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  • Rajasthan | Gehlot’s classes in profligacy

    Thousands of crores have been spent on beauty touches in Rajasthan’s Kota. An elegant new riverfront is the most recent addition to that frenzied beautification, although it has landed in an argument over allegedly flouting environmental norms. Amid criticism, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot determined to distance himself from the inauguration. But can he justify the wanton spending on different initiatives?

    BILL OF DEVELOPMENT: The beautified Chambal riverfront in Kota

    ISSUE DATE: Sep 25, 2023 | UPDATED: Sep 15, 2023 17:38 IST

    A helical clover bridge feels like a modern factor proper out of some First World xanadu. This one, constructed at a value of Rs 42 crore, is in Rajasthan’s Kota, however it soars and twists balletically too, for a couple of kilometre, besides that it lands a number of metres from the place it began. Even extra mystifyingly, it soars over nothing: there’s no crossing or rail monitor or any type of obstruction beneath. Just a couple of minutes away, alongside the Chambal, a brand new riverfront was inaugurated with nice pomp on September 12—a pricey façade laid end-to-end over three kilometres of pure rock and soil like a pink stone shroud, leaving not even elements of the riverbed, not to mention a scrap of greenery. In its place have come up 26 spanking new ghats strung alongside imitation Rajputana architectural stylish. Turrets and chhatris within the native Hadauti model. An military of big statues, one in all which, a 25-feet Yogimudra, vanishes once you see it straight on. Another curiosity is each seen and audible: the world’s largest bell whose growth, they are saying, might be heard eight kilometres away and, coming in at 82 tonnes on the size, is not any bantamweight both. Goddess Chambal, a deity who’s thought of cursed and therefore isn’t worshipped, additionally will get a 242-feet-high statue of Vietnamese marble right here. The riverfront is studded liberally with replicas that stand like displaced metaphors, reminiscent of a highrise Red Fort or the Chinese Pagoda. Add a proposed boat cruise, a water park, a practice on tyres, golf carts, skating space, the world’s second-largest musical fountain, cafes, eating places, a industrial complexâ€æ in brief, it’s the total fairground cornucopia. Kota (North) MLA and Rajasthan city improvement minister Shanti Dhariwal, whose brainchild this frenzied beautification is, needed to outdo the Kashi Corridor and the Sabarmati riverfront and take Kota proper into the elite membership of Paris and London. Dumb-struck critics name it the “world’s only copycat heritage waterfront”.

  • Rajasthan CM Gehlot targets Z safety for Union Minister Shekhawat

    Express News Service

    JAIPUR: Two heavyweights of Rajasthan politics – CM Ashok Gehlot and Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat – are brazenly ranged in opposition to one another as of late. Rajasthan CM Gehlot has fired a recent salvo at Gajendra Singh Shekhawat by focusing on the Z safety lately given to the union minister.

    Addressing mediapersons in his house district of Jodhpur, CM Gehlot mentioned, “Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has taken Z security from the central government. What was the situation that he was given Z security? If he was in danger from anyone, he should have told us earlier and we would have provided him security. It seems that due to the fear of SOG arrest in the Sanjivani Co-operative case, security has been provided to him.”

    On a go to to Jodhpur, CM Gehlot even met the victims of the 953 crores Sanjivani Credit Co-operative rip-off on the Circuit House on Sunday. While expressing their hardships and ache, the victims of the Sanjivani Co-operative credit score rip-off demanded assist from the state authorities and mentioned that after investing crores of rupees, they’ve been stumbling door to door for years for his or her cash. The victims alleged that Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was concerned within the matter, after which the Chief Minister assured justice to the victims. After assembly the victims, Gehlot accused Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh of getting hyperlinks with the Sanjeevani Credit Co-operative Society, which had embezzled traders’ cash.

    CM Gehlot mentioned, “He (Shekhawat) should understand the suffering of these victims and give back the lost amount to all these victims.” Gehlot mentioned that Shekhawat is an accused and that he ought to make clear the scenario on this matter. CM mentioned that Shekhawat has taken Z class safety solely as a result of he’s an accused within the rip-off and he was afraid of being arrested by SOG.

    CM Gehlot has usually attacked Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on numerous points in recent times. Both the outstanding leaders come from Jodhpur and within the final Lok Sabha polls, Shekhawat had defeated CM Gehlot’s son and RCA President, Vaibhav Gehlot. In the previous few years, CM Gehlot has been persistent in his demand for getting a nationwide standing for ERCP which is able to present water and profit a dozen districts of Eastern Rajasthan. CM Gehlot has been nudging the BJP to take up the matter with the PM and as Shekhawat is the Union Jalshakti Minister and in addition the MP from Jodhpur he has ceaselessly been on the receiving finish of Gehlot’s assaults. 

    Now, with the CM talking in regards to the Sanjivani matter too, it’s clear that these two points will make Shekhawat politically weak as Gehlot will certainly increase these points repeatedly within the election yr in response to political observers.

    However, in a pointy response to CM Gehlot’s newest assault, Union Minister Shekhawat asserted, “I’ve additionally come to know that the CM is making remarks about me. Surely he has some information of Law. If he thinks that those that have some safety cowl can’t be arrested, then what can I say? I’ll reply to all his queries when the necessity arises.  

    More than 1 lakh individuals invested crores of rupees within the Sanjivani Credit Co-operative Society, which later grabbed the traders’ cash.  The SOG had registered an FIR in August 2020 on the criticism of the individuals as a rip-off of over 9 hundred crores was uncovered within the investigation. The Society’s managing director Vikram Singh has been arrested within the case and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Vikram Singh have been enterprise companions for a few years.

    Transactions value lakhs of rupees additionally got here to mild from the accounts of Vikram Singh within the financial institution accounts of Shekhawat and his relations.  Gajendra Singh Shekhawat ended his partnership with Vikram Singh earlier than turning into an MP. Clearly, in election yr each situation can be used to attain political factors. And safety cowl for a Union Minister is now solely the most recent one as Rajasthan strikes in the direction of elections later within the yr.

    JAIPUR: Two heavyweights of Rajasthan politics – CM Ashok Gehlot and Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat – are brazenly ranged in opposition to one another as of late. Rajasthan CM Gehlot has fired a recent salvo at Gajendra Singh Shekhawat by focusing on the Z safety lately given to the union minister.

    Addressing mediapersons in his house district of Jodhpur, CM Gehlot mentioned, “Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has taken Z security from the central government. What was the situation that he was given Z security? If he was in danger from anyone, he should have told us earlier and we would have provided him security. It seems that due to the fear of SOG arrest in the Sanjivani Co-operative case, security has been provided to him.”

    On a go to to Jodhpur, CM Gehlot even met the victims of the 953 crores Sanjivani Credit Co-operative rip-off on the Circuit House on Sunday. While expressing their hardships and ache, the victims of the Sanjivani Co-operative credit score rip-off demanded assist from the state authorities and mentioned that after investing crores of rupees, they’ve been stumbling door to door for years for his or her cash. The victims alleged that Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was concerned within the matter, after which the Chief Minister assured justice to the victims. After assembly the victims, Gehlot accused Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh of getting hyperlinks with the Sanjeevani Credit Co-operative Society, which had embezzled traders’ cash.

    CM Gehlot mentioned, “He (Shekhawat) should understand the suffering of these victims and give back the lost amount to all these victims.” Gehlot mentioned that Shekhawat is an accused and that he ought to make clear the scenario on this matter. CM mentioned that Shekhawat has taken Z class safety solely as a result of he’s an accused within the rip-off and he was afraid of being arrested by SOG.

    CM Gehlot has usually attacked Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on numerous points in recent times. Both the outstanding leaders come from Jodhpur and within the final Lok Sabha polls, Shekhawat had defeated CM Gehlot’s son and RCA President, Vaibhav Gehlot. In the previous few years, CM Gehlot has been persistent in his demand for getting a nationwide standing for ERCP which is able to present water and profit a dozen districts of Eastern Rajasthan. CM Gehlot has been nudging the BJP to take up the matter with the PM and as Shekhawat is the Union Jalshakti Minister and in addition the MP from Jodhpur he has ceaselessly been on the receiving finish of Gehlot’s assaults. 

    Now, with the CM talking in regards to the Sanjivani matter too, it’s clear that these two points will make Shekhawat politically weak as Gehlot will certainly increase these points repeatedly within the election yr in response to political observers.

    However, in a pointy response to CM Gehlot’s newest assault, Union Minister Shekhawat asserted, “I’ve additionally come to know that the CM is making remarks about me. Surely he has some information of Law. If he thinks that those that have some safety cowl can’t be arrested, then what can I say? I’ll reply to all his queries when the necessity arises.  

    More than 1 lakh individuals invested crores of rupees within the Sanjivani Credit Co-operative Society, which later grabbed the traders’ cash.  The SOG had registered an FIR in August 2020 on the criticism of the individuals as a rip-off of over 9 hundred crores was uncovered within the investigation. The Society’s managing director Vikram Singh has been arrested within the case and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Vikram Singh have been enterprise companions for a few years.

    Transactions value lakhs of rupees additionally got here to mild from the accounts of Vikram Singh within the financial institution accounts of Shekhawat and his relations.  Gajendra Singh Shekhawat ended his partnership with Vikram Singh earlier than turning into an MP. Clearly, in election yr each situation can be used to attain political factors. And safety cowl for a Union Minister is now solely the most recent one as Rajasthan strikes in the direction of elections later within the yr.

  • Bommai meets Union Water Resources Minister, discusses Mekedatu 

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s shock journey to New Delhi on Friday sparked the thrill that the ruling BJP was near firming up the define of the much-anticipated cabinet growth or reshuffle. Bommai was final in Delhi on May 20. He referred to as on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and later tweeted, “Had a courtesy meeting with the Finance Minister @nsitharaman Ji in Delhi. Various issues of mutual interest were discussed.”

    In one other necessary assembly, Bommai met Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, aside from taking part within the GST Council assembly. The assembly was in reference to the Mekedatu mission and Tamil Nadu’s objection to the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA).

    Responding to a query by journalists, Bommai mentioned Tamil Nadu has filed a miscellaneous utility earlier than the Supreme Court, and as soon as discover is served to the state, the federal government will reply to it. “It (Mekedatu) is already on the (CWMA meeting) agenda, I will put pressure that it should be taken up and a final decision taken, regarding the project,” he added.

    The Tamil Nadu authorities final week moved the Supreme Court with an purpose to hunt course to the CWMA, restraining it from holding any dialogue on the mission at its assembly. Bommai termed Tamil Nadu’s transfer a “political stunt”, and mentioned it was in opposition to the “spirit of federalism”.

    Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin just lately wrote a letter to the Prime Minister, requesting him to instruct the Jal Shakti ministry to advise the CWMA’s chairman to desist from taking over any dialogue on the Mekedatu mission, until the problems are heard and determined by the Supreme Court.The Tamil Nadu authorities has already moved the Supreme Court, in search of course to the CWMA to not maintain any dialogue on the difficulty at its assembly.

    Mekedatu is a ingesting water and energy mission proposed by Karnataka, for which a balancing reservoir must be constructed close to Kanakapura in Ramanagara district. But Tamil Nadu has been opposing the mission, apprehensive that the mission will have an effect on the state. The mission, estimated to value round Rs 9,000 crore, will guarantee ingesting water to Bengaluru and areas round, moreover era of 400MW energy.

    PROJECT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT CWMA MEET: CHAIRMAN
    THANJAVUR: Amid protest in opposition to the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) taking over the Mekedatu subject for dialogue, S Okay Haldar, chairman of the Authority, reiterated that the difficulty is on the agenda and could be taken up for dialogue within the forthcoming assembly. He was speaking to reporters at Kallanai in Thanjavur on Friday, the place he inspected the regulators.  When requested whether or not the CWMA has powers to debate the Mekedatu subject, Haldar mentioned, “It has all powers and can discuss anything and everything related to the basin.”
     

  • Rajasthan phone-tapping case: Delhi Police register FIR on grievance from Shekhawat

    The Crime Branch of Delhi Police registered an FIR on Thursday on a grievance by Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and initiated an investigation into the Rajasthan phone-tapping case.
    Police stated Shekhawat lodged a grievance in opposition to Rajasthan Chief Minister’s Officer on Special Duty Lokesh Sharma final week at Tughlak Road police station.
    A senior police officer stated the case was transferred Thursday to the Crime Branch and an FIR was registered below sections of Indian Telegraph Act, IT Act, prison conspiracy and prison breach of belief.
    Last yr, Deputy CM Sachin Pilot led a rise up of 19 Congress MLAs over ‘leaked’ telephone name recordings. The Opposition BJP has been demanding a CBI inquiry into the matter.
    The FIR has been registered in opposition to unknown individuals for “illegally intercepting telephonic conversations” of a number of MLAs and individuals and circulating them to numerous media homes. Shekhawat stated within the grievance that this was finished to attain “unlawful objectives and to cause injury to the reputation and mental peace of the complainant”.
    The leaked telephone calls have been aired final yr on July 17. The FIR mentions the ‘leaked’ conversations have been between the complainant and an MLA.
    A discover was despatched to media homes three days after the leaked calls have been aired and Shekhawat stated that within the reply given by the media homes, they “disclosed the name of Lokesh Sharma, as the person who provided them with the intercepted conversation”.
    Shekhawat stated within the grievance that the calls have been leaked “to secure political ends” and violated privateness.
    On March 17 this yr, Cabinet Minister Shanti Dhariwal additionally said that the audio was leaked by Sharma, stated the FIR.
    Shekhawat has alleged that different officers from the Home Department and Police division conspired with Sharma to leak the calls.
    A senior police officer stated they’ve initiated an investigation and are verifying the allegations.