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New Delhi: Daily COVID-19 cases in India registered an increase for the fourth consecutive day with the country recording 14,264 new cases, taking the total tally to 1,09,91,651, according to Union health ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll increased to 1,56,302 with 90 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The country had registered 18,855 infections in a day on January 29. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,06,89,715, which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.25 percent and the case fatality rate stands at 1.42 percent. The COVID-19 active caseload remained below 1.5 lakh. There are 1,45,634 active cases of coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 1.32 percent of the total caseload, the data stated. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August, 30 lakh on 23 August, 40 lakh on 5 September and 50 lakh on 16 September. It went past 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lak

Gopeshwar: Two more bodies were recovered from the flood-ravaged Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project site, taking the toll in the calamity in Uttarakhand to 67 even as search operations continued there for the 15th day on Sunday. Three bodies had been recovered from the desilting tank near the Tapovan project barrage by Saturday evening while two more were extricated late at night, district administration officials said. Search operations at the project site have been underway on a war footing for a fortnight since it bore the brunt of an avalanche triggered by a glacier burst over Rishi Ganga in Chamoli district on 7 February. The 13.2 mw Rishi Ganga hydel project was totally demolished in the avalanche while the Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project suffered extensive damage. Recovery of five bodies on Saturday takes the toll in the tragedy to 67 while 137 are still missing. Chamoli District Magistrate Swati S Bhadauria had asked the NTPC to press into service additional excavators and d

Mathura: A court on Saturday admitted two suits seeking the shifting of a 17th century mosque away from a temple which the devouts believe marks the birthplace of Lord Krishna, according to a district government counsel. Civil Judge Senior Division Neha Banaudia admitted the suits and fixed 10 March as the date of the next hearing. District Government Counsel Counsel Sanjai Gaur said one of the suits was filed by Advocate Shailendra Singh and four others. They sought the shifting of the Shahi Idgah mosque, which is claimed to have been built at the birthplace of Lord Krishna, within the 13.37-acre premises of the Katra Keshav Dev temple. The other suit filed by Hindu Army chief Manish Yadav was also admitted. The suit was filed on 15 December. Judge Neha Banaudia also ordered that no fresh suit will now be admitted. The judge also set a date for becoming a party to the case. Anybody desirous of becoming a party can file the request within a month as any request after that won’t

Chennai:  Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami on Saturday urged the Centre to declare the Godavari-Cauvery river link initiative as a national project and said if it was done, it would benefit people in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Speaking during the virtual meeting of the NITI Aayog being chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Palaniswami noted that Tamil Nadu stood first in the country in coverage under micro irrigation in 2019-20 and 2020-21, he underlined rejuvenation of river Cauvery. He requested Modi for the declaration "so as to benefit lakhs of people in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu." "River Cauvery and its tributaries have to be rejuvenated on lines of ' Namami Gange '. Government of India is requested to accord sanction and extend financial assistance to Tamil Nadu, at the earliest," he said. On health, the chief minister said the Siddha system of medicine is a "proud contribution of Tamil ancestors to the

New Delhi:  On a day when petrol crossed the Rs 100 mark, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the middle-class would not have been burdened if the previous governments had focussed on reducing India''s energy import dependence. Without referring to the relentless increase in retail fuel prices, which are linked to international rates, he said India imported over 85 per cent of its oil needs in the 2019-20 financial year and nearly 53 per cent of its gas requirement. "Can we be so import dependent? I don't want to criticise anyone but I want to say (that) had we focussed on this subject earlier, our middle-class would not have been burdened," he said at a function to inaugurate oil and gas projects in poll-bound Tamil Nadu. Price of petrol crossed the Rs 100 per litre mark in Rajasthan after fuel rates were hiked for the ninth day in a row. Since India imports majority of its oil needs, retail rates are benchmarked to international prices, which have

The Directorate of Higher Secondary Education (DHSE), Government of Kerala has declared the results for the improvement exams of first-year NSQF, Kerala VHSE and DHSE exams. Candidates who appeared in the improvement exams are advised to visit the official site of DHSE Kerala at keralaresults.nic.in and check their results online. The DHSE supplementary exams were held between 18 and 23 December, 2020. Candidates can check their results with the help of several alternative sites. If one of the sites remains down or experiences traffic, candidates can access their results smoothly through alternative websites like kerala.gov.in, results.itschool.gov.in, keralaresults.nic.in, cdit.org, results.nic.in, educationkerala.gov.in, prd.kerala.gov.in and examresults.net/kerala, The Indian Express reported . Candidates were required to qualify the DHSE plus one exams with a minimum of 35 percent marks. This is for papers with total marks 100. In case of science subjects where there is a se

A Delhi court hearing arguments on climate activist Disha Ravi's bail plea on Saturday reserved its order for 23 February. Ravi has been booked on charges of sedition for sharing a 'toolkit' supporting the farmers' protest. The police alleged that Ravi was the “editor” of a toolkit, which was a guide sheet to stoke "economic, cultural, social and regional tensions" in India. However, the stated aim of the toolkit was reportedly “to enable anyone unfamiliar with the ongoing farmers’ protests in India to better understand the situation and make decisions on how to support the farmers". A toolkit is a document created to explain any issue. It also provides information on what one needs to do to address the issue. This might include information about petitions, details about protests, and mass movements. The controversial document, in this case, came to light after global climate change activist Greta Thunberg tweeted a version of the document in a twee

New Delhi: The Centre has released Rs 1 lakh crore to states and UTs in four months since October 2020, to meet GST compensation shortfall, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday. The ministry on Friday released the 17th weekly instalment of Rs 5,000 crore to 23 states and 3 Union Territories (Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry), taking the total amount released so far under the special borrowing window set up in October last year to Rs 1 lakh crore. The remaining five states, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim, do not have a gap in revenue on account of Goods and Services Tax (GST) implementation. The Centre had set up a special borrowing window in October 2020 to meet the estimated shortfall of Rs 1.10 lakh crore in revenue arising on account of implementation of GST. The borrowings are being done through this window by the Centre on behalf of states and UTs. Under the special window, the Centre has been borrowing in government stock with tenor of thre

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a strong case for repealing archaic laws and making it easier to do business in India, stating that the Centre and states need to work closely to boost economic growth. Addressing the sixth Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog, the Prime Minister said that the private sector should be given full opportunity to become a part of government's Aatmanirbhar Bharat programme. "The whole country succeeded when the state and the Central Government worked together during the coronavirus pandemic," he said, adding that "the basis of the country's progress is cooperative federalism and today's meeting is to brainstorm to make it more meaningful and move towards competitive cooperative federalism". Modi said there is a need to bring competitive cooperative federalism not only among states but districts too. The prime minister also underlined the need for reducing compliance burden and repealing obsolete

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) announced the result of Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier-2 2019 on its official website on Friday. Applicants that had appeared in the SSC CGL Tier-2 exam 2019 can check their results on ssc.nic.in . The CGL Tier-II computer-based examination 2019 was conducted from 15 November to 18 November 2020, while the CGL Tier-III, Descriptive Paper was held on 22 November 2020, which was conducted at various centres across the country. Candidates who haven't qualified in Tier-II will not be eligible for evaluation of Tier-III (Descriptive Paper) and won't be considered for the further selection process. Candidates have been shortlisted, category-wise, based on aggregate performance in Tier-I and Tier-II examination for evaluation of their Tier-III (Descriptive Paper). Separate cut-offs have been fixed for the posts of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO), Assistant Audit Officer (AAO), and Statistical Investigator- Grade-II in list 1, list 2

New Delhi:  India and China on Saturday held another round of military talks with a focus on taking forward the disengagement process in Hot Springs, Gogra and Depsang in eastern Ladakh and bring down the tensions in the region, official sources said. The 10th round of Corps Commander-level talks are taking place two days after the Chinese and Indian militaries completed the withdrawal of troops, weapons and other military hardware from the North and South banks of Pangong lake areas as part of an agreement. The meeting started at 10 am at the Moldo border point on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control and it was continuing, the sources said. They said India will insist on a faster disengagement process in remaining areas like Hot Springs, Gogra and Depsang to bring down tension in the region that has witnessed a tense standoff between the two militaries for over nine months. "The focus of the talks is on carrying forward the disengagement process," said a sourc

New Delhi: Petrol price on Saturday touched an all-time high of Rs 97 per litre in Mumbai while, diesel rate crossed Rs 88-mark. Petrol price was hiked by record 39 paise per litre and diesel by 37 paise a litre, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers. This the 12th straight day of price hike and the largest daily increase since oil companies started to revise rates on a daily basis. The increase pushed the petrol price to Rs 90.58 a litre in Delhi and to Rs 97 in Mumbai. Diesel now comes for Rs 80.97 a litre in the National Capital and for Rs 88.06 in Mumbai. The increase follows a spurt in oil prices in the international market, on which India is dependent to meet its 85 percent of the needs. Brent oil crossed $65 a barrel this week as a worsening US energy crisis took out almost 40 percent of the nation's crude production. In 12 days, retail petrol prices have risen by Rs 3.63 a litre, a record since the pricing was deregulated in 2010, and diesel r

New Delhi:  Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh have recorded an "upsurge" in daily new cases of COVID-19 , the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. In a statement, the ministry said in the last seven days, Chhattisgarh has also seen a rise in daily active new cases. In the last 24 hours, 259 daily new cases have been reported, it said. Kerala continues to report a high number of daily new cases and in the past week, Maharashtra has exhibited a spike in the number of daily new cases, accounting for the highest number of daily new cases in the country on Saturday, the ministry said in the statement. "In the last 24 hours, 6,112 daily new cases have been reported in the state," it said. Similar to Maharashtra, the ministry said Punjab has also shown a sudden spike in the number of daily new cases reported in the last seven days with 383 fresh cases recorded in the last 24 hours. "Since February 13, Madhya Pradesh is also witnessin

One more body has been recovered from a flood-hit area in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, taking the toll in the glacial disaster to 62, even as search and rescue operations continued for the 13th day at the NTPC's Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project site. One body was recovered late Thursday night from the banks of the Alaknanda at Helang between Joshimath and Pipalkoti, Chamoli district police said on Friday. The body was found at a coffer barrage of the THDC, it said. With this recovery, the toll in the 7 February disaster has risen to 62 while 142 people are still missing, they said. The number of bodies recovered from the intake Adit tunnel of Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project where a massive search operation has been under way ever since the tragedy struck still stands at 13. Besides, 28 human limbs have also been recovered from different places in the affected area out of which one has been identified. Thirty-three bodies out of the 62 recovered so far have also been ident

The Border Roads Organization (BRO) has released an official notification for the recruitment of the General Reserve Engineer Force on its official website. The vacancy notification is only for male applicants. Candidates who are eligible for the posts must refer to the official recruitment advertisement and send in their applications according to the prescribed format. There are a total of 459 vacancies available for the posts of Draughtsman, Supervisor Store, Lab Assistant, Radio Mechanic, Multi Skilled Worker (Mason), Store Keeper Technical and Multi Skilled Worker (Driver Engine Static). Candidates have a time period of 45 days from the date of advertisement to submit their applications. Thus, the applications must be sent within 4 April. However, it is advisable to send in applications well in advance because the organisation will not be responsible for any postal delays. The filled forms must be sent to GREF Centre, Dighi Camp, Alandi Road, Pune - 411015. The unreserved cat

Karimnagar, Telangana: A man from Peddapalli district of Telangana was on Friday taken into custody in connection with the killing of a lawyer-couple, police said on Friday. The accused would be produced before a court at Manthani in the district on Saturday, a police official said. He had given his car and two knives to one of the main accused in the case, the police said. Three people have already been held for the killing, the police said. The High Court had on Thursday on its own took cognisance of the killing and directed the government to properly and expeditiously conduct investigation into the matter. Gattu Vaman Rao and his wife PV Nagamani, both practising lawyers, were killed when they were travelling in a car on Wednesday. The couple had filed PILs on various public issues in different courts including the High Court. Two assailants intercepted and attacked them using knives and other weapons near a village in Ramagiri Mandal. The court, while posting the matter to 1

The Maharashtra government has imposed restrictions in several districts to curb a rise in the COVID-19 cases this week. On Friday, the state reported 6,112 new cases in the span of 24 hours, which is the highest single-day spike in the last three months. Authorities in places like Mumbai, Pune, Nasik, Nagpur, Wardha, Yavatmal, Amravati, Akola and Buldhana have resorted to weekend lockdowns and night curfews to try to control the sudden surge of cases. The state government has also reportedly decided to approach the Centre for permission to begin the third phase of the vaccination drive earlier than the scheduled date. The third phase of inoculation has been planned for people above the age of 50 and people with comorbidities and is set to begin in March. The Times of India quoted Maharashtra technical advisor Dr Subhash Salunkhe as saying, “In Maharashtra and Kerala, where there is an increase in cases in pockets, the Centre must start vaccination of those above 50 years and tho

The Jammu and Kashmir Board of Secondary Education (JKBOSE) has declared the results for Class 12 on its official website. The result link is applicable for candidates of the Jammu (Winter Zone) division in the Annual 2020 (Regular) session. The students who appeared in the higher secondary exam are advised to visit the official site of the school education board at jkbose.ac.in and check their scores. This can be done by entering the board roll number in the given space. It is to be noted that the board has only released the marksheets for the 'Higher Secondary Part Two Annual 2020 (Regular) Jammu (Winter Zone) examination', reported Hindustan Times . Steps to check the JKBOSE Class 12 Result for Jammu division: Step 1: Visit the official website of JKBOSE at jkbose.ac.in Step 2: Find the tab that reads: 'Result of Higher Secondary Part Two Annual 2020 (Regular) Jammu (Winter Zone)' Step 3: Click on the 'Check Result' portion below the tab Step 4: Y

A popular CBSE school in Chennai has landed in a controversy after a question paper referred to the farmers who protested against the farm laws during the Republic Day tractor rally as "miscreants" and "violent maniacs." These politically-charged descriptions were part of a question in a Class 10 revision exam paper, according to an article in The News Minute . The question paper was given to the students at DAV Boys school in Chennai. The question read: “The diabolical violence that broke out in the national capital on Republic Day filled the hearts of the citizens with condemnation and abhorrence after the farm law protesters went on a rampage destroying public property and attacking police personnel in broad daylight. Write a letter to the editor of a daily newspaper in your city, condemning such terrible, violent acts of miscreants who fail to realise that country comes before personal needs and gains. Destroying public property, disgracing the national flag

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a strong case for repealing archaic laws and making it easier to do business in India stating that the Centre and states need to work closely to boost economic growth. Addressing the Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog, the prime minister said that the private sector should be given full opportunity to become a part of government's Aatmanirbhar Bharat programme. "Centre and states should work together for the nation's progress. Government has to respect and give due representation to the private sector for economic progress," Modi said. In past few yrs, we saw that opening of bank accounts, increase in vaccination & health facilities, free electricity connection, free gas connection to empower the poor has reflected a phenomenal change in their lives: PM Modi chairs 6th meeting of Governing Council of NITI Aayog pic.twitter.com/NHJP3jZsMe — ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2021 He said that the positive

Santiniketan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday extolled the world view of poet- philosopher Rabindranath Tagore and asked Visva-Bharati students to help farmers and artisans of nearby villages find global markets. He urged the students of the prestigious university to put "nation first" and see how their decisions enable them to move towards solutions to problems. Modi said some highly educated and skilled people were spreading terror and violence in the world, while others were toiling day and night to free people from a global epidemic like COVID-19. "It is not about ideology but the mindset, whether it is positive or negative," he said. The prime minister further said Guru Rabindranath Tagore had not envisioned the university as a typical educational institution but one that will help Indian culture realise its full potential globally. Addressing online the convocation of Visva Bharati university that was launched by Nobel laureate Tagore in 1921 and

The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT- Bombay) is going to release the answer key and question paper of the GATE 2021 on its official website by 2 March, 2021. Candidates who have appeared in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2021 are advised to visit the official site of IIT- B GATE at gate.iitb.ac.in and download the answer key. According to a report by Hindustan Times , the IIT had conducted the aptitude test on 6, 7, 13, and 14 February. The exam authority will allow candidates to submit objections against the released answer keys. As per the report, candidates will have to submit their objections along with appropriate representation within a stipulated time period. They can raise objections from 2 to 4 March but there is a processing fee of Rs 500 for each objection raised applicable. Follow these steps to download the GATE 2021 answer key along with the question paper: Step 1: Visit the official site of IIT- B GATE at gate.iitb.ac.in. Step 2: Click on t

The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) cancelled the Class 10 Social Science exam after its first session on Friday, 19 February. The board had to cancel the board exam paper after it was verified that the Social Science paper was leaked before the exam in Jamui district. According to media reports, the exam is now set to be conducted again on 8 March, 2021. As many as 8,46,504 students had appeared for the BSEB Class 10 Social Science exam 2021 in the first shift on Friday. The paper was leaked when it was circulated via messaging app WhatsApp. The board has conducted preliminary investigation and found that a contractual staffer of the State Bank of India, Jhajha branch, had sent the paper to their relative who was set to appear in the secondary board exam. Investigation is ongoing. Times of India cited an official statement sent out by the BSEB to state that once the education board had come across the information that the paper had been leaked, the authorities had asked th

Kolkata: BJP youth wing leader Pamela Goswami was on Friday arrested with cocaine worth lakhs of rupees from south Kolkata's upscale New Alipore area, police said. Goswami, the state secretary of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), was along with a friend, identified as Prabir Kumar Dey, in her car when both of them were nabbed, they said. Around 100 gm of cocaine "worth a few lakh of rupees" was found in her handbag, and other parts of the car, police claimed. Acting on a tip-off, sleuths of the New Alipore police station made the arrests when she was parking the vehicle, an officer said. "She was involved in drug trafficking for quite some time. Today, we got information that she, along with her supplier Prabir, was reaching the spot to hand over the drugs to the purchasers," he said. A team of policemen in eight vehicles surrounded Goswami's car and apprehended her, he said. The BJP youth-wing leader's security guard, who was inside the same v

Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court Friday rejected Lalu Prasad Yadav's bail application in a fodder scam case, dashing the RJD president's chance of immediate release from jail. Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh turned down Yadav's bail request in the Dumka treasury case, an offshoot of the multi-crore rupees fodder scam. The court said since the RJD supremo has to serve two more months in jail to complete half of the tenure of his total sentence in the case, the bail plea is not granted and asked him to file a fresh application after two months. Yadav has already acquired bail in three out of the four cases of the fodder scam in which he has been convicted and acceptance of his request in the case related to illegal withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from the Dumka treasury could have helped him come out of the jail. He is in currently in AIIMS Delhi. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/3brGCXk Press Trust of India

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is considered to be one of the most iconic and influential leaders of the country, who played a crucial part in gaining independence from the British Rule. An influential leader, Bose was born on 23 January, 1897 in Cuttack, Odisha. He had urged the people of the nation to resort to radical forms of protest and revolution in order to oust the colonial forces. Netaji devoted his life to the cause of gaining independence and led the Azad Hind Fauj from the front as well. To pay tribute to the revolutionary leader, his birth anniversary is celebrated as Netaji Jayanti or Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti. It is even an official holiday in the states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Tripura and Assam. He wrote: "May the thoughts and ideals of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose keep inspiring us to work towards building an India that he would be proud of. A strong, confident and self-reliant India, whose human-centric approach contributes to a better planet in the years to c

Mumbai's air quality is reportedly taking a huge dip, and the amount of coal being used in industrial sectors is the most significant contributor. Delhi-based non-profit organisation Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) recently released a report titled   Enhanced Strategic Plan Towards Clean Air in Mumbai Metropolitan Region . The report presents an analysis and estimate of air pollution load from various industries across four areas in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). These industrial areas are the Trans-Thane Creek (TTC), Taloja Industrial Area, Ambernath and Dombivali. A total of 13 industrials areas exist in and around Mumbai – Ambernath, Badlapur, Chembur, Dombivali, Kalyan–Bhiwandi, Mira-Bhayandar, Marol, Patalganga, TTC, Taloja, Vasai-Virar and Wagle estate. The CSE study examined data about the fuel consumption of these industries, with a focus on particulate matter (PM), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollutants, to get an estimate of pollution l

Faisal Patel, the son of late Congress leader Ahmed Patel, has said he is ready to join politics and will contest assembly polls if the party wishes. Only last month he had announced on Twitter that he would not join politics and rather focus on his late father's social initiatives. "Just like my father, I will continue doing social work. We have two hospitals and a public school in Bharuch. That is my real work," he told reporters on Thursday night. "I will enter electoral politics if the (Congress) party high command asks," 40-year-old Faisal Patel said. "If the high command wishes, I will also fight elections. Preferably from Bharuch, because that is my area," said Patel when asked if he would contest the 2022 Gujarat Assembly polls. He was in Khadia area of the city to canvas for Congress candidates ahead of elections to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Elections to Ahmedabad and five other municipal corporations will be held on 21 February

As the world witnessed the historic landing of NASA's Perseverance rover on the Martian surface, it was Indian-American scientist, Swati Mohan, who led the guidance, navigation, and control operations of the Mars 2020 mission. In essence, she was responsible for ensuring that the rover follows its trajectory and lands safely on the surface. And the landing was a moment Mohan had been patiently working towards over the past eight years. "I’ve been on Perseverance longer than I’ve been at any school. I’ve been on Perseverance longer than my younger daughter is alive. It’s just taken up such a large portion of my life for so long," she told  Florida Today . Mohan's team played a key role in the entry, descent and landing (EDL) phase, which according to the NASA website was the shortest and most intense phase of the Mars 2020 mission. Why was Perseverance Rover's landing a crucial moment? The touchdown of the rover marks an ambitious first step in the effort to

A Delhi court on Friday sent climate activist Disha Ravi for three-day judicial custody in a case related to creating and sharing a 'toolkit' in support of the ongoing farmers' protest. The 21-year-old activist, who was arrested on 13 February for allegedly being involved in creating the "toolkit" for protest, was produced before a local court on the expiry of her five-day custodial interrogation. A toolkit is a document created to explain any issue. It also provides information on what one needs to do to address the issue. This might include information about petitions, details about protests, and mass movements. The controversial document, in this case, came to light after global climate change activist Greta Thunberg tweeted a version of the document in a tweet supporting the farmers' cause. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Akash Jain remanded Ravi to three-day judicial custody, PTI reported. The Delhi Police said that her custodial interrogati

New Delhi: Set to enter the political fray by joining the BJP next week , technocrat E Sreedharan on Friday said his main aim is to help the party come to power in Kerala and that he will be open to become the chief minister. He also said that the focus will be on developing infrastructure in a big way and bring the state out of the debt trap if the BJP wins the assembly polls that are likely to be held in April-May this year. Known as 'Metroman' as well as for the efficiency in completing big infrastructure projects, Sreedharan told PTI that he will contest the assembly elections if the party wants and will also be open to be chief minister if the party asks. The 88-year-old technocrat also made it clear that he will not be interested in governorship, saying that it is purely a "constitutional position and no powers at all" and that he won't be able to make any positive contribution to the state in such a position. "My main idea is to bring BJP to powe