We The State - Issue 15 Vol 2

8/13/2019 We The State - Issue 15 Vol 2

1/12


2/12

WE THE STATEChhattisgarh Explore2 Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh January 6 to January 12, 2014

Cong didnt keep promise to give tickets to slain leaders kin

RAIPUR

The State Congress recently

staged a demonstration heredemanding the Central Gov-

ernment to make public the report of

National Investigating Agency (NIA)

on Darbha valley Maoist attack in

which several of its leaders were

killed. The Centre should make the

report public forthwith and take

stern action against those who were

involved, senior party leaders said.

At least 32 Congress leaders includ-

ing then State Congress chief Nand

Kumar Patel and senior leaders Ma-

hendra Karma, Vidya Charan Shukla,

Uday Mudliar and Yogesh Sharma

were killed in the incident that took

place on May 25, 2012.

Senior Congress leaders including

former chief minister Ajit Jogi, Shiv

Narayan Dwivedi, Anjay Shukla and

Daulat Rohra who participated in the

protest said it was unfortunate that

the report had not yet been made pub-

lic even seven months after the inci-

dent. They said it was a matter of

shame that the people were yet toknow who were involved in the crime

and surprisingly no one had been ar-

rested so far in the barbaric crime. If

the Government did not make the re-

port public soon the Congress leaders

would be forced to take their protest

to New Delhi, they threatened.

They said top party leaders went

back on the promises they made im-

mediately after the massacre and did-

nt provide any assistance to the kin

of the slain party leaders. They said

probably it was the reason why the

Congress party suffered a humiliat-

ing defeat in the recent assembly elec-

tion.

If the same attitude of the senior

leaders prevailed, nobody would able

to save the Congress party in the

State, they pointed out.

The Congress leaders further said

top party leaders had promised to pro-

vide party tickets to slain leaders

kin. They had also promised that the

family of the slain leaders would begiven chance to meet AICC president

Sonia Gandhi and vice president

Rahul Gandhi but nothing was done,

they alleged. Similarly no financial

assistance was provided by the party

to the bereaved families. They also al-leged that top leaders of the party

have been arrogant and self-centric.

Road mishaps on the rise in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR

With growth rate rising in Chhattisgarh, the road

mishaps in the state have also escalated. The number

of road mishaps in Chhattisgarh has almost doubled

over the last four years.

In a sharp contrast, New Delhi and developed states

like Maharashtra and Gujarat have recorded a drop

in the number of road mishaps. According to ex-

perts, there has been a steep rise in accident cases in

Chhattisgarh because the numbers of vehicles has

gone up. Chhattisgarh has been witnessing an in-

crease in the numbers of both the two and four

wheelers after it was declared as a State on Novem-

ber 1, 2000.

Besides many roads do not have signals and othertraffic symbols. The accidents and the death rate in

the state is considered to be higher in comparison to

states like Jharkhand, Uttarakhand and Himachal

Pradesh. The State witnessed at least 28 road acci-

dents on an average every day. The numbers of peo-

ple on an average get killed in the State per day

stands at nine.

Majority of those getting killed were mostly two

wheeler riders. Similarly many accidents have taken

place due to drunken driving. As many as 9,500 peo-

ple have died in about 30,000 road accidents which

took place in Chhattisgarh in the last three years

leaving more than 25,000 injured, according to offi-

cial sources.

The issue of accidents had also rocked the Rajya

Sabha in the recent past. According to the reply

placed by the Central Government, more than 130,000

people die every year in the country due to road ac-

cidents. According to this information, between 2010

and 2012 the State of Chhattisgarh witnessed 30,508

road accidents. 9,509 people were killed and 25,545

people were injured in these accidents.

The transport experts have termed the lack of

transportation arrangements and narrow roads to bethe reason behind the rise in the mishaps. The

states where arrangements have not been made for

the road expansion apart from the traffic control,

have recorded a rise in accident graph. While, the de-

veloped states which have focused on the infrastruc-

ture development including construction of good

roads, have registered a drop in the road accidents,

the experts said.

Disenchanted Jogi says hesonly taking break from politics

Former Chhattisgarh chief minister, Ajit Jogi, who

was a front runner for the Congress's chief minis-

terial candidate in the recent assembly elections

and was repeatedly targeted by senior BJP leaders dur-

ing campaigning, has said that he will only take a break

from politics and not retire.

Jogi said his decision to take the break had nothing to

do with the Congress

performance in the

assembly elections

and the party's move

to bypass him while

appointing the new

PCC chief. He said it

was his personal deci-

sion and had nothing

to do with any events.

Jogi said he wants to

spend time writing

his memories and a

book on Maoists in

Chhattisgarh. I have

served the country in

various capacities for35 years. Now it's time

to sit back and do

things I always want-

ed to do like reading, writing and meditation, he said.

The former chief minister said he had not consulted any-

one, including his wife and son, before taking this deci-

sion. He said he wants to spend time in bhajan and kir-

tan.

Speculations were rife about Jogi retiring and taking

sanyaas from politics ever since he announced his inten-

tion of not contesting the forthcoming Lok Sabha elec-

tions. The former chief minister, however, maintained

that he was yet not retiring but taking a break. He said

he was taking a break from politics for at least a year but

will be back.

Political analysts, however, say Jogi has been frustrat-

ed by partys debacle in assembly polls. Besides he hasbeen repeatedly sidelined by the party high command.

The former chief minister admitted that no one from the

party had objected to his decision of not contesting the

polls and this was enough an indication that even they

agreed with it. "No one has come and told me to either

contest the polls or say that my decision is incorrect, so I

presume that they too do not want me to be in the fray,

which is absolutely fine with me," he said.


3/12

3 Bhopal WE THE STATEMadhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh January 6 to January 12, 2014

Govt not disclosing revenue earned through mining: BhuriaRAJIV TIWARI

Email: [email protected]

BHOPAL

P

CC president Kantilal Bhuria has

said the BJP government has ille-

gally milked the mining sector in

the last 10 years. The government has

exploited the mining resources in the

state. Those connected to the people in

power have mined areas in excess of the

lease accorded to them. Besides illegal

tree felling has also taken place in the

same area.

The Congress has also accused the

state BJP government of hiding facts in

announcing the revenue recovered

through mining. Bhuria challenged the

mining minister to disclose that if

everything is being done legally, how

much fine has been imposed on compa-

nies engaged in illegal mining and how

much of the fine has been recovered? If

the fine is not being recovered the gov-

ernment should explain why it is not be-

ing recovered. Bhuria further said that

the imposition of the model code of con-

duct had resulted in illegal mining be-

ing checked for some time but with the

lifting of the model code, illegal mining

has resumed again.

He said that a question is why the state

government is not advertising the rev-

enue received from mining in the last 8

months of the financial year. The gov-

ernment should disclose the amount re-

ceived as royalty in all years of BJP

rule. Bhuria said that the BJP govern-

ment has made a wrong claim of getting

Rs 1700 crore as royalty to the state ex-

chequer from mining. He said that if the

state government had been honest in its

intentions the royalty from mining

would have been two or three times the

amount received.

BJP Election Committee todiscuss probable candidates

BHOPAL

The ruling BJP will hold its first state-exec-

utive meeting from January 6 to 8 at the

party headquarters here. Keeping the up-

coming Lok Sabha polls in mind, the BJP has also

called its Election Committee meeting simulta-

neously where senior and veteran central leaders

from the state will gather to discuss probable can-

didates for the 29 seats in the general elections.According to senior party leaders, the election

committee meeting is crucial in the run-up to the

general elections. For the BJP, it is a fight for

every seat to bring the party to power at the Cen-

tre and candidates will have to be hand-picked

carefully because we just cannot afford to go

wrong here.

The election committee will sit to discuss and

strategize the Lok Sabha elections where the BJP

is targeting all 29 seats in the state.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan BJP na-

tional general secretary Ananth Kumar , state

party president Narendra Singh Tomar, national

vice-president Prabhat Jha and organizational

secretary Arvind Menon will be present for both

state executive and election committee meetings.

Veteran leaders Kailash Joshi, Sundarlal Patwa,

Laxmi Narayan Sharma, Vikram Verma andSumitra Mahajan will be part of the election

committee meeting.

The state executive meeting will have no con-

nection with the election committee discussions.

But both will be held simultaneously because the

executive meeting is due every three months and

the election committee meet is essential as there

is not much time left for Lok Sabha polls.

Pvt planelanding on

highway:Probe ordered

RAJIV TIWARI


BHOPAL

Betul district collector R P Mishra has ordered a probe

against NRI businessman Sam Verma. Verma 's small

private plane had landed on a highway near Betul re-

cently. However, aviation authorities in Delhi want to investi-

gate the issue.

State police and the district administration have initiated a

probe to ascertain the reasons behind landing of Verma's plane

on the highway in Betul. "We are collecting information from

intelligence bureau

and civil aviation de-

partment. Legal ac-

tion will be taken if

valid documents are

not found," Ajay

Sharma, inspectorgeneral

(Hoshangabad

range), said.

According to the Di-

rectorate General of

Civil Aviation (DGCA), Verma continued to fly although his li-

cense was valid till October 12, 2001. Verma claims he wasn't fly-

ing the day the plane made emergency landing. However, DGCA

sources claimed he did that Verma flew the plane many times in

the past. And that too without informing air traffic control.

DGCA's deputy director (airworthiness) R B Soni informed

Madhya Pradesh's principal secretary (aviation) recently that

Verma has been flying Piper Navajo aircraft without valid li-

cence. He flies from Betul to Rewa, Satna and various other un-

controlled airfields. Air traffic control (ATC) Bhopal, Indore,

Nagpur and regional executive director, Airports Authority of

India, Mumbai have also been intimated in this regard. Now adays he is flying the aircraft between uncontrolled airfields

without informing ATC.

Verma said he was not flying the aircraft on that day and his

pilot, Jacob, was. I have never broken the law, he said. Verma re-

portedly holds a licence issued by the American Federal Avia-

tion Administration (FAA). He added that the only issue rele-

vant here was that high towers erected illegally close to his

airstrip made the landing there difficult.


4/12

WE THE STATERaipur Trail4 Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh January 6 to January 12, 2014

TS Singh Deo appointed leader of Cong legislature party

RAIPUR

The Congress in Chhattisgarh ap-

pointed T S Singh Deo as leader

of its legislature party and Renu

Jogi as deputy leader after the first

meeting of newly elected legislatorsre-

cently. This is being seen as a deft bal-

ancing act by the Congress brass to keep

the faction-ridden party unit together

after the poll drubbing. Tribhuvanesh-

war Saran Singh Deo, who was elected

to the state legislative assembly from

Ambikapur, will become leader of the

Opposition in the assembly. Hailing

from the erstwhile princely state of Sar-

guja, he was richest among candidates

who contested the November assembly

polls with assets estimated at around Rs

560 crore. Deo is said to be a political ad-

versary of former chief minister Ajit

Jogi.

The newly-appointed leader of the

Congress Legislature Party (CLP) TS

Singh Deo has demanded that the

Deputy Speaker of the State Legislative

Assembly should be from the Congress.

The CLP leader also announced that he

would soon convene a meeting of all the

elected MLAs which would also be at-

tended by the candidates who lost in the

recently concluded Assembly polls. Deo

demanded that the ruling BJP Govern-

ment table a Chhattisgarh specific

Lokpal Bill in the State Assembly on the

lines of what had been demanded by the

Aam Admi Party (AAP) in Delhi and

passed in the Parliament.The CLP leader also spoke of picking

up the Shikshakarmi (teachers) issue

many of whom, he claimed, had ap-

proached him claiming to have been re-

ceiving curtailed incentives despite hav-

ing been promised by State Government

before the Assembly polls that they

would be granted equal pay for equal

work. The continuing steep hike in

prices of essential building materials

including cement, sand and minerals

also would be taken up in this Assembly

session, he said.

Chhattisgarh govt to soon launch distribution of subsidised foodgrainRAJIV TIWARI


RAIPUR

Fulfilling its poll promise, the

Chhattisgarh government is all

set to commence distribution of

foodgrain at nominal rate of Rs 1/kg to

48 lakh poor families in the state

through fair price shops from this

month.

"Orders to provide 35 kg of foodgrain

(wheat and rice) at Rs 1/kg to the

ration card holders from January 1 on-wards has already been issued ", a gov-

ernment spokesman said. Besides, the

state government will initiate Atal

Agro-labourers Insurance Scheme for

more than 17 lakh agricultural labour-

ers of state. Besides, the bonus provid-

ed to farmers against procurement of

paddy on support price at cooperative

societies will be increased from Rs 270

to Rs 300, the release added.

Meanwhile, despite a hat-trick, chief

minister Raman Singh is worried over

Kejriwal's party trying to occupy polit-

ical space.

He has shot off a missive to cabinet

colleagues underlying the importance

of transparency and 'zero tolerance' tocorruption.

He asked ministers to encourage offi-

cers and employees in their respective

departments to ensure a corruption-

free administration and take effective

steps for its adherence.

Besides, all ministers were directed

to take up flagship programmes of

their respective departments to reach

out to the masses in a big way, official

sources said. Singh pointed out the rul-

ing government had introduced

several rules and laws, including Pub-

lic Service Guarantee Act, 'Satyan-

ishtha Sandhi' to put a check on cor-

ruption, thereby bringing government

and administrative functionary closer

to people. To ensure benefits to people,

it is necessary to drive the govern-

ment's message to the masses, he said.


5/12

WE THE STATEEditorial5 Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh January 6 to January 12, 2014

ASTROLOGY

08-01-2014- Wednesday - Paush Mah

Shuklapaksh- Ashtami

Positive directions - North and East

Bad time - 12:25 pm to 1:45 pm

Good time - 7:05 am to 9:45 am

and 3:05 pm to 5:45 pm

09-01-2014-Thursday - Paush Mah

Shuklapaksh-Navami

Positive directions - North and East



and 11:05 am to 1:44 pm and 4:25 pm

to 5:45 pm

10-01-2014- Friday - Pau sh Mah

Shuklapaksh- Dashmi

Positive direction - East

Bad time - 11:05 am to 12:25 pm


and 1:45 pm to 3:05 pm and 4:25 pm to

5:45 pm

11-01-2014- Saturday -Paush Mah

Shuklapaksh-Ekadashi

Positive directions - South and East

Bad time - 9:45 am to 11:05 am


and 12:25 pm to 4:25 pm

12-01-2014- Sunday - Paush Mah

Shuklapaksh-Dwadashi

Positive directions - East and South


Good time - 8:25 am to 12:25 pm

and 1:45 pm to 3:05 pm

13-01-2014- Monday -Paush Mah

Shuklapaksh-Trayodashi (Pradosh)Positive directions- West and South

Bad time - 8:25 am to 9:45 am


and 9:46 am to 11:05 am and 1:45 pm

to 5:45 pm

14-01-2014- Tuesday -Paush Mah

Shuklapaksh -Chaturdashi (Makar

Sakranti)

Positive directions- West and South


Good time - 9:45 am to 1:45 pm

By AACHARYA SARVESH

E-Mail: [email protected]

Mobile: 9826609192

VASTU TIPS FOR GOOD HEALTH

Keep your head towardsSouth or East forpeaceful/restful sleep&healthy life.

Prefer facing East orNorth directions whilecooking eating ordrinking and for bettertaste, digestion & healthybody.

Never put a mirror infront of bed, cover it whilesleeping to avoid bad

dreams. Avoid or minimize the

usage of T.V or computerin bedrooms, as theenergy level of the roomwill be destroyed by theradiation emitted.

Cancellation of VVIP chopper deal proves govts guilt

The decision to cancel the Rs 3,456-

crore VVIP chopper deal is clearly

dictated by the Congress Partys

need to present a clean front. Unfortu-

nately, it is a case of too little, too late.

For, the bulk of the money has alreadybeen paid. Three choppers have already

been delivered. Now cancellation of this

deal proves Central Governments guilt.

Indeed, cancellation is the ploy of the

weak and vulnerable. Had the ruling par-

ty been convinced of its own innocence

in the matter, it would have not only in-

sisted on getting the ordered choppers

but on getting the names of the bribe-

takers also so that it could prosecute

them here in India and extract the bribe

amounts from them.

Above all, the procurement of choppers

for the use of the VVIPs was need-based.

Cancelling the deal would mean that thePresident, Prime Minister and other

high-ranking dignitaries would have to

rely on the old, slow and often trouble-

some choppers. The government should

have insisted on the refund of the huge

amount paid in bribes to Indians to pro-

cure the order, but not to cancel the de-

livery of the remaining nine choppers.

The panic decision to cancel the deal

outright is not wise. For, not only does it

stand to forgo a substantial part of the

money already paid, but it would have to

go without modern and fully-equipped

choppers. But a government neck-deep

in corruption seemed to be unconcerned

about the loss of taxpayers money. Can-

cellation of the deal in effect would mean

that neither AugustaWestland, nor the

Indian bribe-takers would feel under any

pressure to return the money they had

been paid directly or indirectly by the In-

dian Government.

In the earlier defence deals in which

bribes had been taken, for example, the

Bofors guns and the HDW submarines,

the government had threatened to cancel

the deal but stopped short of doing so. In

fact, when it threatened to cancel the Bo-

fors deal, the top executives of the

Swedish gunmakers landed in India to

name the bribe-takers and it was the Ra-

jiv Gandhi Government which had

shunned them. It was because the high-est in the government already knew who

the real bribe-takers were. In the Au-

gustaWestland deal, though the Indian

media has been amiss in not following

the story more diligently, reports from

Italy suggest that the documents filed in

the ongoing trial of the company execu-

tives have yielded some tantalising in-

formation.

Cong has no plans to recover from rout

The Congress leadership with So-

nia Gandhi as party president

and Manmohan Singh as head of

government has fallen apart. The in-

duction of Rahul Gandhi as vice-presi-

dent has not been of much help with the

Congress getting routed in the assembly

polls. The Congress has no plans inplace to recover from the rout. Rahul

Gandhi claiming that they have plenty

to learn from the Aam Admi Party

(AAP) only proves the point.

Their biggest shortcoming is lack of

communication skills, which the AAP

definitely has in plenty. On the other

hand the party is also adopting devious

means to stop BJP from coming to pow-

er. In the midst of all this the party has

forgotten to address the core issue of

corruption. Congress desires to stop

anointment of Modi as prime minister

following 2014 Lok Sabha polls. But this

could come at great cost to the party as

has happened in Delhi assembly polls political catastrophe. The Congress and

its allies, didnt show sensitivity to the

genuine frustration of the people with

rampant corruption, unbearable infla-

tion and feudalistic arrogance of the

representatives of the people.

Meanwhile, The AAP took advantage

of the situation. However, the blame for

the rise of the AAP has also to be shared

by the BJP leadership in equal terms. It

was only towards the end of campaign,

with defeat looming large for fourth

time in a row that the BJP decided to de-

clare its chief ministerial candidate in

Harshvardhan. The problem with the

BJP is that it considers itself as the nat-ural harvester of disaffection against

the Congress. The AAP in Delhi exploit-

ed this mistaken conception to their ad-

vantage. The AAPs volunteers reached

out commendably and were seen as self-

less, not self-serving. The BJP has to

watch against this shortcoming in its

organisation.


6/12

WE THE STATEPolitics6 Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh January 6 to January 12, 2014

Selecting new state chief not easy for CongBHOPAL

After the resignation of Kantilal Bhuria as

state Congress president following partys

humiliating defeat in the assembly polls, the

party is looking out for a new state chief.

The Congress leaders Jyotiraditya

Scindia, Mukesh Nayak, Ajay Singh and

Arun Yadav had emerged as probables for

the post of st ate party president after

Bhurias resignation. However, according to

party sources, Yadav is not keen to take up

the responsibility drawing his lessons from

his father Subhash Yadav's experience, who

fought against Digvijay Singh's domination

in the party for a decade, and when Singh

was disgracefully ousted from power, he was

made the state Congress chief. But a year

ahead of 2008 election, he was removed and

Suresh Pachouri was installed on the post.

Mukesh Nayaks organizational skill as

president of the National Students Union of

India (NSUI) and Youth Congress (YC) and

his stint as higher education minister may

find favour with the top party leadership.

Jyotiraditya Scindia is the only hope for the

party in the state but the party is not keen to

expose him to rough and tumble of grass-

roots politics at this point in a state where

there are more enemies within than outside.

Besides Scindia's Guna constituency is

one of the only three Lok Sabha constituen-

cies, where Congress has garnered more

votes than the BJP in the state assembly

elections. Arun Yadav is also a potentially

winning candidate. It is likely that whoso-

ever became the state party chief won't be

contesting Lok Sabha election. But Con-

gress cant afford to drop any of its few po-

tentially winning candidates like Scindia or

Yadav. So selecting a state president is not

an easy task for the party.

Corruption in power sector

is growing: CongressBHOPAL

The Congress has said government continues to hike elec-

tricity tariff although there is no power supply to the ru-

ral areas. But bills with increased power tariff are sent

regularly. When farmers are unable to pay the huge power bills,

they are arrested and thrown behind bars. Many farmers com-

mitted suicide unable to pay inflated power bills. The party al-

leged more than one lakh farmers were imprisoned for non-

payment of power bills. Before the elections, the Congress par-ty had warned of the situation getting worse if the BJP came

back to power for a third term.

MPCC spokesman Manak Agrawal said corruption in the

power sector is growing and power will be purchased from pri-

vate companies at increased tarif f. We have been continuously

saying that the villages are still plunged in darkness and there

are serious irregularities involved in the purchase of power

from private companies, Agarwal said.

The Congress had alleged that the Chouhan government was

embroiled in a Rs 467-crore scam in a power supply deal be-

tween a private company and the state Electricity Board in

2005. The Congress had also demanded a CBI inquiry into a

deal between Lanco Amarkantak Power Ltd and the Madhya

Pradesh Electricity Board. Agrawal said M/s Lanco Amarkan-

tak Power Ltd and M/s PTC India Ltd entered into a power pur-

chase agreement (PPA) and power supply agreement (PSA) on

May 11, 2005 for supply of 300 MW power from the Pathadi unitin Korba of Chhattisgarh to the power distribution companies

of the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board.

Agreement was to supply 300MW of power to Madhya

Pradesh at the rate of Rs 2.25 per unit from September 2008.

But on March 14, 2008 without citing any reason, Lanco termi-

nated the deal. Instead of selling power to Madhya Pradesh, be-

tween 2009 and April 2010, Lanco sold the 300 MW at increased

rates in the open market at Rs 629.60 crore while its total cost

of production was Rs 162.10 crore making a profit of Rs 467

crores. While Lanco sold energy in the open market, the state

electricity board was also purchasing power from the compet-

itive market at Rs 4 per unit which increased the tariff of con-

sumers.

Agrawal further said when the Congress brought Lanco's il-

legal termination of contract to light, the government black-

listed the company which made huge profits by not supplyingpower according to the agreement. But less than ten months

later, the same BJP government lifted the ban and started pur-

chasing power again from the same company.


7/12

WE THE STATEPolitics7 Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh January 6 to January 12, 2014

Congs strategy to offer freebees in election year failsT

he Congress will find it difficult to

keep up morale of the party workers

to fight the Lok Sabha battle against a

resurgent BJP with an aggressive Narendra

Modi in command. Party workers are not

surprised at this turn of events. The Con-

gress had touted the food security bill and di-rect cash transfer with a slogan aapka paisa

aapke haath as the game changers but the

Assembly poll results have proved that it was

indeed a game changer, but in a reverse way.

A 0-4 result proves that instead of mesmeris-

ing and mobilising the electorate, Rahul

Gandhis aadhi rotipoori roti khayenge

Congress Ko Jitayenge punch line in fact

boomeranged on him and his party.

The partys think tank will either have to

abandon the term 'game changer or will

have to look afresh to other ideas and projects

to reclaim the term. For, if those were Sonias

game changing ideas, Rahuls was the land

acquisition bill. In all his speeches the Con-

gress vice president would remind listeners

that he personally pushed the UPA to adoptland bill, that the compensation for acquired

land will be raised to four times the market

value in rural areas and twice the market val-

ue in urban areas. Rajasthan Chief Minister

Ashok Gehlot too paid the price of believing

the Sonia and Rahul brand of politics -- Do

nothing for the four years and then offer free-

bees and doles in last year of governmentand think that electorate can be fooled and

vote blindly for the government of the day.

Rahul Gandhi's narration of his mothers

illness, her regret of not carrying her resolve

to press the button during voting in Parlia-

ment for the Food Security Bill, him being a

loner, how assassination of his grandmother

and father impacted his life had no worth-while impact on voters. Even his belligerent

tear and throw pronouncement of a "non-

sense ordinance approved by his own moth-

er and his own government did not seem to

impress the voters. In the aftermath of re-

versals in UP and Gujarat, senior party lead-

ers were quick to blame failure on state

orgnisational units, without caring to thinkabout who was ultimately responsible for or-

ganisational health. Sonia heads the Con-

gress and Rahul is second-in-command, but

the same old excuses were parroted again.

Mulayam, Akhilesh continue to violate peoples trust

LUCKNOW

When he had assumed office in March

last year, Uttar Pradesh chief minister

Akhilesh Yadav had raised a lot of hope

about turning UP around.

He had initially shown firmness in

keeping the criminal elements out of

his party and government, but that re-

solve petered out soon. And, now, only

four months before the 2014 elections, he

still hasnt been able to get his act to-

gether.

Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh

have time and again violated the trust

the people of Uttar Pradesh had reposed

in them. In less than two years, UP has

reverted to its old ways of lawlessness.

What has further sullied the states

reputation is the duos brash and insen-

sitive handling of critical and sensitive

issues, prompting people to wonder

whether the BSP-rule was better than

the current administration.

The recent example of this govern-

ments arrogance can be found in the re-

marks of AK Gupta, the principal secre-

tary for Home in the state.

When faced with the state-govern-

ment appointed committees report that

34 children had died in the relief camps

of Muzaffarnagar riot victims due to

cold, Gupta had the temerity to say: No-body dies of the cold; if people did, then

nobody would survive in Siberia. What

has also provoked widespread condem-

nation is Mulayams recent comment

following Rahul Gandhis visit to the re-

lief camps.

The Samajwadi Party chief had al-

legedly said that there were no riot vic-

tims in those shelters and that those

staying there are Congress and BJP con-

spirators.

The state governments top priority is

now an all-weather swimming pool in

Akhileshs native village Sefai, which

would cost a whopping Rs 200 crore. It is

evident in the way a senior IAS officer

Shailesh Kumar Singh who had appar-

ently caused a delay in releasing funds

for Akhileshs pet pool project was sus-

pended. His humiliation is likely to de-

moralise honest, committed govern-

ment officials.

A few months ago Durga Shakti Nag-

pal had to suffer for taking on the sand

mafia in the state.

By giving it a communal colour, the

state government had tried to deflect at-

tention from the commendable work the

young IAS officer had done in control-

ling rampant illegal sand-mining in Ut-

tar Pradesh.

If 2013 is a trying time for Samajwadi

Party, it is a time for euphoria for BJP.

The party, riding on Modi wave, has

found its footings in Uttar Pradesh. The

party that was reduced to Number 4

place in UP is back in reckoning. With

very successful rallies of Modi, BJP

feels that it could this year win at least

40 Lok Sabha seats.


8/12

WE THE STATEMiscellaneous8 Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh January 6 to January 12, 2014

Fare of Indore-Bhopal double decker may be reducedBHOPAL

C

hanges in the schedule of the Indore-

Bhopal AC double decker train would

be decided at a meeting of the Indian

Railway Time-Table Committee to be held lat-

er this month in Guwahati. The trains fare is

likely to be reduced but at the same time it

would also lose its superfast status. Besides

there could be a decision to extend the

Shatabdi Express up to Habibganj railway

station in the meeting. West Central Railway

(WCR), Jabalpur, has recently sent a propos-

al to Railway Board to extend Shatabdi Ex-

press up to Habibganj railway station.

Recently, WCR had sent a proposal to the

Railway Board to lower the fare of the AC

double decker. Sources pointed out that it is

possible the committee would first decide on

taking away the superfast status and then

lower the fare to around Rs 315 for Habib-

ganj-Indore AC double decker. Following this,if the passenger count doesn't increase, then

the timings may be changed by the railways.

A senior WCR official said we will also de-

mand to change time table and halt of many

trains that are passing through WCR or orig-

inating from here. He said the people of

Bhopal have been demanding to extend the

Shatabdi Express for the past several years.

Bhopal rail division has also sent proposal in

this regard several times. The division had

also conducted a survey in this regard and

sent it to railway board. After the survey, the

train was run up to Habibganj railway sta-

tion on a trial basis for two days. The report

of trial was sent to railway board. In the tri-

al, it revealed that there was a need of 35 min-

utes more to extend the Shatabdi express.

Dental, MBBS seatslying vacant in stateBHOPAL

The government has admitted that 417 seats of the total 594 in

both government and private dental colleges are vacant in the

state. Director of Medical Educ ation Dr Nirbhay Shrivastava

gave this information in his reply to the MP high court. Peti-

tioner Saloni Chopra had put up an application before the court.

The state was also a respondent in the case with others. 17 seats

in government dental schools

as well as 22 MBBS seats are

also vacant.

The medical seats are lying

vacant in the wake of the MP

Pre-Medical Test (MPPMT) 2013

scam. Dr Shrivastava said over

400 state quota seats out of 554seats in private dental colleges

are vacant. As many as 17 seats

in government dental college

too are facing similar fate. The

government has also admitted

that in the MBBS course, seats

in government medical colleges

have been allotted and filled up

but 22 state quota seats in pri-

vate medical colleges were not locked and can be said to be va-

cant. Admission of no students of government dental college

was cancelled as the names of student s admitted in the govern-

ment dental college did not appear in the list of 345 candidates

whose candidature had been cancelled by the MPPEB.

To fill the vacant seats, the state government has filed an ap-

plication before the Supreme Court for extension of time to fill

up the vacant seats of MB BS and BDS course. Dr Shrivastava

said the application is pending before the court. The government

will be moving an application for extension of time to fill up the

84 seats that have arisen due to cancellation of admission of the

345 candidates who names were given by the MP Professional Ex-

amination Board. Admission of 58 candidates of MBBS course

of government colleges and 21 of state quota in private medical

colleges have been cancelled. Admission of five candidates in

private medical colleges was cancelled.

Govt to promote organic farming in state

BHOPAL

The government plans to promote organic farming

in the state. For this purpose one hectare land in

the krishi vigyan kendras and research farms run

under the two agriculture universities in the state will be

reserved for research in organic farming. Agriculture

minister GS Bisen gave this information.

Bisen said budgetary allocation for construction of

buildings for the new colleges at Tikamgarh and

Waraseoni (Balaghat) is being done and soon these col-

leges will have own buildings. The colleges were opened at

these places on announcements made by the chief minis-

ter recently. On budget allocation for ag riculture in the

state, the minister said any allocation of budget will de-

pend on the funds sanctioned by the Centre to the state for

agriculture.

The minister said the government has come out with a

vision for increasing irrigated area in the state from pres-

ent 22 lakh hectares to 40 lakh hectares by 2018. Farmers

will be given more power for farm usage and the feeder

separation work is going in few places. For farmers grow-

ing sugarcane crop he said he will see they get rates equiv-

alent to the minimum support price for their produce.

The state is expecting to procure 110 lakh metric tons

wheat this year, the minister said. The government plans

to bring transparency in handling of samples of fake

seeds and fertilisers by the agriculture department. To en-

sure this the samples will be sealed on spot. The current

practice is the agriculture authorities bring the samples

of fake seeds and fertilisers collected from the market to

the office where they seal and send for tests. The old prac-

tice to seal samples of fake seeds and fertilisers in the of-

fice will be discontinued.


9/12

Deepika Padukone, one of the most successful ac-

tress in Bollywood and celebrates her 28th birth-

day today. The beautiful lady had a wonderful year

in 2013 with her films Race 2, Chennai Express and

Ram Leela doing Grand business at the box office.

Her performance in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani was

very much appreciated.

What's more, Deepika will also be seen in Farah

Khan's much talked about film Happy New Year

opposite Shahrukh Khan.

Apart from that, she has Finding Fanny Fernan-

des and Tamil film Kochadaiiyaan up her sleeve.

Born on January 5, 1986, Deepika Padukone is the

daughter of famous badminton player Prakash

Padukone. Deepika made her Bollywood debut in

Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh Khan.

She earlier made debut in the film industry with

a Kannada movie Aishwarya.

Noted astrologer Bejan Daruwala has pre-

dicted that 2014 will see Deepika

Padukone rise high in her career.

On the occasion of her 28th birth-

day, we bring some interesting facts

about Deepika... - Deepika

Padukone apparently made Rs.

5 crore for a Parachute adver-

tisement that she had done re-cently. - Deepika owns a posh

apartment worth Rs. 16 crore at

BeauMonde Towers (Prabhade-

vi, Mumbai).

The flat was gifted to her by

ex-boyfriend Siddharth

Mallya. - Deepika was born

in Denmark, and not in In-

dia. - Deepika began writ-

ing for a lifestyle supple-

ment of one of the daily

newspapers in 2009. -

Dips owns three very

expensive and stylish

cars, out of which one

is a BMW.

- Deepika learnedacting under Anu-

pam Kher and

dance under Shia-

mak Davar.

9 Glamour/Sport WE THE STATEMadhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh January 6 to January 12, 2014

Happy BirthdayDips: Interesting

Facts AboutDeepika

Padukone

No drugs or alcohol foundin Paul Walker crash

Los Angeles: No drugs or alcohol were

found in the bodies of "Fast & Furious"

actor Paul Walker and his friend Roger

Rodas after the fiery car crash that

killed them in November, a coroner's re-

port released on Friday said

Both Walker, 40, and Rodas, 38, tested

negative for alcohol, and drugs includ-ing cocaine, opiates and marijuana

were not detected, said the report from

the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

The deaths of both men were ruled ac-

cidents. Walker died from "combined ef-

fects of traumatic and thermal in-

juries," and Rodas from "multiple trau-

matic injuries," the report said.

Nadal wins Qatar Open to take 61st career titleDOHA,

Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal,

ranked No. 1 in the world, took his first

title of the season and the 61st of his ca-

reer by downing France's Gael MonfilsSaturday in the final of the Qatar

ExxonMobile Open at Doha by 6-1, 6-7 (5-

7), 6-2 in a two-hour match. The win had

a taste of revenge about it for the

Spaniard, who lost only twice in his ca-

reer to Monfils but both times at Doha,

where the Frenchman beat Nadal in the

2012 semifinals and the 2009 quarterfi-

nals. Those losses might well have

spurred the Spanish player to Satur-

day's explosive start, with two straight

service breaks that had Nadal quickly

up 4-0 on the scoreboard and taking the

set 6-1 just 23 minutes into the match.

Not so fast: Monfils, rated No. 31 in the

world, came back to break the

Spaniard's serve in the second game ofthe second set to go ahead 0-2. Nadal

fought it down to the wire but Monfils

had his moment of glory and took the

set. But the Frenchman was unable to

keep his good game going in the third,

when some missed opportunities to

break his opponent's serve gave Nadal

the set, match, and first-ever Doha title.

The victory allows Nadal, who was

cheered on from the grandstand by for-

mer Real Madrid player Raul Gonzalez

Blanco, to rack up the 61st tournament

win of his career and, most important-

ly, to head for the Australian Open,

which begins Jan 13 in Melbourne, with

all the optimism in the world.


10/12

Must Read10 Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh January 6 to January 12, 2014 WE THE STATE

Why plebiscite? Kashmir is sovereign and integral part of IndiaBIPIN SASI

Senior leader of AAP party and

Supreme court lawyer Prashant

Bhushan has created controver-

sy over his stand on Kashmir issue.In

an interview, he said that there was

"nothing wrong in holding a plebiscite

to ascertain people's view" . Why

plebiscite? Kashmir is sovereign and in-

tegral part of India.. if Kashmiri Mus-

lims do not like Indian rule they are

free to move any time. Mr. Bhushan,

must try to suggest some solution to

solve the problem under existing set up.

Budging to pressure will only create

more problems. Accepting bifurcation

of states had created more problems.

This is an irrational logic put forward

to justify a ridiculous statement. Long

before J&K, many groups in the East

took up arms to force so-called inde-

pendence for their state. They too areusing bombs and bullet. The Maoists

are also using bombs and bullets. Lets

get rid of all those states. He got it com-

pletely wrong this time. Freedom of

speech does not mean treachery againstthe nation. Prashant Bhushan must

learn where freedom of speech ends

and loyalty to the nation resides.

It is child's knowledge that once J&K

is allowed independence, Pakistan willcome on top of India's head literally

with all their Military to encroach fur-

ther towards New Delhi. It will be worse

than Afghanistan because J&K can't de-

fend itself alone against advancing

Pakistan forces on one pretext or an-

other. That is simple fact and practical

reality. At least now India has some

sort of control over J&K, which will

never be regained if J&K is lost in a

plebiscite. So it a national security is-

sue and India can't afford to invite the

sworn enemy with garlands inside their

Territory. So status quo is inevitable un-

less Pakistan and its Jihadists give up

supporting Militancy in J&K.

Kashmir was always a big question

mark even when the British was in In-

dia. Both countries India and Pakistan

are fighting on acquiring land whose

ownership has been unknown since

ages.

If freedom of speech gives this Right

to Mr. Bhushan to publicly give state-

ments like this, then he is forgetting

that reasonable restrictions can be

placed on its exercise, lest anyone getshurt. He has a celebrity status and he

should be more careful in future, he

has already lost a lot of support for

himself as well as for his group.

Govt to prepare master plans for state SEZs

BHOPAL

S

pecial Economic Zones (SEZs) of

some major IT companies in-

cluding TCS and Infosys are

coming up in Indore.TCS has started begun construction

work and Infosys has started con-

struction work for the boundary wall

at its project site.

However, the investors feel a master

plan for Pithampur SEZ should be pre-

pared. The government wants to pre-

pare master plans for Pithampur SEZ

and other SEZs of the state. At pres-

ent, SEZ units in Pithampur are suf-

fering in absence of any such facility.

One of the main complaints of units

operating in Pithampur is that despite

the fact that SEZs are treated asdeemed foreign territory and hence

are free from any kind of local taxa-

tion, they have received notices from

commercial taxes department and mu-

nicipal bodies, asking them to pay

their due taxes.

The state government wants to intro-

duce guidelines for preparing master

plan for SEZ and general development

control regulation for SEZ. This will

help streamline the entire process and

ensure the SEZ units get necessary ap-

provals from a single agency instead

of approaching different agencies forvarious clearances. SEZ development

commissioner has submitted a draft in

this regard to the town and country

planning (T&CP) department.

The state government is likely to in-

troduce a development control regula-

tion (DCR) to streamline the process

of establishing special economic zones

(SEZs) in the state. The DCR will func-

tion like a single window clearance

and will help the SEZs get permission

for different works and layout plans di-

rectly from the SEZ development com-

missioner. This will save time and ef-forts in getting the clearances from dif-

ferent government offices. The move

will empower the SEZ development

commissioner to give necessary per-

mission to the SEZs that have already

been allotted land by the state govern-

ment and received notifications for the

SEZ status.


11/12

WE THE STATEFeature11 Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh January 6 to January 12, 2014

Allow Life some Delays,

Wait for your Bigger Picture,

but dont make Life Wait!SWECHCHHA OJHA

E-mail: [email protected]

All things need to be done at the perfect

time. Timing is the essence of it all.

Sure, youve done everything it

takes for it to be perfect, sure theres nothing

you think thats left in making it what it had to

be, but everything gets crappy when things get

delayed. Youve made a perfect office project

and you should be proud of having done such a

wonderful work at it, but youre not, nobody is,

not even your boss. Why?? Because you made it

so perfect that the time when it was needed youdidnt even have it! At a family dinner you

asked your mom to skip the dessert, Ill make

the best dessert ever!! You made the best

dessert ever! You made it perfectly! You put the

best taste into it and decorated it with cherries

and chocolate. Alas! You decorated it so much

that the guests went home with just the hope of

you completing your dessert till breakfast.

Its good to do things perfectly, but sometimes

theres just a thin line between doing things

perfectly and over-doing them. You just need to

identify that line, even if you do it just with

your right foot standing well before the line

and left foot in the air almost about to fall out

of the line. Its good enough if you just hold the

left foot back and remain inside the line. Iveseen other people (and myself) sometimes

crossing the line, even going so far beyond the

line that I cant see the line anymore! And be-

lieve me, its completely okay to cross the line,

but then that is only okay when its in the be-

ginning, once, twice, thrice... You must get

back into the line once it starts becoming a

habit. Trust me it works professionally, person-

ally and emotionally! Its normal to sometimes

not realize the value of time when we are lost

in doing something we like, or something for

someone we love. But the damage happens

when we stop realizing that its not okay to al-

ways do the same thing knowing what harm it

can do. And this last line goes for everything in

life.

Agreed, we being humans can for once

control the urge to make things perfect all the

time and forgetting the time limit. But what

are we to do when not a human but life does the

same mistake, plans something, puts us into

the scene, starts doing it and in the process,

starts overdoing it, and overdoes it so much

that we get tired of wanting the thing to hap-

pen! What if we do everything in time but lifedoesnt? What if we plan something and life

has different plans? The only thing we can do is

wait until the plans match, until we want the

same thing from life as life does from us, until

life completes what weve been waiting for.

If we look at it the other way round, its a good

thing. As I said we take time when we try to

make something perfect, may be lifes trying to

make something perfect for us! What if while

were thinking nothing is in our favour and

while were crying over little delays, life is se-

cretly painting a bigger picture for us! What if

its magic, something that we cant see until

complete, something that doesnt show on the

canvas until fully painted? Isnt it something

you havent thought until now? If it is, thinkabout it now! Give life a chance, some time. Al-

low life some delays. Wait for your bigger pic-

ture, your perfectly baked cake with cherries

on the top! But thats what life does, not you.

Until life does it work in its own time, you keep

trying to reduce delays and wear your running

shoes, for its a race and its the one who runs

faster who wins, not the one who runs

beautifully in style(Smirk). Ciao. Have a lovely

Mon-day. Keep working, keep achieving, keep

smiling, until life brings you new joy.


12/12

WE THE STATENation12 Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh January 6 to January 12, 2014

Owned Printed and Published by M.M.Baig. Printed at lucky, 267, Pragati Nagar, Shahanshah Garden, Bhopal (MP) and published from H.No.101, A-SECTOR INDRAPURI BHEL, WARD NO.63 DIST BHOPAL-462021, M.P.

Tele/FAX 0755-4292545,Mob.09425029901 [email protected] No. MPENG\2012\46415 Editor: M.M. BAIG -Responsible for selection of News & Articles under PRB Act, Subject to Bhopal jurisdiction

S. MANI


NEW DELHI

Arvind Kejriwal has begun his

innings as chief minister with

rare promise. His rejection of

the red beacon on his car, his repeated

shunning of security cordon around

him, his steadfast adherence to living

as a commoner have endeared him to

people at large.

But this is only the beginning of the

challenges that he will face. Kejriwals

request to the CAG to order an audit

into the finances of the three private

power distribution companies maywell

unravel some truths about corruption

under theerstwhile Sheila Dikshitgov-

ernment, which may help the new gov-

ernment to establish certain accounta-

bility standardsto detercorruption and

misuse of office.

It is equally possible that some bu-

reaucratsand businessmenmay seek to

cover their tracks and to escape being

exposed. It will be no mean task for the

new government to ensure that all

thosewho wereinvolvedin bleeding the

exchequer are unmasked and brought

to book. The subsidies that the Kejriw-

al government has granted on water

and power will need to be watched so

that they are not misused.

Law and order isan areain which Del-

hi has ear ned great notoriety, with the

National Capital Region being identi-fied as the crime capital of the country.

Sheila Dikshit always tried to get away

whenever there was a major crime in-

cident, by blaming it on the multiplici-

ty of authorities in Delhi and the fact

that the police were accountable in

large part to central authorities andnot

to her government. This is a situation

that needs to be remedied. The Delhi

Commissioner of Police must be whol-

ly accountable to theDelhi government

and any legislative or administrative

changes that needto be made to achieve

this must be undertaken forthwith.

Education is another area in which

major reforms are necessary. AAP

leader and minister ManishSisodia has

already indicated that he has chalked

out his priorities in the education are-

na and to keep a check on malpractices

and extortionist fees in educational in-stitutions. Steps in this area must be

taken with proper deliberation and se-

riousness of purpose.

It is heartening that there is con-

sciousness in AAP that as a minority

government supported from outside by

the Congress, they need to make an im-

pact quickly, so th at the slippery allies

may think twice before pulling the rug

from under their feet.

Also, with the Lok Sabha elections

only fourmonthsaway, there is no time

to waste in spreading its footprint be-

yond Delhi. That it is looking to makea

mark in Haryana, which is steeped in

corruption, is reassuring. No longer is

thepartytreated as inconsequential,as

is evident from the fact that the Con-

gress government in Haryana has

slashed power tariff for low-consump-

tion consumers already, on the heels ofthe cut in power tariff in Delhi. The

partys trump card will lie in giving

Delhi an absolutely clean administra-

tion, so that it becomes a model worthy

of emulation.

ArvindKejriwal:

Challenges

ahead

Cyber crime gangs continue to dupe peopleSANGEETASHARMA

Email:[email protected]

JAIPUR

Peoplein thedesert state arestill

prone to being duped on the

pretext of lottery wins, high-

salary jobs and fake offers. As many

as 28 FIRs related to online frauds

were lodged with the cyber crime po-

lice station here since it came into be-

ing three months ago.

As the cyber crime police station

paved theway forregistrationof FIRs

in serious cyber crime offences, cases

of phishing, debit and credit card

frauds and posting of obscene com-

ments and morphed photographs of

women on social media platforms

were reported in huge numbers. SP,

cyber crime Sharad Kaviraj said thatonline frauds top the chart as far as

cyber crime trends in the state are

concerned.

"Reports related to people being

duped on pretext of lottery wins and

jobs come out in newspapers fre-

quently, but there is still lack of

awareness. In cases of lottery fraud,

gullible peopleget trapped in clutchesof the cyber crime gangs who make

people deposit money in bank ac-

counts fraudulently," said the SP. The

cyberpolice station had recentlybust-

ed a Pakistan-basedracketinvolved in

cheating people and arrested three

persons including one Pakistani na-

tional who allegedly duped a Jaipur-

based man of Rs 1.87 lakh. The gang

cheated several people on pretext of

lottery wins.

DSP Rajendra Sharma said that peo-

ple are approaching the cyber police

station with complaintsof credit card

and debit card frauds. "The criminals

posingas bank representatives callup

people to make them part with confi-dential information related to credit

and debit cards. People should never

share this information with anyone,"

he said.

A total of 156 FIRs were registered

across the state the previous year;

however, moreand morecases related

to cyber crimes are being lodged now.

The Jaipur police had registered a to-

tal of 74 FIRs in 2012. However, the cy-bercrimepolice station alone hasreg-

istered 53 FIRs since mid-September.

These cases don't include the FIRs

registered by about 60 police stations

in Jaipur police commissionerate

area in 2013. "Since mid-September,

we have registered 53 FIRs and have

arrested 14 people in connection with

the cyber crime cases. Most of the

FIRs are related to online frauds fol-lowed by 14 cases of debit and credit

card frauds. Other cases arerelatedto

phishing and debit and credit card

frauds," DSP, cyber crime police sta-

tion Rajendra Sharma said.

We The State - Issue 15 Vol 2

Documents