On Wednesday, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo grooved to the tune of ‘Aaj Biraj Me Holi Re Rasiya’ music at a get-together at Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s residence, as External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal clapped. The Holi reception was attended by ministers from many of the G-20 nations. Rajnath Singh described Gina Raimondo as “a stalwart politician from US. She wanted to enjoy Holi celebrations, so I invited her here”. This was India’s Holi diplomacy at its finest. Raimondo is on a four-day go to and she is going to participate in India-US Commercial Dialogue and CEO Forum. The US Commerce Department mentioned, her go to “aims to unlock new trade and investment opportunities” between each nations. India and the US are a part of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. Piyush Goyal mentioned, India and the US “are natural allies. The agenda is full of possibilities and we are working together for a safe, secure Indo-Pacific.” Rajnath Singh, usually a reserved individual, shook his legs for a number of seconds, when requested by Gina Raimondo to groove together with her.Â
KEJRIWAL, SISODIA AND TIHAR JAIL
Even as all the nation was celebrating Holi, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal skipped Holi and sat on a seven-hour-long meditation “to pray for the country”. Other Aam Aadmi Party leaders additionally sat on meditation to protest the imprisonment of Manish Sisodia within the Delhi liquor excise rip-off. AAP chief Saurabh Bhardwaj alleged that Sisodia has been stored in Tihar jail with hardened criminals, and there was risk to his life, however the jail administration promptly refuted the cost. It issued a press release saying “Sisodia has been assigned to a segregated ward keeping his security in mind. The ward has minimum number of inmates who are not gangsters and are maintaining good conduct inside the jail.” It is true, Manish Sisodia is just not an expert prison, and he ought to be offered a protected and safe ambiance contained in the jail. Attention should even be paid to his well being, however Kejriwal’s associates should determine what they give thought to jail services. In November final 12 months, when movies surfaced about AAP minister Satyendar Jain getting therapeutic massage from a rape accused and having a luxurious lunch inside his cell, AAP leaders had been justifying the therapeutic massage. Saurabh Bhardwaj had then mentioned that Jain ought to get all services inside jail. The identical leaders at the moment are expressing worry about Sisodia’s life. Delhi’s jail administration comes below the purview of Arvind Kejriwal’s authorities. The query is: to whom are they addressing their criticism?
GANGSTERS IN U.P. JAILSÂ
Gangsters in many of the jails of Uttar Pradesh spent a tense Holi on Wednesday as authorities beefed up their watch over the key nexus between the gangsters and a few corrupt jail officers. Gangster Atiq Ahmed’s brother Ashraf is lodged in Bareilly jail. It was he who briefed his brother-in-law Saddam the way to perform the homicide of Umesh Pal in Prayagraj. It was Saddam who organized a gathering between Ashraf and the shooters in jail. Police have arrested a constable Shiv Hari Awasthi and a vegetable provider Dayaram alias Nanhe. Nanhe used to sneak contained in the jail, cell telephones, meals and different articles meant for Ashraf, hidden in vegetable loaded autos. The constable Awasthi used to secretly organize visits of 5 – 6 individuals contained in the jail. They used a godown for his or her secret rendezvous with Ashraf, who used to threaten witnesses on telephone from jail. Ashraf, whose actual identify is Khalid Azeem, has dozens of circumstances like homicide, try and homicide, kidnapping, land seize and extortion towards him. He is the primary accused in Raju Pal homicide case and he used to run the gang within the absence of Atiq Ahmed. During the final six years, mafia gangsters used to rule contained in the jails of UP, regardless of strictness on a part of chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s authorities. Gangsters like Ashraf used to manage all the system sitting inside jails. In Chitrakoot jail of UP, Abbas Ansari, MLA and son of gangster Mukhtar Ansari used to fulfill his spouse inside a jail room with none hindrance. He used WhatsApp to contact outsiders. The jail superintendent, jailor, deputy jailor and warden needed to be arrested after a sudden raid was performed. This reveals that police personnel posted in jails, criminals and suppliers had been in cahoots to bypass the system. There is pressing want to hold out strict audit of all jails in UP and break the gangster-jail officers nexus. Strong motion have to be taken towards the offenders.Â
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