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G20 Summit“One single nation” is spreading agents of terror................. 6

Government's AchievementsSuresh Prabhu launches various services............................... 8Biggest Leprosy Case Detection Campaign in the country.. 9Cabinet approves creation of a Project Development Fund. 10Government agencies directed to ensure procurement......... 10Benefits under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana extended..... 10

Organisational ActivitiesBJP CM’s Conference, New Delhi.............................................. 11BJP Rajya Sabha MPs meeting, New Delhi.............................. 13BJP president appoints senior leaders to oversee................. 14

VaicharikiThe Ascetic Politician

By Kushabhau Thakre......................................................... 15

ShradhanjaliSenior BJP leader Arif Beg is no more..................................... 16

ArticleToday’s Congress is as confused as was Nehru’s Congress

By Vikash Anand................................................................. 20

OthersMann ki Baat.................................................................................. 17Social Media Volunteer’s Meet, Lucknow................................ 23PM's Speech on 15 Aug : Part-2................................................ 24‘Tiranga Yatra’ and ‘Balidana Smarane’, Mangaluru............. 28All Party delegation in J&K........................................................ 29

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“A 42% increase in minimum wages& for the 1st time, a simultaneousincrease in agriculture & non-agricultural sectors.”

-Narendra Modi

“I appeal to the members of RajyaSabha to spread the achievements ofUnion Government in those Lok Sabhaconstituencies where BJP could not win.”

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Onam is an ancient Hindu festival which stillsurvives in modern times in the state of Kerala. It is thebiggest festival celebrated in the state. It is also themajor festival of Kerala with State holidays on 4 daysstarting from Onam Eve (Uthradom) to the 3rd OnamDay. The festival falls during the Malayalam month ofChingam (August - September) and marks thecommemoration of home-coming of the mythical KingMahabali.

In Kerala, it is the festival celebrated with mostnumber of cultural elements such as Vallam Kali,Pulikali, Pookkalam, Onathappan, Tug of War,ThumbioThullal,Kummati kali ,Onathallu, Onavillu, Kazhchakkula, Onapottan, Atthachamayam etc. Onamis reminiscent of Kerala’s agrarian past, as it is considered to be a harvest festival. It is a communityfestival and celebrations are essentially connected with temples.

Kerala’s rice harvest festival and the Festival of Rain Flowers, which fall on the month ofChingam, celebrates the appearance of Vamana avatar of Vishnu and the subsequent annual visitof the legendary Emperor Mahabali’s from Patala Loka(the underworld). Onam is unique sinceMahabali has been revered by the people of Kerala. The King is so much attached to his kingdomthat it is believed that he comes annually from the nether world to see his people living happily.

It is in honour of King Mahabali that Onam is celebrated. The deity Vamana, also calledThrikkakarappan is also revered during this time by installing a clay figure next to the floral carpet(Pookalam) .The birthday of Sri Padmanabhan, the presiding Deity of Thiruvananthapuram, is onthe Thiruvonam day in the month of Chingam. Thiruonam day is the most important day of Onam.In Onam 2016, Thiruvonam date is 14 September. Mahabali’s rule is considered the golden era ofKerala, ancient Bharata.

The beauty of the festival lies in its inclusive fabric. People of all religions, castes and communitiescelebrate the festival with equal joy and verve. Onam also helps to create an atmosphere of peaceand brotherhood by way of various team sports organised on the day.

The celebrations of Onam start on Atham day, 10 days before Thiruvonam. The 10 days are partof the traditional Onam celebrations and each day has its own importance in various rituals andtraditions.

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.Those who support and sponsor terrorism

must be isolated and sanctioned

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has again raised the issue of terrorism,black money and corruption in the G-20 summit held recently in China.He rightly said those who sponsor and support terrorism must be isolated

and sanctioned, not rewarded. While appreciating the G-20 initiative on combatingthe financing of terrorism, he raised the issue on the multilateral forum drawing theattention of the entire world. Narendra Modi has been raising the issue of terrorismon almost all global forums emphasizing the threat posed by terrorism to humanityand the need to intensify efforts to counter it. In his address to US Congress and lastG-20 Summit also he dwelt upon the issue of terrorism and called for strengtheningcounter terror measures at global level in view of the global terror network whichhas spread its tentacles to every corner of the world.

In the informal meeting of the BRICS leaders held one day before G-20 meetingNarendra Modi called for not to politicize terror. In the last session of the G-20Summit he sent out a bold message calling for urgent actions against those promoting,supporting and harbouring terrorism. He clearly pointed towards Pakistan whenhe said that there are some nations that use terrorism as an instrument of state policyand that one country was responsible for terror activities in South Asia. “Terroristis a terrorist, one single nation in South Asia is spreading agents of terror in ourregion,” PM said. While highlighting the fact that India has a policy of zero-tolerance towards terrorism he said that global financing of terror network isinextricably linked to global stability and governance.

It is significant to note that Prime Minister raised the issue of terrorism in China.It is to be noted that China blocked India’s bid at the UN to ban chiefs of terroristoutfits Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Jama’at-ud-Da’wa. India has also been stressingto China bilaterally as it urges Beijing to rethink its stance of shielding Pakistaniterrorists at the UN Security Council. Prime Minister’s stand on terrorism in Chinais considered timely intervention seeking to convince China to reconsider its stand.While positive response is awaited from China on terrorism, India could find acommon ground with China on the issue of black money. Speaking on the blackmoney Narendra Modi laid emphasis on the need “to eliminate safe havens foreconomic offenders, track down and unconditionally extradite money launderersand break down the web of complex international regulations and excessive bankingsecrecy that hide the corrupt and their deeds”. He also called for “full commitment”to act against the corrupt. The proposal to establish a research centre on fugitiverepatriation and asset recovery in China will go a long way in curbing corruptionand black money globally.

Pakistan has become a hub of terrorism as its establishment continues to promote,support and harbor terror groups. It is not only India but other neighbouringcountries are also targeted by these terror groups who are allowed to carry out theiractivities openly. In fact Pakistan has gained expertise only in producing andexporting terrorism and if terrorism has to be defeated this global exporter of terrorneeds to be stopped. Pakistan has not only become an exporter of terror but it’s alsoengaged in serious human rights violations in Balochistan, PoK and Gilgit. PrimeMinister Narendra Modi has taken a bold stand to expose Pakistan on global forumsand to intensify global fight against terrorism. It’s time to expose, isolate and punishPakistan.


In a sharp attack on Pakistanat the G20 summit on 5September at Hangzhou

in China, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said “onesingle nation” in South Asiais spreading “agents of

terror” as he asserted thatthose who sponsor themenace must be sanctionedand i so la ted , notrewarded.

“Indeed one single nationin South Asia is spreadingthese agents of terror incountries of our region,”Prime Minister Modi said inan apparent reference toPakistan.

“We expect theinternational community tospeak and act in unity, and torespond with urgency to fightthis menace. Those whosponsor and support

terrorism must be isolatedand sanctioned, notrewarded,” Shri Modi said inhis intervention during theconcluding session of themeeting of the world’s 20strong economies.

The Prime Minister saidIndia appreciates the G20’sinitiative on combating thefinancing of terrorism andasserted that all countriesshould meet the FinancialAction Task Force (FATF)standards.

“Growing forces ofviolence and terror pose afundamental challenge. Thereare some nations that use itas an instrument of statepolicy. India has a policy ofzero tolerance to terrorism.Because anything less thanthat is not enough,” Modisaid.

“For us a terrorist is aterrorist,” he asserted.Modi’s remarks came a dayafter India called on otherBRICS members to intensifyjoint efforts to combatterrorism.

Modi, in an apparentreference to Pakistan, hadyesterday demanded“coordinated actions” by thegrouping to “isolatesupporters and sponsors ofterror”.

The Prime Minister, in hisaddress to the Brazil, Russia,India, China and South Africa(BRICS) Leaders Meetinghere, had said “Terrorists inSouth Asia, or anywhere forthat matter, do not own banksor weapons factories”.“Clearly, someone funds andarms them and BRICS mustintensify joint efforts not just

G20 Summit

“One single nation” in South Asia isspreading agents of terror : PM

India signs defence cooperation with Vietnam


to fight terror but tocoordinate actions to isolatethose who are supporters andsponsors of terror,” he hadsaid, without namingPakistan.

Prime Minister NarendraModi also raised the issue ofblack money and tax evasionat the G20 summit inHangzhou, urging themember countries to takeaction against the financialcorruption.

On the second day of the

Summit, Shri Modi said“Fighting corruption, blackmoney and tax evasion werecentral to effective financialgovernance.”

The Prime Minister alsosaid there should be “zerotolerance” for corruption andblack money and treatyloopholes.

He urged the membersnations to show “fullcommitment” to actionagainst the financialcorruption.

On the sideline of G20Prime Minister Shri NarendraModi held bilateral meetingswith the countries of G-20.

India signs defencecooperation with Vietnam,signs new credit line of $500million

Before visit to China forattending G20 summit, PrimeMinister Shri Narendra Modivisited Vietnam. In Hanoi ShriNarendra Modi signed 12agreements with Vietnam onSeptember 3 after meeting hisVietnamese counterpartNguyen Xuan Phuc. Theleaders of the two countriesheld delegation level talks. PM

Modi announced a new line ofcredit of $500 million forVietnam to facilitate deeperdefence cooperation.Alongwith setting a bilateral tradetarget of $15 billion by 2020,the Prime Minister also soughtfacilitation of ongoing Indianprojects and investments inVietnam. India has also granted$5 million to set up a softwarepark in the country. TheMinistry of External Affairsspokesperson, Vikas Swarup,said, “12 MoUs andagreements were signed todayranging from health todefence to space. I look at thisvisit as setting a new

benchmark for India-Vietnamties which will take ourrelationship to a whole newlevel. “

Being the fourth IndianPrime Minister to visitVietnam in over five decades,PM Modi was greeted with aceremonial welcome in frontof the Presidential palace inVietnam’s capital Hanoi onSaturday morning. He waswelcomed by Vietnamesepresident Tran Dai Quant.

The welcome ceremonybegan with the nationalanthems of India and Vietnambeing played by the armedforces band. Dressed in sharpwhite with gold tassels andblack gum boots, the primeminister later inspected a guardof honour by the three armedforces of the host country.

PM Modi paid homage tonational heroes and martyrsat their monuments alongwith laying wreath at the warmemorial located across theBa Dinh Square.Accompanied by PresidentQuant, PM Shri Modi alsovisited Vietnam’s reveredleader Ho Chi Minh’straditional stilt house near thepalace. Shri Modi had earlierdescribed him as one of 20thcentury’s tallest leaders in aFacebook post.

In the same post, PM ShriModi had said: “We wish toforge a strong economicrelationship with Vietnamthat can mutually benefit ourcitizens. Strengthening thepeople-to-people ties will alsobe an my endeavour duringthe Vietnam visit.”

Shri Modi said “Fighting corruption, blackmoney and tax evasion were central toeffective financial governance.” The PrimeMinister also said there should be “zerotolerance” for corruption and black moneyand treaty loopholes. He urged the membersnations to show “full commitment” to actionagainst the financial corruption.


As a part of fulfilmentof BudgetAnnouncements 2016-

17, Minister of Railways ShriSuresh Prabhu inaugurated/launched following facilities/services from Rail Bhawan onSeptember 1st 2016

Launch of rationalisedsiding policy-a majorfreight segment reformeasing the setting upadditional privateterminals.Expanded commoditybasket for containertraffic – 43 additionalcommodities in FAKHourly Booking ofRetiring Rooms-enhancing stay capacityby use of IT forconvenience ofpassengers.Single personaccountability for allfacilities on trains-alongwith single nodalofficer for monitoring.Launching of travelinsurance for passengersLaunch of new serviceproviding directconnectivity from Jhansito Indore and Jhansi toEtawahSushri Uma Bharti

Minister, Water Resources,River Development & GangaRejuvenation and Minister ofState for Railways Shri RajenGohain was especially presentto grace the occasion.Member Traffic Mohd.Jamshed, other Board

Members and Senior Officialswere also present on theoccasion.

Speaking on the occasion,Minister of Railways ShriSuresh Prabhakar Prabhu saidthat the services launchedtoday ranging from freight to

passenger services will havepositive impact on all classesof society. He said thatRailways is in the process ofinteracting/recognizing thefields where partnership canbe done and additionalfreight can be obtained.

He said that road andshipping transport are notcompetitors of Railways butcomplement one another asnow there is a need to

integrate all these modes inthe interest of commonpeople. He further said thatthe other facilities ofpassenger insurance, bookingof retiring room,accountability of TrainSuperintendent will also make

rail journey comfortablefor all rail users.

Speaking on theoccasion, Sushri UmaBharti Minister, WaterResources, RiverDevelopment & GangaRejuvenation thanked theMinister of Railways forfulfilling the long-pendingdemand of people ofJhansi by introducing newtrain service betweenJhansi to Indore andEtawah. She said that nowRailways is keenlyfocussing on all neglectedareas/sectors of thecountry and making therailway user friendly.

Speaking on theoccasion, Shri RajenGohain, Minister of Statefor Railways said that the

way in which Railways hasbeen progressing andfulfilling budgetannouncements day in andday out is becoming the mostcredible and reliableorganization of the country.He said that now there is nogap in the sayings and doingsof the Railway Ministry andthus all industrial sectors arerelying on the credibility ofthe Railways.

Suresh Prabhu launches various servicesGovernment's Achievements


In line with the vision ofShri Narendra Modi,Hon’ble Prime Minister of

India to eradicate Leprosyfrom India, Shri J P Nadda,Union Minister of Health andFamily Welfare reviewed theNational Leprosy EradicationProgramme and pursuantto that, Ministry ofHealth and FamilyWelfare has launched thebiggest Leprosy CaseDetection Campaign(LCDC) in the country on5th September 2016 across149 districts of 19 states/UTs. This fortnight-longcampaign will cover 1656blocks/urban areas ofthese districts and screen atotal of 32 crore people forleprosy. For this purpose,297604 teams comprising ofone lady ASHA worker andone male volunteer eachwould visit every house intheir allotted area and screenall the family members forleprosy.

The states and UTscovered in this campaign areAndhra Pradesh, Assam,Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat,Haryana, Jharkhand,Karnataka, Maharashtra,Nagaland, Odisha, TamilNadu, Uttar Pradesh,Uttarakhand, West Bengal,Chandigarh, Dadra & NagarHaveli, Delhi and

Lakshadweep. The districtshaving a prevalence rate ofmore than one case per 10,000population in any of the lastthree years have beenincluded in this campaign.

The Leprosy CaseDetection Campaign is a

unique initiative of its kind inthe world where each andevery member of the targetedpopulation will be examinedby the search team constitutedof one male and one femalevolunteer at household level.House to house visits will be

Health Ministry launches the biggest LeprosyCase Detection Campaign in the country

32 crore persons to be screened across 19 States/UTs

Modi govt. raises minimum wage of non-agricultural workers by 42 per cent

The Union Government on August 31 raised minimumwage of non-agricultural workers by 42 per cent andannounced revised bonus for Central employees for twoyears. Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley, who chairs theinter-ministerial committee on labour, said the decisionsare based on the proposals of the panel set up last year tolook into the 12-point charter of demands of the tradeunions.

done by the search team asper the micro plan preparedfor the local area to detecthidden and undetectedleprosy cases. The objectiveof the campaign is the earlydetection of leprosy inaffected persons so that they

can be saved fromphysical disability anddeformity by providingthem timely treatment andthus also halting thetransmission of disease atthe community level.

The first LCDC waslaunched during March-April 2016 in 50 districts of7 states namely Bihar,Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand,

Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,Odisha and Uttar Pradeshwherein a population of about6.8 crores was covered. Duringthis campaign 65427 suspectedcases were identified out ofwhich 4120 were laterconfirmed.

Government's Achievements


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and FCI have beendirected to submit statewise road map ofprocurement of new cropof pulses directly fromfarmers. They have beenasked to startprocurement of Moong inKarnataka immediately atMSP and bonus as newcrop has started to arrive.Chairing the inter-ministerial committeemeeting on prices heretoday, SecretaryDepartment of ConsumerAffairs, Shri Hem Pandealso asked thegovernment agencies toensure direct payment tothe farmers forprocurement.

Shri Hem Pande saidthat procurement centresincluding mobile centresshould be arranged nearto farm gates. Widepublicity should be givento the procurement pricei.e MSP plus bonus,procurement schedule andto the locations of thecentres so that farmers getbenefit of the initiative.

Cabinet approves creation ofa Project Development Fundto catalyse Indian economicpresence in Cambodia, Laos,

Myanmar and VietnamThe Union Cabinet chaired by the

Prime Minister Shri NarendraModi has given its approval to createa Project Development Fund (PDF)with a corpus of Rs 500 Crore forcatalysing Indian economic presencein the Cambodia, Laos Myanmar andVietnam.

The PDF shall be housed inDepartment of Commerce andoperated through the EXIM Bank. ThePDF shall be governed by an Inter-Ministerial Committee under thechairpersonship of the CommerceSecretary.

CLMV countries namelyCambodia, Laos, Myanmar andVietnam have a unique position in theregional value chains and offer agateway for market access to China/EU and other markets due to varioustrade agreements.

The key advantage of positioningIndia on the regional value chains issecuring on a long term basis, adedicated market for Indian rawmaterials and intermediate goodsbesides a dedicated source for inputsand raw materials for Indian industry.While opportunities are a plenty inCLMV region, Indian entrepreneurs’endeavors in these countries have, thusfar, been limited due to limitedinformation, infrastructure and othercontingent risks.

The PDF shall benefit India’sindustrial community for businessexpansion, and to maintain costcompetitive supply chains, besidesintegrating with global productionnetworks.

Benefits underPradhan MantriUjjwala Yojana

extended to peopleof all Hilly Stateson priority basis

Ministry ofPetroleum and

Natural Gas has decidedto extend the benefitsunder Pradhan MantriUjjwala Yojana to thepeople of all Hilly Statesincluding North-EastStates by treating themas ‘Priority States’ andrelease LPG connectionsto the eligiblebeneficiaries.

This step of theMinistry will effectivelyaddress the difficultyfaced by poor peopleresiding in the States ofJammu and Kashmir,Himachal Pradesh,Uttarakhand, Sikkim,Assam, Nagaland,Manipur, Mizoram,Arunachal Pradesh,Meghalaya and Tripurain accessing LPG forcooking purposes.

Pradhan MantriUjjwala Yojana is beingimplemented with anobjective to providedeposit free LPGconnections to BPLhouseholds as a clean fuelsolution.

So far, more than 50lakh connections havebeen released to thebeneficiaries.

Government's Achievements


The BJP will come outwith pro-poordevelopment agenda

listing successful schemes andprogrammes run by the BJPruled states, which can thenbe replicated across thecountry. Stressing on the pro-poor schemes of the Central

government, Prime MinisterShri Narendra Modi said theyshould be followedaggressively across the statesso that the benefit flows tothe people.

Speaking during the daylong conclave of ChiefMinisters of the BJP ruledstates on 27 August 2016 inNew Delhi, PM Shri Modi saidthat the different schemesbeing initiated by the Uniongovernment needs to be

followed and gaps addressed.The Prime Minister has

asked Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states to fix commontargets for Aadhar-linkedcentral schemes and set anexample in implementing‘pro-poor’ schemes through‘maximum and flawless’

delivery.Shri Modi said the states

should think of inter-linkingAadhar-related welfareschemes to optimize benefitsand ease delivery. He said theparty apparatus in these statesshould have ‘ownership’ ofcentral schemes. He said acommittee would be formedto finalize the agenda forwelfare of the poor in thesestates.

Prime Minister spoke

about Ujjawala Yojna thataims to provide gasconnection to poor, whichparticularly helped women.He also stressed that statesshould look at providing 100percent linkages ofgovernment schemes withAAdhar, which will help in

bringing transparency.Referring to recent

medal by girls in RioOlympics, PM saiddaughters hadbrought laurels to thecountry. The betipadhao- beti bachaoscheme should befurther strengthenedand whatever gaps insex ratio exists berectified Shri Modisaid.

Prime MinisterNarendra Modi askedparty leaders tocontinue the fervor of

nationalism and ensure thatGovernment’s welfareschemes were implementedeffectively on the ground andasked to extend parties reachto Dalits and expanddevelopment programmesconcerning them.

Later Madhya PradeshCM Shivraj Singh Chouhaninformed that, “The PM hasasked us to work in missionmode; to take up severalworks at once...Then we can

Organisational Activity : BJP CM’s Conference, New Delhi

Work in mission mode for fastdevelopment : Narendra Modi


develop fast”.The meeting

witnessed ChiefMinisters providingfacts on theimplementation statusof BJP Government’sflagship scheme likePM’s ‘Jan-DhanYojana’, ‘Beti-Bachao-Beti-Padao’, MudraYojana, Make-in-India,Start-up India, Stand -up India, insuranceschemes, housing forall, ‘Swachchh BharatAbhiyan’ and others intheir respective States.A common thresholdfor these schemes andtheir future map warealso discussed by theparticipants.

The Chief Ministers’meet was divided intosix segments, includinginaugural session, theagenda of welfare ofpoor, presentation byCMs of successfulschemes that can bereplicated in otherStates, presence of BJPGovernments on socialmedia, challenges andefforts to take them onand concludingceremony. UnionMinisters Shri ArunJaitley, Shri M VenkaiahNaidu, Shri NitinGadkari and Smt.Sushma Swarajattended thedeliberations. The firstsuch meeting of BJP’sCMs was held in2010.

Execute Govt’s socialschemes : Amit Shah to CMs

Addressing the gathering BJP President Shri Amit Shah askedBJP Chief Ministers, to choose some of the 80 pro-welfareprogrammes, which could be implemented hundred per cent.

Delivering the inaugural address in the meet attended by ChiefMinisters, Deputy Chief Ministers and State presidents, Shri Shahsaid the Modi Government is thefirst dispensation in the countrywhich has ended the confusion thatprevailed during precedingGovernments whether to have anurban or a rural tilt, go for reformor stay a welfare state or promoteagriculture or industry. “We havestruck a balance and continued withboth aspects”, he said.

The BJP President said theModi-led Government is the first one to provide Rs. 250 thousandcrore to villages. Stating that his party has ushered an era of ‘politicsof performance’, he sought Chief Ministers to make their States aneffective instrument for execution of the Centre’s ‘pro-poor’ and‘good governance’ agenda.

Reminding the meeting that the party rules over 51 per cent ofthe country’s landmass and 37 per cent population, he said Statescould play a key role in the success of the Modi Government’swelfare policies as they are responsible for executing 65 of 80 suchschemes launched by it.

“BJP has started in the country an era of politics of performance.The State Governments of the BJP have been re-elected time andagain on the basis of performance... It is the joint responsibility of theCentral and State Governments that we together build a pro-poorwelfare state and change the life of the common man,” said the BJPPresident. Shri Shah said the Modi Government has started a newperiod whether in terms of the country’s defence or people’s welfareor enhancing the nation’s prestige. “The country and the world canfeel a new India,” he said while adding that States will have to playan important role in transforming the country. If we can bring out achange in States ruled by us, then a big part of the country canexperience good governance,” he said.

Our party is in power covering the country’s geographical areaof more than 51%, inhabited by around 37% of the population.Therefore, states could play a vital role in success of the Modigovernment’s pro-poor policies, said Shri Shah. States are responsiblefor execution of 75% of the welfare schemes launched by Modigovernment, he said.


BJP National PresidentShri Amit Shahaddressing the BJP

Rajya Sabha MPs Meeting atNDMC Convention Centre,New Delhi on 31 August 2016said since it is our governmentat the Centre, ourcontribution to nation-

building and responsibilitytowards the nation are all themore important. We are at thepinnacle of our glory but thisis still not the highest peakwe can attain. We must strivecontinuously to do evenbetter.

He said we haveconvened this meeting ofRajya Sabha MPs after themeeting with members of ourcore group and that with thecouncil of BJP chief ministers

— in a bid to initiate adialogue with different wingsaffiliated to our organization.

He said we have had aglorious tradition in the RajyaSabha since our formativeyears when we were knownas the Bharatiya Jana Sangh.You all have been pro-active

in your well-meaning efforts,but the party expects furtherimprovements in your work,qualitative assessment thereofand increased productivity.

Shri Shah said withingenious use of their talent,hard work, time andresources, our Rajya SabhaMPs can enhance the party’sparliamentary performance.

The BJP president saidRajya Sabha MPs contributesignificantly in the expansion

of the organization andspread of our ideology. Youplay an important role inraising the issues of therespective states that youhave been elected from in theUpper House of Parliament.There are also issues sharedby several states that you

help address effectively.He further said,” You

must further try your best tomake our ideology andmessages of our achievementsreach all sections of society,different organizations,intellectuals, communities, etcthrough live contacts anddialogues and, thus, persuadethem to make common causewith us. You may also makeefforts to resolve long-standing issues between the

Organisational Activity : BJP Rajya Sabha MPs meeting, New Delhi

Through live contacts and dialogues try toreach to all sections of society : Amit Shah


Centre and state governments”.The party benefits immensely

from your participation andcooperation in our organizationalactivities, he added.

The BJP president said thecentral government’s decisionto raise the minimum dailywage of unskilled, non-agricultural labourers by ahistoric 42 per cent from Rs 246to Rs 350 is an important andpraiseworthy step towardsmeeting our objective of welfareof the poor. We welcome it andexpress our heartfelt gratitudeto Hon’ble Prime Minister SriNarendra Modi j i , Hon’bleFinance Minister Sri Arun Jaitleyji and Hon’ble Minister of State(Independent Charge) forLabour and Employment SriBandaru Dattatreya ji for thesame.

The BJP president furtheradded that, “We do not have amajority in the Rajya Sabha.However, with our studiousness,strategy made by the party andgovernment and qualitativeparticipation, we can make ourideology and information aboutthe welfare programmes of thegovernment reach the peoplethrough public speeches”. Thisactivity must reflect our ideology,he said.

The BJP National Presidenturged the party’s Rajya SabhaMPs to adopt one Lok Sabhaconstituency each out of all thatthe party could not win in 2014and work towards organizationaldevelopment and expansion inthose regions as well as spreadthe news of achievements of thecentral government in thoseareas.

BJP president appoints senior leadersto oversee upcoming State polls

Bharatiya Janata Party National President Shri AmitShah appointed senior leaders and Union Ministeras the Election in-charge for the forthcoming

Assembly Elections in various states. Union Minister ShriNitin Gadkari was appointed as the Election in-charge forforthcoming Goa Assembly Elections. Senior BJP leaderShri Laxman Giluwa was appointed as the state partypresident for Jharkhand.

Likewise, the national President has also appointedUnion ministers Shri JP Nadda and Shri DharmendraPradhan as party in charge for the Assembly polls inUttarakhand. He also appointed Union minister ShriPrakash Javadekar as election in charge for the ManipurAssembly election.

Noteworthy, the polls in Uttarakhand is due next yearand Congress party is in power while in Manipur, whichalso goes to polls early next year, Congress has been inpower for the last 15 years and BJP is in power in Goa. BJPis working towards putting up a strong fight againstCongress.

Earlier, party president Shri Amit Shah in severaloccasions has reminded the Karyakartas that, “2017 is veryimportant for the party. There are elections in UttarPradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur and Goa.Through these elections we want to bring transformationin the country. We should be in power from Panchayats toParliament.”

Shat-Shat Naman!Shat-Shat Naman!Shat-Shat Naman!Shat-Shat Naman!Shat-Shat Naman!

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The AsceticPoliticianKushabhauThakreDeendayalji had a

style of functioning which wasthesame as that of the RSS. Beforejoining, the Jana Sangh hewas aSah-prant Prachark in easternUP. I got the opportunityto meetDeendayalji at a Sanghashivir inAgra and the yearwas 1939-41. Iwas a student then, studying inVictoriaCollege in Gwalior. In1951, Kanpur was the venue oftheNational Convention of theJana Sangh. Shri Mahavir wastheAll India Party GeneralSecretary and Deendayalji, theinchargeof the Jana Sangh inUttar Pradesh. The RSS haddeputedpracharaks to work forthe BJS. I was the incharge ofMadhyaPradesh. Therefore at theKanpur meeting I gotanotheropportunity to meet Pt.Deendayalji. It was the samemeetingin which Deendayalji'sname was announced for theoffice ofthe new GeneralSecretary of the BJS. It was ahistoricsession presided over byDr. Syama PrasadMookerji.Those were the dayswhen the party was in itsinfancy.There were meagrefacilities available with us.Deendayaljicame to visit MadhyaPradesh after he became theNationalGeneral Secretary. Inthose days we did not have anyvehicleand we could not dare toask others to provide one.

Deendayalji, accompaniedby me, decided to travel bybusand we reached a place calledBaghli in MadhyaPradesh.While we were

returning to Indore by a bus wemet someCongressmen. They didnot recognize Deendayalji buttheywere familiar to me. Theywished me by a polite namaste.Ireplied but did not introduceDeendayalji to them.Later,Deendayalji asked me whyI did not introduce him to them.Itold Deendayalji that as he wasthe All India GeneralSecretaryand still traveling by abus, the Congressmen couldmake funof it. Deendayalji toldme that it did not matter and itwas nota question of feelingembarrassed.Wanted workers towin people’sconfidenceDeendayalji was asimple man with high thinking.He hadfirm faith in reaching outto the grassroot level. He wasveryaffectionate and caring forthe party workers. Herepeatedlyurged the partyworkers to win people'sconfidence and trust.He was of

the view that one should fight forthe welfare of thecommonman.Tribal people in MadhyaPradesh popularlycalledDeendayalji as 'BaraSahib'. But this 'Bara Sahib'alwaysworked for organisingagitations while fighting for thetribalcommunities. He himselfparticipated in severalsuchagitations. Deendayalji'sactive participation soundedwarningbells to the Congressmenand they launched a campaigntotarnish the good image of theBJS. They levelled falsechargesagainst the BJS workersthat they were involved in fellingoftrees in the forests. Weprotested against this campaign.Inthe meantime Deendayaljivisited Indore and came toknowabout the Congresspropaganda. He immediatelycalled aPress conference andsaid: "The government has noright toformulate any policy bymarginalising the tribals."Hedemanded immediateannouncement of a policy forthetribals. His efforts helped theBJS to penetrate into tribalareasand his words forced theCongress to do somethingfortribals.Pandhari Rao Kriduttawas an MLA in MadhyaPradeshAssembly. He had someheated arguments with theSpeaker.There was a big furorein the Assembly. Amidst allthisuproar, a shoe was thrownat the chair. Kriduttajiwasblamed for it and suspended.We immediatelycalledDeendayalji and told himthe whole story. A meeting

The Ascetic Politician-Kushabhau Thakre

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wasconvened. Deendayalji presided over the meetinganddiscussed the situation. Addressing the press later he saidthatone should not ignore the cirumstances which precipitatedsuchan extreme action.Never demoralised committed partymenAfterthis incident another meeting was held at Ambala.Deendayaljihad to present a detailed report as he was thegeneral secretary.He did not mention the incident relating toKriduttaji. The thenJana Sangh President Balraj Madhokwas not pleased at this'omission'. Deendayalji defended hisdecision and said that theparty president should not expecthim to behave like a policeman.He added, he could notdiscredit or demoralise any committedparty worker. Healways sympathised with the partycadre.Deendayalji was a man of impeccable good conductandalways used to say that any good work could succeed onlyifit had a firm foundation. He was unimpressed by the pomp andshow in politics. In 1967, the Opposition partiesoutnumbered theCongress in Madhya Pradesh Assembly,as the Congress couldonly win 142 seats whereas theOpposition won 146 seats. ButDeendayalji decided not tomake any effort to form a coalitiongovernment because hewas aware of the temperament of theSocialists. He neverapproved of horse trading in politics. Healways felt that"politics is not an easy way and it follows aslippery path.Only those survive who take to this path keepinglargerinterests of the people."Deendayalji had a separateparameter for judgingdevelopment. How far the poorest of thepoor are benefittedwas his yard stick.

He loved to travel and always enjoyedstaying with partyworkers.Avoided instant reactionHis caring attitude towardsparty workers was reflectedin his actions. He was never in ahurry to do anything andvery wisely did not to make instantcomments. I can recallan incident when the Opposition inMadhya Pradesh had alead of only 2 seats over the Congress.While addressing apress conference I said that we would notform governmentas we enjoyed only an insignificant lead.Deendayalji readthis statement in some newspaper and lateradvised me thatI should refrain from reactinginstantly.Deendayalji was very impartial in his style offunctioning.He never uttered a harsh word. His energy wasboundlessand he was a man of philosophy. He propounded anew wayof life called 'Integral Humanism' which was inspiredby the'Bharatiyata' in him.There was another incident which Iwould like to recall.We were at Ahmedabad to participate in a BJSconvention.He was displeased with some activities there andannouncedthat he was going to leave politics. His aunt livedinAhmedabad. We took Deendayalji to her place. There wehada discussion and tried to convince him not to leavepolitics. Wemade him withdraw his own statement, "We arein politics not forselfish reasons but to serve the nation," hesaid and gave a broadsmile saying "I did not mean what Isaid earlier."

(Late Shri Kushabhau Thakreji was one of the pillars of JanaSangh andBJP. He was also the National President of the BJP)

Former Union minister ArifBeg passed away on September5. He was 81. He was associatedwith BJP since Janasagh‘s days.Beg was well-known for hisoratory and was famous for hispunch line “Mere Mulk KeMalikon” (Owners of mycountry), with which he beganhis speeches. In 1977, in the LokSabha elections held immediatelyafter the Emergency was lifted,he had defeated Shankar DayalSharma from Bhopal constituencyand was made cabinet minister inMorarji Desai Government. In1989, he won Lok Sabha electionfrom Betul. He had contestedAssembly elections from Bhopal(North) seat in 2013 on BJP ticketand lost to Arif Aqueel of theCongress. His last rites wereattended by several distinguishedpersons. Madhya Pradesh Chiefminister shri Shivraj SinghChouhan also reached Beg’shouse to pay tributes to thedeparted leader.Shri Chouhansaid death of Beg is not only aloss of BJP but also of the nation.

Senior BJP leaderArif Beg is no more

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Speaking in his monthlyradio Programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on August

28 Prime Minister Narendraoffered tribute to hockeywizard Dhyan Chand on hisbirth anniversary (29th

August). He said“Tomorrow, 29th August isthe birth anniversary ofhockey wizard Dhyan Chand.This occasion is celebrated as‘National Sports Day’throughout the country. Ioffer my tributes to DhyanChand ji and wish to remindyou all about his invaluablecontribution. He played apivotal role in helping Indiawin Hockey Gold Medals inOlympic Games of 1928, 1932and 1936.

He added, My dearcountrymen, 5th September is‘Teachers Day’. For manyyears, I have been spending alot of time with students onTeachers Day and that too asa student myself. I used tolearn quite a lot from thoseyoung children. For me, 5thSeptember was Teachers Dayas well as an Education Day.But, this time I have to leavefor G-20 Summit and so feltin my heart that I shouldexpress my feelings in thisregard in ‘Mann Ki Baat’today.

In our life, a teacher holdsthe same place which a motherdoes. These days, after RioOlympics, Pulela Gopi Chandji is being talked abouteverywhere. He is a player

first but he has set up aglorious example of what agood coach, that is, a teachershould be. I see Gopi Chandji today as an excellent teacherbesides being a veryaccomplished player. And, onTeachers Day, I salute PulelaGopi Chand ji for his hardwork, his dedication towardssports and his manner offinding happiness in thesuccess of his disciples. Wealways feel the contributionof our teachers in our lives.5th September happens to bethe birthday of India’s formerPresident Dr. SarvapalliRadhakrishnan ji and thecountry celebrates this asTeachers Day. Whatever posthe held in his life, he alwaystried to live like a teacher, aneducator.

Speaking on comingfestival of Ganesh Utsav,hesaid Ganesh ji removes allobstacles and let us all wishthat our country, our society,

our families, and each one ofus may lead a life free ofobstacles. He added, in a way,a mass campaign of publiceducation gets underwaythrough these Ganeshfestivities. Lokmanya Tilak jigave us the inspirationalmantra – “Swaraj, that is,freedom is our birthright.”But now we live inindependent India. So do wethrough these public Ganeshfestivals move now toSURAAJ, that is, goodgovernance by proclaiming‘SURAAJ is my birthright’.Good governance, SURAAJ,should be our priority.

He said on sainthood ofMother Teresa “Bharat RatnaMother Teresa will becanonized, that is, accordedsainthood on 4th September.Mother Teresa devoted herentire life to the service ofthe poor in India. Though shewas born in Albania and hermother tongue was not

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English, yet she transformedher life and did everything tobe able to serve the poor.When Mother Teresa, whoserved the poor in India allthrough her life, is accordedSainthood, it is quite naturalfor we Indians to feel proud.Indian government will sendan official delegation underthe leadership of our ExternalAffairs Minister SushmaSwaraj to represent 125 croreIndians at the canonizationceremony to be held on 4thSeptember.

He added, when

development becomes a massmovement, a bigtransformation takes place.Peoples’ power is, in a way,considered to be a divineincarnation. Government ofIndia has made a successfuleffort to clean the Ganga andinvolve the people for thisproject with the cooperationof five State governments.Pradhans of villages situatedon the banks of the riverGanga were invited toAllahabad on the 20th of thismonth. They included men aswell as women. They came toAllahabad and took an oathbefore Mother Ganga thatthey will make all out effortsto immediately stop the

practice of open defecation intheir villages situated on thebanks of Ganga, start acampaign of building toiletsand also that these villageswill make their fullcontribution in cleaning upGanga and will ensure thatGanga is not polluted now. Icongratulate all the Pradhanswho had assembled inAllahabad with this resolvefrom different States; theyhad come from Uttrakhand,from Uttar Pradesh, fromBihar, from Jharkhand andfrom West Bengal. I also

congratulate all thoseMinistries of the Governmentof India and also thoseministers who turned thisvision into reality.

Narrating a story ofKabirdham district ofChhatisgarh, he said “InKabirdham district ofChhatisgarh more than 1.25lakh students from about 1700schools collectively wroteletters to their parents. Somestudents wrote in English,some wrote in Hindi and somein Chhatisgarhi to theirparents telling them that thereshould be toilets in theirhouses. They demandedbuilding toilets. Somestudents even wrote that they

would rather go withoutcelebrating birthday but thetoilet must be constructed.

Students of age betweenseven to seventeen took upthis task. And this had suchan impact, such an emotionalimpact that while the studentswere going to school the nextday, their parents handedover reply letters to themaddressed to the teacher inwhich they promised to buildtoilets by a certain datepositively. My compliments tothose who visualized thisidea, compliments to thesestudents and specialcompliments to those parentswho took their childrens’letters so seriously and alsotook a decision to construct atoilet. This is what inspiresus.

Telling the anotherincident about swachataabhiyanhe added “ In Koppaldistrict of Karnataka, a sixteenyear old girl Mallammastarted a Satyagrah againsther own family. She launchedthe Satyagrah and stoppedeating and she did that not toask something for herself, notto demand good clothes orhave sweets. This daughterMallamma was adamant tohave a toilet built in her house.But, the family was not in agood position economically.The daughter stuck to herdemand and was notprepared to end herSatyagrah. The villagepradhan Mohammad Shaficame to know about this. Hewas told that Mallamma hadprotested to press for herdemand for getting a toilet

A mass campaign of public education gets underwaythrough these Ganesh festivities. Lokmanya Tilak jigave us the inspirational mantra – “Swaraj, that is,freedom is our birthright.” But now we live inindependent India. So do we through these publicGanesh festivals move now to SURAAJ, that is, goodgovernance by proclaiming ‘SURAAJ is my birthright’.Good governance, SURAAJ, should be our priority.


built in her house. Now, look at the gestureof village Pradhan Mohammad Shafi, hearranged eighteen thousand rupees and got atoilet built within a week. He said “SwachhaBharat has become the dream of each Indian.Some Indians have made it their resolve.

“The Government of India has called uponthe people to make short films of 2 to 3 minutesduration on Swachhta, that is, cleanliness andsend these to the Government. You can finddetails of this plan on website. A competitionwill be held and the winners will be awardedprizes on Gandhi Jayanti Day on 2nd October.I request TV channels also to invite such filmsand hold a competition.

Mentioning an event recently took placehe informed “A very important event tookplace recently. The Honourable President ofIndia Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated anew radio channel named ‘Akashvani MaitreeChannel’ at Kolkata. Now, some people maywonder whether Honourable Presidentshould inaugurate a Radio Channel? But this

Kamal Sandesh Editor conferred D.Litt DegreeKamal Sandesh‘s Editor and Rajya Sabha

Member Shri Prabhat Jha and HRD MinisterShri Prakash Javadekar were on September 6conferred D.Litt Degree (Honris Causa) inSocial Sciences by Jagadguru RambhadracharyaHandicapped University on recommendation ofthe academic council & Board of Governors of

the University. Itwas accorded in6th convocationof the university.The Occasion was graced by Jagadguru Rambhadracharyaji. It isworth mentioning here that Shri Prabhat Jha is a nationalistthinker. He has written six books and edited several books. Hewas also Associate editor of a daily newspaper ‘Swadesh’,which once was edited by former Prime Minister Shri AtalBihari Vajpayee. At present , Shri Jha is a National Vice Presidentof the BJP. Shri Prakash Javadekar has written several article oneconomic & social issues and attended many internationalconferences. He was awarded ‘Sir Purhottam Das ThakurMemorial National award’ for research papers on ruraldevelopment & banks role in Co-ordinated approach.

is no ordinary Radio Channel, it is a very bigand very important step. We have Bangladeshas our neighbour.

We know that both Bangladesh and WestBengal continue to have a common culturalheritage. So, Akashvani Maitree on this sideand Bangladesh Betaar on that side willmutually share the content and Bengalispeaking people on both sides will enjoy theprogrammes of Akashvani, that is, All IndiaRadio. This people to people contact is a bigcontribution of Akashvani.

Concluding his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ he appealedthe countrymen to strengthen the unity ofthe country. He said “ours is a vast nation,full of diversities. To keep this country ofmanifold diversities united, we all as citizens,as society and as the government, have aresponsibility to encourage things whichstrengthen our national unity and highlightthese with full vigour, only then we can makeour country’s future bright, and, of course,this will be achieved. I have full faith in thepower of my 125 crore countrymen.”


When Prime MinisterNarendra Modicondemned the

human rights violations inBalochistan in all partymeetings and also mentionedit in his independence-dayspeech, all over the world,Balochs started thanking PMModi and hoped he willcontinue to support them.Making greater interactionbetween India and people ofBalochs All India Radio hasdecided to launchbroadcasting in Balochlanguages. In India the mainopposition party finds itselfin confusion on whether theyshould support PM Modi‘stougher stand on Pakistan ornot. Salman Khurshid, KapilSibal and Manish Tewari arecritical of PM‘s approach onBalochistan. On the other sidethe party‘s chief spokespersonRandeep Singh Surjewalasupporting PM on Balochistanstated that India should raisethe issue of Pakistan armycommitted human rightsviolations in Balochistan andPoK on bilateral andmultilateral forum. Thecontradictory stand in theCongress manifests that themain opposition party isdivided into two fold onIndia‘s policy towardsBalochistan & Pok.

Actually, Today‘s

congress is as Confused as Pt.Nehru‘s Congress. Thepresent condition ofBalochistan is also a result ofthat confusion. The root ofthe atrocities by Pakistaniarmy goes back to March 27,1948. Kalat(most of theBalochistan was then knownas Kalat) a princely state ofBalochistan afterindependence of nearly seven

and half months lost itsindependence to Pakistan asfirst Indian prime MinisterNehru denied King of Kalat‘srequest to accede Kalat toIndia. As a result Pakistanattacked Kalat & forciblyoccupied it. Kalat‘s king (MirAhmadyar Khan) had soughthelp from Nehru andexpressed desire to accede thestate to India to avoidPakistan occupation. A booktitled ‘Balochis of Pakistan:On the margins of history’published by London basedthink tank The Foreign Policy

Center cited an AIRbroadcast on march 27,1948that VP Menon in pressconference stated that theKhan of Kalat had beenpressing India to acceptKalat‘s accession. WhenPakistan forcibly occupied theregion, King of Kalat(Balochistan) under Pakmilitary pressure denied thathe had proposed such a deal

to India. And Pt. Nehru alsodenied such a proposal. Maybe Pt. Nehru denied as hecould not take decision ontime and wanted to save hisface from criticism insideIndia. The same confusion stillcontinues in the Congress.The party reflects its shilly-shally approach on PrimeMinister Narendra Modi‘sstand on Balochistan. Evenour neighbor Afghanistanbacked PM Modi‘s concern onhuman rights violation inBalochistan.

Balochistan under

Today’s Congress is as confused as wasNehru’s Congress

By Vikash Anand

Actually, Today‘s congress is as Confused as Pt. Nehru‘sCongress. The present condition of Balochistan is also aresult of that confusion. The root of the atrocities by Pakistaniarmy goes back to March 27, 1948. Kalat(most of theBalochistan was then known as Kalat) a princely state ofBalochistan after independence of nearly seven and halfmonths lost its independence to Pakistan as first Indianprime Minister Nehru denied King of Kalat‘s request to accedeKalat to India.


Pakistan‘s control is muchricher in terms of naturalresources and far larger(347,190 km²) than any otherprovince of Pakistan. Butirony is that Baluchistan is theleast developed region ofPakistan. The people in theregion also face wrath ofPakistani establishment.According to Human RightsWatch‘s world report 2015“The human rights situationin Baluchistan remainsabysmal. Despite the May

2013 election of a civiliangovernment, the militaryretains all key decision-making functions in thesouthwestern province andhas blocked efforts by civilsociety organizations andmedia to cover ongoingviolence there.”

The report 2015 furtherstates “Enforceddisappearances of Baloch whoare opposing Pakistan`satrocities linked to thesecurity forces continued withimpunity. On March 18,plainclothes gunmen lateridentified as belonging toPakistan’s paramilitaryFrontier Corps allegedlyabducted Zahid Baloch,

chairperson of the BalochStudent Organization-Azad inthe provincial capital, Quetta.Baloch’s whereabouts andsafety remained unknown attime of writing.”

Farzana Majeed, a Balochactivist, has painted a similarpicture of cruelty and humanrights‘ violation againstBaloch people by Pak rulers.Delivering lecture on “BalochMissing persons and the Roleof State and Society” inKarachi, he says, “History of

disappearances is as old as thehistory of colonization of mymotherland. It goes back toillegal occupation ofBalochistan by British Empirein 1839. But the worst tragicepisode of state enforceddisappearances in Balochistanbegan from 1948 onwards. Itwas when the newly formedstate of Pakistan invadedindependent Balochistan andforcefully annexed it to itsterritory.

He adds “The truth isincreasing number ofdisappeared Baloch politicaland human rights activists isa reflection of Balochresistance against colonialismand occupation. Only and only

for this reason, Pakistan hascarried out five major militaryoperations in Balochistan since1948. In each of thesecatastrophic operationsthousands of Baloch peopleincluding women andchildren have been killed andhundreds of thousands morewere forced to flee theirnative towns and villages.Among these victims are thosemany thousands whodisappeared without anytrace. The inhumane act ofdisappearances, target killingand kill and dump of Balochactivists by state functionariescontinues.”

The Pakistaniestablishment‘s atrocities arenot only being committedagainst Baloch people, but arealso rampant in Balochistanagainst the Hindus, theChristians, the Hazaras andthe Pashtuns. Balochistan wasruled by Hindu king beforethe invasion by Arab in712AD. ColumnistMuhammad Akbar Notezai ofthe Daily Times writes in hiscolumn “The BalochistanHindus‘ dilemma” that underthe Yar Muhammad Khan(the chief ruler of Kalat State)Hindus were getting theirdue respect and economic &religious freedom. That is whyHindu did not leaveBalochistan during partition.The columnist expressed shockon dangerously livingcondition of Hindus inBalochistan. Even they can‘tperform their religiouspractices. IANS reportedreferring to a Pakistan‘s

Farzana Majeed, a Baloch activist, has painted a similar pictureof cruelty and human rights‘ violation against Baloch peopleby Pak rulers. Delivering lecture on “Baloch Missing personsand the Role of State and Society” in Karachi, he says, “Historyof disappearances is as old as the history of colonization of mymotherland. It goes back to illegal occupation of Balochistanby British Empire in 1839. But the worst tragic episode of stateenforced disappearances in Balochistan began from 1948onwards.


Private Channel, Nearly 35Hindus were killed whendictatorial rule of GeneralPervez Musharraf launchedoperation against NawabAkbar Khan Bugti, a formergovernor of Balochistan &head of Bugti tribe. The reportdisclosing the reason saysBugti used to keep the Hindusin proximity to his legendaryfort in Dera Bugti to safeguardthem from criminal elements.That is why many children,women were killed.

Increasing atrocities byPakistani army on Baloch andrising involvement of Chinawith the help of Pakistangovernment for exploitingrich natural resources andstrategic location ofBalochistan, have forcedBaloch to look towards Indiawith hopeful eyes. Earlier, theBaloch were being labeled byPakistan‘s army as agents ofAfghanistan and Iran. Now,Pak army harasses Baloch bylabeling them as Hindu(Indian) agents. A report inCaravan (July, 2014) byMahvish Ahmad, a Pakistaniwriter, explains the story ofatrocities being committed onBaloch people. On thesuspicion of a Hindu agenthiding in a remote village ofBalochistan named ‘Mai’Pakarmy shelled the mud housesof the village. Mahvishreported “”It was as if theearth was on fire, and the skywas raining bullets.”

Unlike Modi‘s ‘Neighborfirst’ policy Nehruvian foreignpolicy always preferredneighbor last. He never took

frontiers issues seriously.China, under the guise of

China-Pakistan EconomicCorridor (CPEC) project,started intrusion inBalochistan. Under CPEC,Pakistan surrenderedapproximately 2,000 acres ofland in Balochistan to theChinese government for thedevelopment of Gwadar port.The port was officially leasedto China for 43 years, until2059.

The objective of this portand corridor is to exploit richnatural resources and withthe help of China, to crushbrutally the aspiration ofBaloch people. For China,apart from exploitation of

natural resources, gas, it isalso strategic location tocounter the Indian influencein Indian Ocean, Arabian Seaand Central Asia.

In initial period of itstenure Modi governmentunder the ‘Neighbor firstpolicy’ tried its best to bringsolution in friendly mannerand gave the message to theworld that India wanted toresolve its issue with hostileneighbor Pakistan amicably.But Pakistan is unable torenounce its old habit. Now,it is right time to take tougherapproach towards Pakistan.The Indian leadership mustraise the Pakistan`s atrocitieson every internationalforum.

Sagarmala Development Companyincorporated under the Companies Act, 2013

to boost up port-led developmentAs part of the efforts to promote port-led development in the

country, the Sagarmala Development Company (SDC) has beenincorporated under the Companies Act, 2013. The company will havean initial Authorized Share Capital of Rs. 1,000 Crore and a subscribedshare capital of Rs. 90 Crore, the Ministry of Shipping announcedtoday. The main objective of the company is to identify port-leddevelopment projects under the Sagarmala Programme and provideequity support for the project Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) set upby the Ports / State / Central Ministries and funding window and /or implement only those residual projects which cannot be fundedby any other means / mode. The Cabinet in July had approved theformation of the SDC under the administrative control of the Ministryof Shipping. The company would help in structuring activities, biddingout projects for private sector participation, identifying suitable riskmanagement measures for strategic projects across multiple states/ regions and obtaining requisite approvals and clearances.

The implementation of the identified projects would be taken upby the relevant ports, state governments/Maritime Boards, centralministries, through private or PPP mode. The Company would act asthe nodal agency for coordination and monitoring of all the currentlyidentified projects under Sagarmala as well as other projects emergingfrom the master plans or other sources.


The IT cell of the BJP withthe objective of usingthe social media to reach

voters ahead of the 2017 pollshad organised a day long‘Social Media Volunteer’sMeet’ on 03 September 2016in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Among others BJP NationalPresident Shri Amit Shah andUnion Minister of State forCommerce and Industry Smt.Nirmala Sitharamanaddressed the meet.

Addressing the socialmedia volunteers and theregional media officials meetBJP National President ShriAmit Shah launched a scathingattack on the Samajwadi Partyand the Bahujan Samaj Partysaying the ‘politics of Bua andBahtija’ has destroyed UttarPradesh and there was a direneed for the change of guardin the state. The BJP Presidentalso dubbed Bihar ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) and Congress as the `Vote

katwa’ (vote splitter) partiesin UP only to help theSamajwadi Party and the BSP.

Shri Shah said, ‘’UP hadenough of the SP and BSP rule,both these parties perpetuatedcorrupt regime of theCongress-led UPA at the

Centre. Both Akhilesh andMayawati were not so naveto support the UPAgovernment without anypurpose and today both theCongress and the JD(U) wereworking as `Vote katwaparties to help the SP and theBSP.’’

Shri Shah said, “UP ChiefMinister Akhilesh Yadav isasking for the performancerecord of the Narendra Modigovernment. It’s for AkhileshYadav to furnish his ownrecord of performance to thepeople as UP goes to polls in2017. The BJP will give itsrecord of performance to thepeople in 2019 Lok Sabhaelections’’. He said it was time

for the SP government to tellvoters; what work it hadaccomplished in the last fiveyears.

Accusing the UP ChiefMinister of creating obstaclesin the implementation of theCentrally sponsored schemes

in UP, Shri Shah said, ‘’out of80 centrally sponsoredschemes as many as 63 are tobe implemented by the stategovernment and UPgovernment is creatinghurdles in the implementationof those schemes meant forthe poor and thedowntrodden.’’

“India can never be adeveloped country withoutthe development of UP. Forthe development of UP itsimperative for the BJP to winthe assembly election andform the government in UP.The party cadre shouldapprise the people of the stateas to how for their narrow

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Brothers and Sisters, We arefar more committed to buildthe image of Hindustan

than that of our Government.

Regardless of party’s identity, theCountry’s identity holds primacy.For, If the Country moves on, it willyield dividends for the cominggenerations, for centuries, andexactly, for this reason, We haveaccorded primacy to the country’sidentity and not to our party. Nowa days, You must have observedthe scope of our work in Railways.While we are talking about havingBio-toilets in train, we also cherishthe dream of Bullet train. While Wetalk about “Soil Health Card” forfarmers, we also want to marchahead in the direction of satelliteand space technology. While

talking about “Stand-Up India”, weare also taking steps towards “Start-Up India”. We are laying emphasison Substance than on Symbolism.

We are stressing on integrateddevelopment than on isolateddevelopment.

Leaving aside entitlement, weare focused and emphatic onEmpowerment because anempowering country, my brothersand Sisters, provides an identity tothe Government through the prismof the newly declared schemes. Butsometimes the old schemes justtumble down. Nevertheless, theGovts. is a continuity. If the earlierGovts. have done some work; thenit is in the national interest that thenext Government rectifies theirshortcomings and gives a go ahead

to these schemes. The arrogancethat this was the work of yourGovernment and this is my Govt;hence we would not do this work;is not in the fitness of the things ina democracy.

This is why, with all humility,we have given similar importanceto the schemes of the previousgovernments. This is the hallmarkof our work culture as our nation isa continuous and a ceaselesssystem and we wish to retain thatsystem. This is why, I have aproject called PRAGATI. Underthis project, every month, I myselfsit and review all the on goingprojects. You would be amazed toknow that almost 119 projectsworth Rs. seven and a half lakhcrores started by various previousGovts. were lying pending. I got allof them going.

I said, so much of money havebeen spent on them, so, all theseprojects should be completed. Nowthey are all on the way tocompletion. We created a projectmonitoring group. I asked them tolook into all such projects and findout as to when were they started. Icame to know that some of themwere started 20 years ago, the otherwere started somewhere betweentwenty five to thirty to fifteen yearsearlier. The people living in the areasof these projects know all. Weidentified such two hundred andseventy projects worth Rs. 10Lakhs crores which wereinaugurated by some earlier govts.

India is not 70 years old but thisjourney is 70 years long : PM

Excerpt of PM Shri Narendra Modi’s address to the Nation from the ramparts ofthe Red Fort on the 70th Independence Day:

Part-2 : PM's Speech on 15 Aug


and some crores of rupees were spent on all of them;but all that money was going down the drain. Westarted all such stuck up projects once again. Brothersand Sisters, such helding up and delaying of theschemes after having spent crores of rupees on themis a criminal negligence and we have tried to tide oversuch things.

Brothers and Sisters, earlier railway projects tookat least two years in getting sanctions. A train is passingfrom somewhere, road have also been made on theboth side; a rail over bridge is to be constructed. Butthe approval took two years. We have speeded up theapproval process and have been able to shorten theapproval time to three or four months, or maximum tosix months.

Brothers and Sisters, however fast we may work,whatsoever may be the number of the schemes startedby us; the touchstone of good administration of anyGovernment lies in the last man delivery or the benefitsaccrued to that person. So, this has to be taken careoff. Brothers and Sisters, when policies are clear,intentions are clear; then the sentiments behind thedecisions are also a class apart and the decisions canbe taken unhesitantly. So, due to the correct policiesand the correct intentions our Government is takingunhesitant decisions and giving emphasis on the lastman delivery.

We have seen and if you also go through thenewspapers of Uttar Pradesh, every year there werestories about the outstanding balance of Sugar Canefarmers. Every year, there was news that this is notbeing done by the sugar mill owners, that was notbeing done by the state Govt, that sugar cane farmersare in distress.

Thousands of crores of the rupees wasoutstanding. So, we made schemes in this regard andtired to ensure the last man delivery and also ensuredthat the amount should reach to the farmers. Brothersand Sisters, out of the total old outstanding balance ofthe thousands of crores of rupees, I would like toinform you with a lot of satisfaction that almost 99.5%has been settled. It has happened for the first time aftermany years.

I can point out in solace that all the sugarcanewhich was procured and which came for marketing thistime for that almost 95 per cent of farmers have got theprice of sugarcane produced and I am sure and I believethat the remaining 5 percent of farmers will also be paidin the coming days.

Brothers & Sisters, We have initiated a mission to

provide LPG Connections to the poor families. Wehave launched a dynamic mission under “Ujawala”scheme to get rid of smokes emanating from chulha formy poor mothers. A target has been laid down toprovide gas connections to 5 crores poor families within3 years. Efforts are in progress and we have alreadyprovided gas connections to around 50 lakhs and thatalso have been done merely within the last hundreddays - you can imagine - that it may be possible toachieve the said target even before three years. Weintend to emphasis upon Last Mile Delivery in thismission.

Post has steadily become irrelevant due to onliningof our Post Offices, Information Technology,Whatsapp, messages, e-mail. Our country is known asthe chains of Post Offices and we have revamped thesepost offices. Post Offices are linked with poor andmarginalised people. Postman is the only representativeof the Government who is linked with the feelings andaffections of the common man. We have neversafeguarded the interests of the Post Man who hasalways got the affections of everyone and the postmanalways cares for common people. We have takenmeasures to convert our post office into a PaymentBank. By setting of these Payment Banks, a network ofBanks will be set up across the villages in the country.People will get the benefits of Jan-Dhan account. Thefunds of MGNREGA for the common man is now beingtransferred into their respective accounts through‘AADHAAR’, the cases of corruption are decreasing.Everyone will be benefitted through the mission ofconverting the Post Office into a Payment Bank.

Brothers & Sisters, PSUs in our country are merelyset up for loss-making units or for turning into sickunits slowly and steadily or for disinvestment. Thishas been the common practice in the past. We havestrived to launch a new work-culture. Today, I canpoint out in satisfaction that we have succeeded toturn the operation of so called notorious Air India intoan operational profit-making undertaking during thelast year. It is a fact that which all the Telcom companiesof the world are profit-making units, the BSNL wasturning into a heavy loss-making undertaking. We havesucceeded in bringing BSNL to operational profit forthe first time. Nobody believed that the ShippingCorporation of India could also rake in profit, now it isbringing profit. There was a time when it wasapprehended that how would a power factory last fora week. Whether we would be able to get coal for themor not. It also used to be reported that power factories


have been shut down for want of coal. Now, we havesufficient stock of coal at the threshold of the powerfactories. It could be used for months by them. DearBrothers & Sisters, we have achieved it.

Often, you must have seen that there is huge talkof corruption in our country. I have observed it myselfthat how corruption has looked the poor people fromthe lowest strata of the society and how huge amountof money is being wasted. We have linked AADHAARCard and AADHAAR Number with the GovernmentPolicies. Dear Brothers & Sisters, earlier there was asystem under which funds used to be released frompublic exchequer for widow pension, scholarship,persons with disabilities and minorities and also weused to receive list of beneficiaries. We looked into itdeeply and found that even unborn children are alsolisted in it and getting benefit out of such schemes.These middlemen used to siphon off billions of rupeesfrom it and nobody even took notice of it. But underthe AADHAAR System, we have removed all thesemiddlemen from the list of beneficiaries and directlytransferred the amount to the beneficiaries and foundthat these are millions of such ghost beneficiaries whodo not exist at all and used to receive billions of rupeesfrom it. Now that has been checked. We saved lot ofamount. We decided to find out the needy personswho were excluded from that list so that the amount ofmoney saved from it should invariably be depositedinto the accounts of those persons who want to fightfor their rights. We have worked in that direction todeliver it to the last man delivery and we have made itto reach it to them.

All of us are aware of the Coal Scam. Today thereis no accusation on the coal auction. No stigma isattached to it. The states which excavate coal in India,will continuously earn millions of rupees in the nearfuture. There was a time when the auction of spectrumwas surrounded by allegations. We auctioned it onlineand that has filled the coffers of the country, bringingabout healthy competition and also fetching benefitsfor the nation.

Dear Brothers and Sisters, today the world ispassing through an era of global economy. Everycountry today is inter-connected and inter-dependent.Economically, the whole world is somehow inter-connected in one way or other. However much we mayprogress in our country, we’ll have to keep the globaleconomy, global arena in view; come up to the globalstandards, match it also to stay relevant, and contribute,and also lead the global economy when the time comes.

Therefore, we’ll have to be alert all the time. We’ll haveto comply with the global standards to make ourselvesup to date. Recently, you must have seen how theWorld Bank, I.M.F., World Economic Forum, creditrating agencies and such other agencies in the worldhave all appreciated the progress of India. The worldis constantly watching these things due to thedecisions taken one after another by India in respectof legal reforms, improvement in system and changesin approach. We have very speedily improved ourranking in ‘ease of doing business’ ratings. In terms offoreign investment, with regard to foreign directinvestment our country happens to be the mostfavourite destination in the world today. We have leftbehind even the big economies of the world in mattersof growth rate and GDP.

Dear brothers and Sisters, do you know what anU.N. institute has estimated about India for the nexttwo years ? They have estimated that in two yearsIndia will come up to the third spot in the economicsphere in place of its present level at number ten.Brothers and Sisters, logistic support, infrastructure,all these things are taken into account in globalstandards, comparisons are made with rich countriesof the world. Brothers and Sisters, while making analysisregarding this logistic support and infrastructure ofIndia, the World Economic Forum has said that Indiahas reached above 19 ranks as compared to earlierpositions and India is moving up and marching aheadrapidly. Brothers and Sisters, the way we are marchingahead with a dynamic and predictable economy in ourcountry and also in global reference- the recently passedGST law, is also an empowering step towards it and allthose parties deserve appreciations for this.

Brothers and Sisters, I had talked about a campaignfrom the same place- “Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao”. Wedo not do any work in piecemeal. We have an integratedapproach and I still need the cooperation of the societyin the initiatives which we have taken in “Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao”.

Every single parent need to be aware. We shouldhonour the daughters, protect them and give them thebenefit of government’s schemes. We have coveredmillions of families under “Sukanya Samridhi Yojna”which guarantees benefits for the daughters when shegrows up. We have given greatest importance to theinsurance schemes in which women are benefitted.They are going to reap its benefits. We have“Indradhanush Tikakaran Yojna”- because if we ensuretwo things for our mothers and sisters i.e. economic


empowerment and empowerment against healthproblems and we educate them, you can take it as anassurance that if even a single woman is educated inthe family, if she is strong physically and independenteconomically, she has power to pull the poorest of thepoor family out of poverty and therefore we are workingwith emphasis on empowerment of women, health ofwomen, economic prosperity of women, physicalempowerment of women in our fight against poverty.

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, “Mudra Yojna”-I am happy that more than three and half crore familiesreaped the benefits of MudraYojna. In it, most of thepeople who reached to the door of banks were firsttimers. Even out of these almost 80 percent peoplewere from SC/ST/OBC. Out of these too, 80 percent arewomen who took loans from banks, Mudra bank. Thisis to be considered that how will these womenfolk willcontribute in economic development. Brothers andSisters! last week we decided that our mothers andSisters who have become the participants in the growthstory, need leave after child birth. Earlier that leave wasshorter but now we have increased this to 26 weeks,enabling the new mother to take care of her infant. Ourweavers and the people working in textile, who makeyarn and yarn rolls, used to get Rs.100.We haveincreased that to Rs.190 so as to strengthen the handsof my yarn producing mothers and Sisters. Our mothers,Sisters and weavers who are engaged in silk productionwill now receive Rs.50 more per meter of production.This has also been decided that this Rs.50 per meterwill not go either to the trader or to the middleman orto the dealer. Instead this Rs.50 per meter will go viaAadhaar directly to the account of the weaver who hasproduced it. This will empower the weavers. We havestarted schemes with this intention and effect is nowvisible.

My dear countrymen! When we visualize railwayand post office then we are able to see the unity ofIndia. More we increase the institutions connectingIndia, our setup will change and that will enforce theunity of the country. So in the same tune we havestarted a new market scheme for farmers with the name‘E-NAM”. Today farmers can sell their produce onlinein any of the markets of the country. Now he is notconstrained to compulsively sell his produce in themarket which is 10 Kilometers from his field .Neither tosell at low prices which is not remunerative for his hardwork. Now a uniform sort of market network isestablishing throughout the country with ‘E-NAM’.GST is soon to result in uniform taxation system and

a unitary arrangement thus achieved will unite India aswell. You will be amazed to know that earlier a zone wasto have surplus energy and there were no takers.Another zone used to be in dire need of electricity, hadto remain in dark and factories used to be shut. Toeffect a change in this scenario, we earned a greatsuccess with the ‘One nation, One grid, One price’.Earlier it used to be Rs.10 per unit in summers but Iwent to Telangana few days back to find it to be onerupee ten paise per unit instead of that age old Rs. 10.This is the result of one-price system, which canconnect the whole country.

A worker of our county has to change his placeof work after every one or two years. But, his amount,deducted under EPF, is not transferred. You will besurprised to know that when I took the charge of theGovernment, Rs. 27,000 crore were lying under EPF,which belonged to the workers. Workers were not ableto claim their amount, as they were ignorant of therelevant process. To solve this problem, we have issueda universal account number to each worker, whichwould enable easy transfer of fund to his new place ofwork. Now, the worker would get his amount afterretirement and it would no more be lying dormant in agovernment treasury.

We have strengthened various initiatives such asBharat-Mala, Setu-Bharatam, and Bharat-Net etc. Weare working towards connecting the whole countryand towards economic development of the countrythrough all these initiatives.

Brothers and Sisters, this year is important due tovarious reasons. The country is celebrating 1000thbirth anniversary of Saint Sri Ramanuja Acharyaji. Thecountry is celebrating 150th birth anniversary ofShrimad Rajchandra Ji, the Guru of Mahatma Gandhi.The country is celebrating 350th birth anniversary ofGuru Gobind Singh ji. The country is also celebratingcentenary birth celebrations of Pandit Deen DayalUpadhyaya ji. While remembering Sri RamanujaAcharya ji today, I wish to underline his message tothe country. He used to say that we should serve allthe devotees of the Lord, irrespective of their casteand class. He had said that we should never humiliateanyone and should give respect to all, without anydiscrimination on the basis of age and caste. The issuethat was given importance by Gandhi, Ambedkar,Ramanujacharya, Lord Buddha, our scriptures and byour all spiritual gurus too is the issue of ‘our socialunity’.

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BJP National PresidentShri Amit Shah calledupon people to isolate

those who misuse thefreedom of speech topropound their anti-nationalideology. Without referringto any particular organizationor incident, Shri Amit Shahlambasted NGOsand called uponyoung generation to“take inspirationfrom freedomfighters, not fromsuch NGOs, whichpromote anti-national ideology”.

Shri Shah wasspeaking at the‘Tiranga Yatra’ and‘Balidana Smarane’,a programme toremember freedomfighters, held inMangalore as partof the 70thIndependence Daycelebrations on August 21,2016.

“Now people talk aboutfreedom of speech. It isBhagat Singh who fought andsacrificed his life for freedomof speech. The main objectiveof his fight was bringing anew constitution for thenation. Now we havefreedom of speech. You havethe freedom to express youropinion against an individual,political party or anyideology. However, one cannever compare expressing

anti-national ideology withthe freedom of speech. I callupon the people to isolatethose who try to representtheir anti-national ideology asfreedom of speech,” Shri Shahsaid.

Further launching indirectattack on a section of NGOs,

Shri Amit Shah said they havebeen planting theories againstnationalism. “In certain partsof the nation, few people havestarted questioningnationalism. At many places,theories are being plantedagainst nationalism. They arequestioning nationalism withthe help of freedom of speech.A section of them havelaunched online campaignquestioning nationalismthrough social media. I wouldlike to tell those people thatIndependence and

Constitution are the outcomeof nationalism. It wasnationalism that inspired ournational leaders like JhansiRani to fight for the nation,”Shri Shah said.

He told youths that theycannot find inspiration fornationalism in those NGOs.

Youths may getinspiration fromBhagat Singh,V a s u d e vB a l w a n tP h a d k e ,M a h a t m aGandhi orSubhas ChandraBose. We needto makepatriotism aninseparable partof our societyand culture, headded.

The BJPPresident, whoearlier offered

floral tributes to the statue ofVeerarani Abbakka at Ullal,said the woman freedomfighter had set an exampleherself for the nation bysacrificing her life. “VeeraraniAbbakka lived a life which isa role model for younggeneration, especially womenin the nation. There may beseveral patriots in the nation,whose patriotism, sacrificeand struggles have not beengiven due prominence in thehistory. Veerarani Abbakka isone such fighter,” he added.

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Take inspiration from freedom fighters, not from suchNGOs which promote anti-national ideology : Amit Shah


An All Party delegationled by the UnionHome Minister Shri

Rajnath Singh visited Srinagar& Jammu on September 4 &5. Before leaving for Srinagar,Shri Rajnath Singh said thatwe intend to talk toindividuals and groups whowant peace and normalcy inthe Kashmir valley.

During the first day of itsvisit, the delegation met about200 members in about 30delegations from varioussections of society andlistened to their point of viewto reach at a common solutionto the current scenario inJammu and Kashmir.

The Home Ministerchaired the meeting of AllParty delegation which wasattended by Jammu andKashmir Chief Minister MsMehbooba Mufti. During themeeting, a detailed

presentation was given by theState Governmenthighlighting various issuesrelated to the current scenarioin Jammu and Kashmir. It wasemphsasised that a clearroadmap needs to be drawnwith a focus on the wayforward. It was also stressedupon that therecommendations of Working

Groups and Parliamentarydelegations need to beconsidered.

While interacting with thedelegation, Ms MehboobaMufti said that Kashmir is acommon issue of nationalinterest and should not beviewed as a political issue. Allthe parties agreed to this factand emphasised that stepsneed to be taken to restorenormalcy and peace inKashmir at the earliest. CMof J&K also thanked all theparties for visitng the state to

listen to the problems ofpeople of Jammu andKashmir. She also thanked themembers for holdingdiscussions on the issue ofJ&K in Parliament. MsMehbooba Mufti emphasisedthat media needs to besensitive while reporting onsuch issues like the currenthappenings in Kashmir.

The All partydelegation also met therepresentatives ofvarious politicalparties. Variouspolitical partiesexpressed theirconcern over theinjuries to civilians dueto the use of pelletguns. The Union HomeMinister said thatGovernment is alreadyworking on thealternatives to pelletguns such as PAVA

shells.In addition to the political

parties, delegations ofacademicians, teachers andstudent assciations,representatives of schoolmanagement, prominentNGOs, representatives ofLeh, Kargil, Pahariassociations, GurudwaraPrabandhak Committee, Fruit& Saffron Growersassocitions, Civil Society etc.also met the All Party meetingvisiting Srinagar. The Jammuand Kashmir Students Welfare

We intend to talk to those who want peaceand normalcy in valley : Rajnath Singh

All Party delegation in J&K


Association informed the All Partydelegation that they are willing towork with Government of India, handin hand and shoulder to shoulder tobring normalcy in the state.

On the second day of its visit,the delegation visited Jammu aftervisiting Srinagar. In Jammu, thedelegation met over 200 persons inabout 18 different delegations fromvarious sections of society.Delegation of Jammu Chamber ofCommerce and Industry led by itsPresident Shri Rakesh Gupta,Chamber of Traders Federation ofJammu Province led by Shri NeerajAnand, Federation of Industries ledby its President Shri Lalit Mahajanand the Jammu and Kashmir HighCourt Bar Association led by itsPresident Advocate Abhinav Sharmamet the All Party delegation. Acomposite delegation of JammuHotels, Lodges, Taxi Tour and Traveloperators also discussed their issueswith the All Party delegation. TheDoda and Talwara Reasi migrants,Kashmiri migrants’ delegations anda composite delegation of J&K PoJKRefugees Front discussed theirproblems with the delegation inJammu.

Besides this, delegations of WestPakistani Refugee Action Committee-1947, All Jammu Civil Society Forum(Dogra Sadar Sabha), Vishav HinduParishad, Rashtriya Gurjar Manch,Sikh Gurdwara PrabandhakCommittee, Muslim Front led byImran Qazi, Anjuman-e-Imamia,Jammu led by Syed Amanat Ali Shah,J&K Christian Dalit Society of Jammuand Panthers Party led by ShriHarshdev Singh also met the All Partydelegation.

The delegation also met theGovernor of Jammu and Kashmir ShriN. N. Vohra.

political ends the Samajwadi party government is notimplementing the Centrally sponsored schemes for theuplift of the different sections of the society’’, ShriShah said.

Addressing the gathering Smt. Nirmala Sitharamanmade a detailed presentation of the various schemes ofthe Central government for the different sectors of theeconomy and social sector.

The aim of the meet was to develop a dedicatedworkforce of volunteers who will popularize the workdone by the Modi government. The workforce will usesocial media to create an atmosphere against Oppositionparties.

Smt. Sitharaman said that Akhilesh Yadav wasclaiming that his government was developing aLucknow Metro, but the fact was that Centre hassanctioned Rs 6,926 crore for the first phase of theproject.

The meet was attended by nearly 10,000 volunteers.During the meet, Shri Amit Shah launched the mobileapplication and a website of the state BJP unit.Information related to the BJP, like statements andspeeches of senior party leaders on different issuesand important decisions by the Modi government willbe available on the site.

The event was held in two sessions at the auditoriumin Ram Manohar Lohia Law University. In the firstsession, nearly 4,000 office bearers of BJP’s IT Vibhagfrom all 403 constituencies participated. The state BJPleaders also addressed the first session and discussedthe strategy and fixed the target for taking the socialmedia campaign to the village level. In the secondsession, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman made a presentationof the Modi government’s work and achievementsbefore the them.

She said the new volunteers will connect six crorepeople with the BJP through applications like WhatsAppas well. They will share text, videos, audios regardingworks and policies of the NDA government, as well asthe BJP’s ideologies.

Earlier in the day the BJP National Presidentaddressed a workshop for the media department officebearers of the state BJP office. The workshop wasattended by the state, regional and districts units ofthe media department.

Later Shri Shah also went to the residence of lateLucknow Mayor Dr. S C Rai to pay his condolence. DrRai died here last week.

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