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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) awardees today at 12 noon via video conferencing. According to a press release by the Prime Minister's Office, digital certificates will be conferred on PMRBP awardees for the years 2022 and 2021 using Blockchain Technology.
Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar is given as recognition to children residing in India, above the age of 5 years and not exceeding 18 years (as on August 31 of respective year) with exceptional abilities and outstanding achievement in 6 fields of innovation, scholastic achievements, sports, arts and culture, social service and bravery, which deserve recognition.
"This year, 29 children from across the country, under different categories of Bal Shakti Puraskar, have been selected for PMRBP-2022. The awardees also take part in the Republic day parade every year. Each awardee of PMRBP is given a medal, a cash prize of Rs 1 Lakh and a certificate. The cash prize will be transferred to the respective accounts of PMRBP 2022 winners," said the press release.
These awards are conferred by President Ram Nath Kovind in a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan. The Prime Minister also interacts with these awardees every year. The children along with their parents and concerned District Magistrate of their respective district would join the event from their district Head Quarters.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati took a dig at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and said that he should tell the people of the state that the monastery where he lives most of the time in Gorakhpur, his constituency where he is set to contest from in the upcoming Assembly polls, is "not lesser than a big bungalow."
In a series of tweets in Hindi on Sunday, the former chief minister said, "Probably the people of western UP do not know that the monastery where Yogi ji lives most of the time in Gorakhpur, is no lesser than a big bungalow. It would have been better if he had told about this."
Mayawati also said that the Chief Minister should have mentioned the work done by her when she was in power.
West Bengal: BJP suspends leaders Ritesh Tiwari, Jaiprakash Majumdar. feud in party intensifies
Kolkata, Jan 24 (PTI) The ongoing feud in West Bengal BJP intensified on Monday after it suspended its senior leaders Ritesh Tiwari and Jaiprakash Majumdar, who were earlier show caused, for violating the party discipline.
A statement issued by the West Bengal BJP unit said Tiwari and Majumdar have been "temporarily suspended" till the party's disciplinary committee completes its investigation under instructions of BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar.
Reacting to his suspension, an infuriated Tiwari told a news channel that "a coterie of leaders" who had joined BJP in recent times are acting as "agents of TMC" and are harming its interests.
"The show cause was given to me with malafide intentions. I have been a loyal BJP worker for more than 35 years. I have neither any grievances against the party nor against the state president. But a few leaders are acting as agents of Trinamool Congress and are trying to capture the party. My fight is against them and I will not stop till these leaders are ousted from BJP," he said.
Virtually throwing out a challenge to the BJP state leadership, Tiwari said "Let them expel me from the party if they can .... Some people who had joined the party after the 2019 Lok Sabha poll are calling the shots and are insulting old timers. Let them first prove where I said anything against the party".
Continuing his tirade against the state BJP, he said "I was served a show cause notice without doing anything, that too by a disciplinary committee which was itself dissolved a few days ago."
When contacted Majumdar declined to comment but said he will clear his stand on the issue in a press conference on Tuesday.
The two senior BJP leaders, who were dropped from the new office bearers committee last year, were on Sunday issued a show cause notice by the state unit. Both were vice-presidents of the state unit in the previous committee and Majumdar was named one of the spokespersons in the new state committee announced a month ago. Tiwari was not included in the committee.
Earlier in the day Majumdar had told reporters that Tiwari and he had been served the show cause notice on Sunday.
The two leaders had participated in a meeting convened by union minister Shantanu Thakur, an influential leader of the sizeable Matua community in the state, over a week ago in Kolkata.
They were present when Thakur, the union minister of state for ports, shipping and waterways, castigated a section of the state leaders who had allegedly overlooked 90 per cent loyal BJP leaders, including backward caste members, while forming the new committee.
The union minister had held a picnic with several disgruntled BJP leaders in his Bongaon constituency a few days ago.
He told reporters on Sunday that several disgrutled leaders of the party are in touch with him. "So how many can the party show cause ?"
BJP adversary TMC took a dig at the ongoing tiff in the saffron camp.
"The BJP is a sinking ship in West Bengal. They were thinking of conquering Bengal (in the state poll in 2021) but cannot keep their own house in order," TMC MP Sougata Roy said.
EC notice to AAP for model code of conduct breach'
Chandigarh, Jan 24 (PTI) The Election Commission of India has sought AAP's explanation over its chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann allegedly holding a roadshow in Sangrur on Sunday in violation of the model code of conduct.
The poll panel has imposed some restrictions on holding rallies and other electioneering activities in a bid to check the spread of Covid during the assembly elections in the five states.
Mann along with his party's supporters had allegedly held a roadshow at Dhuri in Sangrur district on Sunday.
Dhuri Returning Officer Ismat Vijay Singh on Monday said the show cause notice was issued to the AAP's district chief, asking him to explain why no action should be taken against the party for violating the model code.
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