Thanks to a courageous Indian Captain, Smit Machar, 174 lives were saved. As soon as takeoff from Dubai to Tel Aviv yesterday, the co-pilot of ‘Flydubai’ flight FZ1073 attacked Captain Smit with a knife and left him bleeding. An Israeli official said that the attacker is a citizen of Oman. He has been arrested. Officials of Israel’s intelligence agency Shin Bet have reached Dubai. As soon as the attacker attacked with the knife, Smit immediately pressed the emergency code of the plane.
The co-pilot was trying to crash the plane when the Indian pilot tried to stop him. During this, a scuffle started between the two. The co-pilot stabbed the captain in the cockpit, injuring him and losing control of the plane. As soon as the cockpit door opened, the passengers went into panic. The good thing was that two people controlled the attacker and there were two pilots traveling in this flight who immediately took control of the plane and made a safe landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Due to the jostling of the cockpit, the plane descended 16 thousand feet within 1 minute.
Israel’s PM Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Indian pilot Smit Machar. Netanyahu said Captain Machar is a true hero who saved the lives of 174 people. Trump also said that Captain Smit Machar is a brave hero. PM Modi said, “Captain Smit Machar has shown the world the highest form of courage. Without caring for his life, he fought bravely and prevented another attack like 9/11 from happening. 140 crore Indians salute Captain Smit and wish him a speedy recovery.”
Captain Machar has been airlifted to Abu Dhabi. It gives goosebumps to imagine that in a flight in which a knife exchange took place between two pilots, if the two pilots were not sitting as passengers, then who would have taken control of the plane? How big an accident could it have been? Israel called it a Jihadi terrorist attack and sent its fighter jets into the sky. This can give an idea of how big this accident could have been.
Captain Smit Machar not only saved the lives of the passengers but also increased the prestige of every Indian in front of the whole world. Now everyone knows, when a crisis comes, how an Indian saves others by risking his life. There is a fragrance of bravery and philanthropy in the soil of India. Wherever there are Indians, there is security. I pray to God that Captain Smit Machar gets well soon and lives long.
Drugs: Will Amit Shah free Punjab?
Yesterday in a rally in Jalandhar, Punjab, Home Minister Amit Shah promised that the government will rid the entire country of the poison of drugs by December 31, 2029. Shah reminded everything from the abolition of Article 370 to the end of Naxalism and terrorism in the North East. Said that just as BJP has ended Naxalism, it will also wipe out the names and traces of drug dealers. This time BJP has made eradication of drugs the main issue of Punjab elections.
Just yesterday, the Indian Coast Guard stopped a boat in the Arabian Sea that had left Iran fifteen days ago, in which a consignment of drugs from Pakistan was kept. Five Pakistanis were arrested and 526 kg of drugs were seized. Yesterday three and a half kilos of drugs and huge quantity of weapons were seized in Punjab. The drug figures that have come from Punjab are scary. The rate of drug smuggling is highest in Punjab. One out of every five people living in Punjab is a drug addict. 67 thousand youth are addicted to Chitta.
You will be shocked to hear that in Punjab, about seven lakh children between the age of 10 years to 17 years are under the influence of drugs. The number of deaths due to drugs is highest in Punjab. More than 12 lakh victims are admitted in drug addiction centers of Punjab. Amit Shah recognized this bitter truth, understood the pain in the hearts of the people, made the war against drugs an issue in the Punjab elections, and took it to every electoral constituency. If this campaign gains momentum then BJP will benefit in the elections. But Amit Shah will also have to eliminate drug addiction from Punjab on his given deadline.
Election Commission: The defeated opposition got an excuse
Leaders of 20 parties including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Mamata Banerjee, Tejashwi Yadav, Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and Supriya Sule attended the INDIA Block meeting yesterday. Hemant Soren and Uddhav Thackeray participated in the meeting virtually. Akhilesh Yadav did not come. DMK, AAP leaders did not come to the meeting. In the meeting, the outline of the movement against the Election Commission was prepared.
It was decided that India Block MPs would march to the Election Commission on 6 October. Will hold five rallies together across the country. There will be rallies in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Patna. It was decided that an application would be filed in the Supreme Court against the law giving immunity to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The leaders who declared war against the Election Commission only said one new thing that an application will be filed in the court against the law giving immunity to the Election Commissioner.
Most of the leaders who came to the India Block meeting had lost elections. All of them see the excuse of their defeat in the Election Commission. An argument is also needed to tell and explain the reason for defeat to your supporters. Rahul Gandhi’s problem is that for the last 12 years he has been calling Modi sometimes timid, sometimes cowardly, sometimes compromised and sometimes weak.
It seems that they try to convince themselves again and again that Modi can be defeated, but they forget that to win the elections, one has to be among the people, one has to put in full strength in fighting the elections, one has to take other parties along, just making reels with the camera does not work.
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