Babus, mantris & buzz: Why Lalu reluctant to hand over party leadership to Tejashwi

Why Lalu reluctant to hand over party leadership to Tejashwi

Lalu Prasad Yadav has been re-elected unopposed as the national president of the RJD for the 13^th time. Despite Tejashwi Yadav's rise as a key political figure and CM face, Lalu is hesitant to pass on the party's reins. The upcoming Bihar elections, internal family disputes, and factionalism within the party are key reasons. With rivalries between Tejashwi, Tej Pratap, and Misa Bharti surfacing, Lalu fears losing control. He believes only his leadership can preserve the party’s core Yadav-Muslim vote bank and unity.

Congress and Emergency

On June 25, the BJP led government will observe the 'Democracy Murder Day' and various programmes have been organised to condemn the Emergency on June 25, 1975. Now Congress has no reason to wash the dent of this black spot. Ruling dispensation is also targeting INDIA bloc parties whose leaders were victims of the emergency but now siding with the Congress, who is responsible for imposing the Emergency.

Rahul's statements polarising voters in Gujarat by-polls?

In the recently held five Assembly by-elections, the performance of the Congress was poor. Except, Kerala, the party faced humiliating defeats in Gujarat, Punjab and West Bengal. Gujarat Congress Chief resigned owing to the moral responsibility for the party's poor performance. Sources said that two months before Congress organised a two day event in Ahmedabad and Rahul Gandhi and other party leaders gave some 'unwanted' statements related to the State, reservation and on social issues. They say that these sensitive issues backfire in Gujarat. In Punjab also, Congress could not present an impressive performance. The West Bengal results have shown that the Congress has no presence in the State.

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Safeguarding the Future: How IPS Sagarika Nath is Protecting Youth from Drugs Through Project Sampark in Odisha’s Capital.

IPS Sagarika Nath is a 2016 Batch officer of Odisha cadre and is currently posted as Superintendent of Police in Khordha, which includes Bhubaneswar—the capital and largest city of Odisha. Her Mission for the district is to protect the youth from drug abuse by spreading awareness, offering support and breaking the networks that feed addiction.

To achieve this, Project Sampark a youth-centered, compassionate, and community-driven initiative was launched. “Project Sampark is an inclusive approach towards fighting drug abuse. It takes on a two-pronged strategy—strengthening youth through awareness and mental resilience, while taking firm action against drug peddlers” Nath says. On one front, it strikes hard against the drug network, wholesale dealers and small-time peddlers through a dedicated Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) guided by Additional SP-rank officer. On the other front however, the project takes a more humane and inclusive approach toward drug users especially the ones in the early stages of their higher education. “End users are being treated with compassion, in coordination with Khordha’s de-addiction centre” Nath explains.

At its core, Project Sampark focuses on early intervention. “Recognizing that peer pressure and curiosity are often the entry points into drug, alcohol, and tobacco use, the police are actively engaging with college students, especially those in the initial years of higher education” she explained.

While awareness drives are focusing on the dangers of gateway substances, efforts are being taken to make schools and college areas tobacco-free zones.

Additionally to strengthen the support system, students are also being provided with contact numbers of local police stations ensuring they know whom to reach out to if they or their friends need help, counselling, or psychiatric support.

“The students are also encouraged to come and visit their local police station, through which they can be familiarised with the functioning of the police, and thus a more people-friendly police structure can be created” Nath exclaimed.

Apart from her anti-drug mission, Nath has also led several innovative projects in the area of road safety and traffic awareness. One of her most unique initiatives is the “Chota Cop” program, launched in schools across Balasore and Khordha districts. “Under this initiative, students from classes 5 to 8 were made ‘cops’ of their households and given a 10-point report card to monitor their parents’ traffic behaviour.”

Other key initiatives spearheaded by her includes

· Integrated Traffic Management System (ITMS), Sundargarh: The first in Odisha to implement video analytics and facial recognition for traffic monitoring.

· Project Durga – Conceptualized as SP Sundargarh, this was a three-step program aimed at increasing the safety and security of adolescent girls. It included self-defense training, career counselling sessions, and the launch of a dedicated women's safety helpline. The program successfully reached over 2,500 adolescent girls.

With an ambitious vision and thoughtful policing, IPS Sagarika Nath is leading a wave of change in Odisha through her initiatives.

Major retirements of IAS officers in June

As many as 38 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of various cadres and batches are retiring in June, 2025. They are: Chetan Bhushan Sanghi, Umang Narula, S D Sundersan of AGMUT cadre; Dr M Hari Jawaharlal of AP cadre; Pabita Ram Khaund of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; Mrs Sujata Chaturvedi of Bihar; Amitabh Jain of Chhattisgarh; D K Baria, D M Solanki and B K Vasava of Gujarat cadre; Mahavir Kaushik of Haryana cadre; Mrs Suman Chathriine Kispotta of Jharkhand; Ajay Seth, Atul Kumar Tiwari and G Sathyavathi of Karnataka; Virendra Singh Rawat of Madhya Pradesh; Ms Sujata Saunik, Dinesh T Waghmare, Raosaheb B Bhagade, Rajeev D Nivatkar and Hiralal Sapurda Sonawane of Maharashtra; K Libanthung Lotha and K S Anden Konyak of Nagaland; Manoj Kumar Mohanty and Abanikant Pattanaik of Odisha; Gaggandip Singh Brar and Harbir Singh of Punjab; Mrs Shelly Kishanani, Hridesh Kumar Sharma, Meghraj Singh Ratnoo of Rajasthan; T S Jawahar, T N Hariharan, Dr D Jagannathan of Tamil Nadu; Itendra Kumar and Dr Akhilesh Kumar Mishra of UP; Manoj Pant, Dipankar Sinha and Suktisita Bhattacharya of West Bengal cadre.

Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary retiring this month

Amitabh Jain, Chief Secretary, Chhattisgarh, is retiring on June 30 this year. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

New Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary to be from Delhi?

It is widely believed that new Chief Secretary of the Chhattisgarh will be from IAS officer working on central deputation?

Ultimately Shukla finds a replacement

After the posting of Sharad Agrawal as DGP, Mizoram, Alok Shukla will be relieved. He was waiting for his reliever.

Ms Nita Kejrewal, PESB Secretary retiring in July

Ms Nita Kejrewal is retiring after attaining the age of superannuation in July this year. She is a CSS officer.

Interviews for Director (Proj), REC Ltd on June 28

The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is holding interviews for the post of Director (Projects), REC Limited on June 28, 2025. A vacancy of this post is arising on July 1, 2025.

Pravir Pandey returns to parent cadre

Pravir Pandey, Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, has been given premature repatriation to his parent cadre in order to avail the benefit of promotion. He is a 1992 batch IA &AS officer.

BHEL to release promotion list today

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is expected to release the lists of promotions to various levels on June 25, 2025.

Will Ministry select a Member this time?

The Ministry of I&B has invited applications for the posts of Member, Pers and Finance. The post of Member, Pers is lying vacant since February 2017 whiel Member, Finance is vacant since November 10, 2024. According to sources this is the fourth time applications have been invited for the post of Member, Pers. Earlier applications were rejected for not finding a 'suitable candidate'. Though all the time officials and others applied in bulk, including IAS and IPS. But the Competent Authority could not find a suitable candidate and they were reportedly rejected at the screening level. And that is the reason the sources are doubtful whether the ministry this time will find a suitable candidate?

Ramesh Verma appointed as Chairman, DSSSB

Ramesh Verma has been appointed as Chairman, DSSSB with additional charge of UTCS. He is a 2009 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Deputation tenure of Vijay Kumar Nayak extended

The deputation tenure of Vijay Kumar Nayak working as Deputy Director (Admin), AIIMS, Nagpur, has been extended till September 20, 2026. He is an ITS officer.

Only MCD collect toll manually

In India New Delhi Municipal Corporation is the only local body who collect till on the roads manually. This resulted in a long jam at borders connected to Noida, Faridabad, Gurugram, Ghaziabad and Bahadurgarh. This practice has been going on for the last several years and no UT government is interested in going high-tech. Recently Union Minister Nitin Gadkari raised this issue before the BJP led Delhi government and asked it to adopt some alternative arrangement to get rid of long traffic jam. Now NHAI has approached the HC to get rid of this road nuisance at borders.

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