New Delhi: A video of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee publicly flogging a collector in a Government program has gone viral. Mamata stopped her address in the middle of the government program and irritated the officials present. Mamata announced that I brought 15,000 warm clothes and blankets for the people. Bring it all to me immediately and I will not proceed with the program until it is all brought here.

Following Mamata's orders, the officials ran. After nearly half an hour of running, Mamata stood there till the officers came with blankets and also beat the other officers. Mamata also threatened that District Collector and Block Development Officer will not fulfill their responsibility properly, otherwise I will have to take strict action.

BJP leaders say that Mamata is doing drama for publicity. If it was decided to distribute everything in their program, then why was it checked beforehand whether all the things have been brought or not?

Ceasefire between Gehlot, Pilots on Rahul's orders

Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot have finally come to a truce after the last few days of face-to-face attacks. Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot were seen at the Congress meeting held in Jaipur on Tuesday regarding Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra. Of course, both of them avoided taking photos while standing nearby. National General Minister K.C. Sachin reached the meeting called by Venugopal half an hour earlier than pilot Ashok Gehlot.

Ashok Gehlot recently called Sachin Pilot a traitor. Rahul Gandhi refused to comment on the issue and termed Gehlot and Pilot as the strength of the party. Gehlot also said that it is right that Rahul Gandhi called the leaders of Rajasthan the strength of the Congress.

Congress sources claim that Rahul Gandhi has instructed both Gehlot and Pilot not to make any statement against each other. A clear order has been given by Rahul that there should not be any impression that there is a difference in the party during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan.

Rahul's Hindu card, Sashtang Dandawat in Mahakal

Rahul Gandhi, who has embarked on the 'Join India' journey, has started playing the Hindu card along with appeasing the tribals. After performing Nardani Aarti, Rahul also performed puja of Mahakal in Ujjain, the city of Mahakal. Rahul Gandhi started his speech by chanting 'Jai Mahakal' three times in Ujjain before prostrating against Mahakaleshwar.

In his 25-minute speech, Rahul talked about Hindutva many times emphasizing on 'asceticism and penance' and said that India is a country of ascetics. Ascetics are worshiped in Hinduism. They are respected. The poor, labourers, farmers, youth and small shopkeepers are the real ascetics in this country but Modi government is not doing anything for these ascetics, one or two people who worship Modi ji get everything while the real ascetics of the country are being insulted.

According to analysts, the Congress is hoping for a big political advantage as Rahul Gandhi covers both tribal and Hindutva issues in Madhya Pradesh. This is a big challenge for BJP.

Controversy over the appointment of Kripal as a judge

Controversy has arisen after the central government sent back the recommendation to appoint senior advocate Saurabh Kripal as a judge of the Delhi High Court. The central government has asked the Supreme Court collegium to reconsider the name of Saurabh Kripal. The central government has also sent back to the collegium about 20 names sent for appointment as judges of the Supreme Court.

The central government has reportedly cited foreign connections as the reason for sending back Saurabh Kripal's file. Kripal's partner, human rights activist Nicolas Germain Bachmann, is from Switzerland and has been cited as a threat to the country's security. On the other hand, supporters of same-sex relationships are of the opinion that the government does not want them as judges because of same-sex relationships.

Former Chief Justice of India B.N. Kripal's son Saurabh came into the limelight after fighting Kripal's case for abrogation of Article 377. In September 2018, the Supreme Court overturned Article 377, which outlawed homosexuality, ruling that same-sex relationships are not a crime. Consensual same-sex sexual relations are not illegal.

Sharmila was criticized for being picked up by the police with a car

Sharmila Reddy has been criticized for being picked up by the Police in a car while protesting against the Telangana government. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy's sister and YSRTP chief was protesting against Chief Minister KCR when the police towed Sharmila's car with a crane and toppled it. Police brought Sharmila to Hyderabad after towing the car with a crane in Warangal.

Sharmila came to walk with her supporters but the police did not even give Sharmila a chance to get down from the car. Sharmila was sitting in the car and the police crane pulled the car away. However, Sharmila continued shouting at KCR from the car.

Sharmila's life was in danger due to the behavior of the police, but the police did not listen to anyone. People are criticizing the police as brutal and inhumane. Sharmila founded YSRTP in 2021 to provide a political alternative to Chandrasekhar Rao to the people of Telangana. Clashes also broke out between KCR and Sharmila's party workers in Warangal.

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Huge rise in cyber crimes in Himachal Pradesh

The sharp rise in cyber crime-related complaints in Himachal Pradesh has challenged the security agencies. State Director General of Police Sanjay Kundu said that the State Police receives 5,000 complaints daily to be registered on the National Cyber ​​Crime Portal. In this single year, the State Cyber ​​Crime Police Station in Simla has received 2,129 complaints related to financial fraud across the state. The Cyber ​​Crime Cell has arrested the culprits in many of these cases and recovered more than Rs 75 lakh to the crime victims, while intercepting the exchange of Rs 1.5 crore during this period. In this situation, the police have suggested the state government to set up a cyber crime police station in every district of the state except Lahaul, Spiti and Kinnaur.

Promise to regularize the job in six months

Delhiites will in short elect their local representatives and send them to the Delhi Municipal Corporation. Political parties leave no stone unturned to steal the voters' minds and promises to win votes. The biggest demand of Delhi Municipal employees has been to make temporary posts permanent. Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee Chairman Amal Choudhary has promised in his second election manifesto that if the Congress comes to power in the Delhi Municipal Corporation, within six months all temporary employees including daily employees will be made permanent, while the outsourcing system beneficial to the contractors and the temporary job system will be stopped.

BJP and Center confused over Kashmiri Pandits

Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Tuesday admitted that a group of Kashmiri Pandit government officials who have returned to Kashmir under Prime Minister Modi's rehabilitation package are living in an atmosphere of mental fear. The optimism shown by the Center about Kashmir has completely reversed this. The central government's comment is that only if a man is alive can he stick to his work. The return of Pandits, who left the Kashmir Valley after the mass killings by terrorists this year, was only possible because they were assured of security for their lives. Also, Raina has made the above comments in the backdrop of protests by Pandits who want to go back to Jammu. The Center is strongly opposed to allowing Kashmiri Pandits to settle in Jammu. Because by doing so, after the removal of special status of Kashmir in 2019, the Center's claim that Kashmir is becoming balanced again is proved to be hollow.

List of journalists: BJP-Congress face to face

BJP's Amit Malviya on Tuesday claimed that the Congress media department is preparing a list of journalists who have made comments on social media against Union Minister Smriti Irani after displaying a standing photo of Rahul Gandhi performing aarti at the Omkareshwar temple in Madhya Pradesh. In support of this, Malviya posted a screenshot with the name of Supriya Srinath, head of the social media department of the Congress. Supriya Sreenathe claimed that it was a 'plot' that backfired in a clash of BJP-Congress social media heads.

- Inder Sahni