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oped now. new chapter. If I can be the CM, this
BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj told means ways are open for all the wom-
reporters, “There will be a lot of de- en... Anyone who has been corrupt
velopment in Delhi after BJP leader will have to give an account of each
Rekha Gupta takes oath as the CM and every rupee,” she said.
of Delhi. She will write a new chapter Later, Prime Minister Narendra
of development under the leadership Modi chaired a meeting on Thursday
of PM Modi...It is a very emotional of the Chief Ministers of the National
day and my mother, Sushma Swaraj is Democratic Alliance-ruled states in
surely blessing Rekha Gupta.” New Delhi. After the meeting, Rajas-
Union Minister Anupriya Patel than Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Shar-
also thanked Prime Minister Nar- ma said, “When a BJP government
endra Modi for giving a woman the is formed, it works as per a vision
opportunity to govern Delhi. “I thank shown by PM Modi.”
PM Modi for giving in an opportu- Ahead of the swearing-in cere-
nity to a woman to govern Delhi...I mony of Delhi Chief Minister Des-
am hopeful that she will ensure the ignate and BJP leader Rekha Gupta,
development of Delhi...PM Modi al- BJP MLAs expressed confidence that
ways talks about women-led develop- she would take Delhi to new heights
ment,” she told reporters. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta along with her cabinet ministers offers prayers as they join to of development and carry forward
Congress’ Alka Lamba also ex- Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vi-
pressed hope that the CM will keep perform Yamuna Aarti, at Vasudev Ghat in New Delhi on Thursday (ANI Photo/Ritik Jain) sion. BJP leader Alka Singh Gurjar
in mind the safety of the ‘daughters said that she would take Delhi to new
of Delhi’. She further remembered heights of development.
their political history together. Alka Singh Gurjar said, “Rekha
“My greetings to the new Del- Gupta has been a dedicated worker.
hi CM Rekha Gupta... I went into Joining in the guarantee of PM Modi to
nostalgia when her name was an- fulfil the pledges for Delhi, she will take
nounced... We always had an ideo- Delhi to new heights of development.”
logical battle with her... The safety of On Thursday, Rekha Gupta at-
our daughters is the main concern in tended the evening aarti on the banks
Delhi; I hope she works on that... We of the Yamuna here. She was joined
will support her if she works in that by newly inducted cabinet ministers
direction,” Lamba said. and the Delhi BJP chief Virendra
The national capital has had Sachdeva at the Vasudev Ghat.
women Chief Ministers from the BJP, Notably, after BJP won with a his-
Congress, and Aam Aadmi Party. toric mandate of 48 seats of 70 Delhi
Speaking to the media, Rekha Assembly seats, the cleaning process
Gupta described her appointment for the Yamuna River was taken up
as a “miracle” and a “new chapter” and trash skimmers, weed harvest-
for women in politics. She vowed to ers, and dredge utility vehicles were
hold corrupt individuals account- BJO supporters attend the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected Delhi government (ANI deployed to the river on February 16.
able and ensure transparency. “It is a Photo/Amit Sharma) Apart from that, evening Aarti also
miracle, it is a new motivation and a commenced at the Vasudev Ghat.

V-P Dhankhar raises issue of USAID funding of elections

fter US President Donald Trump again the second Global Conference of Meditation at terminated this stuff and we’re on the track. And
raised the issue of alleged US funding of Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. by the way, there were so many others I could
AUSD 21 million for voter turnout in India “We must get to the roots of it. It must be erad- have I could read all night long, but so many were
and dubbed it ‘kickbacks’, Vice President Jagdeep icated from the root. We must find out who are so terrible, and were actually disgusting. And I
Dhankhar said on Friday that he was “stunned” those people who accepted this kind of invasion. know you’re eating your dinner, so I didn’t want to
and said that the revelations of the Trump suggest- We must expose them...,” V-P Dhankhar added. do that but we’re draining the swamp,” he added.
ed that the “democratic process of this country Trump, on Thursday (local time), again ques- Meanwhile, Bhartiya Janata Party’s Gaurav
was sought to be modulated” and “manipulated” tioned the US government’s allocation of USD 21 Bhatia on Friday accused Leader of Opposition
“...Recently, this revelation has come, I was million for voter turnout in India, calling it a “kick- in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi of taking support
stunned to see it. What has been revealed by the back scheme”. He also spoke about the funding of “anti-India forces” in his attempt to defeat
President of the United States with full sense of of USD 21 million for strengthening the political Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP leader
responsibility is that the democratic process of landscape in Bangladesh and USD 19 million for cited US President Donald Trump’s recent alle-
this country was sought to be modulated, manip- biodiversity in Nepal. gation that American aid funds were being used
ulated. To dent and taint the purity of our elec- “USD 20 million for fiscal federalism and to interfere in India’s electoral process.
tion system. I am sure it emanates from a per- USD 19 million for biodiversity in Nepal, USD 47 Lashing out at Gandhi, Bhatia said that the
son in authority. One thing is right because that million for improving learning outcomes in Asia. Lok Sabha LoP wants to destroy the democracy
is factual. The amount was given, and it is not a What the hell do I care about? We got a lot. We got of our country because he cannot “tolerate” PM
small amount,” Dhankhar said while speaking at enough problems and all of this is terminated. We Modi.

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