Amit Shah urges people to join Clean India, Clean Ganga mission

"Our Prime Minister has taken many initiatives. He stressed for two things clean India and Clean Ganga. Every citizen of the country should join these initiatives," Shah said in his address to the people here today.

"Cleanliness is the joint responsibility of people and the state. This (occasion of Chhath Puja) is the best occasion to take a pledge for a clean India and clean Ganga mission. This cleanliness will bring health and prosperity," Shah said.

"The river Ganga is not only a river, it's our mother. We have to take the initiative so that Ganga remains clean from Gangotri to Gangasagar. Whenever, you people go to 'Poorvanchal' (region comprising eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar), you have to stress the Clean Ganga mission.

"The mammoth work initiated by Modiji can only  be finished with the help of people in Poorvanchal," Shah said, at the annual Chhath Puja organised by the Bihar-Gujarat Association here.

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Amit Shah named BJP national president

अमित शाह बने बीजेपी के नए राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष

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Amit Shah, key aide of PM Narendra Modi, named BJP President

Amit Shah, a close aide to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was Wednesday named the BJP's new president, only two months after leading the party to a spectacular win in the Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh.

A former home minister of Gujarat, Shah -- presently a general secretary -- succeeds Rajnath Singh, the home minister in Modi's government.

Rajnath Singh made the widely expected announcement about Shah, 49, after a meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party's parliamentary board.

Once this was done, a beaming Shah -- a share trader by profession -- accepted sweets and bouquets from party colleagues including Modi, Rajnath Singh, L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi.

"Amit Shah is the new president," Rajnath Singh told the media as Modi and Shah looked on.

Rajnath Singh said Shah had been chosen for the post because of his "organisational and management skills" which he said was seen in the Uttar Pradesh battle.

In an extraordinary performance that stunned foes and friends alike, the BJP bagged 71 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh where Shah spearheaded the party campaign like a warrior possessed. Two other seats went to a BJP ally, Apna Dal.

The Congress was left with just two Lok Sabha seats, the Samajwadi Party could get only five (with Mulayam Singh winning two of the seats) while the Bahujan Samaj Party was wiped out.

Ever since, Shah was widely seen as the front-runner for the top party post.

First elected to the Gujarat assembly in 1997, Shah describes his hobbies as cricket, reading and social service.

Over the years, Shah emerged as Modi's most trusted political aide in Gujarat.

Once Modi was named the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, he ensured that Shah was made the election campaign chief in Uttar Pradesh realising that without a sweep in the state the party's future would be bleak.

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Gujarat snooping case: Justice Altamas Kabir will headed inquirey commission for probe

नई दिल्ली। गुजरात में लड़की की जासूसी मामले की जांच के लिए प्रस्तावित न्यायिक आयोग के अध्यक्ष सुप्रीम कोर्ट के पूर्व मुख्य न्यायाधीश अल्तमस कबीर हो सकते हैं। गृह मंत्रलय के एक वरिष्ठ अधिकारी ने कहा कि जस्टिस कबीर ने इसके लिए सहमति दे दी है और इस संबंध में जल्द ही अधिसूचना जारी कर दी जाएगी। 

आयोग को गुजरात में लड़की की जासूसी के साथ-साथ दिल्ली में अरुण जेटली के फोन कॉल रिकार्ड निकालने और हिमाचल में प्रेम सिंह धूमल सरकार के दौरान विपक्षी नेताओं की फोन टैपिंग की जांच भी करनी होगी। भाजपा पहले ही न्यायिक आयोग को अदालत में चुनौती में देने का एलान कर चुकी है। ऐसे में यह देखना दिलचस्प होगा कि न्यायिक आयोग अपना काम शुरू कर पाता है या नहीं। गृह मंत्रलय के एक वरिष्ठ अधिकारी ने कहा कि न्यायिक आयोग के अध्यक्ष के लिए एक हफ्ते से जारी तलाश पूरी हो गई है।

जस्टिस अल्तमस कबीर ने आयोग की अध्यक्षता करने के लिए राजी हो गए हैं। कानून मंत्रलय की हरी झंडी मिलने के बाद शुक्रवार को गृह मंत्रलय अधिसूचना जारी कर सकता है। न्यायिक आयोग को अपने गठन के तीन माह के भीतर गुजरात में लड़की की जासूसी समेत दिल्ली और हिमाचल में फोन कॉल रिकार्ड निकलाने व फोन टैपिंग की जांच कर अपनी रिपोर्ट देनी होगी। 

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