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AGARTALA: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Sunday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maan ki baat more popular among the masses than ‘Mahabharat’ and ‘Ramayan’ mega TV serials of the 1980s.

His assertion came after listening to the 108th episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ at his home constituency Town Bardowali along with party leaders and workers.

“In the 1980s too, people criticised women rushing to watch TV soaps and even now many criticise those who listen to ‘Mann Ki Baat’. But it makes no difference as people know what is what,” he added.

‘Mahabharat’ (1988) and ‘Ramayan’ (1987), two epic serials created by BR Chopra and Ramananda Sagar respectively, were telecast on Doordarshan and were widely popular.

JAIPUR: Two unidentified burglars cut an ATM of the State Bank of India here with a gas cutter and fled with ₹ 29 lakh, police said on Sunday.

Kotwali SHO Vikrant Sharma said two unidentified burglars cut the ATM installed on the Bajaj Road on Saturday night. Sharma said that based on a complaint lodged by the bank on Sunday, a case has been registered and an investigation is on.

He said that the burglars had also cut the ATM’s wire connections and sprayed black on the CCTV cameras installed inside and outside the ATM.

The SHO said that efforts are being made to identify the burglars from the surrounding CCTV footages. 

BHOPAL: Former Congress MP Lakshman Singh has said that rahul gandhi is an ordinary party worker and parliamentarian and he should not be highlighted so much.

Lakshman Singh, the younger brother of  was speaking to reporters at the Congress office in MP’s Guna city on Saturday.

When reporters claimed that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s face is shown less on TV when he makes a statement in the Lok Sabha, Lakshman Singh said, “Rahul Gandhi is an MP, he is not the (party) president and is a Congress worker. Apart from this Rahul Gandhi is nothing”

 “You (media) people should not highlight Rahul Gandhi so much and neither should we,” he said.

Rahul Gandhi is only an MP and he is equal to the rest of the party’s parliamentarians, said Lakshman Singh, who has been a five-time MP and three-term MLA.

“One does not become (big) by birth but by one’s actions. Don’t consider Rahul Gandhi such a big leader, I don’t. He is an ordinary MP. It doesn’t matter whether you highlight him or not,” Lakshman Singh said.

In the Madhya Pradesh polls held last month, BJP’s Priyanka Penchi defeated Lakshman Singh by more than 61,000 votes from the Chachoura assembly seat in Guna district.