FREE PRESS The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms VOL. 13 NO. 85 | BHOPAL | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 | PAGES 16 `3 - r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; After Stalin Jr, A Raja likens Sanatan to HIV, leprosy KISHAN'S RISE FROM A HUMBLE VILLAGE TO INDIA’S TRUSTED WICKETKEEPER-BATTER’ Pg-14 EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE EDIT MODI TURNS TABLES AGAINST INDIA BJP SAYS remarks reflect Oppn bloc's 'Hinduphobia' CHENNAI/NEW DELHI Adding fuel to the raging debate over DMK leader Udhayanidhi's remarks against Sanatan Dharma, the party's Lok Sabha MP A Raja has likened it to diseases like leprosy and HIV which had social stigma, prompting the BJP to accuse Opposition leaders of suffering from 'deep-rooted Hinduphobia'. As the row over Raja and Stalin junior's remarks snowballed into a major political row on Thursday the Congress sought , to distance itself from their statements while TN Cm M K Stalin accused the BJP of being 'desperate' to create divisions in the INDIA bloc. CONTD. ON P6 INDIA alliance to take country on the path of destruction: Scindia Union MinisterScindia took a jibe at the INDIA alliance and said that it would take the country on the path of destruction. The manner in which the INDIA Alliance is commenting on Sanatan Dharma is inappropriate and highly condemnable. Plea in SC against Udhayanidhi, A Raja As a hugely divisive debate raged over Udhayanidhi Stalin's "eradicate Sanatan Dharma" remark, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking its direction for registration of an FIR against him. The petitioner has also sought an FIR against A Raja for his comments on Sanatan Dharma. Keep your personal views to yourselves: Raut Questioning Udhayanidhi, for his objectionable remarks against Sanatana Dharma, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said that the leader of DMK, an ally in INDIA bloc, should keep his personal or party's views to himself and within the state. OUR STAFF REPORTER city.indore@fpj.co.in JJP to make its mark in Raj polls: Chautala JAIPUR: Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Thursday said people of Rajasthan were facing several challenges, including the dominance of the mining mafia, an increase in violence against women and recruitment exam paper leaks. Chautala said his JJP is prepared to contest the Rajasthan elections due later this year on these issues. China backs African Union inclusion in G20 BEIJING: China on Thursday expressed its support for the inclusion of the African Union (AU) in the G20, saying it is the "first country to explicitly support" the inclusion of the African bloc in the grouping. PM Modi said India backs the inclusion of the African Union as a full member of the Group of 20 largest economies as no plan for the future of the planet can be successful without the representation and recognition of all voices. 35 CBI officers receive police medals NEW DELHI: Tarun Gauba, the CBI officer who initially probed a corruption case against former special director Rakesh Asthana, and the officer who supervised cases of post-poll violence in Bengal were among the 35 serving and retired CBI officers who received police medals from Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday. 77 Dahi Handi participants injured MUMBAI: At least 77 'Govindas' involved in the formation of human pyramids as part of the Dahi Handi celebrations were injured in Mumbai on Thursday, while 11 such participants suffered injuries in neighbouring Thane city, officials said. TN BJP president Annamalai equated the DMK 's name with "Dengue, Malaria Kosu" Reacting to the remarks made by Udhayanidhi on eradicating Sanatan Dharma, Annamalai said, "If something needs eradication from TN it is the DMK. D-Dengue, M Malaria, K - Kosu. Going forward, we are sure that people will associate these deadly diseases with DMK." Annamalia targeted Stalin for defending his son over his Sanatan Dharma remarks. QUALITY AT VALUE 32.90c. 22.10c Sunrise : 06.10 Sunset : 06.43 FPJ: www.freepressjournal.in for 24x7 updates CALLING OUT GAME! Pg-16 G20: BIDEN TO ARRIVE IN DELHI TODAY NEW DELHI: US President Joe Biden is expected to reach India for G20 summit on Friday The US . President will be received by Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Gen (Retd.) VK Singh at 6:55 pm on Friday The official . said the US is bringing in over 20 aircraft over a weeklong period around the summit. Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida will be received by MoS for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey at 2:15 pm. Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese will be received by Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar at 6:15 pm. CONTD. ON P6 Joint efforts must to strengthen sovereignty & territorial integrity of all nations: Modi JAKARTA Against the backdrop of China's increasing military assertiveness in the South China Sea, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched for everyone's commitment and joint efforts to strengthen the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries. In an address at the East Asia Summit, Modi also said that India believes that the Code of Conduct for the South China Sea should be effective and compliant with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.His comments came days after a number of ASEAN member countries such as Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines reacted sharply to Beijing's territorial claim over the South China Sea in its latest edition of the "standard map of China".On August 28, Bei- South Korean prez Yoon Suk Yeol, Prime Minister Modi, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and US Vice Prez Kamala Harris walk to attend the East Asia Summit at the ASEAN-Summit in Jakarta on Thursday jing released the 2023 edition of the "standard map of China" which includes Taiwan, the South China Sea, Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as Chinese territories. India has dismissed the 'map' and lodged a strong protest with China over it. The PM said all countries in the region have an interest in peace, security and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific. "The need of the hour is an Indo-Pacific where international law including UNCLOS applies equally to all countries; where there is freedom of navigation and overflight; and where there is unimpeded lawful commerce for the benefit of all," PM Modi said. CONTD. ON P6 Ex-hotelier, who decided HIGH-PROFILE SEATS: PARTIES TO FIELD LOCAL CANDIDATES to die at 30, shoots self Cong plans to give ticket to Rajkumar Patel from Budhni; BJP may field Vivek Sahu from Chhindwara LEAVES BEHIND a 7-page suicide note; had bought illegal firearm News Brief 'DMK means Dengue, Malaria Kosu': Annamalai r RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 WEATHER FP Having had no intention to live beyond 30 years, an ex-hotelier committed suicide by killing himself from a pistol at his place in Deendayal Nagar in the city on Thursday He took the ex. treme step nearly 8 months after turning 30. Bachelor Aditya Sharma left behind a 7page suicide note which speaks about his wish of friends performing final rites and about family but it fell short of reasoning why he did not wish to continue living post 30. Hira Nagar police station in-charge PL Sharma said that the deceased Aditya was found dead by his brother and mother. He was in his room on the ground floor while his mother and brother were on the second floor of the house at the time of incident. The family members were shocked seeing him in such a situation and finding notes pasted at various places. CONTD. ON P6 UN SPOKESMAN ON 'BHARAT' ROW 'If we get requests like that, we consider them as they come' NEW DELHI: The United Nations considers requests from countries to change their names as and when the world body receives them, a top UN official has said, amid a row over President Droupadi Murmu’s G20 dinner invites referring to her as 'President of Bharat' instead of 'President of India'. Deputy Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Farhan Haq, on Wednesday cited the example of Turkey changing its name to Turkiye last year. “Well, in the case of Turkiye, we responded to a formal request delivered to us by the Government. Obviously, if we get requests like that, we consider them as they come,” he said in response to a question on re- ports that India’s name could be changed to Bharat. A row erupted in India on Tuesday after invitations for a G20 dinner were sent out by President Murmu, describing her position as 'President of Bharat' instead of the customary 'President of India', with the opposition accusing the Modi government of planning to drop India and stay with just Bharat as the country's name. Modi on Wednesday told his ministerial colleagues to avoid the political row around the Bharat issue, noting that it has been the country's ancient name. Modi spoke on the issues during his interaction with the Union Council of Ministers in which he laid down the dos and don'ts to be observed by them during the upcoming G20 summit. CONTD. ON P6 INDIA SEAT SHARING TALKS ON SEPT 13 OUR BUREAU NEW DELHI The first round of talks on the seat-sharing formula of the INDIA alliance for the Lok Sabha elections will be held here at the residence of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on September 13. It will be attended by a 14member coordination committee set up by the opposition block INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) at its Mumbai meeting last week. On Tuesday, the floor leaders of almost all parties represented in Parliament held a meeting at the residence of Congress President and Rajya Sabha opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharge. They decided to address the public issues such as unemployment, price risee and the Manipur crisis during the 5-day special Parliament session from Sept 18, keeping its agenda secret so far. CONTD. ON P6 Khandu reveals barrage plan to counter Chinese dam ONLINE REPORT New Delhi Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday warned the state Assembly of environmental disasters, including floods, for his state and neighbouring Assam if India does not respond to China's building a mega dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet's Medog district. The Tsangpo flows through Tibet before entering Arunachal Pradesh as the Siang. It becomes the Brahmaputra in Assam and the Jamuna in Bangladesh before it empties into the Bay of Bengal. To counter what some experts have called a "ticking water bomb for residents downstream (in Arunachal and Assam)", the centre plans to build a large barrage a low-lying structure with gates to control the flow of water - across the Siang, Khandu said as he sought support for the idea. "The Indian government has raised objections over repercussions to Siang as a result of China's project. CONTD. ON P6 Aditya-L1 takes a selfie, images of Earth, Moon BENGALURU: ISRO on Thursday released a "selfie" and images of the Earth and the Moon -- the first of the images taken by the camera on-board Aditya-L1 solar mission spacecraft, which on reaching its intended orbit would begin sending as many as 1,440 images a day to the ground station for analysis. "Aditya-L1, destined for the SunEarth L1 point, takes a selfie and images of the Earth and the Moon," the Bengaluru-headquartered national space agency said on social media platform 'X'. The images show VELC (Visible Emission Line Coronagraph) and SUIT (Solar Ultraviolet Imager) instruments as seen by the camera onboard Aditya-L1 on September 4, 2023. ISRO also shared images of the Earth and Moon as seen by the camera.VELC, the primary payload of Aditya L1, was built by Bengalurubased Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA).Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, had developed the SUIT payload. VELC is an internally occulted coronagraph, with 40 different optical elements (mirrors, gratings, etc) inside it that are aligned precisely The atmosphere of the Sun, the Co. rona, is what we see during a total solar eclipse. CONTD. ON P6 NITENDRA SHARMA BHOPAL Political parties have experimented with fielding well-known candidates from high-profile constituencies of senior leaders. Nevertheless, the BJP and the Congress are trying to avoid this experiment this time. There are demands from both the parties that local candidates should be fielded from high-profile constituencies. The Congress pitted former state party president Arun Yadav against Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan from Budhni. The party expected that Yadav would be able to confine Chouhan to BJP planning to pit Hirendra Singh, who switched over to BJP from Congress, against former minister Jaiwardhan Singh from Raghogarh Budhni. Although Yadav was Congress's high-profile candidate yet Chouhan did not campaign in his constituency The . CM defeated Yadav by a margin of 59,000 votes. Now, the Congress is planning to field former legislator Rajkumar Patel from Budhni. Patel who won assembly election twice from this constituency is well-connected with this area. Former CM Digvijaya Singh is also in favour of giving a ticket to Patel from Budhni. On the other hand, the BJP plans to field Vivek Sahu aka Bunty from Chhindwara against MPCC president Kamal Nath. Sahu contested against Nath in the previous bypoll. There were talks about fielding a high-profile candidate from Chhindwara, but BJP workers said some local candidate should be given a ticket. The BJP is planning to pit Hirendra Singh, who switched over to the BJP from the Congress, against former minister Jaiwardhan Singh from Raghogarh. Chouhan fought election against his former counterpart Digvijaya Singh in 2003. CONTD. ON P6