SAMBALPUR l monday l march 04, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l CITY EDITION Israel agrees to temporary truce, ball in Hamas’ court, u.S. says | P9 CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Sure of third term, PM & ministers plan agenda for next govt Cabinet meet discusses action plan for 100 days, strategy to make India a developed country by 2047 RAJESH KUMAR THAKUR @ New Delhi Confident of retaining power for the third consecutive term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a day-long meeting of his Council of Ministers to discuss the immediate steps to be taken by the next government within the first 100 days. The meeting, probably the last such gathering before the Lok Sabha polls, also discussed the action plan for the next five years, and a blue print to make India a developed country by 2047. Sources said PM Modi kicked off the 8-hour discussion by sharing his thoughts on the comprehensive Viksit-Bharat2047 vision document and spoke for an hour about the various long-term strategies for India’s progress. This was followed by presentations by the ministers on their respective ministries’ roadmap for 25 years with special focus on the next five years and 100 days. In the meeting, it was decided that steps will be taken to ensure the Central development schemes reach every intended beneficiary. Sources said the deliberations included steps ensure zero poverty and impart skills to the youth. The vision document includes goals and action points for economic growth, ease of living and ease of doing business, social welfare, and Sustainable Development Goals. “Creating a sustainable economy to push the country to become the third-largest economy , placing equal emphasise on empowerment of women and poor with the spirit of atamnirbhar (self reliance) has been one of the primary bases of the vision document,” said a source, adding that the details and outcome of more than 2,700 meetings held across the ministries have been added in the roadmap for 2047. This newspaper has learnt that PM Modi suggested that a separate budget of `1 lakh crore be earmarked for development of technologies to accelerate the pace of progresses. It was also advised that every ministry in future should frequently organise seminars with experts and try to implement good suggestions through suitable policies. “The objective of the discussions was to ensure saturation of the government’s welfare schemes, planning of peoplecentric policies, and schemes for time-bound elimination of poverty”, said a source. Prime Minister Narendra Modi | PTI Not a moment to waste, says PM The PM said the 100-day action plan must be implemented soon after the next government is formed. “India needs a sustained effort in continuation without losing even a moment to make India a developed nation by 2047”, said a source, quoting the prime minister Five Bangladeshis enter Srimandir, detained by cops E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Bhubaneswar/Puri In a major security lapse, around five Bangladeshi nationals managed to enter the Jagannath Temple in Puri on Sunday before being detected and stopped at Baisi Pahacha (22 steps) inside the 12th century shrine. The Puri Jagannath temple allows entry of Hindus only The five along with . four others of the Bangladeshi group have been detained by police and being questioned, sources said. According to police, a group of nine Bangladeshi nationals came to the temple in the evening. One of them, purportedly a Hindu, went inside the temple to get Abadha (Mahaprasad) and four others, all allegedly non-Hindus, followed him. While the others in the group were waiting outside, locals became suspicious and enquired about their details. On coming to know they were from Bangladesh, they alerted the police. The police claimed they could not proceed further and were stopped at Baisi Pahacha and immediately whisked outside the temple. Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) additional chief administrator Samarth Verma said further inquiry into the matter is on. Police said, the group of Bangladeshi nationals revealed that they arrived in Puri on Saturday and were staying in a hotel. “All of them have valid passports and other details are being verified. A case will be registered under relevant sections of Shree Jagannath Temple Act,” said a senior police officer. Notably the temple has been witness, ing a huge turnout of devotees after the inauguration of Srimandir Parikrama project earlier this year. The `800 crore project was unveiled by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on January 17. INDIA bloc leaders sound poll bugle Rama s hanka r @ Patna Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that the Modi government at the centre was ignoring 73% of the country’s population. Addressing a rally in Patna, Rahul said that farmers, youth and others are meted out injustice. “The central government is neglecting the plight of the country’s population that belongs to marginalised sections of the society he said. ,” Launching a scathing attack on the government at the centre, Congress president Mal- likarjun Kharge accused the prime minister of failing to deliver on his promises. He questioned the veracity of Modi’s assurances regarding job creation, black money retrieval and pucca houses for all. He also accused BJP of betraying the trust of people and engaging in manipulative tactics devoid of factual basis. Taking a swipe at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar the Congress chief advised RJD not to ally with him if ‘chacha comes again’. Taking a dig at Nitish, Bihar’s Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav said the Bihar New Pakistan PM mentions Kashmir in victory speech Y e s h i s e l i @ New Delhi Shehbaz Sharif becomes the new prime minister of Pakistan after securing 201 votes out of 336 in Pakistan’s Parliament in a vote of confidence held on Sunday amidst protests from supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan. He takes oath of office on Monday . Speaking in Parliament after the vote, Shehbaz, 72 years old, brought up Kashmir in his speech and said the Parliament should pass a resolution for the freedom of Kashmiris. Also in his speech, he said he would eradicate terrorism and would maintain cordial relations with neighbours based on the principles of equality . Shehbaz, who was the prime minister till the parliament was dissolved in August 2023, takes charge at a time when Pakistan is deep in debt and where even the expenses of running the Parliament are paid through borrowed money , he said. The country was facing challenges because of its weak economy he said and promised , to put the country on the path of development. His job was difficult but not impossible, he added. Trying to sound optimistic, he said he will work towards making Pakistan a G20 member by 2030. Chinese President Xi Jingping sent congratulatory messages to the new prime minister. Shehbaz vowed to promote the upgraded version of CPEC projects and build a deeper relationship with China, an allweather Pakistan ally . government should get its insurance done as it runs the risk of JD(U) president taking repeated U-turns. “They (BJP) say ‘Modi Ki Guarantee’, but who will take the guarantee of Nitish Kumar?” he asked. Referring to Modi’s remarks on ‘parivarwad’ (nepotism), Tejashwi said, “They (BJP) call us nepotism, but they have Samrat Choudhary, deputy CM, Pashupati Kumar Paras, brother of late Ram Vilas Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi whose son has been made a minister in Nitish cabinet. It does not look like nepotism to them?” e x p r e ss r e a d PM to launch projects worth `19K cr in Odisha Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate, dedicate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over `19,600 crore during his visit to Odisha on Tuesday. The PM is scheduled to address a public gathering at Chandikhole in Jajpur district | P3 Jagan is losing big time in Andhra, says Kishor Ace political strategist Prashant Kishor, who played a key role in YSRC chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s massive victory in 2019, has predicted that he is going to lose in the ensuing assembly elections | P5
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