FREE PRESS The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms VOL. 13 NO. 83 | BHOPAL | WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 | PAGES 16 HARDIK’S FORM WILL BE CRUCIAL: ROHIT Pg-15 `3 - r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE EDIT THE DECLINE AND FALL OF MAYAWATI r RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 QUALITY AT VALUE THRICE THE MADNESS Pg-14 Rahul in 15-man ODI World Cup squad, Samson misses out News Brief CBI arrests GAIL Executive Director CM Nitish trips & falls at event PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday tripped and fell down on the campus of Patna University where he had gone to attend a function held on the occasion of Teachers' Day. Kumar lost his balance while proceeding towards a plaque, which was unveiled by Governor Rajendra Arlekar. Security personnel promptly caught hold of the CM and helped him to get on his feet. Kumar did not appear to suffer a serious injury as he walked without a limp to take the dais and also garlanded a portrait of former President Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. Hideout of Hizbul terrorist unearthed JAMMU: Security forces on Tuesday unearthed a hideout being used by the longest surviving terrorist of banned Hizbul Mujahideen, Jehangir Saroori, in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, a police officer said. The hideout was dismantled by police in collaboration with the troops of Rashtriya Rifles and CRPF in a meticulously planned operation in Paribag area of Bhadat Saroor, SSP Kishtwar, , Khalil Poswal said. G20 invite is in with ‘Bharat’, that govt with ‘India’ out may bring Fuels speculation Recipients of Free Press award pose for group photograph with chief guest mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav, special guests Daly College Business Management principal Dr Sonal Sisodia, DAVV registrar Ajay Verma and Indian Oil representative Tarun Agrawal during an event organised at Free Press House on Teacher’s Day on Tuesday FULL COVERAGE P2 resolution to rename the country The invitation, which was widely shared on social media, led to a storm of reactions with the opposition alleging that the move was reflective of the BJP being scared of the I.N.D.I.A bloc AGENCIES New Delhi A G20 dinner invitation from President Droupadi Murmu describing her position as 'President of Bharat' triggered massive debate on Tuesday, with the opposition alleging that the government is planning to drop India and stay with just Bharat as the country's name. Meanwhile, A resolution to rename India as Bharat may be brought in by the government during Parliament's upcoming special session that is scheduled from September 18-22. The Constitution of India cur- nothing There'sdone.usThenew to be world knows as -SHASHI THAROOR, CONGRESS LEADER PIC: X / DHARMENDRA PRADHAN rently refers to the country as "India, that is Bharat...", but there is a growing call to amend this to simply "Bharat". The demand to rename India as Bharat by amending the Constitution has intensified and sources said the Centre may bring a resolution to rename India. Lending credence to the speculation, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan shared on X a G20 dinner invitation from the president for Saturday at Bharat Mandapam, the venue for the G20 summit of world leaders. Sharing a picture of his 4.6MM RAINFALL IN 2 HOURS Low pressure area over Bay of Bengal to maintain intensity of monsoon for 4-5 days been issued for heavy rain with lightning in Bhopal, Narmadapuram divisions and districts like Sidhi, Singrauli, Umaria, Panna, Anuppur, Jabalpur, Shahdol, Tikamgarh, Mandla, Damoh, Sagar, Narsinghpur, Chhatarpur, Seoni, Katni, Datia, Guna, Bhind, Shivpuri, Khargone, Niwari, Ashok Nagar, Rewa, Chhindwara, Satna, Sagar, Agar. use both words Wetoshould continue rather than relinquish our claim to a name redolent of history, a name that is recognised around the world Light rain, speedy winds lead to power cuts in Bhopal Monsoon became active in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday as low pressure area formed over Bay of Bengal, meteorological department officials said. State has not had the best of monsoon so far. After August, West Madhya Pradesh received 22% less than normal. East Madhya Pradesh is within the normal range of receiving 15% less than normal rain. On Tuesday, Bhopal received light rain after a long dry spell. Speedy winds disturbed electricity supply wires, which caused power cuts. As a result, most areas plunged into darkness in evening. In last 24 hours, Chitrangi recorded 6 cm rainfall while Sidhi recorded 4cm rainfall. About 3cm rainfall was recorded in Tamia, Kiranpur and Rampur and 2 cm rain was recorded in Dindori, Mohkheda, Singrauli, Sihawal and others. Orange alert has been issued for heavy to very heavy rain in Balaghat and Dindori districts in next 48 hours. Yellow alert has SC reserves verdict on Article 370 abrogation NEW DELHI: KL Rahul was included in India's World Cup 2023 squad, marking his return from a lengthy injury layoff, as the BCCI confirmed the 15-member squad on Tuesday. Suryakumar Yadav also managed to hold on to a spot for the marquee event with regular skipper Rohit Sharma leading the side and all-rounder Hardik Pandya as his deputy. With Rahul in the squad, Sanju Samson has missed out, as well as Tilak Varma and Prasidh Krishna as other omissions. The team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Moh Shami, Mohd Siraj, Kuldeep FULL REPORT, P-15 Yadav. CMO TURNED INTO MONEY COLLECTION OFFICE DURING NATH’S RULE: AMIT SHAH LEADERS VENT OUT RAIN DRENCHES STATE AFTER LONG DRY SPELL OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in 32.90c. 22.10c Sunrise : 06.10 Sunset : 06.43 FPJ: www.freepressjournal.in for 24x7 updates FREE PRESS HONOURS TEACHERS ON THEIR SPECIAL DAY NEW DELHI: The CBI has arrested an Executive Director of GAIL in connection with the alleged Rs 50 lakh bribery case in which money changed hands to favour some contractors in the gas pipeline projects, officials said Tuesday. Along with Executive Director (Projects) K B Singh of GAIL, four others have also been arrested, including Director of Vadodarabased Advance Infrastructures Surender Kumar, they said. WEATHER FP According to meteorological department, a low-pressure area has formed over Bay of Bengal off south Odisha and north coastal Andhra Pradesh. Low pressure will be a slow-moving system and will linger on for next 4-5 days over central parts of the country. The system will trigger monsoon activity in Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. invite, Pradhan used the hashtag '#PresidentOfBharat' and said, "Jana Gana Mana Adhinayak Jaya He, Bharat Bhagya Vidhata". Besides the first line of the national anthem, the post in Hindi also used the words "Jai Ho". The invitation, which was widely shared on social media, led to a storm of reactions with the opposition alleging that the move was reflective of the BJP being scared of the INDIA bloc and the ruling party asserting that there was nothing wrong in using Bharat as it is part of the Constitution. CONTD. ON P6 India. What happened suddenly that the name of the country needs to be changed? I -MAMATA BANERJEE, WEST BENGAL CM n our Constitution, it ('India') is incorporated and it is called the 'Constitution of India'. 'India' is an accepted word for our country. Making it Bharat, I don't think it is required -SIDDARAMAIAH, KARNATAKA CHIEF MINISTER AGENCIES / New Delhi The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution which bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud reserved the verdict after a marathon 16-day hearing. The bench, also comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai and Surya Kant, heard the rejoinder arguments of senior advocates Kapil Sibal, Gopal Subramanium, Rajeev Dhavan, Zaffar Shah, Dushyant Dave and others on the concluding day of the hearing. The top court said if any lawyer appearing for the petitioners or respondents wishes to file a written submission can do so in the next three days. The submission should not extend beyond two pages, it said. CONTD. ON P6 PM Modi to lay CM ANNOUNCES... foundation for Rs 50K cr projects THE FORMATION of Bina refinery M OUR STAFF REPORTER BHOPAL Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) turned into a Money Collection Office (MCO) during the rule of the Congress led by Kamal Nath. Similarly, the Congress Working Committee became Corruption Working Committee, Shah said. He made the statements at Mandla on Tuesday when he flagged off Janashirwad Yatra. Shah alleged just 15 minutes before submitting his resignation Nath committed Rs 65,000-crore mobile phone scam. Nath has links with Rs 300-crore Moser Baer scam, Rs 2,400-crore AugustaWestland scam, Rs 600-crore IFFCO scam, deceiving farmers in the name of loan waiver of Rs 25 crore and with Rs 1,178-crore farmers’ bonus scam, Shah said. CONTD. ON P6 Shah couldn’t reach Sheopur due to rain Union Home Minister Amit Shah had to go to Sheopur to flag off Janashirwad Yatra, but his helicopter could not take off because of heavy rainfall. He addressed a rally with the help of his mobile phone and said he would visit Sheopur during electioneering. Drought-hit people to get relief: CM Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said he would rescue people and farmers from suffering because of shortage rainfall. PESA Act has been implemented in MP and many welfare schemes launched for tribal people to fulfill the promises made to them. A medical college coming up in Mandla will be named after Raja Hriday Shah, Chouhan said. Maihar to be 55th district OUR STAFF REPORTER BHOPAL Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation of Rs 50,000-crore investment project on the premises of Bina refinery on September 14. Apart from that, Modi will lay the foundation of an IT park for the state. The projects for which Modi will lay the foundation will bring an investment of Rs 50,000 crore. Bina refinery is constructing a huge petro-chemical complex that can produce 2,200 crore tones of product. Besides, Bina refinery is increasing its production capacity from 7.8 MMTPA to 11 MMTPA. Along with this, the refinery is setting up an ethylene cracker complex and downstream petro-chemical plant. The project will be completed in the next five years. Various types of polymer will be produced in the plant. The products of petro-chemical are used in various sectors. Once the project comes up, several associate companies will also be established. aihar district will be carved out from Satna district. The objections and suggestions have been invited by government for creation of Maihar district. The new district will have all 122 patwari halkas of Maihar, all 53 patwari halkas of Amarpatan tehsil and 59 patwari halkas of Ram Nagar tehsil. In all, there will be 234 patwari halkas in proposed district. Chouhan said he was supposed to go to Maihar to announce formation of new district but could not do it due to visit of Amit Shah to Mandla & Sheopur OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday announced that Maihar would be made another STONE PELTING ON BJP’S YATRA IN NEEMUCH Some unidentified miscreants pelted stones on the BJP's Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Neemuch district on Tuesday. According to information, incident was reported at Rawali Kudi village, the last village in the state that falls under Manasa assembly constituency in the district, on late Tuesday evening. After the incident, a heavy police force along with senior administrative officials rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control. FULL REPORT INSIDE district of Madhya Pradesh. It will be 55th district of the state. He made this announcement while virtually participating at a meeting from Samatva Bhawan situated in the premises of CM House. He said he was supposed to go to Maihar to announce formation of new district but could not do it due to visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to Mandla and Sheopur. Narayan Tripathi, the BJP MLA from Maihar, had long been demanding to make Maihar a district. ‘Udhayanidhi’s Sanatan remarks same as Hitler’s views on Jews’ NEW DELHI: Keeping the heat on the opposition over Udhayanidhi Stalin's Sanatan Dharma remark, the BJP on Tuesday likened the DMK leader's controversial comments to Hitler's characterisation of Jews "Uday Stalin's meditated comment is unadulterated hate speech and a call for genocide of 80 per cent population of Bharat, who follow Sanatan Dharma. Congress and I.N.D.I Alliance support for Stalin's bile is most disconcerting," the BJP posted on X. The party alleged that there is an eerie similarity between how Hitler characterised the Jews and how Udhayanidhi Stalin described Sanatan Dharma. "Like Hitler, Stalin Jr also demanded, that Sanatan Dharma be eradicated. We know how Nazi hate culminated in Holocaust, killing approx 6 million European Jews and at least another 5 million Soviet prisoners of war and other victims," it said. 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