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Email: editor@canadianparvasi.com Contact Number : 905-673-0600 May 17, 2019 | Toronto | Pages 12 

Modi targets Cong over 

Aiyar’s ‘neech’ remark 

Chandigarh: Calling 

Congress double-faced 

and a party of hypocrites, 

Prime Minister Narendra 

Modi, without naming former 

Union minister Mani 

Shankar Aiyar, said in 

Chandigarh on Tuesday 

that one of the Congress 

leaders, who had called 

him “neech” (low class) 

now says that he did not 

say anything wrong. 

Modi said the Congress 

pretended to sack 

him, but he was merely 

removed from the party 

for few days and was then 

taken back. “ Ek ne kaha 

Modi toh neech hai, kisi 

ne kaha neech jaat ka 

hai. Pehle party se nikala, 

dikhawa kiya, phir party 

mein le liya. Phir kal bol 

diya, woh baat jo uss samay 

boli thi, ab kehte 

hai, jo gaali uss samay di 

thi, kuchch galat nahi tha 

(One of them said Modi is 

neech, somebody said he 

belongs to lower caste. He 

was first removed from 

the party and then taken 

back. Now, yesterday, he 

again said the same thing, 

Sikh bikers from 

Canada to arrive in 

India on Saturday 

AMRITSAR : Dedicated 

to the 550 birth anniversary 

of Sikh's first master 

Guru Nanak Dev, the chetna 

march being taken out 

by six Sikh Canadian bikers 

representing The Sikh 

motorcycle club - Surry, 

Canada would enter India 

through Attari land border 

on Saturday to participate 

in a 'nagar kirtan' 

from Khadoor Sahib to 

Sultanpur Lodhi. Narinder 

Singh, president of 

Gurdwara Dukhniwaran 

Sahib, Surry, Canada 

told TOI on Friday that 

the Sikh bikers , in their 

mid-forties, had begun the 

'Chetna March' on April 

3 after performing 'ardas' 

at the Gurdwara and 

would be arriving Attari 

on May 11 after traversing 

through 22 countries. 

"From Canada, the bikers 

flew to UK and from there 

they been traveling on 

their bikes" said Narinder 

adding that the aim was 

to spread the message of 

Guru Nanak Dev adding 

that they would fly back to 

home. 

Continued on page 09 

and added that whatever 

was said was nothing 

wrong),” Modi said while 

campaigning for BJP candidate 

Kirron Kher at a 

rally in Chandigarh’s Sector 

34. 

Aiyar on Tuesday 

created another controversy 

when he justified 

the “neech aadmi” slur 

he had used for Modi for 

which he was suspended 

from the Congress in 2017. 

The Prime Minster 

again lambasted the Congress 

party and its leadership 

over Sam Pitroda’s 

‘Hua toh Hua’ remark on 

anti-Sikh riots in 1984. 

“Congress ki kya soch 

hai, aapke liye janna 

zaruri hai. 1984 ke Sikh 

dango ke mamle mein 

aaj tak sabhi pidito ko 

insaaf nahi mila. Aaj ahankar 

se kehte hain, hua 

toh hua. Delhi mein hazaron 

Sikhon ko ghar se 

nikal kar mara gaya, lekin 

Congress kehti hai, 

hua toh hua (You need to 

know what the Congress 

thinks. 


Sonia Gandhi kicks off Project 272 with 

May 23 invite to political heavyweights 

New Delhi: Gathbandhan 

partners Mayawati 

and Akhilesh Yadav could 

be the most prominent 

faces of Sonia Gandhi’s 

much talked- about May 

23 meeting. Neutral players 

Naveen Patnaik and K 

Chandrashekhar Rao are 

also being approached. 

In a bid to muster the 

support of old friends and 

lead the opposition front, 

UPA chairperson Sonia 

Gandhi has sent letters to 

all key players, including 

former Uttar Pradesh chief 

I’m a fool, but not that big 

a fool, Aiyar tells media 

New Delhi/Shimla: 

Just when it sought to 

douse the controversy 

Rahul Gandhi’s adviser 

Sam Pitroda set off by 

seeming to make light 

of the killings of Sikhs 

in 1984, Congress found 

itself dealing with a row 

started by party veteran 

Mani Shankar Aiyar. 


ministers, Mayawati and 

Akhilesh Yadav, for the 

May 23 meeting, the day results 

of the Lok Sabha elections 

are to be announced. 

Letters have also been 

shot off to key allies, DMK 

and Nationalist Congress 

Party (NCP) for working 

out instant strategies to 

stake claim for forming the 

government at the Centre, 

in case the NDA, led by incumbent 

Prime Minister 

Narendra Modi falls short 

of the majority mark. 


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Noted Punjabi singer & actor Ammy Virk visited Parvasi Radio and TV Studio on Monday and discussed 

many aspects of fastly growing Punjbi film industry. He was in Canada for the promotion of his 

upcoming film Muklawa produced by White Hills production and being released on 24 May 2019 

From 1 May on 960 AM Parvasi Media Group Started English radio programs 'Peel Matters' which 

is being presented by various hosts like Joe Horneck, Mr McBain and Ryan Gurcharan. Several 

federal and provincial ministers and mayors appear on this Radio show. You can listen to this 

show 7.00 pm to 8.00 pm, Monday to Friday on Saga Newstalk 960 AM 

My purpose to visit India 

was to promote business 

only : Tod Smith 

Toronto : After six-day 

Indian visit Ontario's Economic 

Development Minister, 

Tod Smith, tell media 

at the Queens Park on 

Wednesday, giving detailed 

information about his visit 

to India. 

He said that in the 

meantime he has meet 

with many companies like 

Hero Motors, Tata, Mahindra 

& Mahindra and PTM 

and hopes that these companies 

will soon invest in 

Ontario, which will lead 

to hundreds of jobs. In response 

to a question asked 

by Parvasi, he said that he 

had no information about 

the previous government's 

agreements during his visit 

to India. He said that he had 

just gone with the purpose 

of increasing the business 

not for personal Holidays. 

The minister said that 

almost half of the immigrants 

from India coming 

to Canada choose to stay 

permanently in Ontario. 

So we say more and more 

students and workers welcome 

to Ontario. Along 

with them, Ontario has also 

decided to give work permit 

to truck drivers under 

the PNP program. On this 

occasion, a student of the 

news, Jabanjeet Sandhu 

was also discussed with the 

Minister, whom he did not 

give a satisfactory answer. 

In response of another 

question asked by parvasi 

Media Tod Smith admitted 

that there is a great 

potential for the creation 

of Punjabi films in Ontario 

and the government is 

ready to help them in every 

way. 

OP-ED: GETTING SOME CLARITY ON 

EDUCATION BUDGET QUESTIONS 

Dear Mississauga students, parents 

and educators, 

I wanted to take some time to 

clarify the myths and misconceptions 

that have been circulated widely 

throughout Mississauga regarding 

our education system and its funding. 

It is disappointing to see several 

misinformation campaigns on social 

media, postal mail outs and via telephone 

banks that are not based on 

facts nor on budget numbers. 

I know that our hardworking Ontario 

parents care deeply about their 

children and their future and have 

enough on their plate as it is. That is 

why I would like to be perfectly clear 

on what our government is doing and 

what changes our Minister of Education 

Hon. Lisa Thomson is bringing 

forward. 

Last June, the people of Ontario 

spoke loud and clear when they 

elected our government with a definitive 

mandate to bring Ontario’s fiscal 

house back on track, while protecting 

what matters the most - Ontario’s 

health care and education. I have 

heard from parents in Mississauga 

Centre about the need to modernize 

our curriculum and our classrooms 

to ensure that Ontario’s graduates 

have the essential life and academic 

skills they need to succeed as adults. 

That is why our government is taking 

decisive action! Below, I will outline 5 

concrete things our government is doing 

to ensure student success. 

1. Our Government is investing 

$29.8 billion in education this year, 

compared to $27.3 billion in 2017/18 

under the previous Liberal government. 

This is an increase of over 9%. 

It includes over $90 million more for 

special education (for a total of over $3 

billion), and $92 million more for student 

transportation. 

2. We are giving our curricula 

a much-needed upgrade. In order to 

encourage students to pursue and 

succeed in careers in high-demand 

fields, we are implementing traditional 

methods of learning to strengthen 

and ensure early exposure in areas 

like Science, Technology, Engineering 

and Math. Unfortunately the 

province of Ontario is ranking among 

the lowest in Canada in terms of student 

performance in math and literacy, 

and we are implementing a new 

curriculum that will change that. 

3. In spite of what unions would 

have you believe, I would like to 

clarify once and for all: the Ontario 

government is not firing teachers and 

class size alterations will not impact 

student learning negatively. Grades 

4-8 students may see an increase of 

one extra student per class over the 

next four years. Our mature high 

school students will see their class 

size increase to 28 which is standard 

for other jurisdictions across Canada. 

By doing this, we are preparing students 

for the realities of post secondary 

education and encouraging more 

independence in our learners. 

4. I want to reinforce that any suggestion 

that teachers are losing their 

jobs as a result of our changes is absolutely 

false. Our government is giving 

school boards a 1.6 billion dollar 

teachers’ attrition protection fund to 

ensure not a single teacher loses their 

job voluntarily due to our changes. In 

fact, we are hiring more elementary 

and French language teachers. Layoff 

notices are a normal occurrence during 

the school boards’ annual budget 

planning process, in line with deadlines 

established in collective agreements. 

Staff are then recalled over the 

summer as funding and enrollment 

projections become available. In fact, 

my office has received many phone 

calls from teachers reporting that 

their redundancy notices have been 

recalled and that their jobs are guaranteed 

come September 2019. Suggestions 

otherwise have caused grief and 

anxiety to both students and parents. 

5. Our government recently announced 

Grants for Students’ Needs 

(GSN) funding for all Ontario schools. 

GSN is the main funding that school 

boards receive annually. The GSN 

for the 2019-20 school year in Ontario 

is projected to be $24.66 billion, an increase 

of $47 million over the 2018-19 

school year. The average per pupil 

funding across the province will be 

$12,246. 

Our goal is to ensure our children 

are given the tools for success. 

In a competing global and job market 

economy, it is fundamental we ensure 

they learn useful and appropriate life 

and employment skills. Financial literacy 

skills such as budgeting, planning 

for a mortgage, understanding 

savings and investments, managing 

their credit and understanding mental 

health are crucial to succeeding 

in today’s world. Our government 

is committed to working hard on reflecting 

these priorities in our new 

curriculum. 

Our objective is to produce wellrounded 

global leaders, and we need 

to work together with teachers and 

school boards in order to accomplish 

these goals. Newly graduated 

students have to be ready and able 

to pay their bills, attend and succeed 

in post secondary or skilled trades’ 

apprenticeships, obtain employment 

and raise their families’ right here in 

Mississauga. 

While it is a fact that we are increasing 

our education spending this 

year by 700 million, we are working 

hard on improving how those dollars 

are spent. In this government 

you have one which respects every 

single taxpayer dollar and expects 

accountability and a good return on 

investment from all of our partners 

and governmental agencies, including 

all Ontario school boards. Cutting 

programs or firing teachers is not the 

intent, spirit or goal of our proposed 

changes. I think we can all agree that 

we do not want to leave our future 

generations with a legacy and burden 

of debt and that is why reforming our 

spending habits and bringing our 

budget to balance by 2023-2024 is one 

of our government’s most important 

priorities. After all… we have witnessed 

first hand that budgets do not 

balance themselves. It takes strong 

leadership and thoughtful policy 

propositions to reduce our deficit and 

return our books to balance. Our mission 

is to ensure every dollar goes 

towards improving student achievement. 

When our students succeed, 

we all succeed, and that is why we are 

protecting what matters most. 

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Brampton scores higher than Mississauga in 

annual 'best places to live' in Canada report 

RE/MAX Canada 

liveability report 

assesses 11 

categories 

Canada’s sixth and 

ninth largest cities were 

both ranked among the 

best places to live in RE/ 

MAX Canada’s annual 

liveability report released 

earlier this month — with 

Brampton scoring higher 

in more categories than 

Mississauga. 

Other Ontario cities 

making the top 15 this year 

included Toronto, Hamilton, 

Ottawa, Kitchener- 

Waterloo and London. 

The report scored each 

city based on 11 categories. 

Mississauga scored 

“high” in three of those 

categories — availability 

of work/access to employment 

opportunities, 

economic development 

and population growth — 

while scoring “medium” 

Brampton (left) and Mississauga city halls 

in the remaining eight. 

“A survey of RE/MAX 

brokers revealed that the 

best places to live in Mississauga 

are Port Credit, 

Streetsville and Cooksville, 

ranking as the top 

three neighbourhoods in 

Mississauga for access to 

green spaces and parks, 

walkability, retail and 

restaurants and the ease 

of getting around/public 

transit,” wrote RE/MAX 

PR and content manager 

Lydia McNutt. 

“The city is also the 

Canadian headquarters to 

more than 60 Fortune 500 

companies. Mississauga’s 

explosive growth in recent 

decades has been attributed 

to its close proximity to 

Toronto, although it has 

certainly become a destination 

and a world-class 

city in its own right,” she 

added in the report. 

Brampton outpaced 

its Peel Region neighbour 

in the 2019 report, scoring 

“high” in seven of the 11 

categories and “medium” 

in the remaining four. 

The report ranked 

Heartlake, Sandringham 

and Fletchers Meadow as 

the top three neighbourhoods 

in the city. 

"Brampton is a culturally 

diverse city located in 

the Greater Toronto Area, 

Pediatrician suspended from 

practice while child sex 

allegations before court 

and the third-most populous 

city in the Greater 

Golden Horseshoe, behind 

Toronto and Mississauga. 

The city has been ripe 

with new development 

since the 1980s, and continues 

to be a hot spot for 

home-building and buying, 

as many find themselves 

priced out of Toronto’s 

housing market," said 

McNutt. "The area continues 

to attract employers 

and residents, thanks to 

its proximity to downtown 

Toronto, Pearson airport 

and the lower cost of land 

here," she added. 

Like Mississauga, 

Brampton scored "high " 

in availability of work/ 

access to employment opportunities, 

economic 

development and population 

growth. However, 

Brampton also scored 

high marks for availability 

of public transit, access 

to green spaces and 

parks, availability of big 

and small retail stores and 

easy access to bike lanes 

and/or walking paths. 

Category scores were 

calculated based on survey 

results gathered from 

RE/MAX agents in each 

Canadian city. A score 

in any given category between 

one and five was 

considered “low,” six to 

eight “medium” and nine 

or 10 was deemed “high.” 

The remaining categories 

not listed above 

include: number of top 

rated/preferred schools, 

housing supply, housing 

affordability, and access 

to health care facilities. 

Both Mississauga and 

Brampton scored "medium" 

in each of those areas. 

Other cities outside 

Ontario making the top 

15 included Vancouver, 

Nanaimo and Victoria in 

British Columbia, as well 

as Calgary and Edmonton 

in Alberta. Winnipeg, 

Saskatoon and Halifax 

rounded out this year's top 

entries. 

MP Sahota Announces 

Federal Investment in 

Local Women-Led Business 

A pediatrician who resigned 

from a St. Albert 

clinic in April after being 

charged with sexual interference 

and sexual assault 

of a minor has now been 

suspended from practising 

medicine. 

Dr. Ramneek Kumar's 

practice permit was suspended 

effective Monday, 

the College of Physicians 

and Surgeons of Alberta 

said in a news release 

Tuesday. 

The suspension will remain 

in effect "pending the 

resolution of the criminal 

charges and any associated 

CPSA disciplinary processes," 

the news release 

said. 

"As Alberta's medical 

regulator, our first priority 

is to protect the public," 

college registrar Dr. Scott 

McLeod said in the release. 

"CPSA followed appropriate 

process and protocols 

to use the Health Professions 

Act's full authority to 

suspend his practice permit." 

CBC News has previously 

reported that Kumar 

May 14, 2019 

CPSA suspends permit of physician charged with sexual interference and 

sexual assault 

Edmonton, AB – The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) has suspended the practice 

permit of Dr. Ramneek Kumar upon thorough review of the case involving charges of two counts of sexual 

interference and one count of sexual assault of a minor by RCMP. 

“As Alberta’s medical regulator, our first priority is to protect the public,” says CPSA Registrar Dr. Scott 

McLeod. “CPSA followed appropriate process and protocols to use the Health Professions Act’s full 

authority to suspend his practice permit.” 

While the charges have yet to be proven in a court of law, CPSA does not believe it’s appropriate for Dr. 

Kumar to practise medicine for the duration of the legal process. Under section 65 of the Health 

Professions Act, CPSA has the authority to suspend a practice permit pending the resolution of the formal 

process. 

On April 2, 2019, CPSA announced a chaperone condition on Dr. Kumar’s practice permit to ensure public 

safety while the suspension under section 65 was pursued. 

Dr. Kumar’s practice permit has been suspended effective May 13, 2019, pending the resolution of the 

criminal charges and any associated CPSA disciplinary processes. Dr. Kumar has the right to appeal CPSA’s 

practice permit suspension to the Court of Appeal of Alberta. 

resigned in early April 

from the Rivercrest Medical 

Clinic in St. Albert. 

Tuesday's news release 

said the college "does not 

believe it's appropriate 

for Dr. Kumar to practise 

medicine for the duration 

of the legal process." 

However, it noted that 

Kumar retains the right to 

appeal the suspension to 

the Court of Appeal of Alberta. 

Kumar is charged with 

sexually assaulting an 

eight-year-old girl in August 

2015 while on a family 

vacation. The girl was not 

one of his patients. 

He also faces two 

counts of sexual interference 

with a person under 

the age of 16. 

RCMP issued a warrant 

for Kumar's arrest on 

March 22 and he was taken 

into custody five days later. 

On April 2, the CPSA 

announced it had placed 

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The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta is the regulator for all physicians and surgeons in the province and is 

governed by the Health Professions Act. Our role is to protect the public by issuing practice permits to those who 

meet educational and training criteria, hold Alberta physicians to ethical and medical practice standards, and 

investigate and resolve physician-related complaints. The CPSA also ensures the safety and quality of medical and 

diagnostic testing services in Alberta through an independent accreditation program. 

For more information, contact: 

Jessica McPhee, CPSA Director of Communications 

780-401-0972or jessica.mcphee@cpsa.ab.ca 

Media Release 

a chaperone condition on 

Kumar's practice permit 

while it pursued the suspension 

under Section 65 

of the Health Professions 

Act. The condition was imposed 

after Kumar refused 

to voluntarily withdraw 

from practice. (CBC NEWS) 

Ms. Ruby Sahota, Member of Parliament for 

Brampton North, is proud to support a Liberal 

Government that is advancing women’s economic 

empowerment with the first ever Women 

Entrepreneurship Strategy, a $2-billion investment 

that seeks to double the number of women-owned 

businesses by 2025. 

MP Sahota announced an investment of up 

to $100,000 in BMP Metals Inc., a local business 

led women to produces precision components 

for diversified industrial sectors with a focus 

on automated forming, 3D printing, welded and 

electrical assemblies. The project receiving 

funding will implement a growth strategy to 

scale up the business which will increase Industry 

4.0 capability and create of 25 jobs. 

“The women entrepreneurs and business 

leaders of Brampton make incredible contributions 

to our economy and community every 

day,” said MP Sahota. “I’m proud to be a part of 

a Liberal government that takes women’s economic 

empowerment seriously. From tackling 

pay equity to modernizing parental leave, this 

government is taking action on gender equality 

because when women succeed, we all succeed.”

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Iran showing ‘maximum restraint,’ US 

escalation ‘unacceptable’: Zarif 

Tokyo: Iran is showing 

“maximum restraint” 

despite the US 

withdrawal from a nuclear 

deal, the country’s 

Foreign Minister said 

on Thursday, accusing 

Washington of an “unacceptable” 

escalation in 

tensions. 

“The escalation by 

the United States is unacceptable,” 

Mohammad 

Javad Zarif said in Tokyo 

where he is holding 

talks with Japanese officials. 

“We exercise maximum 

restraint... in 

spite of the fact that the 

United States withdrew 

from JCPOA last May,” 

he added, referring to 

the nuclear deal known 

as the Joint Comprehensive 

Plan of Action. 

He added that Tehran 

remains “committed” 

to the deal, and said 

continuing assessments 

showed Iran was in compliance 

with the multilateral 

agreement. 

Tensions between the 

United States and Iran 

were already high after 

President Donald Trump 

withdrew from the nuclear 

deal a year ago. 

But they have been 

ratcheted up significantly 

in recent weeks 

amid increased US pressure 

over alleged threats 

from Iran. 

Earlier this month, 

Trump’s hawkish 

National Security 

Advisor John Bolton 

announced the deployment 

of the USS Abraham 

Lincoln aircraft 

carrier strike group and 

a B-52 bomber force to 

the Gulf. 

Days later, the Pentagon 

added a Patriot missile 

defence battery and 

an amphibious assault 

ship to the deployment. 

And on Wednesday 

the US ordered the partial 

evacuation of its 

Baghdad embassy and 

consulate in Arbil citing 

specific threats posed 

by Iraqi militias alleged 

controlled by Tehran. 

China's Huawei, 70 affiliates 

placed on US trade blacklist 

Washington : The 

Trump administration hit 

Chinese telecoms giant 

Huawei with severe sanctions 

on Wednesday, adding 

another incendiary element 

to the US-China trade 

dispute just as Treasury 

Secretary Steven Mnuchin 

said he would visit China 

soon for more talks. 

The Commerce Department 

said it was adding 

Huawei Technologies Co 

Ltd and 70 affiliates to its 

“Entity List” — a move that 

bans the company from acquiring 

components and 

technology from US firms 

without government approval. 

Commerce Secretary 

Wilbur Ross said in a statement 

that President Donald 

Trump backed the decision 

to “prevent American technology 

from being used by 

foreign owned entities in 

ways that potentially undermine 

US national security 

or foreign policy interests.” 

Trump earlier in the 

day signed an executive order 

barring US companies 

from using telecommunications 

equipment made by 

firms deemed to pose a national 

security risk. 

While the order did 

not specifically name any 

country or company, US 

officials have previously 

labelled Huawei a “threat” 

and lobbied allies not to 

use Huawei network equipment 

in next-generation 5G 

networks. 

Huawei, which denies 

its products pose a security 

threat, said it was “ready 

and willing to engage with 

the US government and 

come up with effective measures 

to ensure product security.” 

It said restricting Huawei 

from doing business 

in the United States would 

“limit the US to inferior 

yet more expensive alternatives, 

leaving the US 

lagging behind in 5G deployment 

and eventually 

harming the interests of 

US companies and consumers.” 

Speaking at a US Senate 

Appropriations subcommittee 

hearing, Mnuchin 

characterized two days 

of high-level talks with 

Chinese officials in 

Washington last week 

as constructive. 

“My expectation 

is that we will go to 

Beijing at some point 

in the near future to 

continue those discussions,” 

he said. 

“There’s still a lot 

of work to do.” 

He did not say 

when his China trip 

might take place. 

Shares in Huawei 

suppliers in China 

skidded on the news 

as markets opened in 

Asia, with Luxshare 

Precision Industry 

down as much as 6.1%. 

Shares in smaller Chinese 

Huawei rival ZTE 

Corp also tumbled. 

The Trump administration’s 

rhetoric toward 

China had cooled 

in recent days after 

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On Tuesday, Trump denied 

talks with China had 

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optimistic note about the 

chance of a deal, saying he 

had an “extraordinary” 

relationship with Chinese 

President Xi Jinping, 

whom he plans to meet at a 

G20 summit in Japan next 

month. 

Trump also urged China 

to buy more US farm 

products. 

US agricultural goods 

have been targeted by China’s 

retaliatory tariffs, and 

American farmers, a key 

political constituency for 

Trump, are worried. 

The US Department of 

Agriculture has paid $8.52 

billion directly to farmers 

as part of a 2018 aid program 

designed to offset 

losses from tariffs imposed 

by China and other trading 

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Confronting tough economic 

challenges, next government 

must demonstrate boldness 

and vision 

The din of a bitterly contested election has 

relegated economic news to the background. 

This reprieve won’t last. The budget – due in a 

few weeks when the next government is sworn 

in – will be prepared against worsening economic 

indicators. High frequency indicators show 

the economy has lost momentum. Retail sales 

of motor vehicles contracted by 8% in April, a 

sign of weak consumer demand. This signal is 

reinforced by slowing momentum in sale of consumer 

goods. 

A positive takeaway on the economic front 

for NDA was a perceptible drop in the rate of 

consumer inflation, helped by a fall in the price 

of oil and food. The next government may have 

a tougher time as the geopolitical situation in 

west Asia is deteriorating fast. It’s shown up in 

the form of a firm trend in oil price which today 

is around $70 a barrel. Independently, food prices 

have begun to rise again. In April, rate of food 

inflation at the wholesale level increased for the 

fourth straight month to touch 7.37%. 

In the face of big economic challenges, what 

is bound to flop is a business as usual approach 

by the next government. Incremental changes 

will not lift sentiments. Something must be done 

to ignite animal spirits in the economy, which 

India hasn’t seen for close to a decade. The next 

government should change the mood at one go 

with a move which transforms the optics. Air 

India should be privatised forthwith, as a signal 

of the government’s intent to sell public assets. 

Unlike the last unsuccessful attempt, no onerous 

conditions should be linked to its sale. 

Along with it, regulations which inhibit 

competition and investment in aviation and 

other sectors should be removed. 

This will not just lift the mood, it will also 

provide the government with additional resources 

to provide public goods in the form of 

infrastructure. 

Better infrastructure is the key to enhancing 

export competitiveness at a time of escalating 

trade tensions between the US and China. India 

will benefit hugely if it can position itself as an 

attractive investment destination for companies 

looking to relocate production from China. 

Slashing red tape and simplifying complex GST 

rules will also help. 

The next government must demonstrate the 

vision and courage to break free from the statist 

dogma which has held India down. TNN 

Obsessing On The Nehru-Gandhis 

If invoking them positively is kosher, then 

criticising their legacy has to be legitimate too 

Vaibhav Purandare 

A recent visit to the Nehru 

Memorial Museum in 

New Delhi made me think of 

how, after the death of India’s 

first Prime Minister, his successor 

Lal Bahadur Shastri 

wasn’t allowed to move into 

the PM’s official residence – 

Teen Murti Bhavan – owing 

to Indira Gandhi’s insistence 

that the house be converted 

into a memorial for her father. 

Teen Murti Bhavan, a 

verdant 30-acre property 

where peacocks still roam 

and mynas make their music, 

had been the residence 

of the commander-in-chief of 

the Indian armed forces during 

British rule, and Jawaharlal 

Nehru had moved 

there only in August 1948, 

for the first time occupying 

a space far grander than the 

bungalows other ministers 

in his government had (he 

had lived in one of those bungalows 

until then). 

The past has a strange 

way of impinging on the 

present. This 1964 incident 

instantly drew me back into 

the hubbub of the Lok Sabha 

poll campaign, bringing to 

mind Rahul Gandhi’s comment 

about the armed forces 

not being the PM’s “personal 

property”. 

The truth is that with Rahul 

as a contender for power, 

the past has a bearing certainly 

on the present, but on 

India’s future too. Rahul was 

chosen to contest the Amethi 

Lok Sabha seat in 2004 

because he was a member of 

the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, 

and he was later appointed 

Congress general secretary, 

vice-president and president 

on the same grounds, becoming 

the fifth member of the 

clan to occupy the party’s top 

post. If he’s making a claim 

to power today, it’s again on 

account of his being the son, 

grandson and great-grandson 

of former PMs. 

If lineage and the record 

of that lineage is a person’s 

calling card and family experience 

the sparkling point 

on his CV, then surely, in 

that same pack will be found 

by his political rivals other 

cards which would help 

them pose a challenge to the 

dynasty-led party. 

And if Congress’s assertions 

are about Nehru’s 

vision, Indira’s will and Rajiv’s 

ushering of India into 

the computer era, an opponent’s 

offensive would be 

centred around their flaws 

and foibles. Moreover, if the 

family’s been in power, directly 

or indirectly (counting 

the terms of Congress 

PMs like PV Narasimha 

Rao and Manmohan Singh 

and non-Congress ones like 

Chandrashekhar, HD Deve 

Gowda and IK Gujral) for 

over 50 years out of 72, an 

audit is both inevitable and 

imperative. 

That’s why those who 

are strenuously objecting to 

Prime Minister Narendra 

Modi’s, and BJP’s, attacks 

on the Nehru-Gandhis are 

either missing the point or 

attempting to give credence 

to the dynasty’s misconceptions 

and denials. 

The Nehru-Gandhis and 

the so-called ‘left-liberal’ 

social-political-intellectual 

elite they’ve patronised are 

more than approving of a 

discussion on the dynasty’s 

legacy so long as it doesn’t 

get inconvenient. When Rahul 

and Priyanka Gandhi 

Vadra talk of their forebears’ 

contribution to India and 

their sacrifices, their admirers 

want more of it. When the 

Marxists, who’ve had a neat 

and successful pact with the 

Congress establishment on 

the capture of institutions 

and creation of national narratives, 

hold forth on the 

Nehruvian order and how it 

nourished institutions, the 

inheritors are delighted. 

The ‘cultural synthesis’ 

of the Marxists and the ruling 

establishment saw to 

it that the Nehru-Gandhis 

virtually monopolised 

free India’s consciousness. 

Textbooks were written 

to maximise their role in 

building India, while that of 

other eminent Indians was 

minimised; roads, places, 

landmarks and institutions 

named after members of 

the dynasty further amplified 

this image; and things 

reached a point where the 

dynasts were described, in 

strictly feudal terms ironic 

for those who swore by socialism, 

as India’s First Family. 

Revolutionaries, reformists 

and other Congress 

stalwarts of the freedom 

movement like Patel were 

made to appear smaller, and 

if Mahatma Gandhi still remained 

symbolically tall, it 

was because invoking his 

name – and surname – was 

hugely advantageous. 

Now, neither Rahul nor 

Priyanka can be blamed as 

individuals for where they 

were born. But they haven’t 

had issues with people’s 

“obsession” with their family 

if the result is abundant 

acclaim and applause, and 

there’s no denying the dynasty 

acquired, in time, a 

reputation for rewarding 

sycophancy and punishing 

non-conformists like Narasimha 

Rao. 

They themselves aren’t 

known for linguistic restraint 

either. In his first 

speech as Congress president, 

Rahul referred to VD 

Savarkar as someone who 

kowtowed to the British, 

and he’s kept up this criticism; 

Congress on Twitter 

labelled Savarkar a “traitor”. 

Rahul’s freedom to offer 

his interpretation of history 

is complete. But then 

how is it such a monstrosity 

if, the moment Rahul talks 

of India entering an era of 

dictatorship, someone reminds 

him of an era of constitutional 

dictatorship? Or 

if the minute he talks of an 

individual assuming far too 

much centrality in decisionmaking, 

DK Barooah’s “Indira 

is India, India is Indira” 

comment is pulled out? 

Or if, whenever Rahul 

mentions poverty, he’s told 

about a slogan raised nearly 

50 years ago which had 

promised to end “garibi”? 

If national security’s an issue 

and 1971 a year to talk 

about, then 1962 can’t be too 

far behind; and if Hindu- 

Muslim tensions are up for 

discussion, then rivals can 

hardly be expected to help 

Congress skirt issues like 

Shah Bano, the ban on ‘Satanic 

Verses’ and reopening 

of the Babri Masjid’s locks. 

The same goes for a slur 

like “traitor”, thrown about 

carelessly by both sides. 

The level of discourse 

must indeed be debated, and 

criticism of crude remarks 

is only fair. What isn’t is the 

righteous indignation all 

around. Regardless of the 

outcome of these elections, 

there’s every reason for the 

Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to 

have been a subject of debate 

during the campaign. 

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Trump to visit S Korea for talks 

on North’s nukes: White House 

Washington: President 

Donald Trump will 

visit South Korea in June 

to meet with his counterpart 

Moon Jae-in over their 

efforts to persuade North 

Korea to scrap its nuclear 

weapons arsenal, the White 

House has said. 

It will be the second 

meeting between the pair 

since the collapse of a summit 

between Trump and 

North Korean leader Kim 

Jong Un in Hanoi in February 

after they failed to 

reach a deal on denuclearisation. 

“President Trump and 

President Moon will continue 

their close coordination 

on efforts to achieve 

the final, fully verified denuclearisation 

of the Democratic 

People’s Republic 

of Korea,” the White House 

said in a statement on 

Wednesday, using North 

Korea’s official name. 

The dovish South Korean 

president, who has long 

backed engagement with 

the nuclear-armed North, 

brokered the talks process 

between Trump and Kim, 

which led to their first landmark 

summit in Singapore 

last June. 

But security allies 

Seoul and Washington 

have at times appeared to 

diverge on their approach 

to Pyongyang, and Seoul’s 

simultaneous announcement 

of the visit was noticeably 

different in its 

phrasing. 

A statement issued by 

the South’s presidential 

office said the two leaders 

will discuss “establishing 

a lasting peace regime 

through the complete denuclearisation 

of the Korean 

peninsula”—rather than 

the North specifically. 

The “denuclearisation 

of the Korean peninsula” 

was the term used in the 

joint statement signed by 

Kim and Trump after their 

first summit in Singapore. 

But it is a phrase open 

to wide interpretation, and 

the process has become 

bogged down as the two 

sides disagree over what it 

means. 

In the past, Pyongyang 

has argued it must include 

the removal of Washington’s 

nuclear umbrella 

over the South and the 

28,500 US troops stationed 

in the country. 

When US Secretary of 

State Mike Pompeo visited 

the North’s traditional ally 

Russia this week, Moscow’s 

veteran foreign minister 

Sergei Lavrov told him: 

“The leadership of DPRK 

expects certain guarantees 

of security of their country 

reciprocated by denuclearization, 

and that denuclearization 

should be expanded 

over the whole of the Korean 

Peninsula.” The 

White House said Trump’s 

trip to South Korea would 

combine with his visit to 

nearby Japan, where he 

will attend a G20 summit in 

Osaka on June 28-29. 

The Hanoi summit 

between Trump and Kim 

broke up after the pair 

failed to agree on what 

Pyongyang would be willing 

to give up in exchange 

for relief from sanctions 

imposed over its nuclear 

and missile programmes. 

Since then, Moon has 

tried to salvage diplomacy 

between the two mercurial 

leaders and flew to Washington 

last month for a 

brief meeting with Trump. 

His attempts have so far 

proved futile, with Pyongyang 

raising the pressure 

earlier this month week by 

launching short-range missiles 

in its first such test 

since November 2017. 

North Korea has repeatedly 

warned that it could 

take a different approach if 

Washington did not change 

its stance on sanctions by 

the end of this year. 

In a move that could 

further stoke tensions, the 

US announced the seizure 

of a North Korean cargo 

ship for violating international 

sanctions, which 

was slammed by Pyongyang 

as an “unlawful and 

outrageous act”. 

Abortion restrictions carry political 

risk for Republicans in 2020 

Washington : The 

move by states like Alabama, 

Georgia and Ohio to 

impose drastic restrictions 

on abortion could bolster 

Republicans’ support from 

religious voters wary of 

President Donald Trump 

but risks alienating moderates, 

political experts said 

on Wednesday. 

Ahead of the 2020 election, 

when Democrats 

will try to parlay support 

among women voters to 

oust Trump from office, the 

issue of abortion is already 

featuring prominently in 

many Democratic candidates’ 

case to voters. 

Most of the Democrats 

seeking the party’s presidential 

nomination blasted 

the Alabama measure, 

which was signed into law 

by Governor Kay Ivey on 

Wednesday. The strictest 

US abortion law, it bans 

nearly all abortions in the 

state, even in cases of rape 

and incest. 

“This is risky for Republicans 

and could benefit 

Democrats,” said Joshua 

Wilson, a political science 

professor at the University 

of Denver who has written 

two books about the politics 

of abortion. 

Democrats have spent 

years arguing that Republicans 

are pursuing a “war on 

women,” trying to turn that 

fear into electoral support. 

Republicans have rallied 

their base by promising to 

roll back the legalization of 

abortion, building on strident 

opposition to abortion 

among evangelicals and 

the religious right. 

Democrats took control 

of the US House of Representatives 

in the 2018 

midterm elections in a 

landslide fueled largely by 

strong support from women 

in suburban districts. 

“Republicans lost 2018 

because of a record-breaking 

gap among women, and 

now they’re doubling down 

on that problem and pouring 

gasoline on the fire,” 

said Democratic strategist 

Jesse Ferguson, who 

worked for Hillary Clinton’s 

2016 presidential campaign 

and on previous campaigns 

for the Democratic 

Congressional Campaign 

Committee. 

The new hard-line abortion 

laws could bring some 

benefits to Republicans, 

however, said Andrew 

Lewis, a political science 

professor at the University 

of Cincinnati, who wrote 

a book about conservative 

Christian politics and abortion. 

Trump’s appointment 

of Brett Kavanaugh to the 

Supreme Court to replace 

Anthony Kennedy last year 

has created a conservative 

court that many activists 

believe may make overturning 

the 1973 landmark 

abortion ruling in Roe v. 

Wade a reality. 

“I expect that these 

strict restrictions on abortion 

will shore up any potential 

cracks in conservative 

Christian support 

for the Trump campaign,” 

Lewis said. 

“The momentum 

around conservative Supreme 

Court appointments 

and state-level abortion 

restrictions will justify 

why many have supported 

Trump.” 

The change in the court 

may be motivating Republicans 

to push through the 

bills more than electoral 

politics, said Claire McKinney, 

a professor of government 

and gender, sexuality 

and women’s studies at 

William & Mary College. 

Abortion foes say the 

various bills are intended 

to draw legal challenges, in 

hopes that a case will land 

before the Supreme Court. 

“This moment in abortion 

politics is unprecedented,” 

McKinney said. “I 

would speculate that these 

policies risk larger turnout 

in favor of Democratic 

candidates for the majority 

of Americans who do 

not support criminalizing 

abortion.” 

While there are strident 

opinions on both side of 

the abortion debate, most 

people operate in a “mushy 

middle,” the University of 

Denver’s Wilson said. They 

disapprove of abortion, but 

do not think it should be illegal. 

Those are the voters 

Republicans stand to lose 

by passing laws that legitimately 

endanger abortion 

rights, Wilson said. 

“If Democrats can really 

capitalize on that,” he 

said, “they could mobilize 

moderates against the Republicans.”

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Modi targets Cong over 

Aiyar’s ‘neech’ remark 

Continued from page 01 

Today they say with arrogance, 

whatever happened, happened. Thousands 

of Sikhs were brought out from 

houses and killed, but Congress says, 

whatever happened, happened),” he 

said. 

In his 40 minute address, Modi emphasized 

that Congress and its alliance 

partners are not leaving any stone unturned 

to malign his image and to criticise 

his policies and programs. “We 

traced and removed 8 crore fake people 

who were taking benefits in central 

government-run schemes like scholarships, 

pension, ration etc and thus the 

shops of many middlemen were closed,” 

Modi said. 

Targeting the opposition over surgical 

and airstrikes, the PM said, “First 

surgical strike and then airstrike, they 

(opposition) raised questions over 

these...” Modi adopted the policy to kill 

terrorists by entering their homes, but 

they could not understand that. They 

don’t have anything to say on national 

security. Congress used to tremble 

before international pressure. Is the 

killing the terrorists by entering their 

homes, right?” Modi asked the audience. 


In Shimla, Aiyar lost his cool when asked about his article that 

appeared on Tuesday justifying “neech aadmi” slur he had used for 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi for which he was suspended from 

the party in 2017. Although he was reinstated, the former Union 

minister had so far maintained a low profile. 

Aiyer, whose “Chaiwala” jibe at Narendra Modi, then BJP’s 

PM candidate, turned into one of the defining themes of the 2014 

polls, said it was just one line in his article and he will “not get involved 

in media’s games”. “Me ullu hun, lekin itna bada ullu nahin 

(I am a fool, but not that big a fool),” he said. 

Justifying his “neech aadmi” comment, Aiyar said in his article, 

“Modi will, in any case, be ousted by the people of India on 23 

May. That would be a fitting end to the most foul-mouthed prime 

minister this country has seen or is likely to see. Remember how I 

described him on 7 December 2017? Was I not prophetic?” 

Questioned about the revived controversy, Aiyar claimed anything 

he said was always misused because there were people who 

hated him. He also accused the media of promoting selective quotes 

that “ suits them”. 

“The present form of politics will end on May 23, and we can 

move on. If we have to march ahead on the path of democracy, then 

we will have to return to the era of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru,” he 

told mediapersons here. 

About his remark, he said that Congress spokesperson had 

given the official statement. Media remained suppressed under the 

Sonia Gandhi kicks off Project 272 with 

May 23 invite to political heavyweights 

I’m a fool, but not that big a fool, Aiyar tells media 

present government so he was being cautious as earlier he had become 

a victim because of it and suffered, the Congress leader said. 

Attacking mediapersons again, he added, “Aaj aap log madhumakhi 

jaise hain, jahan kuch shehad ho wahan pahunch jaate ho. 

To mujhko barbad karke aaj, aap kal kahin kisi aur phul par pahunch 

jaoge (you people are like honeybee. Today you will ruin me 

and tomorrow you reach to someone else).” 

“Anything I say is always misused because there are people 

who hate me. And they hate me because I tell the truth and I will go 

on telling the truth about people,” he added. 

He said that Jawahar Lal Nehru as Prime Minister had sent 

the opposition leader like Atal Bihari Vajpayee to the United Nations 

to represent India in national interest. “I don’t think that the 

present Prime Minister or government can think like that for the 

opposition leaders. Thank god in 10 days we would be able to see 

the end of current situation. Then you meet me and I will meet you 

smilingly. You can see my smile,” he told mediapersons. 

Meanwhile, in damage control mode, the Congress condemned 

Aiyar for his words on Modi, but blamed the BJP leader for “debasing 

the discourse” to the extent that public speech has become 

abusive. 

AICC spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said, “When the PM 

uses insulting remarks for Sonia Gandhi in poll rallies, is that the 

decorum that is followed in our political discourse.” Modi should 

answer about the “abuses and insults” he has hurled on Jawaharlal 

Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi, he said. 


Among those who have 

confirmed their participation 

at the meeting are NCP’s Sharad 

Pawar and M.K. Stalin of 

the DMK. 

Sonia Gandhi had almost 

taken the back seat after 

Rahul Gandhi was elected 

President of the Congress. 

However, as the election results 

draw closer, she returns 

to take the leadership role to 

forge a grand opposition alliance 

which had unfortunately 

failed last year. 

Besides neutral players 

such as Naveen Patnaik of the 

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and K. 

Chandrashekhar Rao of the 

Telangana Rashtra Samiti 

(TRS), Sonia Gandhi is eyeing 

the support of Mayawati and 

Akhilesh Yadav who are expected 

to secure big numbers 

if the caste chemistry of votes 

succeeds in the cow belt. 

Party sources said that 

Sonia Gandhi has stepped 

into alliance building efforts 

even before the results are 

out. She has reportedly been 

in touch with both Mayawati 

and Akhilesh Yadav and also 

West Bengal Chief Minister 

Mamata Banerjee. 

Despite remaining out 

of the pre-poll alliance (gathbandhan) 

in Uttar Pradesh, 

Congress leaders have been 

in constant touch with the 

BSP and SP leadership. During 

the poll campaign in UP, 

Rahul Gandhi chose to remain 

silent on Mayawati and 

Akhilesh while launching an 

open attack on the BJP and 

RSS.

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SC to hear Ayodhya land dispute case Friday 

New Delhi : The Supreme 

Court is scheduled 

to hear on Friday the issues 

relating to decadesold, 

politically sensitive, 

Ayodhya’s Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri 

Masjid land 

dispute case which was 

referred to mediation for 

exploring the possibility 

of an amicable settlement. 

A notice was put up 

on the apex court website 

which said the matter will 

be heard by a five-judge 

Constitution bench comprising 

Chief justice Ranjan 

Gogoi and Justices 

S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud, 

Ashok Bhushan 

and S Abdul Nazeer. 

The matter will come 

up for the first time on 

Friday since March 8 order 

of the top court which 

had referred the case for 

mediation to a panel headed 

by former apex court 

judge F M I Kalifulla. 

Spiritual guru and 

founder of Art of Living 

foundation Sri Sri Ravishankar 

and senior advocate 

Sriram Panchu, a renowned 

mediator, are the 

other two members of the 

panel of mediators. 

The apex court had 

said the mediation process 

would commence 

within a week and the 

panel would submit the 

progress report within 

four weeks. 

The panel was asked 

Sikh bikers from 

Canada to arrive in 

India on Saturday 

by the apex court to hold 

in-camera proceedings 

and complete them within 

eight weeks. 

The Constitution 

bench had said it does not 

find any “legal impediment” 

to make a reference 

to mediation for a 

possible settlement of the 

dispute. 

The bench was told 

earlier by Hindu bodies, 

except for Nirmohi Akhara, 

and Uttar Pradesh 

government that they oppose 

the court’s suggestion 

for mediation. The 

Muslim bodies supported 

the proposal. 

While opposing the 

suggestion of mediation, 

Hindu bodies had argued 

that earlier attempts of 

reaching a compromise 

have failed and provisions 

of Civil Procedure 

Code (CPC) require public 

notice to be issued before 

the start of process. 

The top court had directed 

that the mediation 

proceedings should be 

conducted with “utmost 

confidentiality” for ensuring 

its success and the 

views expressed by any 

of the parties including 

the mediators should be 

kept confidential and not 

be revealed to any other 

person. 

However, it had refrained 

from passing any 

specific restrain order at 

this stage and instead empowered 

the mediators to 

pass necessary orders in 

writing, if so required, 

to restrain publication of 

the details of the mediation 

proceedings. 

The top court had fixed 

the seat for mediation 

process in Faizabad of Uttar 

Pradesh, 7 km from 

Ayodhya, and said the 

adequate arrangements, 

including the venue of the 

mediation, place of stay 

of the mediators, their security 

and travel, should 

be forthwith arranged by 

the state government so 

that proceedings could 

commence immediately. 

It had also directed 

that the mediation proceedings 

be held in-camera 

as per the norms applicable 

to conduct the 

mediation proceedings. 

Fourteen appeals have 

been filed in the apex 

court against the 2010 

Allahabad High Court 

judgment, delivered in 

four civil suits, that the 

2.77-acre land in Ayodhya 

be partitioned equally 

among the three parties— 

the Sunni Waqf Board, 

the Nirmohi Akhara and 

Ram Lalla. 

On December 6, 1992, 

the Babri Masjid, constructed 

at the disputed 

site in the 16th century 

by Shia Muslim Mir Baqi, 

was demolished. 


Dedicated to the 550 birth anniversary of Guru 

Nanak Dev, the chetna march was a humanitarian mission 

to give a helping hand and raise funds for Khalsa 

Aid, an Sikh NGO helping the people in need world 

over, he added. 

On Friday, the Sikh bikers were honoured by evacuee 

trust property board (ETPB) chairman Amir Ahmad, 

former president of Pakistan Sikh gurdwara parbandhak 

committee Bishan Singh and others at Lahore. 

Talking to TOI Amir said "It is a matter of great 

privilege and honour for us to host a group of young adventurous 

Canadian motorcyclists who travelled a long 

and difficult route to reach the holy land to pay their 

respects to the religious leaders" adding that ETPB was 

extending full cooperation to the visiting yatrees. 

"This is the best attempt to create awareness about 

Sikhs amongsts the people of world" said Bishan Singh. 

The Sikh bikers had entered Pakistan on May 5 from T 

Taftan border connecting Iran and Pakistan. In Pakistan 

they were escorted by commando force from one check 

point to another. The bikers group reached Dalbandin 

but were advised not to stay in the local Gurdwara for 

security reason . Baba Sewa Singh of Dera Baba Khadoor 

Sahib informed that the Sikh bikers would participate 

in the nagar kirtan that would leave from Khadoor 

Sahib on May 12 for Sultanpur Lodhi.

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‘Punjabi bahu’ Priyanka takes 

on SAD over sacrilege, drugs 

Bathinda: All India 

Congress Committee 

(AICC) general secretary 

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, 

who called herself a “Punjabi 

bahu”, on Tuesday, 

ripped into the anti-people 

policies of Prime Minister 

Narendra Modi and targeted 

Shiromani Akali Dal, 

BJP’s alliance partner in 

Punjab, on issues of sacrilege 

and misgovernance 

during their 10-year-rule. 

Touching on the emotive 

sacrilege issue, Priyanka 

said those who desecrated 

the “birs” (copies) of 

Guru Granth Sahib also destroyed 

the soul of Punjab. 

She said previous SAD- 

BJP government had suppressed 

and victimised people 

of Punjab and destroyed 

generations. Priyanka accused 

the Akalis of “handing 

over the state to drugs, 

liquor, sand and transport 

mafia during their 10-yearrule”. 

“When my brother 

Rahul Gandhi, sensing the 

trouble in Punjab, raised 

this issue, he was accused 

of defaming Punjabis and 

ridiculed, but later the 

truth came out,” she pointed 

out. 

Priyanka also debunked 

the claims of Akalis 

and Modi about on development. 

in the country having 

taken place in the last 

five years, saying that development 

was witnessed 

only during Congress rule 

as was evident in Bathinda. 

Referring to Modi `radars 

in clouds’ remark, 

Priyanka said Modi's truth 

had come on the people’s 

radar and he needed to 

have his unfulfilled promises 

on his radar. "It is time 

to give Modi government 

which has suppressed the 

people’s voice be dealt a 

crushing defeat. This is a 

government that claims to 

be nationalist while declaring 

everyone raising their 

voice for their rights to be 

anti-nationals." . 

Listing the unmet 

promises of the Modi government 

of providing 2 

crore jobs and supplementing 

farmers’ income, the 

Congress leader pointed 

out that unemployment 

and poverty had in fact increased 

in last five years. 

“Thousands of farmers 

reached Delhi and Mumbai 

barefooted from various 

states, but the PM could not 

spare 5 minutes for them," 

she added. 

Blaming the Modi government 

for the twin blows 

of demonetization and 

GST, she said the Congress 

believed in pursuing the 

politics of truth and alleviating 

poverty. It was in line 

with this, she said that the 

party had decided to come 

up with NYAY — a “gamechanger 

strategy” formulated 

by former finance 

ministers and economists. 

Priyanka exhorted the 

people to check the credentials 

of candidates and 

to choose Raja Warring, 

who rose from the ranks of 

Youth Congress. 

Punjab chief minister 

Amarinder Singh too exhorted 

people to teach sitting 

Bathinda MP Harsimrat 

Badal a lesson for her 

arrogance and defeat Akalis 

everywhere. 

Punjab finance minister 

Manpreet Badal and 

Raja Warring, too, called 

upon people to show the 

door to SADBJP in Punjab 

and elsewhere to ensure 

that Rahul becomes the 

PM. 

'Aam aadmi’ Kejriwal joins 

morning walkers for tea, 

selfies, jokes in Barnala 

Barnala: Delhi chief 

minister Arvind Kejriwal 

on Tuesday morning campaigned 

for party candidates 

in Punjab by spending his 

first morning in the state by 

mingling freely with walkers 

at Shaheed Bhagat Singh 

Park here without any security 

in between. 

The interaction came a 

day after he was criticized 

for staying away from public 

during his roadshow on 

Monday. 

The Delhi CM was 

slapped last week during a 

roadshow in Delhi and was 

since surrounded by policemen. 

Dressed in a casual 

kurta-pyjama, Kejriwal first 

strolled with morning walkers 

and then reached Barnala 

Club. He spent considerable 

time with people and 

club members. 

Kejriwal started his Punjab 

tour on Monday and will 

be in the state till May 17, 

when campaigning ends for 

the last phase. Kejriwal happily 

answered the queries of 

people and even tough questions 

which journalists usually 

pose to politicians. He 

also gave walkers reasons 

for AAP losing Punjab assembly 

polls in 2017, failure 

of forging an alliance with 

the Congress in Delhi and 

Haryana, and the split in the 

party. 

Accompanied by AAP 

Barnala MLA Gurmeet 

Singh Meet Hayer, Kejriwal 

said they were winning in 

Punjab in 2017, but someone 

floated a rumour that he 

stayed at the home of a Khalistani 

and this went against 

the party. “I had no idea 

where I had stayed,” he said. 

Replying to a question 

on his urge to align with the 

Congress, he said he wanted 

to stop the PM Narendra Modi-BJP 

chief Amit Shah jodi 

(partnership) from retaining 

power. “Our alliance was almost 

finalised in Delhi, but 

Congress leaders backed out 

at the last minute and the alliance 

could not take shape,” 

he said. 

Replying to a query on 

the vertical split in the party’s 

state unit, Kejriwal said 

it happened everywhere 

and did not make much as 

some people join the party 

and some leave it. “Now two 

MLAs have left us in Delhi, 

but we are not worried,” he 

said. 

He clarified why he tendered 

an apology to Akali 

Dal MLA Bikram Singh 

Majithia over calling him a 

druglord. Kejriwal said he 

was facing a lot of cases and 

these were consuming his 

energy. 

In his customary style, 

Kejriwal apologized the people 

at the park for “disturbing 

their stroll”. 

Kejriwal asked people to 

make party candidate Bhagwant 

Mann win, saying that 

he made a mark in Parliament 

by raising several issues 

concerning Punjab and 

making Parliament pay tributes 

to the Sahibzadas (sons) 

of 10th Sikh master Guru 

Gobind Singh. The Delhi 

Cm said Mann also ensured 

that Punjabis stuck in foreign 

countries were brought 

back. Later, he took out road 

show towards Sangrur. 

Barnala resident Sandeep 

Malik said he had never 

seen such humility in a chief 

minister. “It was our first 

encounter with such high 

profile personality in such a 

casual manner,” he said. 

BJP will cross 300-mark 

in Lok Sabha on own 

steam, say Modi and Shah 

New Delhi: With six phases of Lok Sabha polls 

over, PM Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah 

exuded confidence that the ruling party would win 

over 300 seats and form the next government at the 

Centre with two-thirds majority. Shah, in fact, said 

BJP had crossed the majority mark on its own steam 

after the six phases of polling . 

“After the fifth and sixth phase of elections, it is 

evident that BJP is going to get majority and after the 

seventh phase, it is bound to cross 300 seats,” Shah 

said. 

Modi was equally upbeat and told a rally in West 

Bengal, “BJP will get majority of the 42 parliamentary 

seats in the state and help it cross the 300-mark 

in Lok Sabha.” While the PM has often expressed confidence 

of his party returning to power, this was the 

first time he actually said BJP’s tally would cross 300, 

a significant improvement on the party’s haul of 282 

seats in the 2014 elections. 

The seventh and last phase of polling is due on 

May 19. A party needs to win 272 seats for absolute 

majority. Addressing a press conference here, Shah 

said, “You (media) keep asking me how many seats 

we will win. I have travelled across the country and 

looking at the popular response, I am fully confident 

that BJP after fifth and sixth phase of elections has 

crossed the majority figure. It is going to cross 300 after 

the seventh phase and the NDA under PM Narendra 

Modi will form the government again.” 

Mocking the proposed meeting of opposition leaders 

and moves by some regional parties like TRS to 

form a Federal Front, Shah said such meetings did 

not affect BJP whose tally of seats would not come 

down. “They may meet to elect a leader of opposition 

but results even this time may not give any party 

enough number of seats to choose a leader of opposition 

from its ranks,” he added.

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