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INDIATALKS

Z-PlUS SeCURity

sad COndemns witHdrawal

Of COver tO Bs majitHia

he Shiromani Akali Dal
(SAD) on Friday con- “it is clear that Majithia
Tdemned the decision is a victim of political ven-
of the BJP led central gov-
ernment to withdraw the Z+ detta. the SAd, however,
category security cover of for- will not be cowed down by
mer minister and senior Akali

Devotees gather in large numbers to offer prayers at an artificial pond set leader Bikram Singh Majithia. such tactics and will con-
up in mumbai on Friday. (ANi) A press statement from the tinue to stand with farm-
SAD said that it condemned

CoVid-19 SURGe “the arbitrary, dictatorial and ers and Punjabis against
politically motivated decision”
the central laws as well
Gujarat imPOses niGHt of the BJP led central gov-
ernment to withdraw the Z + as any other issue which
category security cover of for- weakens the federal struc-
Curfew in tHree mOre Cities mer minister and senior Akali

n a bid to stem COVID-19 ing to reporters on Thursday, leader Bikram Singh Majithia. ture or is intrinsically an-
In the statement here, par-
spread in the state, the Gu- informed that, a night curfew ti-Punjab.
Ijarat government on Friday will remain in force even after ty Spokesman Dr Daljit Singh
said a night curfew will be im- the end of the “complete cur- Cheema said Bikram Majith-
posed in Rajkot, Surat, and Va- few” until the COVID-19 situ- ia’s security cover had been The SAD has a 100-year-old
withdrawn because the SAD history of standing up to safe-
dodara, between 9 pm and 6 am ation is brought under control. had stood firmly with farmers guard the rights of the farmers
daily, starting from November 21. Additional Chief Secretary against the central Agricultur- and the poor and downtrodden.
“Curfew to be imposed in Dr Rajiv Kumar Gupta said that
Rajkot, Surat, and Vadodara a complete curfew has been im- al laws as well as denial of offi- It will never shirk away from
between 9 pm and 6 am, start- posed in Ahmedabad between cial language status to Punjabi this responsibility”, the state-
ing November 21,” said Gujarat 9 pm and 6 am from November in Jammu and Kashmir. ment read.
Speaking about Majithia’s
He said the SAD had voted
Deputy Chief Minister Nitin 20 as a preventive step until the against the central Agri Bills security case, the SAD leader
Patel. The night curfew will re- COVID-19 situation in the city in parliament besides quitting said Z + category security cover
main in force till further an- comes under control. the union cabinet and the Na- had been given to him in 2010
nouncement. Gupta said that the decision tional Democratic Alliance during UPA rule on the basis of
Additional Chief Secretary was taken after a review meet-
Dr Rajiv Kumar Gupta, speak- ing on the COVID-19 situation. (NDA). threat perception.

AP CAPitAl

trifurCatiOn nOt aCCePtaBle, says aPCC President
A ndhra Pradesh Congress the sole capital of the state. Sail- alaseema region, Sailajanath that the setting up of benches

President
Committee
ajanath addressed a meeting said that setting up of high court will be finalised by the Supreme
Sake Sailajanath on Fri-
na Congress Samiti at Uddan- standing demand, however, ter assure that.
day stated that the trifurcation held by Amaravati Pariraksha- in that region has been a long- Court and how can Chief Minis-
of capital is not acceptable to darayanipalem village, where chief minister Jagan Reddy’s Sailajanath vehemently op-
Congress and the party will fight Prime Minister Narendra Modi decision is not wise. posed the idea of executive cap-
against the ruling Jaganmohan had laid the foundation for the He said that the setting up ital at Visakhapatnam. It is far
Reddy- led government and construction of Amaravati cap- High Court at Kurnool and off place from Rayalaseema
will take the agitation to Delhi. ital. He found fault with the de- constituting High Court bench- and the people of the Seema re-
APCC president clarified cision of three capitals taken by es at coastal Andhra and North gion cannot afford the time and
the party’s stand and said that YS Jaganmohan Reddy. Andhra regions will not serve money to travel to Visakhapat-
Amaravati should continue as The leader from the Ray- the purpose. Further, he said nam, he said.

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