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Gyanesh Kumar, once known as 'Kahwa man in Delhi's North Block is now Chief Election Commissioner
NEW DELHI: Between 2015 and 2020, journalists often gathered at the first-floor chamber of the North Block, where Gyanesh Kumar , the newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) , served as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), overseeing the crucial Jammu & Kashmir Division. Kumar, known for his welcoming nature, always greeted journalists with an infectious smile. Many arrived hoping for exclusive stories, but while major scoops were rare, they were always treated to the finest Kashmiri Kahwa. This earned him the nickname Kahwa Man among scribes in the North Block. A 1988-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Kerala cadre, the 61-year-old Kumar has held several high-profile and sensitive positions throughout his career. Before moving to the Election Commission last year as one of its commissioners, he retired as Secretary of the Ministry of Cooperation, his last role in government service. This was the second portfolio he held under Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Kumars efficiency in implementing government decisions brought him close to Shah. He played a key role in drafting the bill that led to the abrogation of Article 370 and the reorganization of Jammu & Kashmir into two Union Territories, J&K and Ladakh, in August 2019. This major political shift showcased his ability to handle intricate and sensitive matters with precision. He was also involved in critical legal and administrative matters, including the Supreme Court case on the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. His efforts were instrumental in forming the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, which is overseeing the temples construction. An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur with a B.Tech in Civil Engineering, Kumar furthered his education in Business Finance from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (CFAI) and Environmental Economics from Harvard University. His diverse academic background has equipped him with a unique blend of technical, financial, and environmental expertise, making him an effective and adaptable administrator. His appointment as the countrys next CEC reflects the governments confidence in his abilities and dedication to public service. With crucial elections approaching, including the Bihar Assembly polls later this year and elections in West Bengal, Assam, and Tamil Nadu in 2026, Kumar is expected to use his vast experience to ensure a smooth electoral process.
BSP's 'political strength remained intact' despite Mayawati's 'corruption and greed': Udit Raj
LUCKNOW: Former Lok Sabha MP Udit Raj hit out at Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, saying her political strength remained intact for a long time despite her misbehaviour, corruption and greed. He also said that the Muslim community is going through the same phase today as the Dalits were in a bad condition once. Speaking to reporters in Lucknow on Monday, Raj said, After the 1980s, Kanshiram ji started Bahujan awakening in Uttar Pradesh, which reached its peak in the 2000s. Even though the movement culminated in politics, the thinking and basis has been social justice. Other political parties start with politics and end with it, but this was not the case with Bahujan Samaj Party. Attacking Mayawati, he said, Despite Ms. Mayawati's cruelty and incompetence, the workers and voters kept fighting. The houses of the workers were sold, their children could not get education and they were treated cruelly, yet they kept on struggling to bring Bahujan Raj. Lakhs of workers who believe in Phule, Shahu, Ambedkar are going through a phase of despair. Some have set up small organizations at their own level but their thinking is not dead. The former Lok Sabha MP from North West Delhi also said, The Muslim community is going through the same phase today as the Dalits were once. The Muslim community cannot fight the situation alone. Dalits are also not capable alone. Whenever the Muslim community raises its problem, its outcome is converted into communalism. He added that on December 1, 2024, the first rally of DOMA Parisangh was held at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan in which the demand to save the Waqf Board was raised. The former Lok Sabha MP currently heads the Dalit, OBC, Minorities and Adivasi (DOMA) Parisangh. Urging the Ambedkarites to come together, he said, The so-called Ambedkarites could not even break the caste system, at least stop casteism and caste organization. Till when will you keep gathering people by speaking against Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas. Today's need is to change yourself. Hindus are united by speaking against Muslims and Dalit-backward classes by criticizing upper castes. Stop following this path. Lord Gautam Buddha had said - Atta Deepo Bhava. It means that change your own thinking. Dalits and backward classes want the upper castes to change themselves, but they should keep doing casteism among themselves, he added. Commenting on organisations of the Bahujans, he said, Till now the organisations of Bahujans formed have been based on individuals and castes. The population is 85 per cent, but do all classes have a share in the organisation from top to bottom? Those running the organisation appoint people of their own caste and their friends to important positions and say that they are doing the welfare of Bahujans. In the organizational structure of DOMA Parisangh, it will be mandatory to have four people - one Dalit, one OBC, one Muslim and one Adivasi at every level. Bahujan is not just in name, but will have to be shown by action, he added. The former Lok Sabha MP further said it has been decided to hold six conferences in Jhansi, Banda, Shravasti, Kanpur, Meerut and Azamgarh in the coming days. Udit Raj was a Lok Sabha MP between 2014 and 2019, representing North West Delhi as a member of the BJP, but left the party after its first term. He is the former deputy commissioner, joint commissioner and additional commissioner of Income Tax at New Delhi. On November 24, 2003, he resigned from the government service and formed the Indian Justice Party. He merged the Indian Justice Party with the BJP in February 2014. He later joined the Congress in 2019.
Gyanesh Kumar appointed as 26th CEC; Vivek Joshi as Election Commissioner
NEW DELHI: Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was appointed as the next chief election commissioner on Monday, the law ministry said. Kumar is the first CEC to be appointed under the new law on the appointment of the members of the Election Commission (EC). His term will run till January 26, 2029, days before the EC is expected to announce the schedule of the next Lok Sabha election. Vivek Joshi, a 1989-batch Haryana-cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, has been appointed as an election commissioner. During his tenure as the 26th CEC, Kumar will oversee the Bihar Assembly polls later this year, and the Kerala and Puducherry Assembly polls in 2026. Similarly, he will oversee the Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, which are also due in 2026. Kumar, who played a key role in implementing decisions following the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution in Jammu and Kashmir during his stint in the Union home ministry, took charge as an election commissioner on March 15, 2024. His appointment came hours after the Congress asked the government to defer its decision on the new CEC till the Supreme Court concludes its hearing on a petition challenging the composition of the selection panel. The Congress's demand was put forth by Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during a meeting of the selection panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources said. The meeting took place in the South Block office of the prime minister. Besides Modi and Gandhi, Home Minister Amit Shah is the third member of the selection panel. Kumar is a 1988-batch Kerala Cadre IAS officer. After completing his B.Tech in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, he studied Business Finance in ICFAI, India and Environmental Economics in HIID, Harvard University, US. He has worked in the government of Kerala as the assistant collector of Ernakulam, sub-collector of Adoor, managing director of the Kerala State Development Corporation for SC/ST, municipal commissioner of the Corporation of Cochin, besides holding other posts. As a secretary to the government of Kerala, Kumar handled diverse departments, such as finance resources, fast-track projects and the public works department. In the government of India, he has rich experience of working as the joint secretary in the Ministry of Defence, joint secretary and additional secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, secretary in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and secretary in the Ministry of Cooperation. He superannuated on January 31, 2024.
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LUCKNOW: With barely nine days left for the Mahakumbh to get over on February 26, a relentless stream of devotees continues to throng the Sangam in Prayagraj for a holy dip. With reports of massive traffic jams on all the highways approaching Prayagraj, pilgrims arriving in four-wheelers are now parking the vehicles in adjoining districts and taking the train route to reach the railway station nearest to Sangam. As per senior police officials, the devotees are parking their vehicles at Kanpur, Fatehpur, Etawah, Mirzapur, Rewa (in Madhya Pradesh) and Pratapgrah while catching trains for the onward journey. However, while the new trend has brought some respite to those managing the traffic in and around Prayagraj, it has brought the authorities at railway stations under immense pressure in the Sangam city especially after the the stampede at the Delhi railway station, which resulted in the loss of 18 lives leaving scores injured. Meanwhile, in the wake of the Delhi railway station mishap, almost all the railway stations in UP, witnessing massive surge in the number of devotes scrambling to reach Prayagraj, have been put on high alert to avert any untoward incident. Railway stations across UP on high alert amid Mahakumbh rush According to ACP (Kotwali) Manoj Kumar Singh of Prayagraj, acknowledging the unprecedented rush of devotees at railway stations, cops came to know that devotees, particularly those who started their journey from distant states like Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Punjab, etc., parked their vehicles in districts around Prayagraj to avoid highway jams and are opting for small train routes pursuing the onward journey. While parking slots at entry points for vehicles with registration numbers of other states and districts have been identified, the devotees are using the parking slots of nearby railway stations to catch mela special trains for Prayagraj and avoid entry point chaos, he added. However, despite the latest trend being followed by devotees from other states, Prayagraj railway station is overcrowded due to the heavy influx of pilgrims. The volume of the crowd has increased manifold at Prayagraj railway junction in the past four days as more devotees are preferring to catch trains to return to their native towns, said the ACP adding district police were implementing four crowd control schemes to ensure the safety and security of devotees. As per DCP (City) Abhishek Bharti, strict surveillance on entry and exit routes is being maintained with additional police teams deployed at static points. Focus on Rishi Agastya as Kashi Tamil Sangamam 3.0 gets underway in Varanasi
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Spurned lover lynched after hacking married woman to death in UP's Banda
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3 Kumbh devotees killed, 2 injured in Etawah road crash
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Samajwadi Party prepares ground for 2027 Assembly polls, chalks out strategy to prevent BJPs return
LUCKNOW: After failing to repeat the Lok Sabha election performance in the recent bypoll to 10 assembly seats necessitated by the election of sitting MLAs to the lower house of Parliament in 2024, the Samajwadi Party (SP), has unveiled its 2027 formula. The formula eyes to aid the 2027 UP assembly elections. It is a revamped strategy aimed at strengthening the partys position by roping in former bureaucrats from backward, Dalit, and minority communities into its fold to meet its Picchda-Dalit- Alpasankhyak (PDA) narrative. Moreover, the party has also decided to make early announcements of the candidates so that they could nurture their seats well in advance, reinforce booth-level networks, and use social media as a tool to crowdsource key electoral issues directly from the people. The fresh formula was revealed in a meeting of the party while evaluating the reasons partys poor performance in the bypolls including the Milkipur constituency. The BJP won the Milkipur seat with a massive margin of over 61,000 votes defeating the SP's Ajit Prasad. BJP candidate Chandrabhanu Paswan maintained a steady lead since the initial rounds of counting and it gradually widened with the progression of rounds. The political experts attributed the BJP win to the sentiment of repentance among the voters for sending Awadhesh Prasad to Lok Sabha from Faizabad defeating BJPs Lallu Singh in the 2024 general elections. The political pundits feel that the result of Milkipur was the reflection of the victory of Hindutva and the development formula over SPs Picchda-Dalit-Alpasankhyak (PDA) strategy, which failed to resonate with the masses, this time. In all, of the 10 bypoll seats, SP could hardly retain Karhal, (vacated by Akhilesh Yadav) and Sisamau in Kanpur seats. Rest eight were won by the BJP which managed to wrest the SP strongholds of Katehari in Ambedkarngar and Kundarki in Moradabad. In the meeting to review the partys performance, SP identified relatively a weaker booth-level organisation compared to the BJP. Having acknowledged our weakness, we are, now, focusing on strengthening our presence in every booth, said an SP insider. Unlike previous elections, the party now plans to declare candidates nearly 18 months ahead of the assembly elections to give candidates sufficient time to nurture their respective constituencies. District party presidents and candidates will be entrusted with setting up booth-level teams and mobilizing support in their constituencies. The SP is also looking to rope in former bureaucrats, including former IAS, IPS, and Election Commission officials. Recently, Akhilesh Yadav held discussions with former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi, signalling SPs intent to involve experts in shaping its election strategy. More retired officers are expected to join the advisory panel to help SP counter BJPs well-structured electoral machinery. The party contemplates to seek public opinion on various issues to be included in its manifesto so that it could resonate with the voters. The party believes that grassroots concerns should shape its electoral agenda. Party insiders said in the 2027 assembly elections, the party intended to highlight alleged atrocities against backward classes, Dalits, and minorities under the BJP rule. The party has the confidence that it can capitalise on PDA, which played a crucial role in the 2024 elections and stopped the BJPs return. The party aims to focus on farmers distress, labour rights, and youth employment as central themes of its campaign. It plans to counter BJPs economic policies by proposing welfare-oriented solutions. SP is particularly wary of smaller parties like AIMIM and Azad Samaj Party of Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad as they tend to split anti-BJP votes. The party is assigning regional Muslim and Dalit leaders the task of countering these parties ensuring that votes remain consolidated in SPs favour. With Akhilesh Yadav set to personally oversee preparations, the party hopes to avoid past mistakes and present a formidable challenge in the upcoming elections.
Rajnath, Gadkari commend CM Yogi for UP's growth
LUCKNOW: Referring to a recent international survey, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh claimed that UP capital Lucknow was included among the fastest-growing cities in the world, with rapidly increasing land prices and with ongoing efforts to turn it into a global investment hub with world-class infrastructure. The Defence Minister was joined by Union Minister for Road Transport Nitin Gadkari in lauding the leadership of CM Yogi Adityanath saying UP was witnessing unprecedented development under his leadership. While Rajnath claimed that the BrahMos missile manufacturing project, part of the ambitious Defence Corridor, would be inaugurated in May-June this year, marking a significant milestone in UPs industrial growth, Gadkari said that UP was no longer a BIMARU state but was one of the leading contributors to India's economy. He also said that CM Yogi had successfully worked towards establishing Ram Rajya in Uttar Pradesh. Both the Union ministers were in Lucknow on Friday inaugurating and laying the foundation of various development projects worth Rs 1,028 crore. While giving an elaborate account of the infrastructure development of Lucknow in recent years, Rajnath Singh said that the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway was being constructed rapidly and that it would reduce the travel time between the two cities to just 40 minutes from nearly two hours. The Raksha Mantri added that the state was witnessing an unprecedented surge in religious tourism following the construction of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple and Kashi Vishwanath Corridor. He also stated that Lucknow was also witnessing a jump in investment in sectors including real estate, the hospitality, and healthcare. Meanwhile, praising the development in Uttar Pradesh, Gadkari said: Under PM Narendra Modis leadership, India aims to become a global leader and a USD 5 trillion economy, with Uttar Pradesh playing a crucial role in achieving this target. He mentioned that strong infrastructure in roads, water, energy, transport, and communication will boost industries, attract investment, and create new employment opportunities. Highlighting infrastructure development in UP, Gadkari said that Rs 1.25 lakh crore worth of roads have been completed, Rs 1 lakh crore worth of projects are under construction, and another Rs 1 lakh crore worth of projects are in the pipeline. Additionally, to drive industrial growth in Purvanchal, a Rs 75,000 crore road network is planned from Varanasi to Kolkata and Gorakhpur to Siliguri, Gadkari said. He urged CM Yogi to pace up land acquisition and environmental clearances for the projects to roll on. Gadkari underscored the massive economic activity at ongoing Mahakumbh claiming that the event had contributed Rs 3 lakh crore to Uttar Pradeshs GDP. He emphasised that tourism was a sector that generated high employment with minimal investment, benefiting hotels, taxis, restaurants, small businesses, and local artisans. He added that the growth of infrastructure and tourism would further strengthen UPs economy.
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Magh Purnima 2025: Over 2 crore devotees took holy bath at Mahakumbh
A score of devotees gathered at Prayagraj Mahakumbh to take the holy dip on the occasion of Magh Purnima on 12 th February 2025. This was the fourth grand event at the Mahakumbh, followed by the three Amrit Snans of Makar Sankranti, Mauni Amavasya and Basant Panchami. As many as 2 crore devotees took the sacred bath at Mahakumbh on Wednesday. Owing to the traffic and the crowd surge, special security arrangements were made by the Uttar Pradesh administration. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath was himself monitoring the situation, to avoid any kind of mishaps, as what had happened on Mauni Amavasya at the Triveni Sangam. Along with Maghi Purnima, Saint Ravidas Jayanti was also celebrated in India. UP Chief minister Yogi Adityanath offered his prayers to saint Ravidas on his 648 th Birth anniversary. He visited the Ravidas Mandir, Jafarkheda on Kanpur road addressing a program organized on the occasion. Traffic monitoring will be further ensured as CBSE and ICSE examinations will begin from February 14 and students shall not face any kind of difficulty in commuting to the examination center. Further, traffic surge is expected to increase as the weekend is near and more devotees might plan visiting Prayagraj. And those who were present on Maghi Purnima in Prayagraj, they will also return back. Moreover, after the Maghi Purnima snan, the Kalpavasis will also start returning. On the occasion of Maghi Purnima veteran Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Digvijay Singh took the holy bath at the Sangam along with his son Jayvardhan Singh. Bollywood actor Sunil Sheety also participated in the holy bath along with his friends. The actor was welcomed by Industrial Development Minister Nand Gopal Nandi. Sunil Shetty was all praise of the arrangements at the Mahakumbh, describing it as a spiritual experience of a lifetime. He also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for making the Mahakumbh a grand and successful event. As many as 225 trains were run for the convenience of the passengers for the Maghi Purnima Snan, and 343 trains on Tuesday alone. What caught the eye was that there was not much crowd surge in the fair area, people were able to move easily and the traffic was also in order with all the arrangements going on properly. Till noon, over 10 lakh Kalpavasis took the holy bath, along with 1.49 crore devotees, which counted over 2 crore by the end of the day. With 15 days still left, the Mahakumbh is expected to attract many more devotees to the event. Till now over 46 crore devotees have visited Mahakumbh, already crossing the expected mark.
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