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Upsurge of the kisan mahasammelans on massive scale in Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab and broadening the base of the farmers’ movement has not only unnerved the RSS leadership but has also sharpened the contradiction between the Sangh and the Modi government.

Young climate activist Disha Ravi is in a barred cell somewhere in the labyrinth of the Delhi Police. What do the police want her to confess to? The charges levelled against her speak of sedition, conspiracy and spreading hatred. The question is, what exactly does ‘remand to police custody’ amount to? What interrogation methods are used by the police? Are accused denied food, water; are they deprived of sleep? Movies tell harrowing tales of people in police custody. Member of Parliament Sadhvi Pragya, who was in police custody, has given graphic details of ‘custodial interrogation.’ Is Disha Ravi getting a taste of Sadhvi Pragya's experience?

Protests led by hundreds of farmer groups at the different borders of Delhi, from Singhu to Ghazipur are going strong. The farmers are battling the might of the Indian State that has almost cut them off from the rest of the city and the country — by layers of barricading, planting nails on the roads, cutting off water and electricity, and heavy patrolling by paramilitary forces. This is a government at war with its own people — first civil rights activists, then university students, followed by journalists and now our farmers.

Will the well -known poll strategist Prashant Kishor become an asset or a liability in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls for the ruling Trinamool Congress? Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee engaged him to help her to perform a hat trick. She had almost decimated the Left parties and the Congress in the past decade. This time, Mamata will be up against the emerging BJP, which wants to wrest the state.

Union Government’s proposal to monetize some vital public assets to reduce its public debt and to enhance infrastructural development for faster growth of the nation, as announced by Finance Minister in the General Budget 2021-22 in Parliament on February 1, 2021, is difficult to implement in view of the resistance from the States as land comes in the State List of the Constitution of India and without their concurrence and sharing the proceeds from monetization with them (State concerned) Central Government will find it impossible to monetise impugned assets with it.

Bambolim, Goa: A rejuvenated Bengaluru overpowered Mumbai City 4-2 and walked away with three points in the Hero Indian Super League at the GMC Stadium, Bambolim, on Monday.

Vasco, Goa: Hyderabad having played out six draws in their last seven matches, can’t afford more slip-ups as they take on Kerala Blasters in the Hero Indian Super League at the Tilak Maidan Stadium on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Pratik Waikar stole the limelight as Pahadi Billas as Pahadi Billas overpowered Panthers 31-25 in a thrilling final to win the KKFI 2021 Super League Kho Kho Tournament here on Monday.

‘Disha’ in the vernacular is ‘direction’ in English. And climate activist Disha Ravi is in a police lock-up in Delhi for taking the direction Greta Thunberg took. The Indian climate activist is charged with aligning alongside enemies of India – lousy rotten Khalistanis who stormed the Lal Qila and wouldn’t stop till the ‘Khalsa Nishan’ was fluttering alongside the ‘Tricolour.’

BHOPAL: Inclusion of such projects and schemes which may make farmers happy and also help in wooing voters in the forthcoming local elections may be the highlights of the Madhya Pradesh. Budget, Atmanirbhar Madhya Pradesh. Farmers and government employees would be the priority areas of the government in the state budget to be tabled in the assembly in a fortnight. The budget session would start from February 22 and may continue till March 26.