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sector along with the MiG-29 fighters which have been based there
for a long time now.
The Air Force has also flown extensively since last year in sup-
port of the Army by helping it get its tanks and infantry combat ve-
hicles at a fast pace.
The Chinooks of the force also helped in quick mobilization of
the troops to the forward areas from Leh and other locations.
This year also, the IAF has ensured that the operations in northern
areas are not affected due to the engagement in COVID relief work.

Govt’s 7th anniversary

BJP to conduct ‘SevA kAryA’

in villages

haratiya Janata Party National President JP Nadda has di- Air Chief Marshal RK Singh Bhadauria calls on Lieutenant
rected all party leaders and elected representatives, includ- Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh RK Mathur at Raj
Bing Union and State Ministers, to take part in social activities Niwas, on Friday. (ANI Photo)
across one lakh villages in the country on May 30 - the seven-year
anniversary of the government under Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. In a letter by General Secretary Arun Singh on Nadda’s in- While talking to ANI, Aggarwal said: “The legal team has filed a
structions, all public representatives including MPs, MLAs, and oth- habeas corpus petition in Dominica for Mehul Choksi and has also
er office-bearers were asked to participate in at least two activities. highlighted deprivation of access and constitutional rights to him for
“The Central government under the leadership of Prime Minis- legal assistance.”
ter Narendra Modi is going to complete seven years on May 30. As Meanwhile, on the reports of Choksi’s deportation to India,
per the directions of honorable National President Jagat Prakash Dominica Police had said that he is still in custody and is being in-
Nadda, a lot of social activities have to be undertaken. We have to vestigated. Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi are wanted in India
take up ‘Seva Karya of various types in more than 1 lakh villages,” for allegedly siphoning off Rs 13,500 crore of public money from the
the letter read. state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) using letters of undertaking.
All party morchas have been asked to combine their effort for
blood donation camps and has have asked to at least donate 50,000 lakshadweep policies
bottles of blood to the hospital or blood bank while following
The BJP chief has also told senior leaders at the Centre and the rahul Gandhi urges Modi to
COVID-19 guidelines.

State, including Chief Ministers and Cabinet Ministers, that it is nec-
essary for them to address people of villages where they will partici- withdraw moves
pate, either through video conferencing or group calls. ongress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday wrote to Prime
Party leaders have also been asked to distribute masks, sanitiz- Minister Narendra Modi urging him to ensure that the “an-
ers, immunity kits and ration kits in light of the ongoing COVID-19 Cti-people policies” announced by Lakshadweep administra-
pandemic. They must also screen everyone people in villages using
a thermal scanner and oximeters, and spread awareness about vac- tor Praful Khoda Patel are withdrawn.
cines, it added. Patel, who was appointed as the Administrator of Lakshadweep
They also have to share reports about their seva karya with the in December 2020, is facing opposition over policies introduced by
him from the people of the union territory and politicians, both from
central party office. within Lakshadweep and the neighboring state of Kerala. In the let-
ter to the Prime Minister, Gandhi said the administrator has unilat-
Mehul choksi erally proposed sweeping changes without duly consulting elected

repatriation sovereign decision representatives or the public, and the people are protesting against
the arbitrary actions.
“Lakshadweep’s pristine natural beauty and its unique conflu-
of Dominica: Antigua PM ence of cultures have drawn people for generations. The custodians
of its heritage seek to safeguard the archipelago for posterity. How-
ntigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne said it is ever, their future is threatened by the anti-people policies announced
ultimately a sovereign decision of the government of Domi- by the administrator of Lakshadweep Praful Khoda Patel. The ad-
Anica which country they will repatriate Mehul Choksi to. ministrator has unilaterally proposed sweeping changes without
“Ultimately, it is the sovereign decision of the government of duly consulting elected representatives or the public. The people of
Dominica as to which country they repatriate Mehul Choksi, unless Lakshadweep are protesting against these arbitrary actions,” he said.
the Court states otherwise,” Browne told ANI. On Thursday, the The Congress leader said Patel’s attempt to undermine the eco-
legal team of fugitive diamantaire Choksi filed a habeas corpus peti- logical sanctity of the island is evident in the draft Lakshadweep De-
tion in Dominica an also highlighted his deprivation of access to le- velopment Authority Regulation issued recently.
gal assistance there, confirmed his Lawyer in India, Vijay Aggarwal. (with ANI reports)

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