FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS VOL. 13 NO. 234 | BHOPAL | TUESDAY | FEBRUARY 6, 2024 | PAGES 16 r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; `3 r RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 QUALITY AT VALUE www.freepressjournal.in - NATION COULDN’T END UP ON RIGHT SIDE OF RESULT: STOKES SPORTS PM’S ‘GUARANTEE’ I AM HEMANT PART 2: CHAMPAI WEATHER EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE 29.40c. 16.40c Sunrise : 07.05 Sunset : 06.17 DOUBLE BONANZA CINEMA CHANDIGARH MAYORAL ELECTIONS ‘India to be 3rd largest eco in my 3rd tenure’ MURDER OF DEMOCRACY, PROSECUTE RO, SAYS SC Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday exuded confidence that India will become the third largest economy in the world during his "third" tenure. Replying to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address, he said that in his "third term", the government will The Supreme Court on Monday rapped the Returning Officer who conducted the recent Chandigarh mayoral polls, observing it is obvious he defaced the ballot papers and that he should be prosecuted, adding his action amounted to "murder" and "mockery" of democracy . An "appalled" Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, who headed a three-judge Division bench, said it will not allow democracy to be murdered like this and that the apex court will order fresh elections if not satisfied with the purity of the poll process. Asking whether the Returning Officer(RO) is an officer or a fugitive, the court NEW DELHI take a "big decision" and lay the foundation of a prosperous India for 1,000 years. The general elections are due in April-May . In his hour and forty-five minute address he spoke on a range of issues but his main targets were the Gandhis, Congress and their first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. MODISPEAK ON RAHUL: Taking a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's "Mohabbat ki dukaan" slogan, Modi said the Congress's "dukaan" -meaning shop -- is shutting down due to its efforts to "launch the same product over and over". ON NEHRU: "But ultimately who had created this (Kashmir) situation? Who had hit the country on the head? Who left this huge split in the constitution? If we name Nehru ji, they (the Congress) feel bad. But the problems that Kashmir had to face -- its root was in his policies," he said. ON CORRUPTION:"Agencies are taking action against corruption and there is outrage over it... Ten years ago in our Parliament, there were discussions on scams and the House demanded action every time. (But) today, when action is being taken against the corrupt, some people oppose it?" PREDICTING LS POLLS: I can gauge the mood of the nation, it will definitely give NDA more than 400 seats and the BJP at least 370 seats." ON CONGRESS PARTY: "The Congress party is responsible for the current condition of the opposition. The Congress got an opportunity to become a good opposition. However, they failed to fulfil their responsibility in the last ten years...," ON OPPOSITION: Taking a swipe at the INDIA Opposition bloc,, Modi said "If they can't trust each other, how will they trust the people," the Prime Minister said. CM MEETS MODI, SHAH, NADDA BHOPAL: Chief Minister Mohan Yadav met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP’s national president J P Nadda during his stay in Delhi on Monday. Yadav spoke about Modi’s proposed trip to Jhabua on February 11 to attend a conference of tribal people there. The CM also met Shah and gave him feedback on Swamittva Yojna and CM Kisan Yojna. Yadav also informed Shah about cyber Tehsil system and about the milk-processing plant being set up by Amul in Ujjain. Yadav also met Nadda and several ministers in the parliament house. Yadav invited all of them to the wedding ceremony of his son. I NEW DELHI t is obvious that he (the RO) has defaced the ballot papers.This man should be prosecuted. Look, why is he looking at the camera?... we are appalled. Is this the behaviour of a returning officer DY CHANDRACHUD, CJI also ordered preservation of ballots and the video of the poll proceedings besides seeking his personal appearance during the next hearing in the Chandigarh mayoral polls case on February 19. The top court gave the order after it took note of the allegations in the plea of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Kuldeep Kumar, who lost the mayoral poll, that the RO squiggled eight ballot papers of councillors OUR STAFF REPORTER Indore OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in Hours before the commencement of the MP Board Class 10 exams on Monday several pictures of , a Hindi paper went viral on social media, which was touted as the genuine paper, the city crime branch said. This triggered claims of paper leak, but the city crime branch confirmed that the paper being circulated was fake. Two persons were arrested in connection with the case, they said. Deputy commissioner of police (Crime), Shrutkirti Somwanshi said that the MP Board exams for Class 10 began on Monday and the , candidates were about to take the Hindi paper. The exams were supposed to begin at 9 am on Monday he , added. He said early on Monday VARANASI BALASORE: Four flight trials of high-speed expendable aerial target 'ABHYAS' were successfully carried out by the DRDO from the Integrated Test Range at Odisha's Chandipur between January 30 and February 2, official sources said. The trials were conducted with four different mission objectives in a revised robust configuration using a single booster designed. Photos of the paper were making rounds on social media on Monday morning, hours before the start of the exams morning, several pictures of the Hindi paper began making rounds on numerous social media platforms, and the persons who had circulated it claimed that it was the genuine Hindi paper. Later, the paper turned out to be fake, and two persons have been arrested for the offence. He said the details of the two accused boys shall be shared soon. He said that the accused had edited the previous year’s Hindi paper and circulated it on social media to divert the attention of the candidates taking the exam. CONTD. ON P6 A case has been registered against the state secretary of the Hindu Samaj Party for pasting the sticker of a temple instead of a mosque on the Gyanvapi Mosque signboard, police said on Monday . The case has been registered on charges, including inciting religious sentiments, they said. Assistant Police Commissioner Pragya Pathak said that a video had gone viral a few days back in which a person was seen pasting a sticker of a temple instead of a mosque on the Gyanvapi Mosque signboard. The person has been identified as Roshan Pandey, the state secretary of the Hindu Samaj Party, he added. The police have booked him under sections 153A (inciting religious sentiments between two groups), 505(2) (spreading false news about any religious group) and 295(A) (intentionally inciting religious sentiments) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Pathak said. A search is on to nab Pandey, he added. OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in Member of Parliament Nakul Nath son of former chief minister Kamal Nath announce his candidature from Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency, while addressing a public meeting held in Parasia of the district, on Monday . The Congress party members of the screening committee are brainstorming on the names of the possible candidates for the LS elections, the Congress leader announce his name for the constituency . "The former chief minister Kamal Nath will not going to contest the Lok Sabha election, I will going to contest the election. It is rumour that, who will going to contest the election, today I wanted to put full stop on all speculations and clears that I will going to contest the election", said member of parliament from Chhindwara constituency, Nakul Nath. When the announcement was made, ex-CM Nath was also present. CONTD. ON P6 CM's team consists of 3 IITians, one LSE pass-out Lavania, Walimbe & Gupta are from IIT OUR STAFF REPORTER BHOPAL Three IAS officers of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's team in the CM's secretariat are IIT pass-outs. Among the IAS officers recently transferred to the CM's Secretariat, there are three IITians - Avinash La- vania, Anshul Gupta and Chandrashekhar Walimbe. Aditi Garg, who has studied in London School of Economics, has been posted to the CM's Secretariat. Principal Secretary in CM's Secretariat Raghven- RANCHI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised a nationwide caste census and removal of the 50 per cent cap on reservation if the INDIA bloc forms the government at the Centre after the Lok Sabha polls. Gandhi also launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying when the demand for caste census was raised and the time came to give rights to OBCs, Dalits and tribals, the PM stated there are no castes, but when it is time to get votes, he says he is an OBC. He also alleged that the BJP tried to topple the JMM-Congress-RJD government in Jharkhand as the chief minister was a tribal. "Want to congratulate all alliance MLAs, (Champai) Soren ji as that they stopped the BJP-RSS conspiracy and protected the government of the poor," Gandhi said at a rally at the Shaheed Maidan held here during his Manipur-to-Maharashtra Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. Gandhi claimed that Dalits, tribals, and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) were made bonded labourers and their participation was lacking in big companies, hospitals, schools, colleges and courts. "This is the biggest question before India. Our first step would be to get a caste census in the country," the former Congress chief said.CONTD. ON P6 2 held for circulating fake Indore to be child beggar free in next 15 days BE MP board xth Hindi paper ARRANGEMENT TO of made for education Man booked for pasting Amid Cong brainstorming, temple's sticker on Gyanvapi Nakul announces candidature from Chhindwara Mosque signboard Flight trials of ABHYAS successful of the Congress-AAP alliance, rendering them invalid. The BJP swept the Chandigarh mayoral polls on January 30, retaining all three posts, in a setback to the Congress-AAP alliance that alleged tampering with ballot papers by the presiding officer. Manoj Sonkar of the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) defeated Kumar polling 16 votes against his rival's 12 to bag the Mayor's post. Eight votes were declared invalid. "It is obvious that he(the RO) has defaced the ballot papers.This man should be prosecuted. Look, why is he looking at the camera? Mr Solicitor (General), this is a mockery of democracy and murdering the democracy , we are appalled. Is this the behaviour of a returning officer," Justice Chandrachud observed after watching the video recording of the electoral process. "Lordships have only one side of the picture. Don't form an opinion based on something said selectively Solicitor ," General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Chandigarh authorities, told the bench which also comprised justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra. CONTD. ON P6 Will remove 50% cap on quota if voted to power, says RaGa dra Singh is also an engineer. He has passed M Tech and MBA. A 2008-bach IAS officer Bharat Yadav, a secretaryrank officer, has done BA (English literature) and PG in political science. Lavania, who passed M Tech from IIT (Delhi), was selected in IAS in 2009. Gupta passed M Tech from IIT (Kharagpur) and MBA from IIM (Bangalore). Afterwards, he was selected in UPSC. In 2012, Gupta was selected for IPS but took the UPSC examination again and became an IAS officer in 2016. A 2010-batch IAS officer Walimbe passed B Tech from IIT (Kharagpur). CONTD. ON P6 such children, says Collector Asheesh Singh in a meeting Indore will be child beggar free in next 15 days. Women and Chid Development Department has already constituted teams to end the menace. Besides, arrangements for educa- tion of such children too would be made. This was announced by collector Asheesh Singh during a time limit (TL) meeting held at Collector’s office on Monday . The collector directed officials to ensure that the city was cleared of child beggars within a fortnight. Programme officer of Women and Child Development (WCD) Department Ramniwas Budholia said that child begging was rampant at 27 squares and seven big temples of the city . CONTD. ON P6