabbed after 9 yrs, abduction & murder accused escapes from custody; three cops suspended FP NEWS SERVICE Gwalior Three police men were suspended by superintendent of police in Gwalior district after an accused of abduction and murder who was arrested after 9 years managed to escape from the police custody, as per officials. The accused Jaipal, 25, a resident of Gwalior district, was a minor when he had committed the crime. He managed to stage a situ- ation that he was presumed dead. He was arrested by the crime branch police on Friday from Delhi-Ghaziabad border after nine years of committing crime. To confirm his age after his arrest, three constables including Mohan Singh and Ravi Pathak from Bahodapur police station, took him to Sri Krishna Government Memorial Mandi, Ghas School, Gwalior, where he had studied. From there, he es- . caped from police custody Expressing displeasure over this negligence, SP Amit Sanghi has suspended three police personnel. As per officials, when the accused was taken to his school, one of his hands was tied with a rope, and the constable was holding him. At the same time, he started running away by dodging. When the constable caught him, he pushed . and ran away He ran towards Chandan Nagar. CONTD. ON P8 Teacher asks student to take off dirty uniform; suspended Task force to decide when people can see cheetahs in Kuno: PM HE HAD then washed student’s dirty clothes before her classmates OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in A school teacher in Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh was suspended after he allegedly asked a 10-year-old tribal student to take off her dirty uniform in front of her classmates. A picture of the incident, which took place in Bara Kala village of Shahdol , district on Friday surfaced on social media in which the Class 5 student was seen only in her undergarments and the teacher, Shrawan Kumar Tripathi, was seen washing her clothes and other girls . standing nearby Tripathi, posted as a teacher at a government primary school run by the tribal affairs department in the village, CONTD. ON P8 NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that based on the recommendation of the task force set up to observe cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, it will be decided when people will be able to see the animals. "Friends, a task force has been formed. This task force will monitor the cheetahs and see how much they have been able to adapt to the environment here. On this basis, a decision will be taken after a few months and then you will be able to see the cheetahs," said Modi in the 93rd episode of his monthly radio broadcast 'Mann Ki Baat'. He exclaimed that people from all corners of the country have expressed happiness over the return of cheetahs to India. "130 crore Indians are happy, full of pride; this is India's love for nature," PM stated. Modi further stated that a common question was posed by people when will they get an opportunity to see the wild animals from Namibia. The PM invited ideas of the people what should be the names of the campaign and the cheetahs. He further said, "But till then I am assigning some work to all of you. CONTD. ON P8