CMYK JULY 5 TUESDAY 32 32 Chit Fund Sufferers United Forum staged a demonstration against the atrocities on common people by "chit fund" organisations. Bikash Bhattacharya, senior advocate addressed the rally at Y channel in Kolkata on Monday. 27 Precipition: 4% Wind: 0 KM/H Humidity: 86% PAGE 3 Rs. 3 KOLKATA TUESDAY, 5 JULY, 2022 PG-12, YEAR—8, ISSUE—401 (RNI NO.: WBENG / 2014 / 56803) Noted film director Padma Shri Tarun Majumdar dies at 91 Black balloons released at Vijayawada airport during PM' visit MI News Service, MI News Service, Kolkata: Noted Bengali film director Padma Shri Tarun Majumdar passed away in a city hospital here on Monday. He was 91. He was admitted to the state-run SSKM Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata on June 14, due to age-related ailments. After his condition deteriorated on Sunday evening, he was put on life support. Finally, at around 11.17 a.m. this morning, he died. Besides Padma Shri, he had won multiple honours like National Award, Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award and Filmfare Awards (East). A dyed-in-the-wool Marxist in personal belief, Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Police on Monday arrested three Congress leaders for releasing black balloons at Gannavaram airport during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit. Some Congress leaders released the balloons as a mark of protest during Modi's brief visit to Andhra Pradesh over the Centre not granting special status to the state. The balloons were released near the airport when the helicopter carrying the Prime Minister had taken off for Bhimavaram. After landing of his special aircraft at Gannavaram airport, the Prime Minister left for Bhimavaram in West Godavari district by a helicopter to launch 125th birth anniversary celebrations of freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju. ❑ Continue PG 3 The 2024 Lok Sabha polls will not be an election to select a new government at the Centre but to reject the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister and All India Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee said on Monday. Speaking at a conclave here, the Chief Minister referred to the recent trend of "bulldozer politics," and said that the people of India will pay back the BJP in the same coin by bulldozing them out of power. "The misuse of power by the BJP is bulldozing people and democracy. MI News Service, Bhopal: Noted Bengali film director Tarun Majumdar (91) passed away at a hospital in Kolkata on Monday morning. But in 2024, the people of India will bulldoze them out of power. The 2024 Lok Sabha polls will not be between BJP and the opposition, rather it will be BJP versus people of India. That is why I am saying that those polls will not be the election for selection but election for rejection of BJP," she said. She also took a jibe at the BJP over the latter's frequent attacks against her for encouraging dynasty politics by promoting her nephew and Trinamool Congress' national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee. "Why is Abhishek targeted? Did not Sheikh Hasina take over the baton from her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman? Haven't people of Uttar Pradesh accepted Akhilesh Yadav after his father Mulayam Singh Yadav?" she questioned. Banerjee alleged that it was something more than financial considerations that the BJP offered to the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs used for toppling the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government. "I will not spell out more details. It can be 'M' and it can be 'W'. Now it is for all to understand. I have all the information but I will not say anything more. At times silence speaks more. Everything will be revealed at some point of time or the other," she said. She denied that there was violence in West Bengal after the 2021 assembly polls. "This is all propaganda by the BJP and its confidant media groups. Of the 21 people killed in violence, 16 of them were Trinamool Congress activists. Four of them were killed in BSF firing. Now all these have been included in the postpoll violence. The BJP's national president J.P. Nadda is responsible for spreading such lies." Trespasser fiasco: Security beefed Maha CM Eknath Shinde wins up at Bengal CM's residence MI News Service, Kolkata: After a trespasser entered the official residence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday evening, Kolkata Police has decided to thoroughly overhaul the security arrangements there. City police commissioner, Vineet Kumar Goyal called a special meeting of top police officials where it was decided that the security assignment in and outside the chief minister's residence at Kalighat in South Kolkata will be divided among specialized units of the city police namely Special Branch (SB) and Special Task Force (STF). "The STF sleuths are specially trained for combating the anti-terrorist activities in the state. However, considering the gravity of the situation, a section of the STF sleuths will now be dedicated for the chief minister's security," said a senior city police official who refused to be named. He said that from now onwards there will be a three-tier security cordon in and around the CM's residence. The inner ring, which is inside the residence as well as its immediate surroundings will be manned by a joint team of plain-cloth SB officers and uniformed reserve force (RF) personnel. The second ring, which will be the main road and lanes leading to the chief minister's residence will be manned by the STF sleuths. The security arrangements in the third and outer ring will be manned by a joint team of local Kalighat police station and RF personnel. Refusing to divulge the details, joint Commissioner of Police (crime) of Kolkata Police, Muralidhar Sharma said that special arrangements are being made to beef up security at the chief minister's residence. Incidentally, even after 24 hours have passed since the trespasser was nabbed the city police is yet to disclose the identity of the person or spell out the motive behind his hiding at the CM's residence. That precisely has prompted opposition leaders in the state to throw subtle jibes about the incident. The CPI-M central committee member and the former Continue PG 3 leader of ❑ House confidence with 164 votes MI News Service, Mumbai: As expected, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's government supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday won the critical 'vote of confidence' in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. In the final tally with a division of votes, the government secured 164 votes and the Opposition got only 99 votes in the 288-member Lower House. This is the second big legislative victory for the Shinde government -sworn-in on June 30 along with Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis -- in the past two Continue PG 3 days. ❑ India achieves complete vaccination of 90% of adult population MI News Service, New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday informed that 90 per cent of India's adult population has been fully vaccinated with both vaccine doses against Covid19. Calling the occasion an extraordinary feat, he CMYK and 'Apan Amar Apan' depicted the spirit of romanticism prevalent in then Bengali society. In many of his films, Majumdar had strongly advocated for maintaining the traditional culture of Bengali joint families. In his movies, he had made a perfect blending of rural and urban lives in Bengal. The movies directed by him were specially acclaimed for extensive and sequential use of songs by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. Norn on January 8, 1931, Majumdar was an acclaimed student in his academic life as well. He did his graduation in chemistry from Kolkata's reputed Scottish Church College. He had always been candid about his support towards the previous Left Front government. In May 2011, soon after Trinamool Congress came to power in West Bengal bringing an end to the 34year Left Front rule in West Bengal, Majumdar too resigned from the post of advisor of Nandan (West Bengal film center in Kolkata). A pall of gloom descended over the entire Bengali silver screen world as the news of his demise spread. Many dignitaries, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, expressed their condolences. Tribal woman thrashed, paraded with garland of shoes in MP's Dewas 2024 LS polls will not be for selection but for rejection: Mamata Banerjee MI News Service, Kolkata: Majumdar has the credit of launching a number of legendary film actors and actresses like Moushumi Chatterjee, Late Tapas Paul and Debasree Roy and his own wife Sandhya Roy. The film 'Gandevata' (Human god), based on the legendary novel by Bengali writer, Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, was the first reflections of Majumdar's leanings towards Marxist ideology, where he portrayed the breakdown of socio- economic structures, impact of industrialisation and non-cooperation movement in rural Bengal. On the contrary, his films like 'Dadar Kirti', 'Bhalobasha Bhalobasha' tweeted, "What an extraordinary feat! With PM @NarendraModi Ji's mantra of Sabka Saath, Sabka Prayas, India achieves complete vaccination of 90 per cent of its adult population. Way to go! We will win the battle against the pandemic together!" In the age group of 18-44 years, a total of 55,83,57,087 first doses and 50,22,61,478 second doses have been administered so far. The number of precaution doses administered in this group stands at 32,40,839, as per the health ministry report. India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 197.98 crore (1,97,98,21,197) as per provisional reports till 7 a.m. on Monday. This has been achieved through 2,58,55,578 sessions. So far, more than 3.69 crore adolescents have also been administered with the first dose of ❑ Continue PG 3 In a shameful incident, a tribal woman was thrashed and forced to carry her husband on her shoulders wearing a garland of shoes in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district. The incident came to light after a video went viral on social media, where a group of men were seen thrashing the woman. As per the police, the woman's husband was seen thrashing her brutally in front of villagers and later the woman was forced to carry her husband on her shoulders. The villagers were also seen putting a garland of shoes on her. The woman (30) was punished for her alleged relationship with another man. The police said that the woman was missing for three-four days and later she was found with one of her male friends. This made her husband and community members furious and they decided to punish the woman. As many as nine persons, including the victim's husband were arrested and they have been booked for assaulting, rioting, outraging the modesty of a woman and criminal intimidation, the police said on Mon- day. The incident was reported on Sunday but came to light on Monday. Dewas additional superintendent of police Suryakant Sharma said, "The woman went missing a week ago. Her husband filed a missing complaint at Uday Nagar police station. Recently, he came to know that the woman was living in the house of a man who is stated to be her close friend. The husband of the woman reached the house and dragged her out in front of the villagers. Later, she was thrashed brutally." ❑ Continue PG 3