Kejriwal running 'meri marzi ki sarkar' in Delhi: BJP

May 24, 2015

New Delhi, May 24: BJP today accused Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of running a "meri marzi ki sarkar' in Delhi and said that the ruling AAP's performance has been marked more by "confrontation" than "coordination" as it completes 100 days in office.kejriwal

The chief of BJP's Delhi unit, Satish Upadhyay, listed the controversies which have erupted ever since the Kejriwal-led AAP government came to power in the city in February.

Upadhyay pointed at the row with the Delhi Lt Governor over bureaucratic appointments, the alleged suicide by a farmer at an AAP rally and the row over the allegedly fake degrees of its minister and MLAs as he charged that AAP has failed to deliver on its election promises.

"Since the AAP government came to power in Delhi, there has been no politics of coordination, only of confrontation. Kejriwal has been running a 'meri marzi ki sarkar' and has not only made mockery of governance but also deceived the public," Upadhyay said at a press conference here.

"AAP has also demeaned the bureaucracy by locking horns with the LG over a routine appointment. The emergency session (of Assembly) has been called to further escalate the administrative crisis and create alibis to run away from governance," Upadhyay claimed as he launched a presentation, "#AAP ka fareb", directed against the ruling party.

"The 100 days (of AAP) reflect an era of anarchism in governance and murder of humanity which Delhi had never seen," he said.

Upadhyay said that Kejriwal has maintained a "meri marzi" approach, be it in the row with Delhi Women's Commission or the Centre, a High Court order or a crisis within the ranks of his own party.

"Kejriwal also tried to control the media with the same 'meri marzi' approach. He is failing to understand that media is different from Yogender Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, whom you could throw away using bouncer culture. They failed to coordinate even with the Centre government," he alleged.

"In these 100 days, Kejriwal and his cronies have found fault in the working of every institution, be it the administrative system, constitutional bodies, media, judiciary.

"Now he is out to challenge the constitution itself by challenging its provisions on Centre and Union Territory relations," added Upadhyay.

BJP also attacked the Delhi Chief Minister for his "self- glorification as an anti-corruption crusader".

"Above Rs 100 crore has been spent by this government on its self glorification as anti-corruption crusader. Yesterday also, new hoardings have come up with figures of 35 corrupt officials arrested and around 152 suspensions. To the best of our knowledge, these figures are fudged," Upadhyay said.

Charging that the AAP government had "failed badly" in delivering on its poll promises, BJP said the "public is still awaiting the freebies promised by them, including water and Wi-Fi".

"We challenge them to put on record the files on summer action plan on water and power shortage during these 100 days. We also challenge them to make public the records wherein Delhi Cabinet discussed expansion of water pipelines to unauthorised colonies or rural and urban villages," he said.

The opposition party also dared AAP to bring out a list of arrested and suspended officials along with the cases against them.

"Whatever the AAP government promises to do has a 'conditions-apply' hashtag attached. They themselves said in a meeting of IAS officers that they have set a target of fulfilling at least 40-50 per cent of the promises," Upadhyay said.

"Though 100 days is a short period to judge any government, now that they are projecting their 100 days in office as a new beginning, we have no option but to react," he added.

The kind of mandate AAP was given by the public, the party had 100 avenues to work and serve, but they will never fulfil their promises as they are working "overtime to create administrative ruckus in Delhi to divert public glare away from the real issues", claimed the Delhi BJP chief.

BJP also questioned Kejriwal's silence on accusations that the alleged suicide by the farmer was a pre-planned affair and for his inaction against Delhi law minister Jitendra Singh Tomar and MLA Surendra over the issue of bogus educational degrees despite the universities concerned testifying to the same.

Also, with AAP having planned a mega event at Central Park here tomorrow where the entire Delhi Cabinet will be present to highlight its achievements before the public, Upadhyay said, "Calling a Cabinet meeting in a park is nothing but a cheap gimmick to try and be in the news."

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June 17,2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had maintained silence on Chinese aggression and massacre of Indian in eastern Ladakh, now issued a statement saying ‘India wants peace’. He added that India is capable of giving a befitting reply if provoked. 

The prime minister started his meeting with chief ministers on the Covid-19 with a two-minute silence as a tribute to the 20 soldiers who were killed in action in Galwan Valley this week. As he spoke, it became clear that the message was aimed not just at reassuring the nation but also delivering a sharp message to Beijing.

“I would like to assure the nation that the sacrifice of our jawans will not be in vain. For us, the unity and sovereignty of the country is the most important,” PM Modi said. Home minister Amit Shah and defence minister Rajnath Singh were also present in the meeting.

Over twenty Indian soldiers were killed in the violent face-off which took place in Eastern Ladakh on Monday. The troops fought each other with fists and rocks. After the clash, the two sides “disengaged” from the area where the fighting happened, the Indian army statement said. A news agency quoting sources said four Indian soldiers are in critical condition after the face-off.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh mourned the death of 20 Indian soldiers. “The loss of soldiers in Galwan is deeply disturbing and painful. Our soldiers displayed exemplary courage and valour in the line of duty and sacrificed their lives in the highest traditions of the Indian Army,” he said in a statement.

“The Nation will never forget their bravery and sacrifice. My heart goes out to the families of the fallen soldiers. The nation stand shoulder to shoulder with them in this difficult hour. We are proud of the bravery and courage of India’s bravehearts,” the minister further said in the statement posted on Twitter.

These are the first Indian casualties in a border skirmish with PLA since October 1975 when Chinese troops ambushed an Indian patrol in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tulung La sector and shot four soldiers dead.

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January 25,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 25: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday asked the state's MPs to take up the matter of deaths of eight Keralites at a resort in Nepal early this week, with the Centre to pursue the matter with the neighbouring country's government.

He was speaking to the MPs at the customary meeting that the Chief Minister has with all MPs ahead of every session of the parliament.

"The demand has come from the families of the victims for a fair probe on what happened and adequate compensation. For this, you (MPs) should take it up with the Centre. A probe has to be done by the Nepal authorities and the Centre should pursue this with them," Pinarayi reportedly stated. 

"We (the state government) have already taken the issue with the Centre and will now send a detailed letter on the need for a fair probe by the Nepal authorities," he added.

The eight dead include Praveen Krishnan Nair, who worked in the UAE and was on a short vacation here, when the tragedy struck the family. His wife Saranya, a second year M.Pharma student, and their three children, were also killed.

On Friday morning, it was a goodbye that Thiruvananthapuram has perhaps not seen before, as hundreds of people, many of them strangers, came to pay last respects to the five members of the Nair family.

The family of Praveen Nair decided to bury the bodies of the three children and cremate the bodies of Praveen and Saranya. It was also decided to bury the ashes of the couple alongside their three children in the compound of their house.

The second family hailed from Kozhikode and the bodies of Ranjith, an IT professional, his wife, who works in a cooperative bank and their younger child, who slept in the same room as that of Praveen, arrived at the Kozhikode airport on Friday morning.

State Transport Minister A.K. Saseendran and many others were there to receive the bodies, which were first taken to Ranjith's new home that is almost complete.

From there it was taken to a hall for all to pay their last respects and then to the family home of Ranjith where the cremation took place.

Watching everything happening was Ranjith's elder son, seven-year-old Madhav, who escaped that night in Nepal as he was sleeping in another room.

Madhav had arrived from Delhi on Thursday and was unaware of the tragedy as he was busy moving around in a new bicycle, which his relatives had bought to keep him busy.

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January 17,2020

Jan 17: India's "high power" communication satellite GSAT-30 was successfully launched in the early hours of January 17, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.

The satellite, aimed at providing high-quality television, telecommunications and broadcasting services, was launched onboard Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana.

Blasting off from the Ariane Launch Complex in Kourou, a French territory located in northeastern coast of South America at 2.35 am IST, European space consortium Arianespace's Ariane 5 vehicle injected GSAT-30 into the orbit in a flawless flight lasting about 38 minutes.

Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël tweeted about the successful launch of GSAT-30.

ISRO's U R Rao Satellite Centre Director P Kunhikrishnan, who was present in Kourou, congratulated the ISRO community and Arianespace team on the successful launch.

Calling it an "excellent start" to 2020 for ISRO with the launch, he said, "The mission team at the master control facility have already acquired the satellite and they will immediately complete the post launch operations...."

The 3,357-kg satellite, which was deployed from the lower passenger position of Ariane-5 launch vehicle (VA 251) into to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), is configured on ISRO's enhanced I-3K Bus structure to provide communication services from Geostationary orbit in C and Ku bands.

The satellite derives its heritage from ISRO's earlier INSAT/GSAT satellite series, and is equipped with 12 C and 12 Ku band transponders.

GSAT-30 is to serve as replacement to the "aging" INSAT-4A spacecraft services with enhanced coverage, ISRO has said, adding the satellite provides Indian mainland and islands coverage in Ku-band and extended coverage in C-band covering Gulf countries, a large number of Asian countries and Australia.

With a mission life of 15 years, GSAT-30 is an operational communication satellite for DTH, television uplink and VSAT services.

The Bengaluru-headquartered ISRO has said the communication payload of GSAT-30 is specifically designed and optimised to maximise the number of transponders on the spacecraft bus.

According to the space agency, the spacecraft would be extensively used for supporting VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) network, television uplinking and teleport services, digital satellite news gathering (DSNG), DTH television services, cellular backhaul connectivity and many such applications.

One Ku-band beacon downlink signal is transmitted for ground-tracking purpose, it added.

For its initial flight of 2020, Arianespace on its website said, it would orbit EUTELSAT KONNECT, a telecommunication satellite for the operator Eutelsat, along with GSAT-30, using an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Centre.

EUTELSAT KONNECT – which was produced by Thales Alenia Space for Eutelsat – was riding in the upper position of Ariane 5's payload arrangement, and was released first in the flight sequence at 27 minutes following liftoff.

Since the launch of India's APPLE experimental satellite on Ariane Flight L03 in 1981, Arianespace has orbited 24 satellites, including GSAT-30, for the Indian space agency.

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