"Will Take Firm Stand": Sharad Pawar's Message Amid Buzz About Ajit Pawar

Following the buzz of Nationalist Congress Party leader (NCP) Ajit Pawar joining the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition in Maharashtra, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said there was no discussion about the matter in the party.

"If someone is trying to break away (Ajit Pawar from NCP), then, it is their strategy and they must be doing that. If we have to take a stand, then we will take a firm stand. It is not right to speak anything on it as we have not had any discussions regarding this," Mr Pawar said.

Earlier on Sunday, NCP leader Supriya Sule backed Ajit Pawar over his statement that he is prepared for the Chief Minister's post in the state and said that there is nothing wrong to have ambition in politics.

"There is nothing wrong to have ambition or a dream in politics, everybody has it, so I don't think there is anything wrong with saying openly about it. In fact, he is very honest in talking about his ambition," NCP leader Supriya Sule told ANI.

Earlier in an interview, reacting to the question of whether he aspires to the post of Maharashtra Chief Minister in the 2024 elections, NCP leader Ajit Pawar asked why 2024, he is prepared for the CM post even now.

When asked about why there are speculations about Ajit Pawar leaving NCP to join BJP, Sule replied and said, "I find it very amusing. I am very busy with the development works of the state. I hate to say this but there is a lot of gossip going on right now it's unfortunate that nobody is focusing on agrarian crises and farmer issues. These issues should be high on the agenda instead of rumours and speculation about Ajit Pawar in the media."

Speaking about his aspiration for the CM post, Ajit Pawar said, "Why 2024, even now prepared for the post."

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Ajit Pawar Capable Of Becoming Maharashtra Chief Minister: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday said Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar was capable of becoming Maharashtra chief minister since he has vast administrative experience, the statement coming days after the two engaged in a verbal tussle.

Notably, amid speculation surrounding his next political move, Ajit Pawar on Friday said he would "100 per cent" like to become the chief minister. He had also said that NCP can stake a claim to the post of chief minister "now also" instead of waiting for 2024.

Mr Raut, a key aide of Uddhav Thackeray, also said some undeserving people had gone on to become the chief minister of the state by engineering splits, an apparent reference to Eknath Shinde whose rebellion along with 40 MLAs in June last year brought down the Maha Vikas Aghadi government. Mr Raut also said there is no difference regarding the chief minister's post in the Maha Vikas Aghadi, which includes Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP, and Congress, and the alliance is united and strong.

He asserted that the MVA will come back (to power) in 2024 and it "will look into it (the post of chief minister)".

"Who would not like to be chief minister? And Ajit Pawar is capable of becoming chief minister. He has been in politics for so many years now and has been a minister several times. He holds a record for having served as deputy CM the most number of times. Everyone thinks one should become CM," Mr Raut told reporters.

On November 23, 2019, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis, and Ajit Pawar, were sworn in as chief minister and deputy CM, respectively, but the government fell without proving its majority on November 28.

Ajit Pawar went back to the NCP and was made deputy CM in the Maha Vikas Aghadi government led by Uddhav Thackeray.

During an interview with a media house in Pune, Ajit Pawar on Friday responded to a query on his chief ministerial ambitions by saying "yes, I would 100 per cent like to be (CM)".

Queried on this, Mr Raut said, "He (Ajit Pawar) has not expressed this desire for the first time. So my best wishes to him." These statements come amid intense speculation about Ajit Pawar's next political move, as the mercurial NCP leader cancelled some of his programmes recently, went incommunicado briefly and skipped the party's one-day convention in Mumbai on Friday.

While there is a buzz about his growing proximity with the ruling BJP, Ajit Pawar has said he will be with the NCP till he is alive, and Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule also recently stated the former was not in touch with the saffron party.

Sparks flew recently between Ajit Pawar and Mr Raut after the latter's weekly column in Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece 'Saamana' dealt on a meeting between NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray.

Mr Raut, in his column, claimed Sharad Pawar had told Thackeray that the NCP would never align with the BJP, though "if anyone takes a personal decision to leave, it is their individual issue".

Hitting back, Mr Pawar, on Tuesday, trained his guns on Mr Raut and said some spokespersons of other parties were behaving like spokespersons of the NCP.

The former deputy chief minister also said he would raise this issue whenever there is a meeting of the NCP.

Mr Raut responded by saying he listens only to Sharad Pawar.

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बिहार शरीफ के पहाड़पुरा मोहल्ले में हुआ तेज धमाका, दो लोग घायल

बिहार शरीफ के पहाड़पुरा मोहल्ले में शनिवार की दोपहर अचानक बम फटने की आवाज सुनाई दी. इसके बाद इलाके में अफरा-तफरी का माहौल हो गया. घटना की जानकारी मिलते ही डीएम और एसपी घटनास्थल पहुंचे और पूरे मामले की जांच की. स्थानीय लोगों की मानें तो अचानक तेज धमाका हुआ. अभी तक दो लोगो के जख्मी होने की पुष्टि हुई है.

इस मामले में नालंदा के डीएम शशांक शुभंकर और एसपी अशोक मिश्रा ने बताया की घटना की सूचना मिलने के बाद हमलोग घटना स्थल पर पहुंचे, वहां खून का छींटा पाया गया है और दो लोग जख्मी हुए हैं. मामले की जांच के लिए एफएसएल की टीम को बुलाया गया है. जांच के बाद ही स्पष्ट होगा कि धमाका किस चीज में हुआ है.

हाल ही में रामनवमी के मौके पर शोभायात्रा निकालने के दौरान बिहार शरीफ में हिंसा हुई थी. इस वजह से पुलिस इस मामले को लेकर बेहद सतर्क है. मामले की जांच जारी है और पता लगाया जा रहा कि विस्फोट कैसे हुआ.

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* "आकस्मिक निकासी योजना करें तैयार": पीएम मोदी ने की सूडान में भारतीयों की स्थिति की समीक्षा
* विदेश मंत्री एस जयशंकर ने गुतारेस से सूडान के हालात पर चर्चा की
* "दूतावास खुला है, पर अशांत क्षेत्र में होने की वजह से वहां जानें से बचें": सूडान में फंसे भारतीयों से विदेश मंत्रालय

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दिल्ली : कोविड-19 के डेढ़ हजार से ज्‍यादा मामले आए सामने, बीते 24 घंटे में छह मरीजों की मौत

राष्ट्रीय राजधानी में शनिवार को कोरोना वायरस संक्रमण के दैनिक मामले लगातार डेढ़ हजार के करीब बने हुए हैं. दिल्‍ली में बीते 24 घंटे के दौरान कोरोना के 1,515 नए मामले सामने आए है. हालांकि दिल्‍ली में आज कोरोना के चलते छह और मरीजों की मौत हो गई. स्वास्थ्य विभाग की ओर से जारी आंकड़ों से यह जानकारी मिली है. स्‍वास्‍थ्‍य विभाग के आंकड़ों के मुताबिक, दिल्ली में कोविड-19 से अब तक संक्रमित हुए लोगों की संख्या बढ़कर 20,32,424 हो गई है. वहीं, मृतकों की संख्‍या का कुल आंकड़ा बढ़कर 26,595 पर पहुंच गया है. 

आंकड़ों के मुताबिक, दिल्ली में कोविड-19 संक्रमण दर 26.46 प्रतिशत दर्ज की गई है. वहीं, शहर में कोविड के मरीजों के लिए उपलब्ध अस्पताल के कुल 7,974 बिस्तरों में से फिलहाल 385 पर मरीज भर्ती हैं. 

आंकड़ों के मुताबिक, दिल्ली में कोविड-19 के उपचाराधीन मरीजों की संख्या 6,271 पर पहुंच गई है. वहीं, 4,395 संक्रमित अपने घर में पृथकवास में रह रहे हैं. 

बता दें कि हाल ही में केंद्र सरकार ने देश के 8 राज्‍यों को कोरोना के बढ़ते मामलों को लेकर विशेष निर्देश दिए हैं. केंद्र ने बढ़ते मामलों को लेकर लेकर राज्‍यों को संक्रमण दर पर नजर रखने के लिए कहा है. साथ ही केंद्र सरकार की ओर से कहा गया है कि महामारी अभी खत्‍म नहीं हुई है. 

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* समलैंगिक शादी मामले की सुनवाई कर रहे जस्टिस समेत सुप्रीम कोर्ट के पांच जज हुए कोरोना संक्रमित
* Covid-19 : देश में कोरोना के 11,683 नए केस आए सामने, कल से 7 प्रतिशत कम

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"Why Did He Take Oath As Minister?" Congress Leader Slams Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Saturday hit back at Ajit Pawar, saying the NCP leader should have quit the government led by Congress' Prithviraj Chavan in 2010-14 itself if he was unhappy.

He also appeared making light of Ajit Pawar's remarks that he would "100 per cent like to be the chief minister", saying if the NCP leader has a majority of 145 MLAs, then he must become the CM.

The Congress is a constituent in the Maha Vikas Aghadi along with Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), and the Nationalist Congress Party.

"Ajit Pawar was in the government led by Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan from 2010 to 2014. Why did he take the oath as a minister if he was helpless? Prithviraj Chavan is our leader and it is not expected that Ajit Pawar will say this about him.

"If Ajit Pawar was unhappy in the Congress-NCP government, he should have left that time itself," Mr Patole told reporters.

Ajit Pawar had served as deputy Chief Minister from November 2010 to September 2014 when Prithviraj Chavan was chief minister.

During his interview with the Sakal Media Group in Pune on Friday, Ajit Pawar was asked whether he liked working with Congress chief minister Prithviraj Chavan or Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, who occupied the post from November 2019 to June 2022. To which, the NCP leader replied they worked "happily" with Mr Thackeray, but working with Mr Chavan was not by choice but as per the directions of seniors.

Queried on Ajit Pawar's statement regarding the post of the chief minister, Mr Patole said it is nothing wrong if a politician is nursing ambitions to lead the state.

"If Ajit Pawar has a majority of 145 MLAs (out of 288 in Maharashtra Assembly), then he must become the chief minister,'' Mr Patole said.

Amid speculation over his next political move, Ajit Pawar on Friday said NCP can stake a claim to the post of Maharashtra's chief minister "now also" instead of waiting for 2024 when Assembly polls are due in the state.

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सूडान से भारतीयों सहित सुरक्षित निकाले गए 66 लोग, मदद के लिए आगे आया सऊदी अरब

सूडान में फंसे भारतीयों की मदद के लिए सऊदी अरब आगे आया है. 12 देशों के 66 नागरिकों को संघर्ष प्रभावित सूडान से सऊदी अरब लाया गया है, जिनमें कुछ भारतीय भी शामिल हैं. सऊदी और अन्‍य नागरिकों को लेकर एक जहाज आज जेद्दा पहुंचा. इससे पहले, सूडान से भारतीयों को निकालने को लेकर विदेश मंत्री एस जयशंकर ने मंगलवार को अपने सऊदी समकक्ष फैजल बिन फरहान अल सऊद से बातचीत की थी. सऊदी अरब ने अपने मित्र देशों के नागरिकों को भी निकालने का भी फैसला किया है. भारतीय विदेश मंत्री ने यूएई से भी इसे लेकर बातचीत की थी. साथ ही अमेरिका और ब्रिटेन की सरकारों के साथ भी हमारे मिशन संपर्क में हैं. 

सऊदी विदेश मंत्रालय ने ट्वीट किया कि हमें यह बताते हुए खुशी है कि किंगडम नेतृत्व के निर्देशों को अमल में लाते हुए हम सूडान से सऊदी नागरिकों के साथ-साथ दूसरे मित्र देशों के नागरिकों को भी सुरक्षित निकालने में सफल रहे हैं.  इनमें  राजनयिक और अंतरराष्ट्रीय अधिकारी भी शामिल हैं. 

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समाचार एजेंसी एएफपी ने अल-अखबारिया के हवाले से बताया कि जो लोग जेद्दा पहुंचे हैं, उनमें एक सऊदी यात्री विमान का चालक दल शामिल है, जो 15 अप्रैल को लड़ाई की शुरुआत में खार्तूम से उड़ान भरने की तैयारी के दौरान गोलियों की चपेट में आ गया था. 

एएफपी के मुताबिक, वाहनों के एक काफिले ने उन्‍हें पोर्ट सूडान तक पहुंचाया, जहां से वे जहाजों में सवार होकर जेद्दा पहुंचे. जहां अधिकारियों और सैनिकों ने ईद के मौके पर मिठाइयां बांटकर उनका स्वागत किया. 

बता दें कि सूडान में मिलिट्री और पैरा मिलिट्री के बीच युद्ध जारी है. यहां पर करीब 3 हजार से ज्‍यादा भारतीय फंसे हुए हैं. 

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* "आकस्मिक निकासी योजना करें तैयार": पीएम मोदी ने की सूडान में भारतीयों की स्थिति की समीक्षा
* विदेश मंत्री एस जयशंकर ने गुतारेस से सूडान के हालात पर चर्चा की
* "दूतावास खुला है, पर अशांत क्षेत्र में होने की वजह से वहां जानें से बचें": सूडान में फंसे भारतीयों से विदेश मंत्रालय

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"Not For Speaking Against Us": Amit Shah As CBI Summons Satya Pal Malik

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has been called by the Central Bureau of Investigation "for third time" as part of the investigation in an alleged insurance scam and noted that there was no relation of the summons and his allegations against BJP-led government.

Amit Shah said the BJP government has not done any such thing which needs to be hidden from people. He said if certain remarks are made for personal, political self-interest, those should be treated likewise.

"According to my information, he has been called a second or third time. An investigation is underway, some new information or proof must have come to light and he has been called for the third time. There is no truth in this that he has been called for speaking against us," Mr Shah said at Karnataka Roundtable organised by India Today.

Referring to Mr Malik's allegations against the BJP-led government, Mr Shah said he should be asked "why these things (have) come to mind after leaving us".

"Why is not the soul awoken when you are in power...the credibility of such remarks should be seen by people, journalists...if all this is true, why was he quiet when he was Governor..these are not issues of public discussion. I want to say to the people of the country that the BJP-led government hasn't done any such thing which needs to be hidden. If some remarks are made for personal, political self-interest after leaving us, those should be evaluated by the people, media...," Amit Shah said.

Answering another query about the decision to appoint Satya Pal Malik as Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Mr Shah said he had worked in BJP for a long time and was also a former party vice president.

"A selection was made, sometimes this happens in politics...If someone keeps changing attitude, form from time to time, what can we do, people should understand," he said.

Satya Pal Malik on Friday said that he has been called by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for giving clarification regarding the alleged insurance scam in Jammu and Kashmir.

"CBI has asked me to come to their Delhi office to give clarification regarding the alleged insurance scam in J-K on April 27 or 28," he said when asked on the alleged insurance scam involving Reliance General Insurance.

He had earlier alleged the involvement of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) functionary in the matter.

Responding to Mr Malik's allegations, Ram Madhav had on April 13 sent him a legal notice demanding a public apology from him within 48 hours.

Speaking about the Karnataka elections, Amit Shah said that the BJP will return to power with an absolute majority.

"This time BJP will return to form government in Karnataka with full majority. I'm confident that we will win 15-20 seats more than the halfway mark."

Asked about JD(S), he said voting for it "means voting for Congress".

Answering queries, he said there was no chance of a hung assembly and BJP will get a majority. Polling to elect a new Karnataka assembly will be held on May 10 and results will be declared on May 13.

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