The Catch Up: 20 September

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This is the Catchup on 3 Things by The Indian Express and I'm Ichha Sharma.
Today is the 20th of September and here are the headlines of the week.
Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal resigned on Tuesday, paving way for Atishi to be the third woman CM of the national capital. CM-designate Atishi handed over the letter of support from the Aam Aadmi Party MLAs to L-G VK Saxena, staking claim to head the government. After party members chose her to lead the government, an emotional Atishi thanked Kejriwal for his trust in her, saying such opportunities are unique to AAP, where a first-time politician can rise to this level. She also reiterated the party’s confidence in the outgoing chief minister, saying, quote “Delhi has only one CM and his name is Arvind Kejriwal.” unquote.
The Union Cabinet has cleared the proposal to hold simultaneous elections in India, as recommended by a high-level committee headed by ex President Ram Nath Kovind. Addressing media persons, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said simultaneous polls would be held in two phases. In the first phase, Lok Sabha elections and Assembly elections will be conducted simultaneously, while the second phase will cover local body elections, within 100 days of general elections. The Kovind committee had recommended that the government take a “one-time transitory measure”, which would require the Union government to identify an “appointed date” immediately after a Lok Sabha election. All state assemblies that go to poll after the said date would have their terms expire with the Parliament.
As junior doctors’ protests continue, decorators on Wednesday night were seen removing tents, bamboo sticks, and pedestal fans from the protest site in front of Swasthya Bhavan. Protestors now claim that “external pressure” is causing decorators, who had installed fans for them, to now take them down. A junior doctor exclaimed “It could be an effort to demoralise us,”, “but we would like to clearly say that for a protest, we don’t need all this. We can protest from anywhere and in any possible way.” Junior doctors announced their decision to continue their protest and cease work after a six-hour meeting with government officials on Wednesday night.
Choreographer Shaik Jani Basha, popularly known as Jani Master in the Telugu film industry, was arrested from Goa on Thursday days after he was accused of sexual assault by a junior choreographer who worked with him, An FIR was registered against him under rape charges on 16th of September in Hyderabad. A day later, sections of the POCSO Act were added to the case on the basis of claims that the complainant was a minor when he allegedly sexually assaulted her for the first time.
On the global front, two months after former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was shot at in a rally, the FBI foiled what appeared to be a second assassination attempt on Sunday while Trump was golfing on his course in West Palm Beach, Florida. According to the Secret Service, agents spotted a person with a firearm near the golf club and immediately opened fire. CNN, Fox News and The New York Times have identified the suspect as Ryan Wesley Row-th of Hawaii, citing unnamed law enforcement officials.
This was the Catch Up on 3 Things by The Indian Express