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  • Bharat Ratna for Ram Vilas demand positive aspects momentum

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    PATNA: The demand to confer Bharat Ratna on former Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan is gaining momentum in Bihar. Both factions of Lok Janshakti Party, headed by Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras and Jamui MP Chirag Paswan, have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to honour the late patriarch of SCs with the nation’s highest civilian award.

    Though each Paras and Chirag are preventing  one another as political rivals of the Paswan legacy, they’ve united of their demand for a Bharat Ratna for Ram Vilas. Senior Paswan, who labored with a number of prime ministers throughout his five-decade lengthy profession and sometimes referred to as the bellwether of Indian politics, was awarded Padma Bhushan (posthumously) final 12 months. His son and MP from Jamui, Chirag had acquired the award on behalf of the departed chief.

    “He was a leader of national stature and the list of his contributions is long. He was so worried about the welfare of the poor that he worked day and night for them,” stated Paras, the Union Minister for Food Processing Industries.

    “Bharat Ratna will be a real tribute to the departed leader,” stated Chirag, including his bit to the demand. He met the Union railway minister and urged him to rename Hajipur railway station after Ram Vilas. Former Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi has additionally demanded Bharat Ratna for Ram Vilas.
     

  • Evicted from late father’s Delhi home, Chirag Paswan sniffs `conspiracy’

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    PATNA: Driven out of the ministerial bungalow within the nationwide capital which had turn out to be synonymous together with his late father, Chirag Paswan on Saturday performed the sufferer card, sniffing out a conspiracy angle.

    Paswan alleged {that a} day previous to his unceremonious eviction earlier this week, he was assured by “a top Union minister” that he might keep on, and questioned whether or not Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had a job to play in his “humiliation”.

    Paswan additionally attacked his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras, who earned a cabinet berth after splitting the Lok Janshakti Party, for remaining “a mute spectator to the insult to the memory” of late Ram Vilas Paswan.

    “I have been rendered homeless. My father was an honest man and hence never cared to build a house in Delhi despite a political career spanning across five decades”, he mentioned.

    “I had made up my mind to vacate 12, Janpath. I am intrigued that on the night prior to the mayhem by security forces, I was summoned by a top minister in the Union cabinet who told me I could stay on and even dialed up a colleague to say let’s not be harsh on Chirag. He is the future of Bihar”, claimed Paswan.

    “It will suffice to say right now that the minister was not among the less fancied ones. He is among the top five and is understood to have a say in decision making. I will reveal his name if the situation demands”, alleged the Jamui MP, who headed the get together based by his father till the riot by his uncle.

    Training his weapons at Nitish Kumar whom he has repeatedly accused of getting been disrespectful in the direction of his father, Paswan questioned whether or not the “pressure” on the NDA authorities by the JD(U) chief was “so great as to necessitate our humiliating eviction”.

    “Ram Vilas Paswan was the second Ambedkar. But while carrying out the eviction drive, the men in uniform stepped on his bed with boots on, trampled on his pictures, misbehaved with our helpers”, alleged Paswan.

    “The worst half is, my uncle who owes his political standing to the late chief, remained a mute spectator and most popular to look the opposite manner slightly than danger his personal place by revolting.

    Now, I’m left with the folks of Bihar by the use of a household”, said Paswan who famously called himself the “Hanuman” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, however appears to have been deemed too scorching to deal with.

  • Government begins strategy of evicting Ram Vilas Paswan’s household from 12 Janpath bungalow

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    NEW DELHI: The authorities on Wednesday began the method of evicting the household of late Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan from the 12 Janpath bungalow that was allotted to him in 1990, with a number of vehicles carrying furnishings and different family items seen driving out of the lodging.

    The Directorate of Estates, which comes below the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, despatched a workforce of officers to execute an eviction order issued to the late minister’s son and Lok Sabha MP Chirag Paswan in July final 12 months.

    The 12 Janpath bungalow is earmarked for Union ministers and the occupants of the federal government lodging have been requested to vacate it, an official stated.

    The eviction course of will even proceed on Thursday, the official stated, including that overstaying prices will likely be levied in accordance with the foundations because the Paswan household was eligible to make use of the bungalow until December 7, 2020.

    Chirag Paswan, who was not current on the bungalow when the eviction course of started, couldn’t be reached for feedback.

    At least 5 vehicles loaded with furnishings and different family items drove out of the bungalow, which was the official tackle of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP).

    The LJP cut up into two following variations between Chirag Paswan and his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras after the demise of Ram Vilas Paswan.

    The bungalow was used for holding the celebration’s organisational conferences and different associated occasions.

    Ram Vilas Paswan, one of many nation’s most outstanding Dalit leaders, died on the age of 74 in October 2020.

    He had been a minister in central governments headed by events of contrasting ideological persuasions, starting from the Janata Dal to the Congress and the BJP, since 1989.

    According to the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, Ram Vilas Paswan was allotted bungalow quantity 12, Janpath on March 14, 1990, because the then labour and welfare minister.

    “He (Ram Vilas Paswan) was occupying this bungalow in his various capacities. He had passed away on October 8, 2020. The family of late Paswan was eligible to retain the bungalow till November 7, 2020, on rent-free furnished basis and another one term (till December 7, 2020) on payment of normal license fee and water and electricity charges,” one other official stated.

    He stated that attributable to non-vacation, eviction proceedings had been initiated towards the members of the family on January 6 final 12 months.

    “Estate officer had passed the eviction order on July 14, 2021,” the official stated.

    Eviction notices have been despatched to all former ministers, together with BJP Lok Sabha MPs Ram Shankar Katheria and P C Sarangi, to vacate the official bungalows allotted to them, sources stated.

    In July 2020, the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry had requested Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to vacate her bungalow in Lutyens’ Delhi.

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tributes to Ram Vilas Paswan

    Paying tributes to Dalit chief and Lok Janshakti Party founder Ram Vilas Paswan on his beginning anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned on Monday that his contributions to public service and empowering the downtrodden will at all times be remembered.
    A minister within the Modi authorities, Paswan died in October final yr. He was among the many most skilled parliamentarians and had served as a minister in governments led by totally different events, starting from socialist teams to the Congress and the BJP. 
    In a tweet Modi mentioned, “Today is the birth anniversary of my friend, late Ram Vilas Paswan Ji. I miss his presence greatly. He was one of India’s most experienced Parliamentarians and administrators. His contributions to public service and empowering the downtrodden will always be remembered.”

    Today is the beginning anniversary of my pal, late Ram Vilas Paswan Ji. I miss his presence vastly. He was one in all India’s most skilled Parliamentarians and directors. His contributions to public service and empowering the downtrodden will at all times be remembered.
    — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 5, 2021
    Paswan’s dying has led to factional struggle inside his social gathering with each his son Chirag Paswan and his brother Pashupati Kumar Paras claiming to be representing the LJP. 
    Chirag is scheduled to launch a yatra from Hajipur, his father’s conventional Lok Sabha seat, to rally the social gathering’s supporters round his trigger.

  • RJD will have a good time Dalit messiah Ram Vilas Ji’s beginning anniversary: Tejashwi Yadav

    Amid indicators of chill in LJP chief Chirag Paswan’s ties with the BJP-led NDA, RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday reached out to him for aligning with the Opposition, saying he can carry ahead his father Ram Vilas Paswan’s legacy solely by becoming a member of the “existential fight” in opposition to RSS ideologue M S Golwalkar’s ideas.
    With Chirag going public together with his disappointment with the BJP’s silence over his bitter feud together with his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras for management of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), Tejashwi Yadav alleged that the BJP has “disposed of” and “abandoned” most of its previous allies after coming to energy and gaining most from them.
    In an interview with PTI, Yadav mentioned his get together has all the time stood by Ram Vilas Paswan and recounted that when the LJP didn’t actually have a single MLA and Paswan misplaced the election in 2009, it was Lalu Prasad Yadav who despatched him to Rajya Sabha from the Rashtriya Janata Dal quota.
    Has anyone executed or sacrificed a lot for every other chief or get together within the nation, he requested.

    “Our party has decided to celebrate Dalit messiah, Ram Vilas Ji’s birth anniversary to commemorate his contribution to the state, I think this itself is self-explanatory,” Yadav mentioned.

    Significantly, Chirag has additionally introduced an “aashirvaad yatra” from July 5, the beginning anniversary of his father and get together founder Ram Vilas Paswan, from Hajipur in Bihar.
    Asked about his name final week urging Chirag to give up the NDA, Yadav mentioned the nation is at a juncture the place pro-Constitution, pro-democracy, pro-farmers and pro-people forces are on one aspect and people antithetical to this ideology are on the opposite aspect.
    “Late Ram Vilas Paswan Ji was a socialist and a firm believer in the idea of social justice throughout his life. He fought caste supremacy, poverty and inequality during his political journey,” the 31-year-old chief mentioned.
    “The real tribute to him would be carrying forward his values and legacy and that is possible only when Chirag ji joins this existential fight against Golwalkar’s ‘bunch of thoughts’,” the previous Bihar deputy chief minister mentioned, in a play on the title of one in all RSS ideologue Golwalkar’s books.
    On Chirag’s remarks in an obvious reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that it was not proper for ‘Ram’ to stay silent when ‘Hanuman’ is being killed, Yadav alleged that the BJP “lures” events and leaders by promising them “the moon but the moment their ‘system’ realises they are no longer of utility, they are dumped in a similar manner as a fly is thrown out of milk”.

    Asked in regards to the political tussle between the LJP factions of Chirag and his paternal uncle Paras, the RJD chief threw his weight behind Chirag and took a dig at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying those that have engineered this break up had been vengeful in opposition to Chirag Paswan as he fought in opposition to them in final meeting elections.
    “Late Ram Vilas Ji made Chirag Ji his heir apparent by appointing him as the party’s national president and the parliamentary leader in Lok Sabha and it is up to him now as to how he carries forward his father’s legacy,” Yadav mentioned.
    Those who’re questioning him now, why they didn’t accomplish that when he was made nationwide president of LJP, he mentioned in an obvious reference to Paras.
    On Chirag holding the JD(U) accountable for the turmoil within the LJP, the Leader of Opposition within the Bihar Assembly mentioned Chirag has made it fairly clear by means of his letters that this was staged and the “perpetrators are known to everyone now”.
    “Those who worked to split the party (LJP) way back in 2005 and 2010 have in a sinister manner planned this as well. Nitish ji has a track record of living on borrowed mandate and has always played his game with support of borrowed players,” Yadav mentioned in a scathing assault on the chief minister. Nitish Kumar has “spared none and betrayed everyone”, he alleged.

    Last week additionally, Yadav had reached out to Chirag, saying the LJP chief should rethink his continuance within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
    A tussle has been on inside the LJP after Chirag’s uncle Paras was elected because the get together’s chief in Lok Sabha by the 5 of get together’s six MPs instead of Chirag.
    Both the factions have now moved to manage the get together and undertaking their group as the actual LJP, based by Chirag’s father Ram Vilas Paswan.

    While the wing led by Chirag Paswan has expelled the 5 MPs from the get together, the rival group has eliminated him as its president.
    A gathering of the LJP nationwide govt final Sunday endorsed Chirag’s management and hit out on the faction headed by his paternal uncle for working in opposition to the get together’s structure.

  • Big jolt for Chirag Paswan as over 200 LJP leaders be part of JD(U)

    Image Source : PTI File picture of LJP Chief Chirag Paswan.
    More than 200 mid-level and lower-rung leaders of Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party joined the JD(U) in Bihar on Thursday.

    A rattled LJP, which has been taking satisfaction in having weakened the JD(U) within the meeting election, lashed out on the deserters whom it sought to dismiss as traitors.

    JD(U) nationwide president RCP Singh introduced at a press convention the induction of 208 leaders from the LJP.

    Some of them held state-level posts within the social gathering, based by late Ram Vilas Paswan and now headed by his son.

    Most notable among the many turncoats is former state normal secretary Keshav Singh who has been in revolt towards Chirag Paswan and predicting the social gathering’s collapse for a while.

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    Shortly afterwards, a press convention was hurriedly convened by the LJP which was addressed by social gathering MP Chandan Kumar Singh and former MLA Raju Tiwari.

    “These so-called leaders are traitors who had helped the JD(U) in the assembly elections and betrayed our party’s agenda of Bihar First, Bihari First,” they stated indignantly.

    Relations had begun to bitter between the JD(U) and the LJP final yr when Chirag Paswan had began criticising Nitish Kumar for his authorities’s dealing with of COVID-19 and the migrant disaster thrown up by the lockdown.

    Ahead of the elections, he pulled out of the NDA, vowing to dislodge Nitish Kumar from energy however serving to the BJP type the subsequent authorities. The LJP queered the pitch for the JD(U) by fielding its candidates, a lot of them rebels from the BJP, towards the chief minister’s social gathering.

    It, nonetheless, got here a cropper and managed to win just one seat. One of the outstanding BJP rebels fielded by it, Rameshwar Chaurasia, give up the social gathering on Wednesday.

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  • Year Ender 2020: Pranab Mukherjee to Ahmed Patel; Remembering political leaders we misplaced

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    Image Source : INDIA TV Year Ender 2020: Pranab Mukherjee to Ahmed Patel; Remembering political leaders we misplaced
    We have witnessed a number of unlucky occasions within the 12 months 2020– which wasn’t actually sort to many. Several individuals died this 12 months, together with in style politicians and leaders whose sudden deaths left everybody shocked. While among the leaders died because of COVID-19, others misplaced their lives to different diseases and different well being points.

    As 2020– not so good 12 months, is coming to finish, here’s a tribute to political leaders, stalwarts we misplaced this 12 months.

    Pranab Mukherjee

    Former president and a Congress stalwart, Pranab Mukherjee died on the age of 84 on August 31, 2020. He served because the thirteenth President of India from 2012-2017. He was in septic shock because of a lung an infection. Also, he had examined constructive for COVID-19 previous to surgical procedure to take away a blood clot in his mind. Post-surgery, he went right into a deep coma. He was on ventilator assist and in crucial situation on the Army’s Research and Referral (R&R) hospital in Delhi.

    He was elected twice to Lok Sabha from 2004 and to Rajya Sabha 5 occasions from 1969. He additionally served India in varied capacities as Minister for Commerce, Minister of External Affairs, Minister of Defence, and Minister of Finance.

    Ram Vilas Paswan

    The in style politician from Bihar and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan handed away on October 8, 2020. His demise was confirmed by his son Chirag Paswan. Paswan, a well-liked chief from Bihar was one of many nation’s most famous Dalit leaders.

    The 74-year-old Paswan was the Lok Janshakti Party patron.  He had been in lively politics for greater than 5 many years. He was the Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in Narendra Modi-led authorities.

    A number of days earlier than his loss of life, he had undergone coronary heart surgical procedure and was hospitalized for a couple of weeks. He was cremated in Patna on October 10, 2020. His physique was dropped at Janardan Ghat within the Digha locality from his residence in Shri Krishna Puri, about 3 km away, for the final rites.

    Ahmed Patel

    Senior Congress chief and considered one of Sonia Gandhi’s closest political advisers, Ahmed Patel died on November 25 because of a number of organ failure. He breathed his final in a Gurugram hospital after affected by problems associated to COVID-19.  The veteran politician had been at Medanta Hospital since his well being worsened after a Covid an infection. The 71-year-old Patel served because the Congress’s backroom strategist for years. He was one of many closest aides of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her political adviser for a very long time.

    Known as a trouble-shooter, Patel was an eight-time parliamentarian — 5 occasions within the Rajya Sabha, thrice within the Lok Sabha. At the time of his loss of life, he was additionally the Congress treasurer, a put up that he occupied thrice.

    Amar Singh

    Former Samajwadi Party chief and Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh died in Singapore on August 1, 2020 because of kidney failure. He was 64. Singh was admitted to a hospital in Singapore to bear therapy for kidney-related illnesses.

    Born on January 27, 1956 at Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, Singh was a flamboyant businessman-politician, who as soon as counted India’s most influential icons from business, politics and Bollywood amongst his closest pals, together with megastar Amitabh Bachchan. He floated his personal social gathering Rashtriya Lok Manch in 2011.

    Lalji Tandon

    Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon handed away at Lucknow’s Medanta Hospital on July 21, 2020 following an extended sickness. He was 85.  
    A former Lok Sabha MP, belonging to the Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani period of BJP leaders, was generally known as an in a position administrator. He was thought-about near former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

    Apart from these leaders, Veteran Congress chief Ramkrishna Dwivedi, Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, former parliamentarian Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo, former Karnataka Governor TN Chaturvedi, Ajit Jogi, Bhanwar Lal Sharma, Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar, SL Dharme Gowda, Suresh Angadi are among the many names whose demise left a void within the political circuit.
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  • Union Consumer Affairs Minister Shri Ram Vilas Paswan showcases Bullet Resistant Jackets made under PM Modi’s‘Make in India’ initiative

    Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Shri Ram Vilas Paswan today showcased the Bullet Resistant Jackets being made under the ‘Make in India’ initiative of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The Jackets have been made using standard (IS 17051: 2018) set by the Bureau of India Standard (BIS)which was notified in December, 2018. This standard has been formulated following the directions of Niti Aayog and Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. The standard is expected to fulfil the long pending demand of Indian Armed Forces, Paramilitary Forces and State Police Forces and will assist them in streamlining their procurement process.

    Addressing the media after showcasing the jackets, Union Minister Shri Ram Vilas Paswan expressed happiness over the fact that India has now joinedselected League of Nations such as US, UK & Germany to have its own standard for Bullet Resistant Jackets. Shri Paswan informed the gathering that the standard that has been set by BIS is at par with International Standards. The Minister said that these jackets are light weight weighing between 5 kilograms to 10 kilograms depending on the threat level and are of the best quality in the world. Talking about the prices of the jackets it was informed that these jackets range from Rs. 70,000 to 80,000 which is considerably lesser than the price of the jackets which were being procured earlier.

    Shri Paswan also expressed happiness at the fact that these jackets are being manufactured under Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative and are already being exported to other nations. He said that this will also lead to an increase in the employment generation across the nation.Shri Paswan congratulated the BIS officials for this feat and said that their efforts and contribution for setting such standards should be recognised and appreciated.

    An Ex- Army personnel showcased the jacket and explained its salient features to the media. The jackets have a dynamic weight distribution system which makes it feel half its actual weight and also has an easy to open and release system to ensure that the jawans can easily wear and remove the jackets as per their requirement without much effort. These jackets also allow the jawans to use his weapon with ease while getting a 360 degree protection from bullets. Maximum areal densities for Soft Armour Panel (SAP) and Hard Armour Panel (HAP) has been specified for these jackets.

    As the critical performance requirements and their evaluation procedures have been clearly brought out in this standard, it will ensure the availability of quality Bullet Resistant Jackets at economical price. Central Armed Police Forces like CRPF, BSF, SSB, CISF, NSG etc. have already initiated the process of procuring such jackets as per the Indian Standard set by BIS.