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shah: Modi to become PM for 3rd consecutive term in 2024, says Amit Shah

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March 17, 2023

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the BJP-led NDA will form government again in 2024 and Narendra Modi will become prime minister for a third consecutive term. Participating the “India Today Conclave“, Shah also said ever since the Modi government came to power, issues related to three hotspots — Jammu and Kashmir, the Northeast and Naxal — were by and large resolved.

Since a surgical strike was carried out against terrorists inside Pakistan, no foreign power dared to interfere in the internal affairs of the country, the home minister said.

“People will decide who will be the next prime minister of the country. I have visited every part of the country and have realised that again the BJP will form the government and Modi will become the prime minister for a third consecutive term,” he said.

Shah said since the 1970s, this would be for the first time that a prime minister will get the people’s mandate for the third consecutive term.

Asked about the number of seats the NDA will get in the 2024 general elections, the minister said it would be more than 2019. “We (the BJP) will get more than 303 seats,” he said.

The BJP got 303 seats in the 2019 general elections and the NDA got over 350 seats out of the total 543 Lok Sabha constituencies.

Shah said when the Modi government came to power for the first time in 2014, 60 crore people had no bank accounts, 10 crore people had no access to toilets and three crore people had no electricity connections. The Modi government has given all of them access to banks, toilets, free food, electricity and gas connections, he said.

Not only that, externally, if there is a problem in the world, other leaders look towards Modi and what he thinks and what he believes, Shah said.

He said the COVID-19 pandemic was handled very efficiently by the Modi government and it successfully inoculated all citizens of the country.

Asked about his role as Union home minister, Shah said he was satisfied that problems in three hotspots — Jammu and Kashmir, the Northeast and Naxal – were by and large resolved.

There is 70 per cent drop in violence in Jammu and Kashmir, 60 per cent less violence in Naxal-affected areas, and many insurgents have surrendered and peace agreements signed in the Northeast, he said.

Besides these, Shah said, under the Modi government, Article 370 was scrapped, Ram temple is being built and issues related to the Triple Talaq resolved.

Asked when elections could be held in Jammu and Kashmir, the home minister said the Election Commission (EC) will decide about it when it gets ready to conduct the polls.

“When the EC will seek a report from the home ministry, we will provide it immediately,” he said.

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Tension mounts as TD leader taken into preventive custody

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March 22, 2023

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VIJAYAWADA: Tension mounted as the police took Telugu Desam leader Chadalavada Aravinda Babu into preventive custody at Narasaraopet in Guntur district on Wednesday.

Babu had given a call to the ruling party MLA from Narasaraopet, Gopireddy Srinivasa Reddy, to come for discussion on the allegations of corruption against him and to take an oath at the Lord Trikoteswara temple in Kotappakonda.

Babu, who is the TD Narasaraopeta in-charge, had alleged that Srinivasa Reddy was involved in corruption and several irregularities pertaining to sand, soil, ganja, land encroachment etc and developing illegal layouts.

The TD leader also alleged that the ruling party legislator was involved in the recent murder of TD’s Rompicherla mandal president, Balakoti Reddy.

This apart, he had given a call to the local TD leaders to meet at the party office to head for Kotappakonda on the eve of Ugadi festival, on Wednesday, to “expose the misdeeds” of the local MLA.

Srinivasa Reddy said he was ready to accept the challenge from the TD leader but wanted some time, as the AP legislature session was under way and the Ugadi festival was being celebrated on Wednesday.

Before the TD leader and his supporters set off for Kotappakonda, the police intervened and took him into preventive custody. Police said the action under section 151 of CrPC was to avoid a law and order problem. Later in the day, he was released.

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congress: Congress MP moves breach of privileges notice against Rajnath

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March 22, 2023

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Congress member of Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore on Wednesday moved a notice for breach of privileges against Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, accusing him of having making “defamatory” and “unfounded ” allegations against Rahul Gandhi on the opening day of the current session and that too “without giving notice” to the latter to respond. Tagore was referring to the intervention Singh made about Gandhi’s UK comments.

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Bengal CM Mamata in Odisha, Visits Jagannath Temple, Avoids Questions on ‘New Front’

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March 22, 2023

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Reported By: Akshay Mishra

Edited By: Oindrila Mukherjee

Last Updated: March 22, 2023, 23:51 IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banarjee during a visit to Puri on Wednesday. (Image: PTI)

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is set to meet her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik on Thursday, where she is likely to discuss a number of important issues with him

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday visited the proposed site for the construction of the Bengali Guest House in Puri, and was all praise for the Odisha government for providing the land for the project. But she did not mention the ‘New Front’ even once though her meeting with her counterpart Naveen Patnaik is scheduled for Thursday, where she is likely to discuss a number of important issues with him.

“Puri is my first home and mahaprabhu (Jagannath) is my thakur (god),” Banerjee said, while visiting the famous temple dedicated to Jagannath where she offered special prayers.

Parental servitor Ramakrishna Dasamahapatra offered her khandua patta near Singhdwar and took her inside the temple. The chief minister was inside the temple for an hour. “I offered puja for Maa, Maati, Manush. I got emotional seeing the changing of Patitapaban Bana on Srimandira,” she said.

Banerjee further said Puri was her hometown and she was proud that 90 percent Bengalis came to the state for the yatra. “The relationship between Odia and Bengali is very good,” said the temple’s chief servitor Jagannath Swain Mohapatra.

Earlier, Mamata had visited land identified for the Bengali Guest House near Giral at Sipasarubali Mouza. After visiting the land, Banerjee compared Odisha and West Bengal as two sisters. She said this guest house could be useful for the tourists from West Bengal who visited Puri during the world-famous Ratha Yatra, Snana Yatra and during other festivals and holidays. Construction will start after necessary procedures are completed.

“Lakhs of tourists from West Bengal come here round the year to visit the Jagannath temple and its famous festival. I will meet Naveen ji and have detailed discussions with him,” Banerjee said.

Chief secretary Pradeep Jena said, “She has liked the land identified for the Bengali guest house. We will provide all cooperation for it.”

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