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3 Kamal Sandesh December 1-15, 2014

PM’s Australia VisitI see Australia as a major partner in every area..................... 6Modi unveils statue of Mahatma Gandhi................................. 7Address to the Joint Session of the Australian Parliament.. 10

National Membership Maha-Abhiyan....................................... 12

ArticlePersistent hard work by Modi government bringing smile

By Vikash Anand................................................................ 26

OthersAssembly Election Trail............................................................... 1721 ministers included in first ministry expansion.................... 20ASEAN summit............................................................................. 23

StatesWest Bengal, Madhya Pradesh.................................................. 28Karnataka, Telangana................................................................... 29Himachal Pradesh.......................................................................... 30


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corruption, nepotism and mal-administration. People want to have publicfriendly and compassionate governance,which only BJP is capable of.”

-Amit Shah

Vivah Panchami : November 27, 2014

“Numerous leaders I met during my Myanmar,Australia and Fiji visit were very optimistic aboutour ‘Make in India’ initiative and are keen tocome to India and be a part of the extensive anddiverse opportunities India has to offer”

-Narendra Modi

Vivah Panchami is a famous Hindu festival and celebrated as thedivine marriage anniversary of Lord Sri Rama and goddesses Sita. It isobserved on the fifth day of the Shukla paksha or waxing phase of moonin the Margashirsha month (November – December) as per Hindu calendar.

The day is observed as the Vivah Utsav of Goddesses Sita and SriRama in temples and sacred places associated with Sri Rama inMithilanchal region and North India. The Vivah Panchami festival iscelebrated with great fanfare in Janakpur, Nepal and Ayodhya, Indiawhere thousands of pilgrims arrive from India and abroad. Janakpur isconsidered as the birth place of Goddess Sita and Ayodhya is the birthplace of Lord Ram. On this day in Janakpur, Idols of Ram and Sita aredressed as the bridegroom and bride and Hindu wedding ceremony is enacted with full devotion.The day is also celebrated in temples and sacred places associated with Sri Rama in Mithilanchalregion and North India.

US President Barack Obama acceptsPM Modi’s invitation to attend Republic Day celebrations

U.S. President Barack Obama accepted Prime MinisterShri Narendra Modi’s invitation on November 21 to be theguest of honor at India’s 66th Republic Day Parade on January26, 2015 in New Delhi. Shri Modi — @narendramodi —tweeted: “This Republic Day, we hope to have a friend over...invited President Obama to be the 1st US President to gracethe occasion as Chief Guest.” Hours later, an official WhiteHouse release accepting the invitation, said: “This visit willmark the first time a US President will have the honor ofattending Republic Day, which commemorates the adoptionof India’s constitution. The President will meet with the PrimeMinister and Indian officials to strengthen and expand theUS-India strategic partnership.”

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.Who should be called a saint or a baba? The kind of exploitation that

was being done in the name of superstition only shows that weare still living in dark ages. These ashrams which have become

centres of terror in the name of faith should be deeply investigated. Themanner in which fake baba Rampal tried to take advantage of the humanweakness was really a huge sin.

People like Rampal are not born in a day. They spread their network ofsuperstition gradually in the society. In the name of miracle the ignorantand poor people who are burdened economically become prey of theirabuse.

There should be a ban on these types of ashrams at the very beginningitself. It is an irony that Congress government led by Hooda was in powerfor last ten years in Haryana. The so called Baba Rampal spread his wingsin the last ten years itself. Why no attention was paid to him? What was thereason that Hooda government was giving shelter to these types of babas.It is known to everyone that Rampal did not create such an empire in oneday.

Was the story of becoming baba from an engineer not in the knowledgeof the then Congress government? If it had came in the knowledge of thegovernment then how he was allowed to spread? Ashram got convertedinto house of weaponry and the government remained a mute spectator.

The kind of lawlessness that was spread in the name of this ashramrunning in the name of baba is nothing less than sedition. The administrationand the government were openly challenged. Had the BJP government inHaryana and the chief minister Shri Manoharlal Khattar not acted withpatience, the situation that was created both inside and outside the ashramcould have led to many deaths.

The manner in which Baba tried to use newly born children and theirmothers as his shield appeared something related to films. Who will supportthe act of keeping followers in confinement for one’s security.

It may have taken twelve days to arrest Rampal in course of changingsituations but the acumen and patience displayed by administration andgovernment is being praised in the entire country. The act of controlling theentire situation without shedding much blood and getting every citizen backto their home is being appreciated everywhere. The human sensibilitydisplayed by administration and the government will serve as an examplefor long time to come. By arresting Rampal the Haryana government hasalso upheld the dignity of the court. That’s why the court has also praisedthe action of the Haryana government. Here government has also sent themessage that no one is above law.

No one is above law


Following theAustralian visit ofPrime Minister Shri

Narendra Modi,International media anddiplomatic experts arenow openly recognizingthis fact that Indian PM’svisit to Australia heraldeda new era of closerrelationship between thetwo countries. ‘ModiMania’ took overBrisbane, Sydney,Canberra and other cities,as the Prime Ministeraddressed a hugegathering in AllphonesArena of Sydney and theJoint Sitting of AustralianParliament to packedpublic gallery. A largenumber of Indian and international news agenciescarried the live coverage of the address – the firstby an Indian prime minister to the AustralianParliament.

The amount of attention Shri Modi got thistime from the Australian government demonstratedthe rising profile of India as a Global power. Theperceptible thaw in Indo-Australian relationshipas witnessed now is in sharp contrast to the strainand mistrust in bilateral relations in 2009 overseries of attacks on Indian students in Australia.The growing trust between the two countries isbest captured in the announcement of a frameworkof security co-operation between the two nations.The framework gives structure to commitments ondefence and counter-terrorism measures.Government ministers from both countries alsosigned agreements on extradition that could seecriminals serve out their sentences in their homecountries, and on social security, which would seeAustralians living in India get an Australian aged

pension, and vice versa.The agreement would seethe removal ofrequirements forAustralian and Indianbusinesses to paysuperannuation totemporary secondedemployees.

Prime Minister ShriNarendra Modi’sAustralia visit was partof a tri-nation tour for 10-day started from 11November. As part of hisitinerary, he visitedMyanmar, Australia andFiji. During the last fivemonths period in officePrime Minister Shri Modihas travelled extensivelyto countries like Bhutan,

Brazil, Nepal, Japan, United States Of America(USA), Myanmar, Australia, and Fiji to improvethe bilateral relations with the concerned countriesand engage the ethnic Indians and non-residentIndians settled in these countries for the overalldevelopment of the country and Shri Modi hassuccessfully used the diaspora to change the imageof the country, pushing back the critics of Indiawho still believe it’s a country of ‘Snake Charmers’and ‘Magicians’. Along with it, during this tourShri Modi also met more than 40 leaders, includingclose to 20 bilateral meetings with the leaders ofChina, Germany, Britain and South Korea to bringback the country to the center of attention.

First Shri Narendra Modi travelled to Myanmarto attend the Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN) leaders during the ASEAN-IndiaSummit. The final stop of his visit was at Fiji. Butthe most important part of Shri Modi’s three-nationtour was Australia where he participated in anall-important G-20 summit meet, addressed the

PM’s Australia Visit

I see Australia as a major partner in everyarea of our national priority : Narendra Modi

A Report by Ram Prasad Tripathy


Australian Parliament and Interacted with thestrong NRI community. This was a historic visitand will leave a historic note for Shri Modi’s foreignpolicy matters because for the first time an IndianPM has a bilateral visit to Australia in 28 years.PM at BRICS Leaders’ Meeting inBrisbane

On the first day of Shri Narendra Modi’sAustralia visit he addressed the BRICS andsaid the historic 6th BRICS Summit in

Fortaleza delivered - the New DevelopmentBank and the Contingent ReserveArrangement.These signal our collective capacities tocreate and manage global institutions.These can be effective in promotingsustainable development and bridgeinfrastructure gaps. We can be more alignedto local conditions and requirements. Weshould focus on next generationinfrastructure.We can promote new models of governanceand financing, while maintaining thehighest banking standards. We should alsomake it more participatory.We need to work towards their earlyimplementation.We propose that we should set the target of2016 for inauguration of this Bank.We hope to ratify the agreement by the endof the year. We would soon nominate ourcandidate for the post of the Presidency.The Contingent Reserve Arrangement is alsoa very timely initiative.

Modi unveils statue of Mahatma Gandhi at BrisbaneShri Narendra Modi on 16 November unveiled a statue of Mahatma

Gandhi at Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane. Speaking on the occasion, henoted how the organizer of the event, Shri Hemant Nayak, had recalled thatShri Modi was keen on having this statue installed even from the days whenhe had not yet become the Chief Minister of Gujarat. He thanked Shri Nayakfor correcting the perception that some people had, that he had begun tomention Mahatma Gandhi only after becoming Prime Minister. He added thathe never thought his suggestion of having such a statue installed wouldbecome reality, or that he would have the good fortune of unveiling it, andhe considered this moment to be no less than a divine message.

He said it was no ordinary being, but an era, that had been born onOctober 2nd, (1869) at Porbandar. He said Gandhiji is relevant even todayto the world. He referred to the problems of global warming and terrorism thathad been discussed in the just-concluded G20 summit at Brisbane, and saidGandhiji‘s life gives us the answers.

The Prime Minister said the tendency of human beings for severalcenturies had been to exploit nature. However, Mahatma Gandhi alwaysshowed us that we have no right to do so. He would not accept a full glassof water, if he needed half a glass; and he would use the reverse side of usedenvelops to conserve paper. The Prime Minister said that if the world followsGandhi‘s examples, a lot can be done for the environment. Shri Modi saidthat for Mahatma Gandhi ahimsa (non-violence) was an article of faith - he was against even verbal violence.He said the world can be healed if we all imbibe his message, of respecting one and all.


He said these measures send a strongmessage to the rest of the world aboutthe efficacy of BRICS.Besides these, we have started work onmany other proposals that would deepenour relations and enhance ourcooperation in all spheres.

PM at the G20 session on“Delivering Global EconomicResilience”

Shri Narendra Modi, on 16 Novemberexpressed India‘s support for a new global

standard on automatic exchange ofinformation, which would be instrumental ingetting information about unaccounted moneyhoarded abroad and enable its eventualrepatriation. He was making an interventionduring the G20 session on Delivering GlobalEconomic Resilience. He said he supported allinitiatives to facilitate exchange of informationand mutual assistance in tax policy andadministration. Noting that increased mobilityof capital and technology have created newopportunities for avoiding tax and profitshifting, the Prime Minister said he urged everyjurisdiction, especially tax havens, to provideinformation for tax purposes in accordancewith treaty obligations.

The Prime Minister reiterated his call forclose policy coordination among majoreconomies, saying this is important not just foralso addressing the challenge of black money,but also for security issues like terrorism, drugtrafficking, arms smuggling etc. He saidalthough all countries have their domesticpriorities, coordinated decisions would “helpus all” in the long run. He said the resilienceof the global financial system will also dependon cyber security.

PM’s address to Indian community atAllphones Arena, Sydney“Governments cannot make a country,

People make a country”Addressing the Indian community at the Allphones

Arena in Sydney, the Prime Minister said that on thebasis of his experience of the last six months, he couldsee no reason why the aspirations of millions of Indianscould not be fulfilled. He referred to SwamiVivekananda‘s dream of seeing Mother India as aVishva Guru once again, and said he believed that

dream would be a reality. Doyou share the dream; heasked thousands of cheeringpeople in the arena. On thatoccasion Shri NarendraModi, called upon Indiansacross the world to convertthe atmosphere of hope andoptimism into a reality ofmeeting the expectationsand aspirations of India‘s

people.Shri Modi said that he feels a greater sense of

responsibility as he is the first Prime Minister born inindependent India. “We did not have the fortune tofight for the country`s independence. We could not diefor India. But we can live for India. So we will live andstruggle for India. Today 125 crore Indians share thatdream,” he said.

“It took 28 years for an Indian PM to make the few


hours journey to Australia. Now you will not haveto wait 28 years,” the Prime Minister said, referringto the shared values of democracy, and the love forcricket that India and Australia share. The PrimeMinister exhorted people to recognize the strengthof India`s democracy. “Let us now do all we canfor India`s benefit. And then India will work forthe benefit of mankind,” he said.

Shri Modi congratulated and complimentedthe Indian Australian community for working hardand making their karmbhoomi proud. He named

prominent Indian-Australians who had excelledfor Australia in sports and academics. Hementioned the work his Government was doingand the new policies and schemes his Governmenthad launched including the Pradhan Mantri JanDhan Yojana, the Make in India initiative, SwachhBharat and Shramev Jayate. The Prime Minister talkedabout the decision to allow 100% FDI in Railways.

He said he wanted to do humble things forhumble people to make a great improvement intheir lives. He spoke of the need to improve access

to clean water,electricity andsanitation, invitingthe Indian-A u s t r a l i a ncommunity to giveback to theMotherland inwhatever way theycould. He spoke ofhis vision for skilldevelopment, andIndia meeting theskilled manpowerrequirement of thewhole world. Hesaid, “Governmentscannot make acountry. People makea country,” the PrimeMinister said. Hespoke of his initiativeto abolish needlesslaws and his push forself-certification ofdocuments.

The PrimeMinister also addedthat the differencesbetween OCI andPIO schemes wouldbe ended by January2015. The SydneyCultural Centerwould beestablished by theGovernment of Indiaand made functionalby February 2015.

No. MoUs 1. Agreement on Social Security To strengthen the people-to-people contacts and facilitate and regulate the regulations between the two countries with respect to social security benefits and coverage. It will provide for social security and superannuation benefits for those who have been residents of the other country on basis of equality of benefit, export of benefits and avoidance of double coverage. It will lead to greater economies and promote the flow of professionals. 2. Agreement concerning Transfer of Sentenced Persons To enhance cooperative efforts in law enforcement and administration of justice and to cooperate in the enforcement of penal sentences. It will facilitate, regulate and lay down procedures for the transfer of sentenced persons and enable rehabilitation and reintegration of sentenced persons into society. 3. MOU on Combating Narcotics Trafficking and Developing Police Cooperation

To address concerns regarding illicit trafficking and drug abuse. It places priority on tackling illicit trade, diversion of precursors, asset forfeiture and drug money laundering. It will promote capacity building and help develop strategies and procedures for operations to disrupt and dismantle transnational narcotic related threats. 4. MOU on Cooperation in the Field of Arts and Culture

To enhance cultural relations between the two countries in pursuance of the Cultural Agreement of 1971. It will promote cooperation through exchange of information, professional expertise, training and exhibitions in the field of culture. It will deepen understanding between the people, institutions and art genres and promote sound and sustainable artistic and cultural activities. 5. MOU in the Field of Tourism To enhance the bilateral cooperation and strengthen the friendly between the people. It will encourage cooperation in tourism policy, information exchange, interaction between tourism stakeholders, training and investments in hospitality sector and promote the importance of the tourism sector in economic development and employment generation.

Memoranda of Understanding signed during the visit ofShri Modi to Australia


Address to the Joint Session of theAustralian Parliament

India's political rockstar Shri NarendraModi got big laughs and claps from politiciansaround the chamber in the AustralianParliament House when he brought up thefact that he was the third head of governmentto address them this week. 'I do not know howyou are doing this... Maybe this is PrimeMinister Abbott's way of shirtfronting you,'he said. Shri Modi was given a ceremonialwelcome to Parliament House and trade wastop of the agenda when Australian PrimeMinister Tony Abbott met with him inAustralia's capital. He pledged to putAustralia at the centre of his strategy toexpand his country's economy and ensurepeace in the region. This comes after ShriModi stormed Sydney's Allphones Arena onMonday, driving a packed audience of 17,000people into delirium.

Addressing a historicspeech to the Joint Session ofthe Australian ParliamentPrime Minister Shri Modi saidI stand here as one of you - arepresentative of the people; Icome to you with the greetingsof 1.25 billion people of anation, linked to Australia bythe great Indian Ocean; by ourconnected history and ourmany shared inheritances-and, even more by our deeplyinterlinked destinies. And,today I have come to unite inspirit, as we were once by geography - spirit thatis fed by many stirring stories of human successand sacrifice.

He said ‘this morning, Prime Minister and Ihonoured our soldiers, who 100 years ago madethe supreme sacrifice together in the battle ofGallipoli’. The man who designed this beautifulcapital of Canberra, Walter Burley Griffin, liesburied in the old city of Lucknow in India. Morethan 150 years ago, an Australian novelist andlawyer John Lang fought the legal battle for a brave

Indian freedom fighter, the Queen of Jhansi, RaniLaxmi Bai against the British East India Companyin India`s first War of Independence. He also liesburied in the Indian hill town of Mussoorie. Thestatue of Gandhi in Canberra is a symbol of ourshared values. We celebrate the legend of Bradmanand the class of Tendulkar together. We areimpressed by Australian speed as you arecharmed by the Indian spin until of course ShaneWarne came along! But, above all, we are unitedby the ideals of democracy.

Today, as I stand in this temple of democracy,I consider nations such as ours to be blessed,because democracy offers the best opportunity forthe human spirit to flourish, because we have thefreedom to choose, the right to speak and the powerto remove – and, for us in politics, with no optionbut to leave with grace, he said.

He said Australia evokes images not just ofimmense beauty, but also of a great quality of life.Today, its cities are alive with richness of thisworld’s diversity. And, it is home to 450,000Indians, who are as proud to be part of Australia

as they are of their Indian heritage.Shri Modi said there was a time when, for

many of us, Australia was a distant land on thesouthern edge of the world. Today, the world seesAustralia to be at the heart of the Asia Pacific andIndian Ocean region. This dynamic region holdsthe key to this world‘s future; and Australia is atits cross-currents. And, as Australia has becomemore engaged in this part of the world, we welcomeits growing role in driving this region‘s prosperityand shaping its security. Because we, in India,


seek the same future for this world. We also seeAustralia as a vital partner in India‘s quest forprogress and prosperity. He said today, we have agovernment with a clear majority after thirty years.From the remotest village to the biggest cities, thereis a new high tide of hope in India; a new energy.

It is the energy of our youth – the 800 millionpeople below the age of 35 – eager for change,willing to work for it - because, now they believethat it is possible. That they can make it happen.It is this force of transformation that we will

unleash. Shri Modi said see Australia as a majorpartner in every area of our national priority.

He further said we have a new Mission forturning “Made in India” into a global name just asComputer in India is. But, we want to find newpathways to prosperity, not simply travel downthe roads of the previous century. Much of India`sfuture cities and infrastructure is yet to be builtand so we have a unique opportunity to make ourchoices now. And, in every sector – agriculture,food processing, mining, infrastructure,manufacturing, finance and technology, energy;from providing funds and resources to technologyand expertise; working as partners and investors-Australia has immense opportunities toparticipate in India`s progress. In turn, India willbe the answer to your search for new economicopportunities and your desire to diversify yourglobal economic engagement; your source forworld class skills at home or for a manufacturing

location abroad.India’s development, demography and demand

provide a unique long term opportunity forAustralia – and all in the familiar framework ofdemocracy. There is no other example of this naturein the world. Indian investors, too, are coming herein growing numbers and commitments he said.

He said in our inter-connected world, ourshared challenges extend beyond our region.Terrorism has become a major threat for us all. InIndia, we have seen its face closely for three

decades. And, we see it with the claritythat comes with it. Terrorism ischanging in character and expandingin its reach. Internet has maderecruitment and call to violence self-generated. It also feeds off moneylaundering, drug trafficking and armssmuggling.

The PM said we have to deepen ourbilateral security cooperation. But, weneed a comprehensive global strategyfor a global problem. It will require closersecurity cooperation; but, even more, apolicy of no distinction between terroristgroups or discrimination betweennations; a resolve to isolate those whoharbor terrorists, willingness toempower states that will fight them; asocial movement against extremism in

countries where it is most prevalent; and, everyeffort to delink religion and terrorism.

He said since my Government entered office,no region has seen more intense engagement onIndia‘s part than Asia Pacific region - because weunderstand how deeply our future is linked to thisregion. India and Australia can play cricket hardwith each other – and I suspect we will next month.But we see Australia as one of our foremost partnersin the region. I was pleased to host Prime MinisterTony Abbott as my first State Guest in September.

He said it has taken a Prime Minister of India28 years to come to Australia. It should never havebeen so. And, this will change. Australia will not beat the periphery of our vision, but at the centre of ourthought. So, we stand together at a moment ofenormous opportunity and great responsibility. Isee a great future of partnership between India andAustralia and, a shared commitment to realize it.

Australian artists perform traditional aboriginaldance to welcome Modi

The Australianartists performed thet r a d i t i o n a laboriginal dance towelcome PrimeMinister NarendraModi, who arrived inSydney on 17November 2014 onthe second leg of hisfour-city tour of thecountry. Prime Minister Shri Modi, who arrived in Sydneyafter three days in Brisbane where he attended the annualG-20 Summit, was also gifted a boomerang by theAustralian artists.

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Present on the dais ShrimanRamlal ji, Convenor of theMembership Drive Shri

Dinesh Sharmaji, all the Co-convenors and all the seniorkaryakartas who have come fromdifferent parts of the country,brothers and sisters – before I saysomething about this new andunprecedented Maha- AbhiyanI would like to remember the greatwork of all the senior leadersbefore us. The sacrifice and hardwork of many like Dr. SyamaPrasad Mookerjee, Pt. DeendayalUpadhyay, Late Sunder SinghBhandari, Rajmata Vijaya RajeScindia, Jagannath Rao Joshiand Nanaji Deshmukh havemade this party strong. As aresult of the constant effortsmade by many senior leaders likeour respected leaders Shri Atal

Bihari Vajpayee and Shri LalKrishna Advani we have cometo this stage. We have to takeforward the works of our seniorleaders through thisMembership Drive. From the daythe Membership Drive waslaunched by Shri NarendraModi, 79 lac online-membershave been registered. To takeforward this drive, to review itand to find solution to certainpractical and technical problemsin the process this meeting hasbeen organized. Friends, thismembership drive is not new forBJP. Every time, as the festival oforganization we conductmembership drive and everymember become member againafter every six year and electionstake place. It is our tradition.Among almost 1300 parties, there

are one or two only in whichinternal democracy still survivesand there is a system to connectthe people. After getting linkedto the party one is connected tothe organization and there is asystem to reach to any postthrough election. Anyone cancome forward to use this platformto serve the country. Andprobably this is the only partywhich by following theconstitution of the partyconducts the process oforganizational elections. Everytwo year we have organisationalelections and renew ourmembership every six years. Andthe year 2014 is the year of ourmembership renewal. We havetaken this membership drive ina different way by notconsidering it to be a routine

Contribute three months to party to makeMembership Drive successful : Amit Shah

Review Meeting – 22 November 2014

Bharatiya Janata Party has launchedits membership drive with a new vision,resolve and slogan of “Sashakta Bhajapa,Sashakta Bharat”. A national reviewmeeting of BJP Membership Drive washeld at BJP National Headquarters inNew Delhi on 22nd November 2014 inwhich along with national office bearers,state presidents, state prabharis and statemembership drive prabharis participated.In the meeting state-wise reports werepresented and the issues related tomembership drive were discussed indetail. BJP National President Shri AmitShah addressed the meeting andhighlighted the important points related to membership drive. We are publishing the edited versionof his address for our esteemed readers:

National Membership Maha-Abhiyan


work but to expand the mass baseof the party, strengthen theorganization and for thepropagation of the ideology soas to take the party to a newheight. From 1950 we have beenworking as Jansangh and thenas BJP. Our party came intoexistence on the basis of ideologyand we marched forward. In thebeginning the ideology wasmocked at, the ideology had tostruggle and it got acceptedwhen this ideology startedgetting respected after 2014 LokSabha elections. It may be saidthat our ideology started gettingrecognition and respect in thecountry and the entire worldfrom 2014 onwards. We came topower in the Centre and statesseveral times before 2014 but forthe first time people gave us fullmajority under the leadership ofNarendra Bhai. We want to carryforward this acceptability andrespect.

There are many parts in thecountry where we have not yetreached. BJP has to reach in thoseparts. There are many stateswhere BJP has formed itsgovernment but there are manyparts in those states where BJP isstill to make its presence. In manyLok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhaconstituency where we may havewon but there may be manybooths where we have not yetreached. This membershipcampaign is to reach upto thatbooth. So far whatever has beensaid should not be taken as if bydialing phone number one willbecome member and thereafter aregister will be prepared andorganizational elections will beheld and this data will stand bythe party. After this the party hasthought over a system wherein

by compiling a list of all themembers a campaign for twomonths will be organized. Ourkaryakartas will go to every newmember. They will give them anintroductory pamphlet of theparty, introduction of the party,welcome them into the party andmake efforts to link them withthe activities of the party. In thisway suppose if 10 crore membersare registered a big campaign ofconnecting seven crore memberswill be taken up by the party inthe next two months. So in themonth of April and May we willtake this contact programme toeveryone and three crore oldmembers will connect sevencrore new members so that theybecome the carriers of BJPideology and become integralpart of the party. For this BJPkaryakartas will have to makeuntiring efforts.

Thereafter in the 6th, 7th

and 8th month Abhyas Varga(Workshop) and trainingprogrammes for 15 lacselected members will beorganized. BJP wants tomake a schedule for thebiggest training progammein the world and party hasplans to link 15 lac selectedmembers including old andnew and special ones withthe spirit of the party.

By compiling our ideology,aim of our work, the history ofthe party till date, introductionof the party leaders, contributionof the party in nation’s politicsand work of our governments weare going to prepare a trainingcapsule and we will conductmega training programme inthese three months to train 15lac karyakartas.

So friends, I only want to saythat if we want to give strengthto this membership campaignthen everyone sitting here in thehall will have to resolve that wehave to take this campaign uptobooth level. If this campaign doesnot reach upto the booth then Ibelieve that we will not get thedesired benefits. This is becausethere should be a symmetricalsystem. A scientific system willhave to be evolved in every stateand by monitoring it strongly itwill have to be percolated to thelowest rung. Then only we willbe able to fulfill the aims ofmaking new members uptobooth level. The caste calculus ofthe booth, the politicalarrangements, situation and thedetails of the change we want tomake in the booth should beworked out wherever BJP has itsgood presence. It may not happeneverywhere but in states likeMadhya Pradesh, Gujarat andRajasthan where we have strongorganization this can be done.Not making it a ritual but to keepin mind as to how to make everybooth a live booth, every boothshould have representation ofevery section of the society andthis should be the focus of themembership drive. In many areasour membership is low, invanavasi areas our membershipis low, in urban slums, Dalitsettlements our membership islow. So wherever we have notbeen able to reach the year 2014is the year of hoisting our flagsin those places, it is a year toexpand BJP to those areas. Sowherever our party is strong andour organization is good, itsmicro planning will be done byour karyakartas. One teamshould be formed in the state


which can work on these linesin full form. And this state levelteam should form District levelgroup which may take this spiritupto booth level. In thismembership drive 10 croremembers can be made. The kindof popularity which NarendraBhai Modi enjoys and the massbase BJP has, making 10 croremembers is not a big thing. But ifwe want to give stability to thepopularity of Narendra Bhai,increase mass base of BJP as aresult of the good works done bythe government then from boothto state all the units should growcompletely and they shoulddevelop fully and consistently.It may only happen when youhave detailed planning in yourstate. This need not be explainedto you as you have been doing itfor years.

This time the election resultsthat have been given by 2014 andthereafter the results given bystates, by using this mass baseBharatiya Janata Party shouldcome forward as a strong partyfor the next 50 years and increasethe expanse of our organizationand for this we want to make useof this festival of organizationthrough membership drive. Youjust have faith in my words that

as between 1947 and 1966 therewas a time for Congress thatwhoever Congress used tonominate for elections peopleused to elect them and peopleused to see as to who was theCongress candidate and thatcandidate used to win theelection. BJP is also going to getthat kind of huge support in thedays to come. We should keep inmind that the beginning ofdecline of Congress started from‘66 because they did not giveimportance to the renewal oforganization. They fell into theactivities of government. They fellinto the activities of makingleaders. They fell into themanipulations of caste withinthe leaders. At the time ofindependence the Congresswhich had reached upto theground level on the basis oforganization by making 25 paisemembers started graduallygetting eroded and the decline ofCongress started from ‘66. By2014 its post of Leader ofOpposition has also been lost.When our good time has begunwe should learn from the historyand see how this good timebecomes longer and perpetuatesand for that this membershipdrive is taken up to make our

organization and ideology reachto the ground level. It is not anexaggeration, you have come tothis meeting as you have adefinite responsibility and themembership drive which isgoing on is a Dandi March of thedemocratic history of the country.When 85 people came out fromthe Sabaramati ashram withGandhiji the Dandi Yatra wasstarted and they did not knowthat they were going to createhistory. Today you people aresitting here as BJP karyakartasin the same manner. Just believemy words that you are also goingto become a big part of thedemocratic history of the countryas this drive is going to be soimportant and result oriented.Therefore I want to say that theplans will go down from abovefor this drive but everyoneshould give new dimension, weshould give new momentum inour own ways and buildenthusiasm of the karyakartasinvolved in the drive by bringingin new things and make thisdrive completely a drive toincrease the strength of theBharatiya Janata Party. I believethat this drive will help inexpansion of the party as I’dsaid during the National Council


meeting that this year is the yearof expansion of BJP. It is a year ofgiving shape to the ideology ofBJP and help in its propagation.And we have to use this throughour membership drive. This timewe have decided to increase 50%of the active members which was5.5 to 6.00 lac earlier. If a statehas 100 active members then ithas to make 150 by increasing50%. If 6 lac active members arein the entire country then wewant to have 9 lac activemembers this time. And we havemade some changes in theeligibility criteria for becomingan active member. Every activemember has to make 100members. So if 9 lac activemembers make 100 memberseach then 9 crore members areeasily registered. And those whomake 100 members only they canbecome active members as everyactive member will have to givea list of 100 members.

A pamphlet in this regardhas been prepared and given toyou in which name, mandal,district , state, mobile number ofthe active member who is beingproposed are to be given. Itmeans that the active memberwho is going to become councilorwill have to get toll free numberdialed before him. And after thathis councilor number will come.That you have to get noted hereand after that address, telephonenumber, PIN code has to be sentthrough sms. In one family morethan one number can be made.BJP has made up its mind to seethat this system has to be strictlyfollowed from PM NarendraModi to booth level karyakartas.You make 100 members. Nine lacmembers make 100 primarymembers of the party and give

the list to the BJP office. BJP willcertify it as this is electronicnumber and with this automaticcertification you will becomeactive member of the party.

In the eligibility criteria ofthe party to become an activemember it was required to give10 days in the party activity inwhich we are bringing a slightrelaxation and in place of 10days we are keeping it 7 daysand also bringing in a changethat in these 7 days full time asper party plan will have to begiven then only you can becomean active member. One whowants to become an activemember will have to give 7-daytime in any locality, slum, Dalitbasti, village or block where BJPhas no member and work formembership and will have tosubmit report. After that once thework is certified he will beinvolved as an active member.One who wants to become BJP

active member it is not a big dealto give 7 days and these 7 daysare to be given in two years. Andthis has to be followed strictlyupto the ground level, thereshould be no relaxation. Thosewho are at state and districtlevel, if they go for meeting, theirtime will be counted within the7 days. For example ifMuralidhar Rao ji goes to TamilNadu in membership drive toenhance the enthusiasm of thepeople then these three days willbe counted. But the karyakartasat mandal level and district levelmay be able to become activemembers only if they tour at theallotted places and make 100members. And BJP has to make9 lac active members fulfillingboth these criteria. I don’t thinkthat it is a big goal. Changingshape and base of party dependson us. Never again betterpolitical situation, politicalleadership and politicalacceptability will be available.Party should make use of thisopportunity. We have to encashthis opportunity. We have to givestability to this mass base. Andfrom this stable mass base weshould take out karyakartascommitted to ideology so thatwork of BJP keep growing for along time, 15-20-25 years to come.The membership drive shouldmove in this direction.

Friends, don’t take this drivelightly. By working for longduration in politics our lifebecome stagnant. Somedecisions and things happenwhich are not in accordancewith our wish. Many times ourpositions are also not good. Irequest you to weed outpessimism, inactivity andstagnation which come in due to

This time we have decided toincrease 50% of the activemembers which was 5.5 to 6.00 lacearlier. If a state has 100 activemembers then it has to make 150by increasing 50%. If 6 lac activemembers are in the entire countrythen we want to have 9 lac activemembers this time. And we havemade some changes in theeligibility criteria for becoming anactive member. Every activemember has to make 100 members.So if 9 lac active members make100 members each then 9 croremembers are easily registered. Andthose who make 100 membersonly they can become activemembers as every active memberwill have to give a list of 100members.


these for three months. Becausethese three months are soimportant that if we work like ateam then we can achieve thegoal of making 10 crore membersat the ground level. It is not thatpeople sitting over here have notdone anything for the party. Itmay so happen that we are notsatisfied with our currentposition in the party but we havecontributed to the party in somemeasure. Now contribute threemonths to the party and makethis drive successful. Take outall the feeling that stops you frombeing active and take this spiritto the booth level as a team.

Friends, the future ofBharatiya Janata Party is veryglorious and the leadership ofModiji has received acceptabilityin the entire country and theworld over. His plans which arepeople oriented and the resultsthat we are getting from thoseplans, I believe that the comingdays are golden. But I want thatby en-cashing that golden futurethe base of the party should bemade so strong that our ideologyin any testing time remainsintact. From the days Jansanghwas formed many such timeshave come. From emergency tothe days of two seats had come.Even after that many a time ourkaryakartas felt hopeless. But theideological base of the Jansanghkaryakartas was clear andtherefore gradually partyovercame this period and wecame to this stage. If we do notmake the ideological clarity ofthe new members of this growingparty and the people who arecoming from outside and set thismembership drive on right trackthen in the time of difficultiesparty will not be able to act

properly. So don’t consider it tobe a routine work. It has beendesigned with lots of thinkingand much detailed planning.And neither I can tell you norimagine the kind of good resultthat we are going to get from thisdrive. And if the huge efforts ofModiji and his popularity get theorganizational backing thenfrom Kashmir to Kanyakumariand from Gujarat to Assam,entire India will come under theumbrella of ‘Kamal’ and we willbe able to witness good days.And not only power, ourprinciples, our ideology shouldreach the youth, should be takento the coming generations andthe new India that will be madein the coming 15-20 years shouldbe built on our fundamentalprinciple, on the basis of ourideology and the development ofthe country should take placewithout diluting our principles.If we have to do this then yoursupport is required. Here thosewho are sitting on the dais, allthe national office bearers, allministers in the government,

everyone are going to work hard.You just have faith in me, no onewill be left. But we have to inspirethe karyakartas upto the groundlevel not through the words butby action. If you makearrangements for his work byyour planning and weed out thelaziness through constantmonitoring then I believe that thisdrive will be definitelysuccessful. Just imagine onething that if BJP becomes worldnumber one party on concreteground then the glory of the BJPand Modi ji will spread in theentire world and we can saywith pride that we are thekaryakartas of BJP. And weshould take the party forwardon this scale. I don’t want to saymore but don’t dilute the criteriaof becoming active member andplease take it to the ground leveland we will definitely achieveour goal. To make 100 membersand give 7 days – if these twocriteria are percolated to theground then I think thateverything will be alright. Ihumbly pray to you all andexpect that you should give threemonths for the BJP. BJP will keepstanding on its strong groundfor many years to come and keepproviding the opportunity tothousands of karyakartas towork for state and nation.

I want to tell all thekaryakartas of the party thatMembership Maha-Abhiyan isthe foundation of a neworganization based politics. Wehave to make this historic effortsuccessful. It will succeed on thebasis of our own activism. Everyone of us will have to own upthis responsibility. This workwill move forward only with ourcomplete participation.

The future of Bharatiya JanataParty is very glorious and the

leadership of Modiji hasreceived acceptability in theentire country and the world

over. His plans which arepeople oriented and the

results that we are gettingfrom those plans, I believethat the coming days are

golden. But I want that by en-cashing that golden future the

base of the party should bemade so strong that our

ideology in any testing timeremains intact.

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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi onDecember 21 addressed an election rally in

Chandwa, Latehar in Jharkhand. He said he feltfortunate to be addressing an election rally in asmall Panchayat of Jharkhand. He said the hugegathering was indicative of the mood of the people.

Shri Narendra Modi said this also showed that thepeople of this country were no longer going to toleratecorruption and nepotism.

The Prime Minister said those who have virtually

accepted that they cannot win, have now resorted topolitics of assassination. He paid homage to a partyworker Priyaranjan Paswan, and his bodyguard, wholost their lives in a recent act of violence. He saidbullets need to be answered by ballots. He said India’sdemocracy was a model for the whole world, and

nothing should be done to harm it. He saidviolence had no place in politics or society.

He appealed to the misguided youth to giveup the gun which could turn the earth red, andinstead pick up the ploughshare, which willturn the earth green. He invited youth to join thedevelopment mainstream. He said we need toturn the earth green, not red. He praised thecourage of the people who had come to thisrally, saying such a “jan sailaab” (sea ofhumanity) could not be seen even in cities.

The Prime Minister said previous stategovernments were guilty of keeping the peoplepoor, despite the state being rich in naturalresources.

He said development is the only cure for allproblems being faced by the people. He thanked thepeople of Jharkhand for giving him unprecedentedsupport in the recent Lok Sabha elections.

The Prime Minister said he was focused on

Assembly Election Trail

With Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s election rallies in Jharkhand and J&K BJP officially startedits campaign in a big way for the forthcoming assembly elections in the two states ruled by the non BJPopposition parties. The ruling government in Jharkhand is a coalition between Jharkhand Mukti Morcha(JMM), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress party, while the state government in Jammu and Kashmiris a coalition between National Conference (NC) and the Congress party. Apart from Shri Modi BJP NationalPresident Shri Amit Shah and other BJP senior leaders are also addressing rallies in these poll bound states.As per the schedule Shri Modi and Shri Amit Shah will address several rallies in both the states.

The Five phases of polling in the two states will happen on 25th November, 2nd December, 9th December,14th December and 20th December, the counting of the votes for the two states will be conducted on 23rdDecember. The expiry of the term of assembly of Jammu and Kashmir is on 19th January, 2015, and theexpiry of the term of legislative assembly of Jharkhand is on 3rd January, 2015. The Jharkhand assembly has81 members and there are 87 seats in Jammu and Kashmir assembly. As per Election Commission the totalnumber of electors for Jharkhand was more than 2.07 crore, the electors in Jammu and Kashmir was 72.25lakh.

The kind of public support BJP is witnessing this time across the states of Jharkhand and J&K are evenmore encouraging than what the party saw during the Lok Sabha elections. It seems that this huge publicsupport will further encourage BJP Karyakartas, strengthen party’s base and BJP will get thumping victoriesin both the states. We are publishing the excerpts of some speeches made by PM Shri Narendra Modi and BJPNational President Shri Amit Shah for our esteemed readers:

Violence has no place in politics or society : Narendra Modi


providing basic amenities such as toilets for all, anddignity for women. He said even the United Nationswas taking note of this initiative to build toilets.

He also spoke about the NDA Government’sPradhan Mantri Jandhan Yojana to ensure financialinclusion for all. He said 7 crore new bank accountshad been opened under this scheme.

He called upon the people of Jharkhand to givehim a chance to serve the people. He urged people togive the BJP a full majority in the state Assemblyelections, to give him a chance to serve the state, anddeliver on his promise of development.

Jammu & Kashmir

I will return your trust in me withinterest by ensuring full fledged

development in J&K : ModiAddressing the first rally in Jammu & Kashmir

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on November22 promised to fulfill the dream of former PM Shri

Atal Bihari Vajpayee based on democracy, humanityand Kashmiriyat that has made a special place in thehearts of people of Jammu and Kashmir.

Addressing his rally at Kishtwar in the state hesaid “democracy, humanity and Kashmiriyat, thesewords of Shri Atal ji have made special place in thehearts of Kashmiris and have ignited a hope in everyKashmiri youth about better future.”

“I want to urge people to install with full majoritya BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir and trustmy words that the dream, which Atal ji had seen forJ&K, Modi will use all his might and will fulfill thatdream.”

“Our matra is only development, development

and development,” he said, adding “I will return yourtrust in me with interest by ensuring full fledgeddevelopment in J&K.”

He said that I wished to complete the workstarted by Shri Vajpayee. “It is my wish and I willcome repeatedly here for that,” the Prime Ministersaid amid slogans of ‘Modi, Modi’ from the audience.

“I have deep affection for Kashmir. Affection fromthe core of my heart and soul,” he told the rally atChowgan ground in Kishtwar town, adding otherpolitical parties were surprised that there has notbeen even a single month when Modi has not cometo Kashmir.

“He has come in July, August, September, andOctober and now in November,” Modi said referringto himself.

Recalling the NDA rule under Vajapyee, he said,“Every Kashmiri thought that now their dreams befulfilled. But during last ten years, what has happenedwith Kashmir and its situation.”

J&K wants to get rid of the rule ofdynastic parties : Amit Shah

BJP National President Shri Amit Shah on November19 exuded confidence of victory to the workers of

the BJP. He said that the state’s people wanted to getrid of the rule of dynastic parties in Jammu & Kashmir.Shri Shah was in Jammu for getting update of electionpreparations.

“The public in J&K is with Narendra Modi’sdevelopment plank and want to get rid of the dynasticparties rule which have only promoted dynasties andfew cronies,” Shri Shah said.

He added “The dynastic rule has also perpetuatedcorruption, nepotism and mal-administration. People


want to have public friendly and compassionategovernance, which only BJP is capable of,” he said.

He held a meeting of election managementcommittee, campaign committee, state electiondepartments’ in-charges and members at Hotel Ashokin Jammu to review the poll related preparations andwork done by various party functionaries.

During the meeting, prominent politician fromAkhnoor, Govind Ram Sharma, along with his sonSuresh Sharma, joined BJP in the presence of Shah.

Shri Shah expressed satisfaction over the briefingby various committees, but stressed for morepersistent efforts, and called for ‘committed hardwork’ to ensure ‘Mission 44+’.

Shri Shah also addressed rallies in Banihal andRamban next day in the state.

Jharkhand

‘BJP committed to pull Jharkhand alongthe developmental path’

BJP President Shri Amit Shah on November 17 saidthat there was a “contradiction” in Jharkhand

Cabinet as the ruling alliance have been contestingagainst each other in the Jharkhand Assemblyelections. He was addressing public meetings in

Jharkhand.Addressing separate election meetings at

Hussainabad and Garhwa seeking votes for partycandidates, Shri Shah asked how RJD claimed to formgovernment when there was a contradiction in theruling alliance in the state. Congress broke ties withJMM (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha) last month afterfailing to forge pre-poll alliance with it, but Congresscontinues to support Hemant Soren-led government.While the JMM is contesting alone, Congress and RJDcontinued the alliance for the elections.

He said the party’s agenda was to make a

Congress-free government everywhere, adding the BJPis committed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’svision of development.

Addressing another meeting at Garhwa, Shri Shahsaid BJP was also committed to pull Jharkhand alongthe developmental path at par with Maharashtra andMadhya Pradesh.

Committing to complete the long-pending Kanharirrigation project in Garhwa,Shri Shah said injusticewas done to Jharkhand and the BJP was determinedto put the state on the path of development.

‘Congress never let anygovernment in Jharkhand survive’

On November 16 ,Addressing a huge gathering atLutheran High School grounds in Lohardaga BJP

National President Shri Amit Shah said,”People ofthis state want Jharkhand to be free of the Congress.I decided to start campaigning from Lohardagabecause the state Congress President (SukhdeoBhagat) is contesting from this seat”.

Holding the Congress responsible for seriallapses, corruption and political instability inJharkhand, he said: “During Lok Sabha polls, we gavea call for Congress-free India and you people ofJharkhand gave us overwhelming response with 12out of 14 parliamentary seats. At the national level,voters bundled out the Congress. Now, it isJharkhand’s turn.”

“Madhu Koda tha, jisko Congress ne mukhyamantri banaya aur baad mein jail bhi gaya. Sab kojail bhejiye sir (It was Madhu Koda who was madechief minister by the Congress. He was jailed too. Sir,send everyone to jail),” an excited man from the crowdscreamed.

“That poor tribal fellow had to go to jail oncorruption charges but the Congress leaders whowere equal partners in the scam stayed safe. I am notsupporting Madhu Koda.

He did wrong. But those who corrupted him can’tbe spared,” Shri Shah said.

“Those who profited from corruption must besent to right place that they deserve (read jail). If inthe last 10 years, the Congress-led UPA governmentdid anything, it was corruption, corruption and onlycorruption. A majority government like the one PrimeMinister Narendra Modi is heading at the Centre isvery effective in taking strong decisions. This is whatJharkhand needs,” Shri Shah said. (FOC)


In his first cabinet expansionon November 9, PrimeMinister Shri Narendra Modi

appointed 21 ministers,including four CabinetMinisters, three Minister of State(independent charge) and 14Ministers of State. Thisexpansion has not onlyfacilitated a prudent division ofwork among the ministers, it hasalso added a blend of experiencewith youth energy whileensuring optimum regionalrepresentation.

This time there arerepresentatives from Goa,Maharashtra, HimachalPradesh, Telengana, AndhraPradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, UP,Gujarat, Rajasthan and WestBengal –covering almost everystate in India.

Former Goa Chief MinisterShri Manohar Parrikar was madeDefence Minister, Shri Suresh

Prabhu has been given theRailway Ministry. BJP NationalGeneral Secretary Shri JagatPrakash Nadda is the newHealth Minister and seniorHaryana leader Shri BirenderSingh is the new RuralDevelopment, Panchayati Raj,Drinking Water and Sanitationminister.

Finance minister Shri ArunJaitley has been given the chargeof Information and Broadcastingministry, which was previouslyheld by Shri Prakash Javadekar.He will be assisted by Olympicshooting medalist and formerarmyman Shri RajyavardhanRathore who is a member ofparliament from Rajasthan.

Former Karnataka ChiefMinister Shri D.V. SadanandGowda is the new Law andJustice Minister. Shri Gowda wasearlier handling the railwayministry, and the law and justice

ministry was with Shri RaviShankar Prasad, who is nowhandling Communications andInformation Technologyministry.

Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy is thenew Minister of State(Independent Charge) of SkillDevelopment &Entrepreneurship Ministry. Healso gets the charge ofParliamentary Affairs as MoSalongwith Mukhtar AbbasNaqvi, who is also MoS forMinority Affairs with NajmaHeptulla who is the CabinetMinister.

Labour and Employmentwhich was earlier with ShriNarendra Singh Tomar has beengiven to Shri Bandaru Dattatreyawho was sworn in as ministerwith independent charge. ShriTomar will continue as Ministerfor Steel and Mines.

21 ministers included infirst ministry expansion

Manohar Parrikar (Defence) He is the first IITian to become the Chief Minister of anyIndian state. Shri Parrikar said that he had decided to accept the offer of Union Cabinet seatas a matter of “national interest” although he also said that he was extremely attached to Goa.

Suresh Prabhu (Railways) , a former Cabinet minister, is the head of a high-level panelon power revamp — “Advisory Group for Integrated Development of Power, Coal and RenewableEnergy”. Shri Prabhu was the initiator of reforms in the power sector during his tenure as PowerMinister in the former NDA government when he had piloted the integrated electricity bill andthe law for setting up a regulator.

J.P. Nadda (Health and Family Welfare) is a Rajya Sabha member from HimachalPradesh and also National General Secretary of the BJP. He has a long organizational experienceand also served as cabinet minister in Himachal Pradesh government. He also served as thePresident of Olympic Association, Himachal Pradesh from 2008 to 2012.

Birender Singh (Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water andSanitation) He is a senior leader from Haryana. In August, Birendra Singh ended his four-decade-long association with the Congress and joined the BJP.


S.no Name PortfolioCabinet Ministers of India 20141 Narendra Modi Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic

Energy Department of Space; All important policy issues and allother portfolios not allocated to any Minister2 Rajnath Singh Home Affairs3 Sushma Swaraj External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs4 Arun Jaitley Finance, Corporate Affairs, Information & Broadcasting5 M. Venkaiah Naidu Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation,

Parliamentary Affairs6 Nitin Jairam Gadkari Road Transport and Highways, Shipping7 Manohar Parrikar Defence8 Suresh Prabhu Railways9 D.V. Sadananda Gowda Law & Justice10 Uma Bharati Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation11 Dr. Najma A. Heptulla Minority Affairs12 Ramvilas Paswan Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution13 Kalraj Mishra Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises14 Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Women and Child Development15 Ananthkumar Chemicals and Fertilizers16 Ravi Shankar Prasad Communications and Information Technology17 Jagat Prakash Nadda Health & Family Welfare18 Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati Civil Aviation19 Anant Geete Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises20 Harsimrat Kaur Badal Food Processing Industries21 Narendra Singh Tomar Mines, Steel22 Chaudhary Birender Singh Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation23 Jual Oram Tribal Affairs24 Radha Mohan Singh Agriculture25 Thaawar Chand Gehlot Social Justice and Empowerment26 Smriti Zubin Irani Human Resource Development27 Dr. Harsh Vardhan Science and Technology, Earth Sciences

Ministers of State with Independent Charge1 General V.K. Singh Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge),

External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs2 Inderjit Singh Rao Planning (Independent Charge), Defence3 Santosh Kumar Gangwar Textiles (Independent Charge)4 Bandaru Dattatreya Labour and Employment (Independent Charge)5 Rajiv Pratap Rudy Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge),

Parliamentary Affairs6 Shripad Yesso Naik AAYUSH (Independent Charge), Health & Family Welfare7 Dharmendra Pradhan Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)8 Sarbananda Sonowal Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge)9 Prakash Javadekar Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)10 Piyush Goyal Power (Independent Charge), Coal (Independent Charge), New and

Renewable Energy (Independent Charge)11 Dr. Jitendra Singh Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), Prime

Minister's Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions,Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space


12 Nirmala Sitharaman Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge)13 Dr. Mahesh Sharma Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge),

Civil AviationMinisters of State1 Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minority Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs2 Ram Kripal Yadav Drinking Water & Sanitation3 Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Home Affairs4 Sanwar Lal Jat Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation5 Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya Agriculture6 Giriraj Singh Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises7 Hansraj Gangaram Ahir Chemicals & Fertilizers8 G.M. Siddeshwara Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises9 Manoj Sinha Railways10 Nihalchand Panchayati Raj11 Upendra Kushwaha Human Resource Development12 Radhakrishnan P. Road Transport & Highways, Shipping13 Kiren Rijiju Home Affairs14 Krishan Pal Social Justice & Empowerment15 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Agriculture16 Manuskhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava Tribal Affairs17 Raosaheb Dadarao Danve Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution18 Vishnu Deo Sai Mines, Steel19 Sudarshan Bhagat Rural Development20 Prof. (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria Human Resource Development21 Y.S. Chowdary Science and Technology, Earth Science22 Jayant Sinha Finance23 Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Information & Broadcasting24 Babul Supria (Babul Supriyo) Baral Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation25 Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Food Processing Industries26 Vijay Sampla Social Justice & Empowerment27 Ramshankar Katheria Human Resource Development

The ministry for Development of Northeastern region (independent charge) which was earlier withGen Shri V.K Singh (retd) has been given to Shri Jitendra Singh, who will also continue as Minister ofState in the PMO. Gen Singh has been given independent charge of Ministry of Statistics and ProgrammeImplementation in addition to his earlier portfolios.

Shripad Yesso Naik has been given portfolio of Minister of Sate (Independent Charge) for Ayurveda,Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) in place of Tourism and Culturewhich has been given to Shri Mahesh Sharma. Shri Naik has also been given MoS for parliamentaryaffairs.

Portfolios of other new MoS include Shri Ram Kirpal Yadav (Drinking Water and Sanitation), ShriSanwar Lal Jat (Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation), Shri MK Kundariya(Agriculture), Shri Giriraj Singh (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises),Shri Hansraj Ahir (Chemicalsand Fertilizers), Shri R.S Katheria (Human Resource Development), Shri Jayant Sinha (Finance), ShriRajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Information and Broadcasting), Shri Babul Supriyo Baral (UrbanDevelopment, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation), Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (Food ProcessingIndustries) and Shri Vijay Sampla (Social Justice and Empowerment).

Shri Upendra Kushwaha has been shifted as MoS from Rural Development to Human ResourceDevelopment as Minister of State.


Shri Narendra Modi reached Myanmar onNovember 12 where 25th ASEAN summit wasbeing held. First time Myanmar was serving

as host of the summit.While leaving India for attending the summit

Shri Modi said that ASEAN is at the core of our ActEast Policy and at the centre of our dream of anAsian century, characterized by cooperation andintegration. Shri Narendra Modi attended 12thIndia-ASEAN Summit in the Myanmar’s capitalonthe same day.

Addressing the summit Shri Modi said, “Thereare many similarities and convergences betweenus. India and ASEAN are second and third interms of population. We are among the largesteconomies and among the three fastest growingeconomies in this century. Majority of us herebelong to the developing world.” He added “Wehave embarked on a new economic journey inIndia. We are emphasizing infrastructure,manufacturing, trade, agriculture, skilldevelopment, urban renewal and smart cities.‘Make in India’ is a new mission. We are placingas much emphasis on ease of doing business inIndia as we are on making policies attractive. Iinvite you to this new environment in India. Indiancompanies are also keep to invest in and tradewith ASEAN.” I also assure you that there will be

major improvement our trade policy andenvironment. We will also move ahead withconnectivity projects with ASEAN with speed, ShriModi added.

“Asia`s future is bright, but it also faces manychallenges. Our progress and prosperity dependson peace and stability in the region. There is waveof change in the world. New realities are emergingin the changed world. Globalization is a fact oflife. We are all affected by it and we have allbenefited from it.”

Emphasizing on following International lawPM Shri Modi said “For peace and stability inSouth China Sea, everyone should followinternational norms and law. This includes the1982 United Nations Convention on the Law ofthe Sea. We also hope that you will be able tosuccessfully implement the Guidelines to the 2002Declaration on Conduct and that the Code ofConduct on South China Sea can be concludedsoon on the basis of consensus.” PM’s bilateral engagements at Nay PyiTaw

The same day, PM Shri Narendra Modi heldsix meetings in addition to the India-ASEANSummit.

He met the Prime Minister of Malaysia Mr.Najib Razak, the Prime Minister of Thailand Gen

ASEAN summit

My government turns our ‘Look East Policy’into ‘Act East Policy’ : Narendra Modi


Prayut Chan-o-cha, the Prime Minister of SingaporeMr. Lee Hsien Loong, the Sultan of Brunei HajiHassanal Bolkiah and the President of the Republicof Korea Ms Park Geun-hye. He also met DawAung San Suu Kyi. The Prime Minister used theopportunity, which was his first meeting with theseleaders, to explain his views on how he sees Indiaprogressing, and to seek theircooperation for the same. ThePrime Minister expressed India’sopenness to ideas and views. Hereferred to the possibility ofcooperation between India andthe ASEAN countries in the fieldof solar energy. He stressed onthe need for India and ASEAN tocollaboratively tackle terrorism,drug-trafficking and gun-running. He specificallymentioned the example of securityintelligence sharing between India and Malaysia,and said this was a model which could be followedwith other ASEAN member countries as well.

The Prime Minister sought cooperation fromMalaysia in the field of public housing. The PrimeMinister expressed keenness to work closely withSingapore in the field of urban renewal. The Koreanside expressed keenness to share its proven

industrial competence with India, especially ininfrastructure.Warm reception to Narendra Shri ModiWarm reception to Narendra Shri ModiWarm reception to Narendra Shri ModiWarm reception to Narendra Shri ModiWarm reception to Narendra Shri Modiby Indian community in Myanmarby Indian community in Myanmarby Indian community in Myanmarby Indian community in Myanmarby Indian community in Myanmar

On November 13 in the evening Prime Ministerof India Shri Narendra Modi attended the receptionhosted by Indian community. Shri Narendra Modi

tweeted on the reception “The phenomenalenthusiasm of the Indian community here mademe very glad.”

Addressing the Indian community Shri Modisaid “Your rights will remain the way they are. Iwill try to ensure that all your rights are beinggranted to you. I shall come again.” He added “Asa foreigner you might have experienced the shiftingperspective of the world towards you in the pastfew months. The manner in which the otherpowerful governments are looking at India, you asIndians must feel proud at being an Indian. Butwhen such an opportunity arises, ourresponsibility also increases manifold. Earlier noone considered us to be important enough to benoticed but now every move of ours is scrutinizedwith utmost attention. Hence the Indian society –not just the government or the country but even theIndian communities around the world are beingwatched closely… we are being evaluated closely.They are trying to find a way to reach us. The oneswho did not even respond to our namastes(greetings) earlier are now trying to hug us.” Indiaand Myanmar are historically linked. We foughtfor our Independence together. And even todaythe people of this country treat India with reverencedue to Buddha. We are constantly striving to be ofuse to our neighbouring nations as we feel that itis our duty.

A few days back, I had made an announcement

The Prime Minister, in his meeting with DawAung San Suu Kyi, described her as a symbol ofdemocracy, and referred to the enormous effortand sacrifice she has made for democracy. DawAung San Suu Kyi described India as her secondhome. The Prime Minister gifted Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi a copy of Mahatma Gandhi’s commentaryon the Bhagavad Gita.


that we will build and send into orbit, a satellitethat will be dedicated to SAARC. And while I amin this country, I would like to announce that thebenefits of this dedicated satellite will be providedto Myanmar as well. The main benefits of thissatellite will be seen in the health sector, educationand long-distance education sector and tele-medicine sector.

“We have decided toshoulder a few responsibilitiesand announce them in theupcoming SAARC meeting thatis to be held in Nepal. One of theresponsibilities is ensuring theinclusion of Myanmar in theSAARC nations and try to rid thecountry off Polio. India is a polio-free country now. Polio caseshave not been reported in thecountry for the past five-sevenyears but the disease persists inour neighbouring countries.” Headded,Pakistan has reportedseveral such cases. Whenever amember of the family suffers fromPolio, the entire family is renderedcrippled.

This is a charitable work andwe are working towards creatinga plan to help our neighbouringcountries rid themselves off thecrippling disease. We willobviously need to procure thenecessary permissions from therespective countries and we lookforward to do so in the SAARCmeeting where we can alsodiscuss the plan and ensuringits effective execution.

He said, “My experience inthis country has been verypleasant. The manner in whichthe government and people ofthis country have planned andexecuted this welcoming ceremony is indeedcommendable. I feel sorry that I wasn’t able tospend some more time with all of you but I amreally impressed with the manner in which withdiscipline you have made use of the limited timeto the optimum. I will praise your organizational

“As a foreigner you mighthave experienced the shifting

perspective of the worldtowards you in the past few

months. The manner in whichthe other powerful

governments are looking atIndia, you as Indians must

feel proud at being an Indian.But when such an opportunityarises, our responsibility alsoincreases manifold. Earlier no

one considered us to beimportant enough to be

noticed but now every moveof ours is scrutinized with

utmost attention. Hence theIndian society – not just thegovernment or the country

but even the Indiancommunities around theworld are being watchedclosely… we are being

evaluated closely. They aretrying to find a way to reach

us. The ones who did noteven respond to our

namastes (greetings) earlierare now trying to hug us.”

ability of the disciplined manner in which theceremony was executed, everywhere I go.” Whilefinishing his speech Narendra Modi receivedrapturous applause.East Asian Summit

During his visit to Myanmar PM Shri NarendraModi on November 18 attended East Asian

Summit. It was 9th annualmeeting of national leaders fromEast Asian region and adjoiningregions called group 18.

Addressing the meetingShri Modi said “Since enteringoffice six months ago mygovernment has moved with agreat sense of priority and speedto turn our ‘Look East Policy’into ‘Act East Policy”.The EastAsia Summit is an importantpillar of this policy.”

“No other forum bringstogether such a large collectiveweight of global population,youth, economy and militarystrength. Nor is any other forumis so critical for peace, stabilityand prosperity in Asia-Pacificand the world.Over the lasteight Summits, we have madeprogress in a number of areas.

We worked on importantissues. We have begun toestablish a culture and habit ofdialogue and cooperation.”

He added “In the same vein,we should also start majorinitiatives on energypartnership, for example, in thearea of solar energy, with theobjective of bringing affordableclean energy within the reach ofall.”

In his speech Shri Modiraised the issue of increasing

challenges of terrorism & extremism.He alsoconveyed his best wishes for the goal of creatingan ASEAN Community in 2015.

Shri Modi termed the ASEAN’s success as aninspiration for broader integration in the Asia-Pacific region.


When five months agothe BJP ledGovernment at Centre

came to power, persistentlyrising inflation was a majorchallenge before the government.The common man was vexedwith sky rocketing prices ofessential commodities.Economic mess created by theCongress led UPA governmenthad left the people of country inmiserable situation. Everysegment of Indian economy be itindustrial output, price controlor other segments was facingserious crisis. Now after fivemonths, hard work ofNarendraModi led governmenthas brought everything undercontrol.

The official data released inSeptember show significantdecline in inflation to 5.15percent.It was the lowest in fiveyears. During previousgovernment inflation had goneup to double-digit. When theCongress led UPA was leavingthe rein in May industrialgrowth was at its decadal low.The manufacturing sector wasfacing lack of investment,affecting jobs. Imports washurting small and mediumindustries. Recently quarterlydata released by the CentralStatistics Office (CSO) onNovember 12, 2014 has shownindustrial output in October grewat 2.5%. It was -1.16%in October2013. It means Indian economystarted gathering strength which

was weakened by continuousmisrule of the UPA government.The country industrial outputyear-on-year has lodged totalpositive change of 3.6%.This is a

better sign for any economy.In this November, a separate

data released by the CSO showedretail inflation, as measured bythe consumer price index,slowed to a 5.5% in Octobercompared with the previousmonth’s 6.5%. The October figureis the lowest since thegovernment started computingthe new series of data in January

2012.Continuously decreasing

food and fuel prices helpedmoderate the overall numbers. InJanuary 2014 the over-all

inflation rate was 8.79%.Now ithas come down to 5.5%.Duringthe previous governmenttenure,food inflation crossed the14%.Now,it also came down to5.6% in October.

These all are happening dueto right decisions taken by theModi government at the righttime. The government last weekof October cut petrol price by Rs

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2.41 a litre, the sixth reduction sinceAugust, and diesel by Rs 2.25 perlitre on the back of fallinginternational oil rates. Both thefuels are now decontrolled.Previous regime of the UPA wasrarely interested to cut prices of fuelwith the falling prices ininternational market.

Tackling rising food inflationModi government took welcomeinitiatives to delist fruits &vegetables including onion fromAgriculture produce MarketingCommittee (APMC) Act. Bydelisting them, these items becomefree from APMC yard taxes andlocal fees.The government hikedthe minimum export price of onionsby 67 percent and brought it underthe Essential Commodities Act tocurb hoarding as prices soared inthe domestic markets. With a viewto discourage onion exports,government had on June 17 set upa minimum price of onion exportsat $300 per tonne. The governmentalso included onions and potatoesunder the purview of stock holdinglimits under the EssentialCommodities Act, 1955.This stepempowered the state governmentsto undertake de-hoardingoperations and to control the pricesof onions and potatoes.

The recent PM NarendraModiworld tour has enhanced the imageof India. Everywhere his leadershipis recognized as strong anddecisive. It has enable him to bringinvestment for India.His “Make inIndia” campaign has restored faithof investors to invest in India. Thegovernment`s decision openingbank account under PradhanMantri Jan-DhanYojana(PMJDY)covering almost every householdhas also brought in very positivechanges towards inclusiveeconomy.

The cricket connectionThe cricket connectionThe cricket connectionThe cricket connectionThe cricket connectionIndian Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, completed a

successful Australian visit, the first visit by an Indian PrimeMinister in 28 years. He regaled the NRIs in Sydney, spoke withelan about national issues in Brisbane, spoke to the Australianparliamentarians in Canberra and rounded off the visit with atour of theM e l b o u r n eC r i c k e tG r o u n d(MCG).

But thevisit to theMCG isn't theonly cricketconnection onthis trip - att h eA l l p h o n e sa r e n a ,Sydney, hejigged withformer Australian superstar pacer, Brett Lee. The Indian PrimeMinister also had a session with top umpire, Simon Taufel.Amongst the audience waiting with bated breath to hear theirPrime Minister speak was former Indian pacer and now matchreferee, Javagal Srinath.

At the MCG, Shri Modi was joined by Australian PrimeMinister, Tony Abbott, former Australian players, Allan Border,Dean Jones, Michael Kasprowicz, Steve Waugh and GlennMcGrath. On the Indian side, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev andVVS Laxman graced the occasion.

Everywhere he went, Shri Modi charmed the audience withsome interesting snippets of cricket. Here's just a few of them:

We celebrate the legend of Bradman and the class ofTendulkar together.We are impressed by Australian speed as you are charmedby Indian spin, until of course Shane Warne came along.Sydney is a beautiful city, Australia is a beautiful country.Both countries can't live without cricket and we are boundby this bond.Both Prime Ministers joined together in an official receptionhosted by the Australian Prime Minister at the hallowedvenue of Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). The guestssnapped for the cameras in front of the Border-GavaskarTrophy as well as the 2015 Cricket World Cup trophy, thefinal of which will be played on this ground.

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WEST BENGAL

Civil Society should resist theviolence : Rahul Sinha

The fierce turf war between BJPand Trinamool Congress

continued in villages under Paruipolice station in politically volatileBirbhum district with yet anotherBJP worker falling to theruling party bullets onNovember 16 morning.

A 20-year-old farmer wasshot dead by the raidingTrinamool men at Chowmandalpur village, at least twoothers sustained bullet and bomb injuries inneighbouring hamlets of Sirsita and Jadavpur, andmany houses were torched in fresh hostilities thatspread like wildfire in other areas too amid allegationsthat the men in khaki were taking sides in makingarrests.

The Trinamool musketeers shot dead Yasim Sheikha farmer who was working in the paddy field. Movingin after allowing sufficient time for the raiders to fleethe police arrested victim’s father Ikramul Sheikh evenas he grieved by his son’s corpse, sources said. “I wastaken to the police station and beaten up brutally in thename of interrogation. They gave me a fractured righthand,” Sheikh who was later freed said.

With this incident the death toll in Parui blockjumped up to five in the past one month or so with fourBJP workers losing their lives at Makra village earlier.Curiously, while initial reports spoke of Trinamool menhaving stockpiled several thousand crude bombs, thepolice could recover about 800 only from an emptydoctor’s quarter of primary health centre.

Already tensed since last year’s panchayatelections when rebel Trinamool leader Hridyay Ghosh’sfather Sagar Ghosh was shot dead by Trinamool goonswithin hours of district Trinamool president AnubrataMandal telling a party rally to torch rebels’ houses andbomb police vehicles, Parui had been simmering overthe past few months particularly after Sagar Ghoshjoined the BJP along with thousands of his supportersleading the Trinamool to launch a counter-offensive torecapture its lost territories in the given block.

Reports of sporadic clashes were also reportedfrom Satok village in Ghatal sub-division of West

Midnapore district. Six BJP supporters were injuredwhen Trinamool men attacked them early on the 16morning.

Reacting sharply to the ongoing violence BJP,State president Shri Rahul Sinha said that the incidentshad been reported to Union Home Minister Shri RajnathSingh. “I have told about the incident to Union HomeMinister Shri Rajnath Singh and he has asked for adetailed report from us,” Shri Sinha said calling up thecivil society to react the way they had done during theNandigram movement. “I wonder why the civil societythat had come out in protest during the Nandigrammovement is not coming out now. Have they beenbought over by the Government? My request to thehonest members of the civil society is to come out andresist the violence,” Shri Rahul Sinha said.

Reacting to police taking sides, Union MinisterShri Babul Supriyo said, “All the policemen are notdishonest. It seems that the majority of them are underintense pressure from the Government.”

MADHYA PRADESH

In coming years MP would be developedand prosperous : Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Addressing a public meetingon 16 November in Datiya,

Chief Minister Shri Shivraj SinghChouhan said that in the comingyears Madhya Pradesh wouldbe a developed, prosperous andadvanced State of the country.Union Minister for Steel ShriNarendra Singh Tomar was alsopresent on the occasion.

Earlier, before addressing the rally Chief Ministeroffered prayers at the famous Pitambara Shaktipeeth ofDatiya and took part in the cleanliness program in frontof the temple. Shri Chouhan said, “The clean Indiaimagination of Mahatma Gandhi has been brought toreality with full dedication by Prime Minister ShriNarendra Modi due to that the conscience ofcommoners have been awakened towards cleanliness.This would definitely change the mentality of thecommon man and people would exhort for cleanliness.”

Shri Chouhan and Shri Tomar informed the peopleabout the schemes and programs run by the NarendraModi led central government and said, “Long term

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measures have been taken by the union government tocontrol the inflation and mehangai due to that in thecoming years prices would not rise. The result of thelong term measures of the union government havestarted reflecting and in the result financialfundamentals have strengthened and the prices havebecome stable due to that mehangai has also comedown.”

Shri Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh wouldrise on the development map of the country and Datiyawould have special place in it.

KARNATAKA

December 9 is deadline for removalof four corrupt & inefficient

Ministers : Prahlad JoshiThe Bharatiya Janata Party, which is seeking removal

of four Ministers from the Congress governmentfor their allegedinvolvement incorruption andinefficiency, has setDecember 9 deadlinefor Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah to dropthem when the wintersession of thelegislature starts atBelagavi.

In an interactionwith presspersons on 16 November, State BJP presidentand MP Shri Prahlad Joshi, who was here to addressworkers in connection with the party’s membershipdrive, reiterated BJP’s demand seeking the resignationof Home Minister K.J George and three Cabinet membersH.S. Mahadev Prasad, Dinesh Gundu Rao and QamarulIslam, for their “inefficiency” and indulgence incorruption and irregularities. “If these four Ministersescaped due and appropriate action, BJP workers wouldstage a protest on the first day of the winter sessionto bring pressure on the Chief Minister to act,” he said.“Let the Congress government not take our demandlightly,” he warned.

Shri Joshi expressed concern over what heobserved as the falling image of the State due toincreasing sexual assaults on women and girls. Therewas no let-up in sexual assaults, which were beingreported from schools, streets and of late, from prisons,

he said.Apparently, law and order is at stake but Mr.

George continues to enjoy the support of Congresspresident Sonia Gandhi. The State was beingcondemned as a state of rapes and it had assumednotoriety, but little was being done to uphold law andorder in society, he said. Let the Congress governmentnot take our demand lightly, Shri Joshi added.

TELANGANA

BJP will take Central welfare anddevelopment programmes

to all : Kishan ReddyBharatiya Janata Party

(BJP) has decidedto spread its presence inTelangana beginning withthe forthcoming electionsto GHMC. The party isplanning to improve itsstrength and membershipby taking welfare anddevelopment schemes ofthe Central Governmentcloser to people.

Union Ministers ShriM. Venkaiah Naidu, Shri

Bandaru Dattatreya and BJP Telangana State PresidentShri Kishan Reddy chaired a strategy session attendedby functionaries of party’s urban units, includingmunicipal chairpersons from Vemulawada, Hongir andMahabubnagar and five legislators K. Laxman, G.Kishan Reddy, Ch. Ramachandra Reddy, N.V.S.S.Prabhakar and T. Raja Singh.

BJP Telangana State president Shri Kishan Reddytold newspersons that the focus of the meeting was ontaking the Central Government’s welfare anddevelopment programmes closer to all sections ofsociety.

The Union Minister had asked the party’s electedrepresentatives to take the responsibility of ensuringeffecting implementation of the Central schemes,particularly the skill development programme in allmunicipalities and mandal centres by coordinating withthe State government officials.

The party leaders were explained by the UnionMinisters on how the Centre was funding the socialsecurity pensions, fee reimbursement to SC/ST


students and housing while creating awareness onsuch programmes.

Party leaders of Telangana had requested the twoUnion Ministers to use their good offices in sanctioningCentral funds to the State and implementation ofprojects.

Besides, the Telangana BJP would have itsrepresentatives in Delhi to pursue Central schemes tothe State, Shri Kishan Reddy stated.

On the membership drive, he said district-levelworkshops would be completed by November 20 andState-level workshop would be held here on November21. Membership drive would be launched at districtlevel from November 23, at mandal level from November25 and at village and polling station level fromNovember 30.

HIMACHAL PRADESH

BJP Padyatra against the Congressgovernment evokes good responseThe seven day long Padyatra

flagged off by State BJPpresident Shri Satpal Satti andformer Horticulture Minister andBJP Vice-president Shri NarendraBragta entered its third day on 16November in Himachal Pradesh.The yatra evoked goodresponse. The people, mainly apple growing farmers,are calling it a satyagraha of the Sadak Sangrash Samitiof the fruit growers.

The protest has been launched against theCongress government for not constructing the Rohru-Hartkoti-Theog road in the heart of apple belt of the hillState. Leading the agitation, Shri Bragta addressedactivists on the way asking them to stir up the paralyzedState government.

The Padyatra reached Khara Pather from Rohru on16 November. Addressing a meeting on that occasionShri Bragta said the Congress government during itslast tenure had invited global tenders for this importantroad without taking any permission from the UnionForest and Environment Ministry or seeking permissionfrom the private land owners and village bodies.

When the BJP government in 2007-12 arranged allthe valid permissions, the UPA government at theCentre did not renew the visa of the Chinese companyofficials who were constructing the road.

United States President Barack Obama hascommended the personal leadership role providedby Prime Minister Narendra Modi in finding a

path forward on the World Trade Organization’s globaltrade deal reached between the two countries, a presidentialspokesperson said. Obama had extensive discussions withthe Prime Minister on this issue and appreciates hispersonal leadership in finding a path forward, the WhiteHouse Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a statementafter US and the government announced that the twocountries have reached an agreement on the TradeFacilitation Agreement (TFA). In Myanmar, where the USPresident met Modi briefly on the sidelines of the EastAsia Summit in Nay Pyi Taw described the Prime Ministeras a man of action.In a statement, Earnest said the importantbreakthrough reached between the US and India will unlockprogress toward the full and immediate implementation ofthe WTO TFA, which will lower the costs of trade fordeveloped and developing countries alike.

“Ending their deadlock at the World TradeOrganisation, India and the United States on November 13reached an agreement under which the subsidy given by theIndian government to farmers through minimum supportprices will not be challenged even if they breach set limits.It is a major victory for the Narendra Modi government inthe international economic diplomacy arena, in which Indiahas shown considerable toughness to protect the interestsof its farmers by vetoing the Trade Facilitation Agreement(TFA). It managed to secure Washington’s support for itsfood security scheme without having to make any majorconcessions. The agreement between India and the USpaves the way for the implementation of TFA that seeksto ease customs rules and could add $1 trillion to the worldeconomy.

In July, India had rejected an agreement on TFA as itwanted the issue of minimum support prices for farmersto be resolved alongside that.Both countries have come toan understanding on the implementation of a December2013 WTO decision on specific food security programmesmaintained by some developing countries, a US governmentstatement said.”

The bilateral agreement makes it clear that a mechanismunder which WTO members will not challenge such foodsecurity programmes under WTO dispute settlementprocedures will remain in place until a permanent solutionon this issue has been agreed and adopted,” the statementadded, noting that the agreement also sets out elements foran intensified programme of work and negotiations to arriveat such a permanent solution. The agreement will now bepresented for consideration by the full WTO membership.”

(Courtesy: Deccan Chronicle)

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