BJP must declare Modi is not its PM candidate: Nitish

June 15, 2013

NitishPatna, Jun 15: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has set his terms for staying in the NDA. He has asked the BJP to publicly declare that Narendra Modi will not be its prime ministerial candidate in the 2014 elections. Since BJP can't give such an undertaking, a parting of ways between it and JD(U) is now expected in a day or two.

Speaking to media, Nitish Kumar said: "They (the BJP) will have to address our basic concern immediately and in public. Private assurances will not do." While he didn't mention the Gujarat CM by name, there is no ambiguity whatsoever about what he meant by "basic concern".

JD(U) has publicly proclaimed that only a "secular" person, who does not have rough edges in his personality and can pull everyone along, is fit to be the country's prime minister. It has also held that Modi does not fulfil the eligibility criteria.

As BJP is likely to find it impossible to meet the condition, considering the groundswell for Modi among the party cadre, the 17-year-old partnership between it and JD(U) is on the rocks. This is an unavoidable reality and split in the NDA is now inevitable by Monday.

Both Nitish Kumar and his colleague, JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav, recognize the inevitability of Gujarat leader being anointed BJP's choice for country's top political job, and has conveyed their assessment to BJP leaders, — among them, L K Advani, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari — who have appealed to the JD(U) to not precipitate matters.

They also don't subscribe to the optimism of Modi's opponents that his projection as PM candidate was not a done deal yet. "The way it has been hailed and celebrated by the BJP leaves no doubt whatsoever that his appointment as the chairman of the campaign committee is a key step towards Modi's projection as the party's PM candidate," said a JD(U) source.

According to political sources here, Nitish Kumar has responded to Advani's plea for a reconsideration of the JD(U)'s imminent departure from NDA by saying that he doubted anybody in the BJP could now thwart Modi's march to the top of his party.

"They (BJP leaders calling JD(U) leaders) all come off as helpless to stop what is unfolding, leaving us with no option but to chart out our independent path," said a senior JD U source familiar with the conversations that BJP leaders have had with Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav.

Sushma Swaraj's effort on Friday when she, according to JD(U) sources, invoked anti-Congressism to get Nitish Kumar to back off from his plan to withdraw from the NDA, failed to concinve the CM.

JD(U) will start rolling out the withdrawal drill after Sharad Yadav reaches here to explain to party legislators and functionaries why the JD(U) is compelled to break away. The exercise will be a formality, considering that all the important leaders favour a withdrawal from the NDA. In any case, Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav, who were authorised by the party in April to take the final call, are clear that their vparty won't have any truck with a Modi-led BJP.

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January 4,2020

Kota, Jan 4: Following the death of an infant in the morning, the death toll in JK Lon Hospital here has risen to 107, officials said on Saturday.

A three-member state government committee of doctors, who was sent to investigate the matter on December 23 and 24, found that Kota's JK Lone Hospital is short of beds and it requires improvement.

However, the committee gave a clean chit to the doctors for any lapses over the recent death of infants admitted there.

A Central government team reached the hospital on Saturday to take stock of the situation.

As per the government report, at least 91 infants lost their lives at the government hospital in December last year.

Meanwhile, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Chief Secretary of Rajasthan to submit a detailed report within 4 weeks about the steps being taken to address the issue.

The Commission also asked the Chief Secretary to ensure that such deaths of the children do not recur in future due to lack of infrastructure and health facilities at the hospitals.

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February 27,2020

New Delhi, Feb 27: An Indian Air Force aircraft on Thursday evacuated 76 Indians and 36 foreign nationals from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan.

The C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft was sent to Wuhan on Wednesday and it carried 15 tonnes of medical supplies for coronavirus-affected people in China.

On its return, the aircraft brought back 112 people, including 23 citizens from Bangladesh, six from China, two each from Myanmar and the Maldives and one each from South Africa, the US and Madagascar.

Earlier, India had evacuated around 650 Indians from Wuhan in two Air India flights.

“In all 723 Indian nationals and 43 foreign nationals have been evacuated from Wuhan, China, in these three flights,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.

On the medical supplies delivered by India to China, the MEA said they would help augment the country’s efforts to control the coronavirus outbreak which had been declared as a public health emergency by the World Health Organisation.

“The assistance is also a mark of friendship and solidarity from the people of India towards the people of China as the two countries also celebrate 70th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations this year,” it said.

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The number of active COVID-19 cases stood to 1,01,497 while 1,00,303 people have been cured/discharged/migrated.

According to the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry, out of all the states, Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases with 72,300 patients followed by Tamil Nadu with 24,586 cases.

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