Irani’s false info to ECI in 2014: Delhi court dismisses complaint

: A Delhi court on Wednesday rejected a complaint against Union Minister Smriti Irani for allegedly furnishing false declarations to the Election Commission of India (ECI) at the time of filing nominations for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal dismissed the complaint noting that complainant Renu Gambhir, vice president of Socialist Party (India) Delhi Pradesh, has not appeared before the court on several dates, due to which her testimony has remained incomplete.

Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday tasked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmakers across the country with an eight-point action plan beginning with an April 12 hunger strike against Parliament disruption and followed by the party’s plan to connect with Dalits on April 14 — BR Ambedkar’s birth anniversary — through the gram swaraj campaign.

Modi’s direction came during a conference call with his party’s parliamentarians. He had earlier referred to the gram swaraj campaign in his March 25 radio address, Mann ki Baat.

The eight-point action plan for BJP lawmakers that Modi referred to in his 47-minute phone call asked leaders to observe Swachhta Diwas (cleanliness day) on April 18, Panchayati Raj Diwas on April 24, a Gram Shakti Abhiyaan on April 28, an Ayushman Bharat Day on April 30, Kisan Kalyan (or farmers’ welfare day) on May 2 and a Swayam Aajiwika (labourers’ and daily wage earners’ day) on May 5.

The Prime Minister would now reconnect with party lawmakers through a video conferprovides

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encing on April 22, BJP leaders confirmed.

The BJP lawmakers would also be able to get connected to the PM through the Narendra Modi app, party leaders said.

“Modiji wants us to ensure that the party’s elected representatives stay in touch with the masses, make them aware of the various government plans. For instance, under Ayushman Bharat, financial help up to ~8 lakh can be provided. So an awareness campaign is to be undertaken in this regard. His telephonic conversation covered all the sections of the society, farmers, daily wage earners, labourers and rural masses. He cares for all,” BJP’s Uttar Pradesh general secretary Vijay Bahadur Pathak said.

Under the Gram Shakti Abhiyaan on April 28, the BJP leaders and lawmakers have been tasked with making people aware of the Saubhagya Yojana scheme that