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                                                                                                         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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