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T he Government formation for the BJP-led NDA (II) will be set in motion on Saturday with the newly-elect- ed MPs formally electing Narendra Modi as their leader in Parliament’s central hall. While the BJP has won 303 seats, the NDA has 352 mem- bers in the Lok Sabha. Modi is also expected to address the MPs following his election as their leader. BJP Parliamentary Party meeting will precede the NDA meeting. The Union Cabinet on Friday adopted a resolution recommending the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha, making way for formal launch of the process to form a new Government. President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the res- ignation of the Council of Ministers and asked Modi to continue in office till the new Government assumes office. Modi’s swearing-in is expected to take place before the end of this month and con- sultations are on with NDA leaders for the Cabinet forma- tion. BJP president Amit Shah, who came in for high praise from Modi for the party’s spec- tacular show in the LS polls, is likely to be inducted in the Government, leaving the top party post for someone else. A heavyweight portfolio may be awaiting Shah, sources said though the BJP president has sidestepped queries on this saying it was the prerogative of the Prime Minister. Many newcomers and young faces could be part of the second innings of the Modi Government. There is possi- bility that big winners like BJP’s Aravind Dharmapuri from Telangana, who inflicted a drubbing on sitting MP from Nizambabad K Kavitha, the daughter of TRS chief K Chandrasekar Rao, may be part of the new Government. Another fresh face is Tejasvi Surya, 28, who won from Bangalore South, a seat in the past held by late Ananth Kumar. Rewards may also be com- ing in way of winners from dif- ficult States like West Bengal and Odisha, where party has done exceedingly well to help it go past 300 tally on its own. With Finance Minister Arun Jaitley having health issues, there have been talks whether he will be part of the new dispensation or not. Sushma Swaraj, who had won from Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh, had opted out from the electoral battle this time on health ground. Her Cabinet colleague Uma Bharti too did not contest polls. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to continue with a key role in the new Government. With Smriti Irani upsetting Congress president Rahul Gandhi in his home con- stituency of Amethi, it is expected that her victory may be recognised with an impor- tant portfolio in the Cabinet. A number of senior faces from the outgoing Cabinet, including Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Piyush Goyal, Narendra Singh Tomar and Prakash Javadekar are set to figure in the new Cabinet. Senior Minister Manoj Sinha, who lost his Ghazipur seat to BSP’s Afzal Ansari, could be brought in the Cabinet via Rajya Sabha route. Among allies, the Shiv Sena and the JD(U) are likely to be given Cabinet berths as both the parties have done exceedingly well, winning 18 and 16 seats respectively. Shah is expected to inter- act with NDA leaders and share their views on the induc- tion of their nominees in the Cabinet. Modi is likely to visit Varanasi, his home con- stituency on May 28, to thank the voters there. There after, he will set out for Gujarat on May 29 to meet his 95-year-old mother Heeraben Modi. The swearing-in may take place after these visits. A massive fire engulfed a four-storey commercial complex in Surat on Friday, killing at least 19 teenage stu- dents at a coaching centre, many of whom jumped and fell to their deaths while some were suffocated, officials said. In a video clip of the inci- dent, some young students at the Takshashila Complex in Sarthana area, where the build- ing is located, can be seen jumping off the third and fourth floors amid plumes of thick smoke. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said at least 19 students have died in the fire, but Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel has put the figure at 20. “As per the information received, 20 students have died in the fire. Many others were injured and shifted to a hospi- tal,” Patel said. Students, mostly teenagers, died “either due to suffocation or jumping off from the com- plex”, he said. “We have ordered a detailed inquiry into the inci- dent. We will not spare those found guilty,” the deputy Chief Minister added. Coaching classes at the centre were run in a shade built on the top floor of the building, he said, adding that they “will check if the construction was illegal”. Ninteen fire tenders and two hydraulic platforms were pressed into service to douse the fire, said an official of Surat fire control room. Eye-witnesses claimed that there were around 50 students in the complex when the fire started. “Around 10 students on fourth and third floor jumped off to the ground to save them- selves from fire and smoke,” said a fire official. Locals helped in the rescue operation to save the stranded students and other occupants of the building. According to a fire official, flames started from the ground floor and reached the top floor, forcing some students to take shelter on the terrace which was covered. “Lot of smoke accumulat- ed on the top floor where there were AC compressors and tyres which too caught fire. There was no escape route available for the students who got trapped on the top floors. The fire was doused in one hour. There were no safety equipment installed in the building,” a fire official told the media. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed anguished over the fire tragedy. A fter a humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha polls, top Congress leaders will deliber- ate on party losses at a meeting of the working committee slat- ed on Saturday in which party chief Rahul Gandhi is likely to offer his resignation. Murmurs have already started within the party over taking responsibil- ity for the poor performance of the Congress across the coun- try, with some of its leaders already sending in their resig- nations. Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar and Odisha Congress president Niranjan Patnaik announced their res- ignations from the post in the wake of the party’s electoral debacle in their respective States. The party has convened a meeting of the Congress Working Committee, its high- est decision-making body, on Saturday, where, according to sources, Rahul is likely to offer his resignation at the meet. Top party leaders, includ- ing UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, are expected to attend the meeting. The top Congress leader- ship will deliberate on the rea- sons for the loss. The party suf- fered a devastating defeat for the second time in a row at the hands of the Narendra Modi- led BJP. It bagged only 52 seats in this election. A senior party leader said the CWC will introspect the reasons as to how the Congress gave a strong performance in Assembly polls in major States such as Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh during the past two years, but failed to keep the momentum and cap- italise on people’s disaffection towards the BJP for a good showing in the general election. In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP won 28 out of 29 seats; in Karnataka, it won 25 out of 28 seats, and in Chhattisgarh, the party won 9 out of 11 seats. During 2018 Assembly elections of Karnataka, the Congress and the JD(S) com- bine were able to win 78 and 37 seats, respectively, while the BJP got 104 seats. Babbar who lost Fatehpur Sikri BJP’s Rajkumar Chahar by a margin of 4,95,065 votes — sent his resignation from to Rahul. “The results are depressing in UP. I find myself guilty of not discharging my responsibility in a proper manner,” Babbar said. O ne of the most wanted active terrorist comman- ders in Kashmir Valley, Zakir Musa, who was Burhan Wani’s successor and chief of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, was gunned down by the joint team of security forces in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district late on Thursday night. A senior police officer described his killing as the “biggest catch” for the securi- ty forces chasing top com- manders in the South Kashmir districts to flush out holed up ultras in the area. So far, 87 ter- rorists have been eliminated by the security forces in different operations across the Kashmir Valley this year. A household name, Zakir Musa, was the lone surviving member of the Burhan Wani group. He was currently head- ing the Ansar Ghazwat-ul- Hind, an affiliate of Al-Qaeda. Before joining the ranks of a terror outfit in 2013, he was studying engineering in a pri- vate Punjab engineering col- lege. He hogged headlines for a long time after he threatened to behead separatist leaders of the Hurriyat Conference for calling Kashmir a political dis- pute instead of a religious strug- gle to establish an Islamic state. According to police spokesman, Musa fired at the security forces when they were involved in search operation at Batpora in Dadsara area of Awantipora on late Thursday night. Musa was reportedly given the offer to lay down his arms and surrender but he refused and retaliated by opening heavy fire on the security forces. In the ensuing encounter, he was killed and the body was retrieved from the site of encounter. T he political circles and people in Madhya Pradesh are surprised over the defeat of Jyotiraditya Scindia in his den Guna-Shivpuri con- stituency, which was never lost by his family since indepen- dence. The defeat is not an ordi- nary one, as Scindia lost to one of his old aides and a trusted lieutenant Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, who hails from Ashoknagar district and even worked as MP representative to Scindia in the past before finally parting his ways with the ‘Maharaja’ ahead of 2018 assembly polls over denial of ticket from Mungaoli. Narrating old association of the two, pictures of them are going viral ever since Yadav was adjudged winner on Thursday. Yadav, an Ayurvedic physician by pro- fession hails to Ashoknagar where his father Raghuveer Singh Yadav was a Congress leader and district panchayat president on four occasions and had close association with late Madhav Rao Scindia, Jyotiraditya’s father. By the virtue of this friendship, Yadav too had close bonding with the Scindias since early days. Yadav’s wife is district Panchayat member in Ashoknagar. In one of the viral pics, Scindia is seen boarding his SUV and Yadav is seen in front of the vehicle clicking a selfie with the ‘Maharaj’, as Scindia is addressed in Gwalior- Chambal region. The second viral pic dates back to their childhood days when both are seen sharing a frame years ago. Locals claim then Scindia studied in class XI while Yadav was in class VI that time and the pic was clicked at the inauguration of a stadium in Guna. Their association had con- tinued to years till 2018 when Scindia had reportedly asked Dr Yadav to contest a by-poll in Mungaoli and he had agreed. Things turned ugly when the party had asked Yadav to halt his electoral plans. Some people believe that Yadav was once scolded by Scindia over some issue and this has created a rift among the two which finally led to their separation in January 2018. RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 C M Y K C M Y K

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The Government formationfor the BJP-led NDA (II)

will be set in motion onSaturday with the newly-elect-ed MPs formally electingNarendra Modi as their leaderin Parliament’s central hall.

While the BJP has won 303seats, the NDA has 352 mem-bers in the Lok Sabha. Modi isalso expected to address theMPs following his election astheir leader. BJP ParliamentaryParty meeting will precede theNDA meeting.

The Union Cabinet onFriday adopted a resolutionrecommending the dissolutionof the 16th Lok Sabha, makingway for formal launch of theprocess to form a newGovernment. President RamNath Kovind accepted the res-ignation of the Council ofMinisters and asked Modi tocontinue in office till the newGovernment assumes office.

Modi’s swearing-in isexpected to take place beforethe end of this month and con-sultations are on with NDAleaders for the Cabinet forma-tion. BJP president Amit Shah,who came in for high praisefrom Modi for the party’s spec-tacular show in the LS polls, islikely to be inducted in theGovernment, leaving the topparty post for someone else. Aheavyweight portfolio may beawaiting Shah, sources saidthough the BJP president hassidestepped queries on thissaying it was the prerogative ofthe Prime Minister.

Many newcomers andyoung faces could be part of thesecond innings of the ModiGovernment. There is possi-bility that big winners likeBJP’s Aravind Dharmapurifrom Telangana, who inflicteda drubbing on sitting MP fromNizambabad K Kavitha, thedaughter of TRS chief KChandrasekar Rao, may bepart of the new Government.Another fresh face is TejasviSurya, 28, who won fromBangalore South, a seat in thepast held by late AnanthKumar.

Rewards may also be com-ing in way of winners from dif-ficult States like West Bengaland Odisha, where party hasdone exceedingly well to helpit go past 300 tally on its own.

With Finance MinisterArun Jaitley having healthissues, there have been talkswhether he will be part of thenew dispensation or not.

Sushma Swaraj, who hadwon from Vidisha in MadhyaPradesh, had opted out fromthe electoral battle this time onhealth ground. Her Cabinetcolleague Uma Bharti too didnot contest polls. DefenceMinister Nirmala Sitharaman isexpected to continue with a keyrole in the new Government.

With Smriti Irani upsettingCongress president RahulGandhi in his home con-stituency of Amethi, it isexpected that her victory maybe recognised with an impor-tant portfolio in the Cabinet.

A number of senior faces

from the outgoing Cabinet,including Rajnath Singh, NitinGadkari, Ravi Shankar Prasad,Piyush Goyal, Narendra SinghTomar and Prakash Javadekarare set to figure in the newCabinet.

Senior Minister ManojSinha, who lost his Ghazipurseat to BSP’s Afzal Ansari,could be brought in the Cabinetvia Rajya Sabha route.

Among allies, the ShivSena and the JD(U) are likelyto be given Cabinet berths asboth the parties have done

exceedingly well, winning 18and 16 seats respectively.

Shah is expected to inter-act with NDA leaders andshare their views on the induc-tion of their nominees in theCabinet.

Modi is likely to visitVaranasi, his home con-stituency on May 28, to thankthe voters there. There after, hewill set out for Gujarat onMay 29 to meet his 95-year-oldmother Heeraben Modi. Theswearing-in may take placeafter these visits.

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Amassive fire engulfed afour-storey commercial

complex in Surat on Friday,killing at least 19 teenage stu-dents at a coaching centre,many of whom jumped and fellto their deaths while somewere suffocated, officials said.

In a video clip of the inci-dent, some young students atthe Takshashila Complex inSarthana area, where the build-ing is located, can be seenjumping off the third andfourth floors amid plumes ofthick smoke.

Chief Minister VijayRupani said at least 19 studentshave died in the fire, butDeputy Chief Minister NitinPatel has put the figure at 20.

“As per the informationreceived, 20 students have diedin the fire. Many others wereinjured and shifted to a hospi-tal,” Patel said.

Students, mostly teenagers,died “either due to suffocationor jumping off from the com-plex”, he said.

“We have ordered adetailed inquiry into the inci-dent. We will not spare thosefound guilty,” the deputy Chief

Minister added.Coaching classes at the

centre were run in a shade builton the top floor of the building,he said, adding that they “willcheck if the construction wasillegal”.

Ninteen fire tenders andtwo hydraulic platforms werepressed into service to dousethe fire, said an official ofSurat fire control room.

Eye-witnesses claimed thatthere were around 50 studentsin the complex when the firestarted. “Around 10 students onfourth and third floor jumpedoff to the ground to save them-selves from fire and smoke,”said a fire official.

Locals helped in the rescueoperation to save the strandedstudents and other

occupants of the building.According to a fire official,

flames started from the groundfloor and reached the top floor,forcing some students to takeshelter on the terrace whichwas covered.

“Lot of smoke accumulat-ed on the top floor wherethere were AC compressorsand tyres which too caught fire.There was no escape routeavailable for the students who got trapped onthe top floors. The fire wasdoused in one hour. Therewere no safety equipmentinstalled in the building,” a fireofficial told the media.

Prime Minister NarendraModi expressed anguished overthe fire tragedy.

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After a humiliating defeat inthe Lok Sabha polls, top

Congress leaders will deliber-ate on party losses at a meetingof the working committee slat-ed on Saturday in which partychief Rahul Gandhi is likely tooffer his resignation. Murmurshave already started within theparty over taking responsibil-ity for the poor performance ofthe Congress across the coun-try, with some of its leadersalready sending in their resig-nations.

Uttar Pradesh Congresschief Raj Babbar and OdishaCongress president NiranjanPatnaik announced their res-ignations from the post in thewake of the party’s electoraldebacle in their respectiveStates. The party has conveneda meeting of the CongressWorking Committee, its high-est decision-making body, onSaturday, where, according tosources, Rahul is likely to offerhis resignation at the meet.

Top party leaders, includ-ing UPA chairperson SoniaGandhi and former PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh,are expected to attend themeeting.

The top Congress leader-ship will deliberate on the rea-sons for the loss. The party suf-fered a devastating defeat forthe second time in a row at thehands of the Narendra Modi-led BJP. It bagged only 52 seatsin this election.

A senior party leader saidthe CWC will introspect thereasons as to how the Congress

gave a strong performance inAssembly polls in major Statessuch as Gujarat, Karnataka,Rajasthan, Madhya Pradeshand Chhattisgarh during thepast two years, but failed tokeep the momentum and cap-italise on people’s disaffectiontowards the BJP for a goodshowing in the general election.

In Madhya Pradesh, theBJP won 28 out of 29 seats; inKarnataka, it won 25 out of 28seats, and in Chhattisgarh, theparty won 9 out of 11 seats.

During 2018 Assemblyelections of Karnataka, theCongress and the JD(S) com-bine were able to win 78 and 37seats, respectively, while theBJP got 104 seats.

Babbar — who lostFatehpur Sikri BJP’s RajkumarChahar by a margin of 4,95,065votes — sent his resignationfrom to Rahul.

“The results are depressingin UP. I find myself guilty of notdischarging my responsibilityin a proper manner,” Babbarsaid.

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One of the most wantedactive terrorist comman-

ders in Kashmir Valley, ZakirMusa, who was Burhan Wani’ssuccessor and chief of AnsarGhazwat-ul-Hind, was gunneddown by the joint team ofsecurity forces in SouthKashmir’s Pulwama districtlate on Thursday night.

A senior police officerdescribed his killing as the“biggest catch” for the securi-ty forces chasing top com-manders in the South Kashmirdistricts to flush out holed upultras in the area. So far, 87 ter-rorists have been eliminated bythe security forces in differentoperations across the KashmirValley this year.

A household name, ZakirMusa, was the lone survivingmember of the Burhan Wanigroup. He was currently head-ing the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-

Hind, an affiliate of Al-Qaeda.Before joining the ranks of aterror outfit in 2013, he wasstudying engineering in a pri-vate Punjab engineering col-lege.

He hogged headlines for along time after he threatened tobehead separatist leaders ofthe Hurriyat Conference forcalling Kashmir a political dis-pute instead of a religious strug-gle to establish an Islamic state.According to police spokesman,Musa fired at the security forceswhen they were involved insearch operation at Batpora inDadsara area of Awantipora onlate Thursday night.

Musa was reportedly giventhe offer to lay down his armsand surrender but he refusedand retaliated by opening heavyfire on the security forces. Inthe ensuing encounter, he waskilled and the body wasretrieved from the site ofencounter.

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The political circles andpeople in Madhya Pradesh

are surprised over the defeatof Jyotiraditya Scindia in hisden Guna-Shivpuri con-stituency, which was never lostby his family since indepen-dence.

The defeat is not an ordi-nary one, as Scindia lost toone of his old aides and atrusted lieutenant Krishna PalSingh Yadav, who hails fromAshoknagar district and evenworked as MP representativeto Scindia in the past beforefinally parting his ways withthe ‘Maharaja’ ahead of 2018assembly polls over denial ofticket from Mungaoli.

Narrating old associationof the two, pictures of themare going viral ever since

Yadav was adjudged winneron Thursday. Yadav, anAyurvedic physician by pro-fession hails to Ashoknagarwhere his father RaghuveerSingh Yadav was a Congressleader and district panchayatpresident on four occasionsand had close association withlate Madhav Rao Scindia,Jyotiraditya’s father.

By the virtue of thisfriendship, Yadav too hadclose bonding with theScindias since early days.Yadav’s wife is districtPanchayat member inAshoknagar. In one of theviral pics, Scindia is seenboarding his SUV and Yadavis seen in front of the vehicleclicking a selfie with the‘Maharaj’, as Scindia isaddressed in Gwalior-Chambal region.

The second viral pic datesback to their childhood dayswhen both are seen sharing aframe years ago. Locals claimthen Scindia studied in classXI while Yadav was in class VIthat time and the pic wasclicked at the inauguration ofa stadium in Guna.

Their association had con-tinued to years till 2018 whenScindia had reportedly askedDr Yadav to contest a by-pollin Mungaoli and he hadagreed. Things turned uglywhen the party had askedYadav to halt his electoralplans.

Some people believe thatYadav was once scolded byScindia over some issue andthis has created a rift amongthe two which finally led totheir separation in January2018.

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Writer Garima Pradhan'sbook "Broken Is The

New Beautiful" will be releasedat the Swami VivekanandaLibrary on Sunday.

Swami VivekanandaLibrary Yatish Bhatele said thatBroken is The New Beautiful isbased on the life of seven peo-ple and the truth, which is actu-ally superstitious.

According to the authornow the time has come, peoplelearn to see the truth fight withfear and end the blind faith.

The main character of thisstory is happiness and who willaccept the world because ofsuperstition or not? This storywill be helpful to every personwho is standing at the age ofmarriage and is looking for hisperfect match.

According to the author,

every person is beautiful, whohas seen a difficult situation inlife, whether it is conflict, crit-icism, danger or someone haslost his and have seen pain.

This book is dedicated toevery person who has tried tobreak or who is tired due tosome criticism or condition. Is

it right to measure human onits fundamental principle?

That too when God hasselected his personality beforehis birth. Does superstitionmatter more than any per-son's behavior? She added.

City girl Garima Pradhanis a wonderful writer. Her first

book - "A Girl Date Had to BeStrong" created trill amongbook lovers of the city. Herbeauty and strong handwritingworks glorified Bhopal. Herstrong words and powerfulexpression was conferred as"Best Writer Bhopal". She wasawarded in 2018, by RJ Anadiof Big Fame, through the radioannouncement.

Garima's first book is thestory of her real life, which wonthe hearts of the readers andmotivated her to become anexample.

After seeing some ups anddowns, today she is not only afavorite writer but also ateacher for her readers.

Swami VivekanandaLibrary Manager Yatish Bhatelesaid that the book will bereleased on Sunday, at 5 pm inthe Swami VivekanandaLibrary.

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The music lovers of the citywitnessed a rapacious

evening of Indo westernrhythms on Tabla here onFriday.

A cultural programme‘Taal Tarang’ was organized atRegional Science Centre.Organized by Indian Councilfor Cultural Relations (ICCR)the programme was held underthe Horizon series of culturalprogrammes at 6:30 pm.

A young Tabla playerAnshul Pratap Singh alongwith his troupe presented theIndo Western fusion beforethe music lovers of the city.

He began playing the basetheme of fusion. Later, theyplayed Ragas of cloud, rain andthunder beautifully.

Later, the tabla recital byAnshul fascinated the audience.

He performed the HindustaniClassical Ragaas. He thenplayed few compositions ofUstad Allah Rakha as a tributeto him.

His highly versatile andaesthetic perception of thetabla has enabled him to touchmost profound depths of his

instrument. The purity of style,uniqueness of imagination withbrilliant technique made hisrecitals enchanting. The youngartiste is now well known formesmerising and captivatinghis audience with his power,virtuosity and complete spon-taneity. His tabla recital left the

audience spell bind at the Hall.Then the other artists also

gave solo performances. Also ajugalbandi of all the instru-ments was also performed.

The innovation they bringinto their compositions makesthem different from othersyoung composers. As theybegan playing the tunes of themusical instruments, the audi-ences were awestruck to wit-ness the programme. Theywonderfully blended classicaltune into the enchantingrhythms which was loved bythe audience. Tunefulness,tonality, rhythmic patterns andraagdari altogether made theperformance by the artistshighly appealing.

The programme was amass treat for the classicalmusic lovers of the city as theywitnessed young classical mae-stros together at one stage.

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Amega job fair was organ-ised at Patel Group of

Institutions. The job fair wasorganised here on Friday.

As many as 77 studentsselected in the Job Fair. Asmany as five companies in theJob Fair organized at the PatelGroup of Institutions, includ-ing Optra Automation forElectrical and Mechanical andWipro Infotech Pv for SunVacuum, CS, IT, E.C. andElectrical. Ltd., Motif IndiaPvt.

The job fair was held for allBranches Ltd., Diploma andEngineering of CS, I.T., E.C.

77 students were selectedby Ever Electrical for FastestTechnocraft and ElectricalBranch for Electrical Branch.Vice Chancellor of Patel Groupand Chancellor ofMadhyanchal University, PreetiPatel and Vice Chancellor of

the University and Vice-Chancellor Ajit Singh Patel,congratulating all the studentsand wishing for his brightfuture. Patel Group has beenworking since last 18 years.

Registrar, MashyanchalUniversity, NK Tiwari said thatthrough the course of 64 cours-es of course, through the uni-

versity, the students will be ableto join the high and technicaleducation and make themskilled for the coming tomor-row.

In this Job Fair, studentsbelonging to Engineering,Management, Pharmacy,Computer Science,Information Technology,

Electronics andCommunication and Electricaland Electronics participated.

The selection process con-cluded through Extempore,Group Discussion and PersonalInterview. After the selectionprocess, the students selectedby the company were given theletter. Significantly, the instituteis continuously recruitingthrough the companies, whosebenefits are being received bythe students.

So far, more than 7901students have been selected indifferent national and multi-national companies and this isstill continuing. Many Patelstudents have got multiple jobs.It is notable that Patel Group isthe leading education insti-tute of the Central Provinces.Organizing more and morecampus drives every year by theinstitute, more and more stu-dents are being provided jobson attractive packages.

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Madhya Pradesh State Boxing Academyplayer Himanshu Shrivastava and

Aman Singh Bisht have been selected forNational Training Camp. Both the playerswill showcase their talent at the nationaltraining camp.

Himanshu Shrivastava (54 kg), AmanSingh Bisht (81 kg) will be participatingfor National Training Camp organized byNational Boxing Academy, Rohtak,Haryana from May 27 to June 17.

Besides, Mahi Lamba (63 kilogramweight) has been selected. At the NationalCamp, the Academy players will preparefor the International Boxing Tournamentin Hungary. In this national trainingcamp organized for junior girls, 38 par-ticipants from across the country are par-ticipating, including three from the acad-emy.

Prior to leaving for the National

Training Camp, players here on Friday metin the Games and Youth Welfare S. LThoussen.

Sports Director Thoussen expressedhappiness over the selection of the play-ers and congratulated the selected playersand gave them best wishes.

While appreciating the world classfacilities of the city stadium, Thoussen saidthat in the last decade, there has been sig-nificant development in the infrastructureof sports in Madhya Pradesh.

He said that Madhya Pradesh is oneof the top states in the field of sports. Hesaid that such national camps give oppor-tunity to players to learn more and theywin medals in world events.

Thoussen, wished good luck to thetrained player for the upcoming compe-titions and said that the players will makethe country proud by winning medals.

The said player is trained under theguidance of Roshan Lal, Chief Instructorof Boxing Academy.

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In the weekly seriesAbhinayan 'Parsadilal' folk

drama was staged at MadhyaPradesh State Tribal Museumhere on Friday.

The play was staged in thedirection of Kashiram Sahu.

The presentation startedwith Saraswati Vandana andGanesh Poojan. After Vandana,the artists presented this folkdrama in the dance style withtheir acting skills in front of theaudience with great beauty.

In story surroundsFirturam and his wifeVrihaspati. Vrihaspati does nothave any child. For this reason,there is a dispute between themother-in-law. Frustrated bythis, Furturam brings his sec-ond wife to the advice of hismother and wife. But he doesnot get children happinessfrom him too.

Therefore, a person in thevillage advises Prabhu Ram tobring a medicine fromAmarkantak tourism site, andhe will definitely be blessedwith a child.

Firturam goes with his twowives to a monk and brings

blessings to him. He leavesPrasad in Patthera and hertwo wives go to bathe. In themeantime, the old woman eatsfood . As a result, she conceiveswho, after being diagnosed asa disease, Firturam takes her

mother to the doctor, then thedoctor tells her that she ispregnant. Thus, the boy is born. On this, Firtu Ram is afraid ofsociety and he falls in suspicion.Finally, Firturam goes toSarpanch of the village and tells

all the details. On this,sarpanch said that the familycan keep the boy.

The play was performed infolk style. It was much appre-ciated by the audience ass theyperformed beautifully.

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BJP workers celebrated thevictory of Vivek Shewalkar

who defeated the Congresscandidate Ashok Singh by amargin of over one lakh votesin the recently concluded LokSabha elections.

The party workers burstcrackers, distributed sweets anddanced to the beating of drumsin front of Shewalkar’s house.The BJP workers in differentparts of the city and the ruralareas also celebrated the victo-ry of Shewalkar and the partyas a whole in the country. Theparty workers also tookShewalkar out in an open car-riage throughout the city in theevening. The MP elect, in

return thanked the workers fortheir hard work, perseveranceand determination. The MPadded that the people voted forthe BJP as they had witnessedthe developmental works doneby the Modi Government. Later

on speaking to the media per-sons, Shewalkar said that one ofhis priorities is to solve thewater crisis in the district. Headded that plans will soon beafoot to bring water from theChambal River to the city.

Shewalkar also said that histenure as the Mayor of Gwaliorhad given him an opportunityto understand the problems ofthe city and added that he willdo everything in his power tosolve those problems.

Meanwhile, the DistrictCollector and DistrictReturning Officer, AnuragChaudhary thanked the officersand other staff connected withthe election duties for con-ducting the counting in a peace-ful manner. He also thanked thegeneral public for their coop-eration. Gwalior SP NavneetBhasin also expressed histhanks and appreciation forthe efforts of the police per-sonnel in maintaining law andorder in the district.

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Retired police officerRiyazuddin Deshmukh,

who contested Lok Sabha elec-tion from Bhopal against BJPcandidate Pragya SinghThakur, could get only 1251votes and also lost his deposit.

Deshmukh was not aloneto have lost his deposits, asremaining 27 candidates toolost their deposits as nobodycould secure 1 per cent votes inthe heavy polling in the con-stituency.

Deshmukh, who earlierserved as subordinate toMaharashtra ATS chief lateHemant Karkare, had landed inBhopal to file nominationpapers in April last week afterbeing ‘deeply hurt’ by Thakur’s

remarks against Karkare andthus decided to take a politicalplunge against Thakur.

Thakur not only demol-ished Congress leaderDigvijaya Singh in the processdefeating him by 3,64,822 votesbut also made other 28 candi-dates lose their deposits.

A candidate in Lok Sabhaelections is required to deposit�25,000 as security depositwhile filing nomination andstands to lose it if one failssecure at least one sixth

(16.66%) of the total validvotes polled in the any partic-ular election.

Deshmukh’s decision tocontest poll in Bhopal wasmore of an emotional out-burst as after filing nominationin the city, he never cam-paigned for himself. To add,Thakur soon after being nom-inated from Bhopal had usedsome harsh words for Karkaresaying he meted out worst-pos-sible torture on her in custodyin connection with Malegaonblast to frame her in the caseclaiming it was her curse thatled to Karkare’s death inMumbai attack.

Deshmukh had retired asAssistant Commissioner ofPolice in Amravati inMaharashtra in year 2016 and

had claimed he idolisedKarkare. He had garnered only1251 votes in the polls on May12.

Besides, Veena Ghanekar,the retired IAS officer who wasfielded by SamanyaAlpsankhyak Pichhra KalyanSamaj (SAPAKS) too couldnot save the grace and exhaust-ed at only 3264 votes.

Ghanekar had pinnedhopes on government employ-ees’ support and raked up issueof reservation in promotion toarouse sentiments of generalcategory employees. To add, theMP government under Shivrajhad offered reservation in pro-motion of government staff,which was challenged in thecourt by SAPAKS, representingunreserved categories.

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With the arrest of themain accused in gang

rape, kidnap and sexualexploitation case of minor inthe month of December inTeelajamalpura locality, onThursday, the total number ofaccused reached 11. Eightmore are yet to be nabbed.

Teelajamalpura policehave nabbed a miscreant hav-ing a cash reward of �3000who was involved in sexualassault, kidnapping and gangrape. SHO Teelajamalpura PLChouhan said that the mainaccused Bhaiyya Kabutar aliasMubarik remained abscond-ing after the incident and wasnabbed on Thursday. A totalof 11 persons have beenarrested including the mainaccused and over half a dozenare still at large. A total ofaround 8 miscreants includingthree women are yet to benabbed.

The main accused do nothold any crime record but hewas key accused in gang rapeand providing victim to thewomen involved in fleshtrade. The accused wasacquainted with the girl andtook her and later he and hisfriends raped the victim. Theaccused handed over the vic-tim to woman who wasinvolved in flesh trade andengaged the victim in herwork and she faced atrocitiesby several men through thewoman.

In the case PriyankaChouhan and PriyankaMarawi were nabbed alongwith other accused. The twowere involved in offering vic-tim to customers. The policehave registered a case undersection 365, 366, 366-A, 376(3), 376 (DA), 370 (4), 120 (B)of the IPC and section 5 and 6 of thePOCSO Act.

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A24-year-old eunuch committed suicide byhanging with the ceiling at Dhobi Ghat under

Shymala Hills police station area on Thursday.According to the police, the deceased Altaf alias

Alfiya was found hanging in the bathroom by herbrother Shahwar and was rushed to a nearby hos-pital where she was declared dead. Police wereinformed and on the receipt a police team reachedthe spot and started investigation.

After the preliminary investigation the body wassent for the post mortem and the police have reg-istered a case under section 174 of the CrPC. Thereason behind the suicide could not be found andwould be investigated in the further investigation.

Police said that Alfiya was one of the membersof a eunuch group and have quizzed the membersof the group which revealed that verbal spateoccurred with the deceased but due to such fightdeceased could never take extreme step.

Meanwhile, a 30-year-old man committedsuicide by hanging with the ceiling at RisaldarColony under Gautam Nagar police station area onFriday. Police said that the deceased ManojKushwaha was found hanging and rushed tonearby hospital where he was declared dead.

The police have registered a case under section174 of the CrPC and have started further investi-gation.

During the investigation police found that thedeceased was heavily addicted to liquor and frus-trated over his habit his wife moved to her parents’house few days ago and on Thursday deceased cameand later committed suicide.

After the preliminary investigation the body wassent for the post mortem and the police have registered a case under section174 of the CrPC.

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Reason of suicide by 30-year-old married woman

who ended her life by hangingwith the ceiling at Old SubhashNagar area in the morning onThursday remains unclear tilllate night; Aishbagh police areinvestigating suicide incident.

Investigating Officer RaviBarkade said that the reasonbehind the suicide of AparnaGupta remains unknown as thefamily members are yet torecord their statements. Theparents of the deceased wereoutside the town for attendinga marriage and returned afterreceiving information of sui-cide, he added. The couple hada one and a half year old babyfrom the marriage.

The body was sent for thepost mortem after the prelim-inary investigations and post

mortem was conducted onFriday after the family mem-bers of the deceased returned.

Meanwhile, a 50-year-oldman died on Thursday after hewas hit by a speeding bike nearUmaria village underNazeerabad police station areaon May 21. Police claimed that

the man was hit while he wastrying to cross the road on May21 and was rushed to nearbyhospital where he was declareddead.

According to the police, theman identified as Munnlal Daswas hit by a speeding bike andescaped from the spot. On the

receipt of the information apolice team reached the spotand started further investiga-tion.

In the initial investigationit was found that the deceasedwas a resident of Vidisha andcame to meet his relative inNepania Jaat area and when hewas trying to cross the road hemet accident.

After the preliminaryinvestigation the body was sentfor the post mortem and thepolice have registered a caseunder section 174 of the CrPCand have started further inves-tigation.

Police said that the motor-bike rider would be searched.The registration number ofthe bike was not noticed by thelocals. A case under section 304A of the IPC would be regis-tered later in the investigation.

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Having lost the Lok Sabhaelectioin in Bhopal to

BJP’s Sadhvi Pragya SinghThakur with over 3.5 lakhvotes, former MadhyaPradesh Chief Minister

Digvijay Singh on Friday saidhe was worried that the ide-ology of the killer of MahatmaGandhi has won and the ide-

ology of the father of thenation has lost.

While talking to mediapersons here on Friday, hesaid, “As per the traditions ofIndian democracy, I acceptthis mandate of people but Iam worried about only onething that today in this coun-try, the ideology of the killerof Mahatma Gandhi won andthe ideology of Gandhi lost.”

Singh was apparentlyreferring to the controversialstatement Thakur made lastweek that the ki l ler ofMahatma Gandhi, NathuramGodse, was a true patriot, astatement over which she wasforced to apologise by theparty.

Not blaming EVMsdirectly, Singh raised fingers

on the BJP seeking to knowwhich magic wand enablesthem to accurately predictnumber of seats ahead of loksabha polls and win in exactnumbers afterwards.

"It is very astonishing thatin 2014 the campaign sloganwas 280-plus and theyachieved it. In these elec-tions, their slogan was 300-plus and they achieved it too.What magic wand does BJPhave that even before elec-tions they predict the resultsso accurately?" Singh said.

“I am eager to know ifthey have any magic wand sothey can declare the resulteven before the polls,” askedthe senior Congress leader.

When he was asked tocomment on the alleged tam-pering in EVMs, he fended offquery saying much alreadyhas been discussed on thisand he won’t say anything onthis.

On being asked whatwent lacking in his campaign,Singh claimed till the timeEVMs were opened, al lthough he was winning.

“I had even messagesform several BJP leaders whocongratulated him inadvance.”

My workers, my leadersand myself gave 100 per centand I have no complaintsfrom anyone, he affirmed.Asked to comment on choiceof seat for him in 2019 polls,Singh said he deemed himselfa small party worker whotakes command form theparty.

He said though he lost butclaimed he would try to ful-fill his promises by staying inBhopal, claiming he has gotan assurance from ChiefMinister Kamal Nath ondevelopmental promisesmade by him to the public ofBhopal.

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Harshness in the weatherconditions continued as

thundery activities, speedywinds, light rainfall and hotwaves were witnessed in thepast 24 hours.

State capital which wit-nessed little relief in the daytemperatures has recordednight temperature at 30.4degree Celsius which increasedby 3.8 degree Celsius in the past24 hours.

According to the forecaststate capital would witnessedday temperature at 43 degreeCelsius and night temperaturewould be recorded around 28degree Celsius.

Few regions witnessedthundery activities and rainfallin the past 24 hours. Gwaliorand Sagar divisions witnessedlight rainfall while Satna wit-ness 3 mm of rainfall andthunderstorm which wasabrupt change in the period ofpre-monsoon activities. Thetemperatures with little dipare at moderate levels and pro-vided relief from extreme hotand humid conditions.

Met department issuedwarning of thundery activities,speedy winds and hot waveconditions in the next 24 hours.

The regions which are likely towitness thundery activities,speedy winds conditions areRewa division, Bhind, Morena,Gwalior, Datia, Panna andChhatarpur while Chattarpur,Damoh, Rewa, Umaria andKhargone would witness hotwave conditions.

Chhatarpur, Rewa, Damohand Khargone divisions wit-nessed hot waves conditions inthe past 24 hours. Highest daytemperature was recorded at 45degree Celsius in Damoh.

Among the major citiesIndore recorded day tempera-ture at 40 degree Celsius andnight temperature at 27.4degree Celsius, Jabalpur record-ed day temperature at 43.4degree Celsius and night tem-perature at 31.2 degree Celsiusand Gwalior recorded day tem-perature at 41.9 degree Celsiusand night temperature at 24.8degree Celsius.

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A34-year old woman wasallegedly sexually exploit-

ed for the past eight years onthe promise of marriage atAnand Nagar under Piplanipolice station area; a complaintwas lodged by victim onThursday.

According to the police,the victim was sexuallyassaulted by the accusedAbhisek Arjaria in the name ofmarrying her and few days agohe left Bhopal and returnedChhatarpur and stopped allcommunications with the vic-tim.

Based on the complaintpolice have registered a caseunder section 376(2) of theIPC and started investigation.The victim came into contactwith the accused when overfacebook in the year 2011 andlater she came to Bhopal andstarted to live with the accusedin a rented house at AnandNagar.

In the complaint victimclaimed that the accuseddeveloped relationship withthe victim and later offered herto marry and stay with him atBhopal. After the victim cameto Bhopal he continued to sex-ually exploit and lured her ofmarriage. Few months backwhen she informed that she ispregnant the accused refusedto marry her and returned toChhatarpur and switched offhis mobile phone and stoppedall kinds of communicationwith the victim.

The victim lodged a com-plaint with the Chhatarpurpolice where a case of zero FIRwas registered and later casewas transferred to Piplani.After the preliminary investi-gation police have registeredcase against the accused andstarted search for the accused.Police team could visitChhatarpur to investigate case.

Bhopal: Heavy police force wasdeployed after two groupsclashed over filling of water atSikandrabad area under Ratibadpolice station area in the eveningon Thursday; police have bookedeight persons for assaulting andrioting.

Police said that the fighterupted after Vishal Maran andNaeem Khan wrestled over fill-ing of water and soon peoplesupporting them gathered andclash turned violent.

After receiving informationpolice teams rushed to the spotand anti-social elements tried toframe the fight as communal buttimely intervention of policepacified and averted issue fromblowing out of proportion.

Senior police officials rushedto the spot and pacified both the

parties and intervened to makepeace in the area. Over half adozen people were reportedlyinjured and are undergoing treat-ment.

According to the police,Vishal and Naeem entered a fightover filling of water and the con-frontation soon turned nasty asthe exchange of words wasreplaced with deadly attack leadby armed men. The quarrelbetween the two was soon joinedby family members from boththe parties who attacked withsharp edged weapons. The policehave registered case againstagainst Vishal, Ravi, Vetan andVikas on the complaint lodgedby Naeem while case was regis-tered against Anees, Naeem,Sajid and his aide on the com-plaint lodged by Vishal. PNS

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Sitting BJD MPPinaki Misra has

retained his Puri LokSabha seat by defeat-ing BJP nationals p o k e s p e r s o nSambit Patra by amargin over 11,000 votes.

Apparently because of theModi wave, Misra had to facea tough fight this time with hisBJP rival considering the factthat he had won the seat by amargin of over two lakh votesin 2014.

Patra was ahead in most ofthe rounds when the countingbegan, but later in the lateevening Misra took a leadwhich helped him seal hisfourth straight victory from theseat. Misra got 5,37,782 votesagainst Patra’s 5,24,504.

The Puri LokS a b h aseat has Puri,B r a h m a g i r i ,Satyabadi, Pipili,Chilika, Ranpurand NayagarhAssembly seg-ments.

For the first time, the BJPwon the Puri Assembly seatwith its candidate JayantaSarangi defeating BJD strong-man Maheswar Mohanty by amargin of less than 2,000 votes.In Bramhagiri, BJP candidateLalitendu BidyadharMohapatra trounced his BJDcontestant Sanjay Dasburmaalso by a close margin of lessthan 2,000 votes.

The pro-BJP votes in thePuri and Bramhagiri segmentsnarrowed down Pinaki Misra’swinning margin.

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BJD supremo NaveenPatnaik’s move of sending

33 per cent women toParliament has been a grandsuccess with five of sevenwomen fielded by the party,including the youngest nomi-nee and a school dropout, win-ing LS seats.

BJD candidate ChandraniMurmu, a 26-year-old mechan-ical engineer, emerged as oneof the youngest MPs in thecountry by winning theKeonjhar Lok Sabha seatdefeating the BJP’s Ananta

Naik. She is the granddaughterof former Kenojhar MPHarihar Soren.

Seventy-year-old PramilaBisoyi, who is a school dropoutand known in the SHG move-ment, won the Aska Lok Sabhaseat by a margin over two lakhvotes defeating her BJP rivalAnita Subhadarshini, anAssociate Professor with the

Indira Gandhi National OpenUniversity (IGNOU) in NewDelhi.

Pramila, a farmer’s wife,was the BJD supremo’s firstchoice of 33 per cent womencandidates.

Notably, Aska Lok Sabhaseat is the one from whichPatnaik had begun his politicalcareer by winning it 22 yearsback.

PARADIP:Newly-elected :Paradip MLA Sambit Routrayvisited the Paradip Port Townon Thursday evening andoffered prayers at the MaaDurga temple at the ParadipPort Banika Sangh premises.

Sangha president, eminenttrade union leader and BJDState secretary Santosh KumarPattnaik, members KshirodKumar Swain, lawyerDebabrata Sahoo, ChaitanyaSahoo, Anadi Parida,Chandrasekhar Mohapatra,Ayashakant Samal andSuryakanta Sahoo welcomedRoutray and congratulated himon his electoral victory.

Routray said that he wouldalways be with Paradip peopleand serve them. Hundreds ofBJD workers also felicitated andcongratulated Routray. PNS

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In Gajapati district, theParlakhemundi Assembly

seat was wrested by the BJPfrom the Congress while inMohana, the Congresssnatched the seat from theBJD.

In Parlakhemundi, BJPcandidate J Narayan Rao beathis nearest Independent rivalTirupati Panigrahi, who was aCongress rebel. Here, the BJDhad made Parala PrincessKalyani Devi its candidate.

Though Parlakhemundiwas a Congress bastion, theparty candidate J Suriya Raolost it due to rebel Panigrahidividing the party votes. InMohana, Congress candidate Dasarathi Gamangdefeated BJD’s PurnabasiNayak.

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Pallahara: BJD PallaharaAssembly seat candidateMukesh Pal got 59,420 votesout of 1, 37,490 and won theelections. BJP’s Ashok Mohantygot 53,204 votes and Congress’sSubrat Garnayak got 12,030.While Dhenkanal Lok SabhaBJP candidate RudranarayanPani was defeated by BJD’sMahesh Sahu. Locals congrat-ulated Pal for his victory. PNS

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The Balangir royal family suffered worst elec-toral setback in years as three of its mem-

bers lost the polls this time.Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo and Arkesh

Narayan Singh Deo, sons of former MinisterAnanga Uday Singh Deo, were defeated in theBalangir Lok Sabha constituency and theBalangir Assembly seat, respectively. They werecontesting on BJD tickets.

The family’s Kanak Vardhan (KV) SinghDeo, BJP Legislature Party Leader in the out-going Assembly, lost his traditional Patnagarh

Assembly seat to his BJD rival Saroj KumarMeher.

However, KV Singh Deo’s wife SangitaKumari Singh Deo as the BJP candidate is thefamily’s sole winner in the Balangir Lok Sabhaseat defeating hernephew Kalikesh Singh Deo.

In the Balangir Assembly seat, ArkeshSingh Deo was defeated by Congress leaderNarasingha Mishra, who is the Leader ofOpposition in the outgoing Assembly. ButMishra’s son Samarendra Mishra lost polls fromthe Balangir Lok Sabha seat as the Congressnominee.

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Odisha’s ace mountaineerKalpana Dash (53) died on

the balcony area of the MtEverest on Thursday afternoonwhile descending from thepeak.

Dash, who was leading athree-member team on thisexpedition, was alighting fromthe summit when the tragedyoccurred.

Expressing grief, ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaik said,“I am saddened to learn aboutthe demise of Kalpana Dash.Her legacy in mountaineeringwill inspire generations of

young women inthe State. My con-dolences to thebereaved family.”Sports and YouthsAffairs SecretaryDev said, “Dashhad repeatedlybrought accoladesto Odisha. TheState has lost oneof its finest mountaineers. Wewill bring her mortal remainsback. It is reported to be at thebalcony, approximately 8,600meter above sea level. We havewritten to the Indian Embassyin Kathmandu and are in touchwith them regarding the search

and rescue operation.”Since the expe-

dition season is com-ing to an end in thenext three days, theembassy has beenurged to take up thesearch and rescueoperation on priorityand the entireexpenses will be

borne by the StateGovernment. The family ofDash has been assured all sup-port, Dev added.

Besides Nepal, Dash hadscaled several peaks in Europe,South America, America bring-ing laurels to Odisha.

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As Prime Minister NarendraModi roared back to power

with a historic mandate inparliamentary elections thatsaw a saffron sweep biggerthan the party got five years agoin Haryana, a “perfect 10” forthe Bharatiya Janata Party leftthe Congress and regional par-ties dazed and demolished inthe state.

Riding high on “Modiwave”, the BJP won all 10 LokSabha seats in Jatland-Haryana,surpassing its last Lok Sabhaelection tally. The saffron partymanaged to wrest Rohtak, aCongress bastion and other twoLok Sabha seats of Hisar andSirsa, which it had lost in gen-eral elections 2014.

As the BJP made hand-some gains in northern state ofHaryana, its vote share also

soar past 50 percent. Out of the70 percent of Haryana’s nearly1.80 crore people who voted, 58percent voted for the BJP inentire Haryana.

Its main challenger-Congress could not retain itsbastion-Rohtak and also failedto open its account in the statein Lok Sabha polls while theregional party’s vote percentageremained in single digit inHaryana, where the StateAssembly polls are due to beheld later this year.

Chief Minister ManoharLal Khattar is leading the BJPGovernment in Haryana. TheBJP has 48 MLAs and its archrival, Congress has 17 MLAs inthe 90-member HaryanaAssembly.

The ruling BJP got 58 per-cent vote share (7357347) inparliamentary polls, winningall 10 seats. In 2014 Lok Sabhapolls, the party had won seven

seats, managing to get a voteshare of 34.7 per cent as com-pared to 17.21 per cent in2009 when it failed to win anyseat.

The BJP candidates wonthe elections with margins ofmore than lakhs of votes exceptRohtak nominee ArvindSharma, who wrested theRohtak seat from three-timeMP Deependra Singh Hoodawith a margin of 7503 votes, ina close contest.

The Election Commissiondata suggested that the BJPmaintained its lead in as manyas 79 assembly constituenciesout of total 90 in the generalelections.

As the results is a ringingendorsement of popularity ofPrime Minister NarendraModi, the saffron surge inHaryana also suggested howthe BJP has grown fromstrength to strength since 2014

parliamentary polls in the state.Until 2014, the Congress andIndian National Lok Dal werethe major parties in the state.

The clean sweep by BJP,which focused on consolida-tion of non-Jat votes inHaryana, also indicatedtowards the waning influenceof the Jats.

The Jat community hasdominated the state politicswith Haryana witnessing therule of Jat Chief Ministersnamely Bansi Lal, Om PrakashChautala and Bhupinder SinghHooda in the past threedecades.

Jats are counted as thedominant vote bank constitut-ing about 29 percent of state’spopulation (around 25 percentof the electorate) while theremaining 75 percent are non-Jats, which include Dalits,Brahmins, Yadavs, Gujjars,Baniyas, Rajputs

among others. Dalits votersform around 20 percent in thestate.

“Modi wave” coupled withBJP’s strategy of non-Jat polar-ization not only proved thecaste arithmetic of oppositionwrong but also resulted indefeat of their heavyweightcandidates.

Congress’ heavyweight Jatleader and former ChiefMinister Bhupinder SinghHooda and his son DeependerSingh Hooda, a three-timeMP lost the poll battle fromtheir bastions –Sonipat andRohtak.

Even as the party’s voteshare increased to 28.42 per-cent (3604106) this time from22.9 percent in 2014 polls, theCongress failed to register a vic-tory even on a single seat in thestate and all its candidates fin-ished at second spot except inHisar seat.

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With all the political par-ties in the state putting

their heads together toanalyse what went wrong andwhat clicked for them, Punjabis staring at seven by-electionsin the days to come. Thepolitical tempers are notexpected to subside as thebypolls may be held in thenext six months or so.

With two sitting MLAs —Shiromani Akali Dal presi-dent Sukhbir Badal fromJalalabad, and Bharatiya JantaParty’s Som Parkash fromPhagwara — all set to begintheir new inning as the par-liamentarians, the two seatswould witness a byelection.

Sukhbir has been electedfrom Firozpur with the high-est winning margin in thestate of 1,98,850 votes defeat-ing his once aide and sittingMP Sher Singh Ghubaya ofCongress. Som Parkash, aformer bureaucrat and two-time MLA, has been electedfrom Hoshiarpur by defeatinghis nearest rival Congress’Dr Raj Kumar Chabbewal by48,530 votes.

Marred by rebellion anddefection, the Aam AadmiParty (AAP) was wiped outfrom the state with its voteshare dwindling to just aboutseven percent from 25 percentin 2014 when it won fourseats. Its two sitting legislators— Nazar Singh Mansahiafrom Mansa, and AmarjitSingh Sandoa from Ropar —have parted ways with AAPand joined the Congress daysahead the general elections.

They not only resignedfrom the party, but also as themembers of the Vidhan Sabha— necessitating bypolls on thetwo seats.

Besides them, AAP’sanother MLA from Bholath,Sukhpal Singh Khaira, hadalso left the party and float-ed his own political outfit —Punjab Ekta Party (PEP) —ahead polls. Even as the AAPhas sought Khaira’s removalas an MLA, the two-timeMLA had later submitted histwo-page resignation to theSpeaker — which is not as perthe accepted procedure, but isunder consideration.

In the same way, AAP’sDakha MLA Harvinder SinghPhoolka has also submittedhis two-page resignation tothe Speaker Rana KP Singh,which is also under his con-

sideration.While the Speaker may

summon Khaira in a next fewdays for a hearing before tak-ing a final call on his resig-nation, the decision ofPhoolka’s resignation isexpected soon as he hasalready appeared before theSpeaker twice.

Another AAP MLA,Master Baldev Singh fromJaiton, has also joined Khaira’sPEP and even unsuccessfullycontested elections fromFaridkot Lok Sabha seat. Evenas he is yet to submit his res-ignation to the Speaker, hemay face anti-defection pro-ceedings under the Act.

Now, all eyes are on theSpeaker Rana KP Singh whowill decide on the resignationsand defections in case ofBholath, Dakha and Jaitonassembly segments. Besides,the ball is also in the court ofthe Election Commissionwho will finally decide toconduct the elections in thevacated constituencies ofJalalabad, Phagwara, Mansa,and Ropar.

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As the election model code ofconduct is slated to be with-

drawn soon, officials of theMunicipal Corporation ofDehradun (MCD) have statedthat the work which was stalleddue to the model code of con-duct will be started soon.

Addressing the media onFriday the city’s municipal com-missioner Vinay Shankar Pandeysaid work on proposals approvedin the last board meeting couldnot move further because theelection model code of conductwas implemented within twoweeks of the meeting. The focusnow will be on clearing the major

works in the city.Highlighting the important

works of the MCD Pandey said,“The model code of conduct islikely to end by May 27. The firstand foremost planning is toconduct the second board meet-ing which is scheduled tentativelyon June 3. The second impor-tant work is clearing the coun-cillors’ fund which is �20 lakh for each councillor.

The third in the line is clear-ing tenders for the constructionand cleaning works especially forbig and small drains in the citybefore monsoon as these workshave been slow so far.

Then there are other impor-

tant works like planning a prop-er strategy for the door to doorcollection of garbage for the 40 outer wards, passing the tendersfor street lights and floating thetender for the formation ofProject Implementation Unit(PIU) which will ensure theappointment of engineers andr e q u i r e demployees here.”

Adding more in this, he said,“For the councillors’ fund wehave received many proposalswhich would cost more than thelimit of councillors’ fund. Someof the proposals received by usamount to �50 lakh which is not possible to com-plete.

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Bidyut Baran Mahto hasemerged as the biggest

Kurmi leader in Kolhan by reg-istering a record victory fromJamshedpur Lok Sabha seat. Hehas received not only 2,15,479more votes this time but hasalso managed to get lead in allthe six Assembly seats underthe constituency.

The former BahragoraMLA of the JMM, who wasinducted into the BJP in 2014,has proved party’s decisionright by bagging 6,79,632 inthis election. His rivalChampai Soren received3,77,542 votes. The contestproved to be a cake walk forBidyut as he won it by a dif-ference of 3,02,090 votes. It isfor the first time that a candi-date has won from Jamshedpur

seat with such a huge marginevery since 1962.

“There used to be a timewhen JMM had control overJamshedpur seat but our partyhas proved all the equationswrong and reestablished its

hold on the seat. Bidyut hasplayed a key role to garner sup-port. He not only played a keyrole in opening of closedmines," said a BJP leader.

He also pointed out thatwith demise of Nirmal Mahto,

Sudhir Mahto and ShailendraMahto and Abha Mahto onvirtual extinct in active politicsonly Bidyut can be seen as theonly leader. Before Bidyut, thelast Mahto candidate elected toParliament from here wasSuman Mahato in 2007(by-election). Arjun Munda, whogot elected to Parliament in thegeneral elections in 2009 hadto toil hard in the otherwiseinaccessible domains to wooMahato votes.

According to poll punditsbetween 1989 and 2007 Mahtovoters had played a crucial rolein electing MPs for six termsShailendra Mahto, AbhaMahto, Sunil Mahto andSuman Mahto. BJP aptly decid-ed to field Bidyut the thenMLA from Bahragora in 2014.

The BJP had earlier suc-cessfully drawn Kurmi votersinto its fold following the

tainted yet influential Kurmileader Shailendra Mahato join-ing the party in the mid-Nineties. Kurmis constituteover 2.5 lakh of the 16 lakhvoters in the Jamshedpur LokSabha seat. Bidyut has beenable to cast his magic spell onthe voters

While, BJP batted more onthe ‘Modi mania’ mainly towoo voters of JamshedpurEast and West—the two urbanAssembly segments of theJamshedpur Lok Sabha con-stituency and kurmi popula-tion in rest four assemblyareas, Mahato’s own efforts inbringing in international air-port in Dhalbhumgarh, open-ing up half a dozen closedmines and starting the con-struction of Jugsalai railwayover bridge, a 72-year-olddemand of the people here didwonders for him.

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The 17th Lok Sabha will wit-ness close to 200 sitting MPs,

from the Lok Sabha and return-ing to the House for anotherterm. Among them, there arearound 30 women parliamen-tarians. The Lok Sabha polls thistime have seen the largest num-ber of women being electedwith their tally standing at 78.

According to the ElectionCommission’s data, as many as197 sitting MPs, including 27women parliamentarians, fromthe 2014 Lok Sabha polls havemanaged to retain their seatsthis general election.

Kiren Rijiju, Jual Oram,Radha Mohan Singh, RajnathSingh, Nitin Gadkari and BabulSupriyo are among over 145 sit-ting BJP MPs from across thecountry who have retainedtheir seats. Bihar saw 12 BJPMPs successfully retesting their

fate, while Congress’ SupaulMP lost. The Congress had alsofielded former BJP MP fromPatna Sahib, Shatrughan Sinha,but he could not retain the seat.

Two sitting MPs werenominated by the JD(U), whilethree were fielded by the LJP.All five of them won. ThreeRJD MPs were also renomi-nated from the State, but hadto face defeat. In AndhraPradesh, the Telugu DesamParty (TDP) had renominatednine of its MPs, but couldretain only two of the seats,including Vijaywada andGuntur. The YSR Congressparty retained the Kadapa andRajampet seats in the State.

Assam saw two sitting MPseach from the BJP and theCongress in the fray. While theBJP duo won, the Congress oneslost. The All India UnitedDemocratic Front retained itsDhubri seat. The NCP had

renominated sitting MPMohammed Faizal PP fromLakshadweep and secured theseat in 2019 as well. The CPI(M)had renominated its MPs fromtwo seats in Tripura, but both ofthem lost to BJP. The TRS hadrenominated six of its MPs in

Telangana, but could only retaintwo, while four of them lost toBJP. The AIADMK had reposedits faith in seven sitting MPs inTamil Nadu, but did not wresta single seat.

In West Bengal, theTrinamool Congress had field-

ed 23 of its sitting MPs of whichnine could not retain theirconstituencies. BJP had renom-inated its lone MP from thestate, Babul Supriyo, whoemerged victorious.

The BJP fielded 16 sittingMPs in Rajasthan and all of them

emerged victorious with com-fortable margins. Similarly 14 ofthe 15 recontesting BJP MPswere successful in Maharashtra,while 15 of the Shiv Sena sittingMPs retained their seats. InPunjab, the Congress had field-ed three sitting MPs who won

and two were fielded byShiromani Akali Dal (SAD).While Prem Singh Chandumarjalost from Anandpur Sahib,Harsimrat Kaur Badal retainedthe Bathinda seat.

The AAP’s only seat in theLok Sabha elections came fromPunjab where its sitting MPBhagwant Mann retained theconstituency.

As far as women parlia-mentarians are concerned, 78are women with Uttar Pradeshand West Bengal leading at 11each. A total of 724 women can-didates contested from acrossthe country with the Congressfielding the maximum womenat 54 followed closely by the BJPat 53. As many as 27 out of 41sitting women MPs, includingSonia Gandhi, Hema Maliniand Kirron Kher, retained theirseats in the Lok Sabha polls, butthe likes of Smriti Irani andPragya Thakur stole the show

with their victories over theirmore renowned rivals.

With over 14 per centfemale MPs, the 17th Lok Sabhawill have the highest number ofwomen candidates since 1952.In 16th Lok Sabha, 64 womenhad won, while 52 women wereelected to the 15th Lok Sabha.

Irani emerged as a giant-slayer — this time scripting a his-toric win by dethroning RahulGandhi in the Congress’ hometurf Amethi. Controversial BJPcandidate from Bhopal and ter-ror-accused Thakur won againstformer Chief Minister DigvijaySingh. Other prominent namesto enter Parliament are DMKcandidate from ThoothukkudiKanimozhi Karunanidhi andBJP’s Rita Bahuguna, who wonfrom Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabadconstituency. Locket Chatterjee,Bengali actress-turned-politi-cian from the BJP, won inHooghly constituency.

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New Delhi: Four new judges ofthe Supreme Court wereadministered the oath of officeby Chief Justice of India (CJI)Ranjan Gogoi on Friday, takingtheir overall number to 31 --the full sanctioned strength ofthe top court.

Justices BR Gavai, SuryaKant, Aniruddha Bose and ASBopanna were administered theoath of office by the CJI in courtno.1 in the presence of severalother sitting apex court judges.Among the 31 judges, the apexcourt has three women judges —Justices R Banumathi, InduMalhotra and Indira Banerjee.

Justices Malhotra and

Banerjee were recently part ofthe three members in-housepanel headed by Justice SABobde, which gave clean chit toChief Justice Ranjan Gogoiafter holding inquiry into thesexual harassment allegationlevelled by a former apex courtwoman staffer against him.

The apex court, which wasfunctioning with 27 judges,including the CJI has nowreached its full strength for thefirst time since 2008 whenParliament had increased theirnumber from 26 to 31.

President Ram NathKovind had on Wednesdayissued warrants of appoint-

ment of the four judges.The names of Justices Bose

and Bopanna were earlierreturned by the Centre to theSupreme Court collegium cit-ing seniority and representa-tion of regions as the reasons.

In its May 8 resolution, thefive-member collegium hadreiterated its recommendationto elevate them, observing thatnothing adverse has beenfound regarding their compe-tence, conduct or integrity.

The collegium, headed bythe CJI, had also recommend-ed the names of Justices Gavaiand Kant for elevation to theapex court. PTI

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In terms of winning percent-age registered by the stars

from the glamour world, theTMC fared better than theBJP with 80 per cent of thoseit fielded winning at the hus-tings. The BJP had a strike rateof over 70 per cent while theCongress, the SP and the JD (S)saw 100 per cent losses.

Of the five filmstars theTMC fielded, only one MoonMoon Sen lost. Sen, a sittingMP from Bankura, was fieldedin Asansol against BJP’s sittingMP and Union Minister BabulSupriyo, who was a Bollywoodsinger. Supriyo defeated Sen byaround 2 lakh votes in a con-test whose campaign wasmarred by violence.

The four other stars fromthe TMC namely MimiChakraborty, Nusrat Jahan,Deepak Adhikary alias Devand Satabadi Roy won from

their respective seats. Actor Mimi Chakraborty

opened her political account ona Trinamool Congress ticketafter winning by a margin ofnearly 2.9 lakh votes from theprestigious Jadavpur Lok Sabhaseat. It was in this seat thatparty chief Mamata Banerjeehad trounced CPI(M) veteranand noted lawyer SomnathChatterjee in 1984.

Pitted against BJP generalsecretary Sayantan Basu, anoth-er actor-turned-politicianNusrat Jahan won Basirhat byover 3.5 lakh votes. For her part,Satabdi Roy retained Birbhumseat by a margin of 88924 voteswhile Deepak Adhikary aliasDev won Ghatal seat by a mar-gin of over one lakh.

As for the BJP, of the nine

stars it fielded, seven won withJaya Prada and Dinesh LalYadav ‘Nirhaua’ being the onlytwo losers. Dinesh Lal Yadav,alias Nirhaua was defeated bySP chief Akhilesh Yadav fromAzamgarh seat while JayaPrada lost to Azam Khan fromRampur seat.

Bollywood actor SunnyDeol, Hema Malini, Bhojpuri

superstar Ravi Kishan andManoj Tiwari and Sufi singerHans Raj Hans won from theBJP on the Modi magic whilesouth actor SumlathaAmbareesh who was backed bythe BJP also won her seat againstNikhil Swamy of the JD (S).

Making his political debutfrom BJP, actor Sunny Deol waspitted against the sitting MP

Sunil Jakhar of the Congressfrom Gurdaspur seat. Deolwon the Gurdaspur con-stituency by 82,459 votes.

Ravi Kishan, an establishedactor in both Bollywood andBhojpuri film industry, facedoff against Samajwadi Party’sRambhual Nishad and man-aged to defend UP CM YogiAdityanath ‘s home turf. He

won the election by a marginof over three lakh votes.

Hema Malini, also knownas ‘Dream Girl’, retained herMathura seat, defeating RLDcandidate Kunwar NarendraSingh by a margin of over threelakh votes while actor-turned-politician Kirron Kher won asecond term from Chandigarhdefeating her nearest rivalPawan Kumar Bansal ofCongress by over 40,000 votes.

Locket Chatterjee, openedthe BJP account from Hooghlyby defeating the sitting TMCMP Ratna De Nag while inDelhi, another Bhojpuri super-star and BJP’s State unit chiefManoj Tiwari defeated three-time former Chief MinisterSheila Dikshit by a margin ofover 3.5 lakh votes.

All three — UrmilaMatondkar, Shatrughan Sinhaand Raj Babbar — from theglitzy world that the Congressfielded, lost. So did PoonamSinha from SP and NikhilKumar Swamy from JD(S).

Actor-turned-politician andformer BJP rebel ShatrughanSinha, who defected toCongress, lost to UnionMinister Ravi Shankar Prasadby over 2.5 lakh votes. Urmilalost Mumbai North parliamen-tary seat to BJP candidate GopalShetty by a huge margin ofmore than 4.5 lakh votes whileRaj babbar lost Fatehpur Sikriseat by a margin of five lakhvotes to BJP’s Rajkumar Chahar.

Actor Prakash Raj con-tested from the BangaloreCentral constituency as anIndependent and even forfeit-ed his deposit. BJP candidate PC Mohan defeated Congress’sRizwan Arshad by more than3.5 lakh votes.

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India on Friday declared theJamaat-u l -Muj ahideen

Bangladesh (JMB), accused forthe terror attack at a cafe inDhaka in 2016, as a terroristorganisation.

In a notification, the UnionHome Ministry said the outfithas committed and promotedacts of terrorism and has beenengaged in radicalisation andrecruitment of youths for ter-rorist activities in India.Therefore, the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh orJamaat-ul-Mujahideen Indiaor Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen

Hindustan and all its manifes-tations have been inserted inthe First Schedule to theUnlawful Activities

(Prevention) Act, 1967, thenotification said.

The listing under the FirstSchedule of the UAPA meansthe outfit is now a bannedorganisation in India, a homeministry official said. Twenty-two people, including 17 for-eigners, were killed in theattack at the Holey ArtisanBakery in Gulshan area ofBangladesh capital Dhaka onJuly 1, 2016. During a jointoperation, police killed six ofthe attackers.

The Bangladesh Police hadblamed terror group JMB forthe two terror attacks. Securityagencies in India have also

established the JMB’s linkswith bomb blasts at Burdwanin West Bengal on October 2,2014 and Bodh Gaya onJanuary 19, 2018.

According to the HomeMinistry notification, the JMBcame into existence in 1998with the objective of establish-ing an Caliphate through Jehad.The JMB and its formationslike Jamaat-ul-MujahideenIndia or Jamaat-ul-MujahideenHindustan and their manifes-tations have committed acts ofterrorism, promoted acts of ter-rorism and have been engagedin radicalisation and recruit-ment of youths for terrorist

activities in India.The JMB was engaged in

recruitment and raising fundsfor terrorist activities, pro-curement of explosives chem-icals and assembling ofImprovised Explosives Devices,it said. Investigations have alsorevealed JMB’s plan of makingpermanent bases within tenkilometers along the indo-Bangladesh border in severaldistricts of West Bengal, Assamand Tripura and plans ofspreading its network in SouthIndia with an overarchingmotive to establish Caliphate inthe Indian subcontinent, thenotification said.

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The Lok Sabha this timewill have 300 first-term

members, compared to 314 in2014, including cricketer-turned-politician GautamGambhir, Union Ministers RaviShankar Prasad and SmritiIrani, sufi singer Hans RajHans and Bengali actressesMimi Chakraborty and NusratJahan Ruhi.

Irani emerged as a giant-killer after dethroning Congresschief Rahul Gandhi in Amethiby a margin of 55,120 votes. Atwo-time Rajya Sabha MP, shehad unsuccessfully contestedthe Lok Sabha polls in 2004 and2014. Gambhir, who was con-testing from East Delhi,trounced Congress’ ArvinderSingh Lovely by a margin ofover 3.91 lakh.

Controversial BJP candi-date from Bhopal and Malegaonblast accused, Pragya Thakur,defeated Congress’ bigwigDigvijay Singh to register hermaiden win in a general election.

Prasad, Union Ministerand Rajya Sabha MP, who wasin the fray from Patna Sahibseat in Bihar, defeated sittingMP and Congress candidateShatrughan Sinha by a marginof over 2.84 lakh votes, regis-tering his first victory in a gen-eral election.

In the national Capital,where the BJP made a cleansweep of the seven seats, BJP’sNorth West Delhi candidateHans Raj Hans pipped AAP’sGuggan Singh by a huge mar-gin of over 5.55 lakh votes. But,it wasn’t just BJP candidateswho scored their first-ever win

in the Lok Sabha election.Congress, DMK and TMC can-didates also defeated their rivalsto secure a berth in Parliament.

In Tamil Nadu, DMKleader and Rajya Sabha MPKanimozhi scripted a win,defeating her BJP rival by over3.47 lakh votes inThoothukkudi constituency.

In Madhya Pradesh’sChhindwara, Chief MinisterKamal Nath’s son Nakul wonhis first Lok Sabha poll, defeat-ing his BJP rival by 37,536 votes.

In West Bengal’s Jadhavpurconstituency, actress MimiChakraborty scripted a maid-en win on a TMC ticket overAnupam Hazra of the BJP by amargin of over 2.95 lakh votes.

Another actress and TMCcandidate from Basirhat,Nusrat Jahan Ruhi, trouncedSayantan Basu of the BJP by amargin of over 3.50 lakh.

West Bengal unit chief ofthe BJP Dilip Ghosh also reg-istered a win over TMC’sManas Ranjan Bhunia by amargin of 88,952 votes.

In Punjab’s Gurdaspur,Bollywood actor Sunny Deoldefeated Congress heavyweightand sitting MP Sunil Jakharwith a margin of 82,459 votes.Actor Ravi Kishan also defeat-ed Ram Bual Nishad inGorakhpur by a margin ofover three lakh votes.

Besides, Uttar PradeshCabinet Minister SatydevPachauri, who had unsuccess-fully fought the 2004 election,won the Kanpur seat with amargin of over 1.55 lakh votes,defeating Congress’ SriprakashJaiswal, who had won overPachauri in 2004.

BJP’s Rita Bahuguna Joshiand Keshari Devi Patel alsoregistered their maiden win inthe Lok Sabha election fromAllahabad and Phulpur seats,respectively. Among other win-ners were LJP chief RamvilasPaswan’s brother PashupatiKumar Paras who won fromreserved seat of Hajipur in northBihar while BJP’s Tejasvi Suryatriumphed over his Congressrival in Bangalore South.

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The NDA may have sweptBihar, nevertheless, the

State topped the NOTA chartsin India with over 8 lakh vot-ers exercising that option in theState. It forms 2 per cent of thevotes polled in the State.Daman and Diu (1.7 per cent),Andhra Pradesh (1.49 per cent)and Chhattisgarh (1.44 percent) followed in the list.

As per the election com-mission data, the NOTA voteshare stood at about 2 per centof the total votes polled inBihar, where results of almostall the 40 seats had beendeclared. There was five con-stituency in the State which saw30,000 to 50,000 votes cast infavour of NOTA while 17 con-stituencies saw over 20,000votes in favour of NOTA.

In States of Uttar Pradesh,Gujarat and West Bengal, 0.84per cent, 1.38 per cent, 0.96 percent votes were cast in favourof NOTA. The counting wasstill on for a few seats in eachof these States.

NOTA, which was intro-duced in India following a2013 Supreme Court direc-tive, allows voters to expresstheir dissent by pressing a but-ton saying none of the contes-tants are worthy of their vote.

As per EC’s data, morethan 1.54 lakh voters exer-cised NOTA option in Punjabwhere the Congress registeredan impressive victory by win-ning eight of the 13 Lok Sabhaseats in the general election. Asmany as 1,54,423 voters (1.12per cent of total votes polled)pressed the NOTA option, asper election office data. Among13 Lok Sabha seats, it wasFaridkot constituency where

the maximum number of vot-ers rejected the candidates. Atotal of 19,246 voters inFaridkot went for NOTA, asper EC data available.

Over 33,000 NOTA voteswere polled in HimachalPradesh, where the ruling BJPswept the Lok Sabha electionswinning all four seats in theState. The saffron party wonMandi, Shimla, Hamirpur, andKangra with record margins ofabout four lakh votes in each ofthe constituencies. As many as33,008 voters chose the NOTAoption. In this way, 0.87 percent voters opted for NOTA outof the total 38,01, 793 votespolled in the state on 19 May,an election official said.Besides, 8,208 (0.22 per cent)votes were rejected for thefour Lok Sabha seats of the hill-State, he added.

The highest 11,327 voterschose NOTA in Kangra, fol-lowed by 8,357 in Shimla, 8,026 in Hamirpurand 5,298 in Mandi, the officialsaid. He said a total of 29,032

voters (0.9 per cent) had optedfor NOTA in the 2014 parlia-mentary elections.

A high profile New Delhiconstituency in the nationalCapital, which saw the lowestturnout, had the second high-est number of NOTA votes at6,601 accounting for 0.72 percent of their total polling. NorthEast Delhi saw the highest voterturnout but received the leastnumber of NOTA votes at 4,589accounting for 0.31 per cent ofthe total votes cast in the con-stituency. The percentage ofNOTA votes polled in ChandniChowk, East Delhi, South Delhi,and West Delhi stood at 0.52 percent, 0.39 per cent, 0.43 per cent,and 0.62 per cent respectively.

In Jammu & Kashmir,about 8,000 voters opted forNOTA button in elections tothe Baramulla Parliamentaryconstituency which was won byNational Conference’sMohammad Akbar Lone. InBaramulla constituency ofnorth Kashmir, 7,999 voterspressed the NOTA button.

NOTA secured 1.79 per cent ofthe total votes polled in theconstituency.

In 2019 elections, in thekey constituency of Varanasi —the seat from where PrimeMinister Narendra Modi con-tested the elections and won —saw 4,037 voters (0.38 percent) opting for NOTA.

Amongst other key con-stituencies where results hadbeen declared, Amit Shah’sGandhinagar constituency saw14214 (1.11 per cent) NOTAvotes and Ravi Shankar Prasad’sPatna Sahib Constituency saw5076 (0.52 per cent). The con-stituencies of Kerala’s Wayanad— where Congress scion RahulGandhi won from — saw 2,155voters (0.2 per cent) pressingthe NOTA button.

In 2014 Lok Sabha polls,where it was introduced for thefirst time in any parliamentaryelection, around 60 lakh votershad opted for the NOTA option— equalling about 1.1 per centof the total votes polled duringthose elections across 543 seats.

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from the DMK would moveto the Lok Sabha followingtheir win in the parliamentaryelections. In contrast, one sit-ting Rajya Sabha MP from theCongress lost.

From the BJP, its chiefAmit Shah, Union MinistersRavi Shankar Prasad andSmriti Irani, and from theDMK its leader Kanimozhiare among the prominentwinners in the 2019 LokSabha election who are sittingRajya Sabha members.

Shah, 54, was elected tothe Upper House of Parliamentin August 2017, making hisparliamentary debut.

He won his first LokSabha election from theGandhinagar constituency bya margin of over 5.57 lakhvotes against his nearest rivalCongress’ CJ Chavda.

His colleagues in theRajya Sabha, Prasad and Irani,who hold Law and Textileportfolios respectively, alsoemerged victorious.

Irani, 43, who had earli-er also served as an the HRDMinister and the I&B Ministerin the Modi Government,proved herself to be a giant-killer as she dethronedCongress chief Rahul Gandhiin Amethi by a margin of55,120 votes, while Prasad, 64,dislodged sitting MP and for-mer BJP member ShatrughanSinha who fought on aCongress ticket by a margin ofover 2.84 lakh in Patna Sahibconstituency.

The TV actor-turned-politician had twice fought theLok Sabha election unsuc-cessfully in 2004, losing toCongress leader Kapil Sibal inChandni Chowk constituen-cy and in 2014 suffered defeatat the hands of Rahul Gandhiin Amethi.

Besides the BJP MPs,DMK’s 51-year-oldKanimozhi also scripted herfirst win in a general electionas she defeated her BJP rivalby over 3.47 lakh inThoothukkudi constituency.

However, Congress leaderand party’s Rajya Sabha MP BK Hariprasad lost to youngTejasvi Surya in BangaloreSouth constituency by a mar-gin of over 3.31 lakh votes.

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The return of Mr Narendra Modiwith a generous mandate for thesecond time makes it necessary togo into the rest of the phenome-non. When he was elected in 2014,

there were experts who felt that the peoplehad voted with their feet. Even tolerantIndians could not take the gargantuan cor-ruption presided over by the financially hon-est Dr Manmohan Singh. Being entirely newto Delhi and Central politics, Modi waslooked upon as a parvenu, who would playout his time rather like a cricket nightwatch-man. With demonetisation, many a veteranof the Lutyens establishment was astound-ed. Actually, if an economy is to be modern,it cannot indefinitely run on two sledges,white and black: the latter had to be eventu-ally eliminated. This did not make the vet-erans more sympathetic to Modi. Instead, inorder to condemn demonetisation, they inno-vated and created a new expression— “infor-mal sector” — for the Black economy.

The GST was originally initiated by theManmohan Singh government and yetwhen the Modi government introduced it,the tax was repeatedly criticised by Singh’sparty, the Congress. Modi’s Pakistan policywas frequently denounced until Balakot.However, that he was the first Indian leaderto be invited to address the British Parliamentand to be asked for an exclusive lunch by HerMajesty the Queen at Buckingham Palaceevoked no compliment from the honourableOpposition. Instead, the Prime Minister wasaccused of destroying institutions. In short,Mr Modi remained a parvenu in the Lutyenscircle, who hoped he would be marginalisedin the just held general election. In order tomake sure that he does not return to power,the Congress president called him a thief onan average three times a day. Unfortunatelyfor the Congress president and his party, thepeople of India decided otherwise.

Why have the people of India chosen MrModi for a second term in the face of the mostfurious opposition that any prime ministe-rial candidate has ever faced in independentIndia? Every political party in the oppositionhad one common programme and that wasto remove Modi from power. Such a unan-imous opposition agenda was last seen in1977 against Indira Gandhi’s Emergency. Butthe masses of India perceived Narendra Modias the first leader who had risen from the soiland loved his motherland more than every-thing else, including his own mother, whomalso he loves. The people who have faith inhim have not been disappointed. He has ruledfor the last five years and convinced us thathe has worked for the people and the coun-try and not for himself. No previous primeminister could be tested on this touchstone.Do not think that this faith and sentimentare confined only to the Hindus; theyextend to quite a number of Christians,Muslims and others, in whose veins run sim-ilar blood. Others, including many a Hindu,whose bodies reside in India but whose souls

yearn for overseas, are not forModi.

Narendra Modi is a mod-erniser of the country and with-in it. It is true that JawaharlalNehru was for his time, a mod-ern person. He did think ofbuilding irrigation dams, facto-ries that could build advancedmachines, starting IndianInstitutes of Technology as wellas Management, giant steelplants and so on. When hebecame Prime Minister, thecountry was give or take, livingin the 19th century. That Indiacould catch up and becomecontemporary was not part ofour thought medium. However,while Nehru did build numeroustemples of modernity in a dom-inantly agrarian society, he didnot bring about a revolution inthe minds of the people that theyneeded to modernise and inturn, could put their shoulder tomodernising the country. Inother words, he could not con-vert modernisation into a massmovement.

Rajiv Gandhi was broughtup in a contemporary environ-ment and had spent time inEngland. He then learnt to flyaeroplanes; then a transportmedium of the latest variety. Heunderstood machines and cer-tainly chose more or less the bestpassenger aircraft in the Airbus.An equally good choice was theBofors artillery gun, if we over-look for a while the financialscandal attached to it. Gandhi, as

it were, grew up parallel with thegrowth of the computer andcould operate the electronicmachine with aplomb, and hedid try to introduce its use ingovernment institutions. Butbefore he could go far, he lost the1989 election and went out ofpower. In any case, he might nothave been able to go very farbecause he could not motivatemen with the same aptitude hecould move machines. Before wemove to another prime minister,we should not forget to recordthat millions of telephones wereinstalled in India during RajivGandhi’s time.

Prime Minister P. V.Narasimha Rao, compelled bydire financial circumstances ashe stepped into power, did bringabout an economic revolution.From a party wedded to a social-istic pattern of society, it had nowno choice but to overturn it intopromoting laissez faire. In short,he embarked on a path of eco-nomic liberalisation as a steptowards globalisation. Atal BihariVajpayee took liberalisation for-ward to some extent. His maincontribution, however, was intro-ducing the construction of mod-ern highways, which can beconsidered a step towards mod-ernisation.

To come back to NarendraModi, he launched modernisa-tion along with preaching itsimportance; of all places, fromthe ramparts of the Red Fort inhis first Independence Day

speech. He began with accord-ing importance to society withthe slogan Swacch Bharat. Evenearlier, his election campaigntheme of 2014 was development,which willy-nilly implied mod-ernisation. “Sabka Saath SabkaVikas” clearly implies participa-tion of all for the purpose ofprogress.

One of the first steps Moditook after becoming PrimeMinister was to abolish thePlanning Commission with thehelp of a Cabinet resolution. Thiswas possible because Nehru hadset up the Commission by aCabinet decision. Such aHerculean economic step wastaken without going toParliament, perhaps becauseNehru was apprehensive that thecomparatively conservativemembers of the ConstituentAssembly might not approve ofsuch a commission. After all,national planning was intro-duced by the Soviet Union in thename of Gosplan. Incidentally,one of the reasons for the col-lapse of the Soviet economy wasthe excessive powers assumed byGosplan.

As the years went by, theYojana Bhavan in India beganbeing misused for manipulatingpower over the States. Moneywas allotted generously, provid-ed the State Government toedthe Central government line.Whether the money allocatedwas used or misused dependedon the State Government. The

Planning Commission’s workended with sanctioning the year’sPlan expenditure. The FinanceMinistry disbursed the money.Thereafter, implementation andmonitoring were entirely theState’s function. In the bargain,there was over-expenditure, mis-use of funds and inflation. Withthe abolition of the Commission,inflation has come down quiteremarkably.

Many reforms were intro-duced, especially keeping thepoor people in mind. It is notthat the previous governmentshad not thought of them, but alarge chunk of the money ear-marked was kept back by mid-dlemen. As Rajiv Gandhi in histime had said, only 15 per centreached the poor person. MrModi’s policy has been to ensurethat all poor people should havetheir own bank accounts, where-in monies due to them can beremitted directly. All in all, itwould be fair to say that throughthe last millennium, India expe-rienced popular badshahs andhateful nawabs, benign rajasand cruel ones and the Britishrulers. But Narendra Modi is thefirst one who truly belongs to thesoil of India. A 12-year-oldschoolgirl discussing Modi wasquoted saying that the measureof love is what one is willing togive up for it. And Modi intendsgiving himself to India.

(The writer is a well-knowncolumnist and an author. Viewsexpressed are personal.)

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Naya Bharat” (May 24). Thelast two months have been aroller-coaster ride, not just forthe voters but for mediapersonsand political pundits, too.Unfortunately, electoral cam-paigns were particularly viciouswhere the distinction between‘personal’ and ‘professional’ wascompletely lost.

Nevertheless, the 2017 LokSabha electoral verdict has manylessons for the Congress and theGandhis in particular. Partyleaders Rahul Gandhi, SoniaGandhi and Priyanka Gandhineed to introspect hard andselflessly about why their com-bined efforts were not enough tocheck the return of PrimeMinister Modi.

They failed to learn any les-son from the 2014 defeat or tofix responsibility. Instead ofraising bread and butter issues— the agrarian crisis, unemploy-ment and water scarcity —Rahul Gandhi kept harping onRafale. Is it time for the party tolook beyond the Gandhis?

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Naya Bharat” (May 24).Prime Minister Narendra Modihas led his party towards whatlooks to be a resounding victo-ry for a second term in office.His message of nationalism,national security and Hindupride seems to have struck a

chord among voters across largeswathes of the country. Trendsare a proof enough that theModi wave and the party’s bril-liant election management sweptacross geographies, caste lines,age, gender and economic status.

Now, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi should send outa strong signal that his secondsecond term will be more inclu-sive than the first. With a strong

mandate, Modi has the luxury ofchoosing the right person for theright job, rather than beingcaught in a web of obligations.

The focus of the ModiGovernment must now hinge onreforming the many institutionsand bringing reforms in varioussectors like agriculture and edu-cation among others.

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Sir — The YSR Congress is all setto wrest power in Andhra Pradesh.Remember, in 2003, ahead of theAssembly polls, the then Congressleader YS Rajasekhara Reddy wenton a State-wide march acrossundivided Andhra Pradesh toeventually succeed in unseatingChandrababu Naidu of the TDP.Looks like this successful playbookwas borrowed by his son YSJaganmohan Reddy against thesame Naidu again and he wonwith a landslide.

With the TDP having burntbridges with the BJP-led NDA onthe issue of special category sta-tus, it will be interesting to seewhich way Jagan will align. Willhe join hands with the NDA toprotect his party and State inter-ests, go with the UPA led bloc orremain non-aligned?Ideologically, Jagan’s roots are inthe Congress and as a daily Bible-reading devout Christian, wouldhe be able to get along with aHindu hardline party like BJP?

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The title of the Marxist philosopher SlavojZizek’s book, First As Tragedy, Then As Farce(2009), captures the essence of the defeat

of Leftist parties in the 17th Lok Sabha elections.Contrary to the hype and hullabaloo created bythe Left, the locals at Begusarai believed from thevery beginning that Kanhaiya Kumar’s defeat wasa foregone conclusion. Zizek, dubbed as “the mostdangerous philosopher in the West” by many, usesan apt anecdote about a peasant and his wife toillustrate the failures of 20th century Leftist pol-itics. In the 15th century, when Russia was occu-pied by the Mongols, a peasant and his wife werewalking down a dusty road in the countryside.A Mongol warrior appeared on his horse and toldthe peasant that he wanted his wife. He added fur-ther, “But since there is a lot of dust on the ground,you must ensure that I do not get dirty.” Once thesoldier left after violating the woman, the peas-ant started laughing and jumped with joy. Thewife was utterly shocked at the insensitiveness ofthe husband and rebuked him, “How could yoube jumping with joy when I was brutally violat-ed in your presence?” The farmer happilyanswered, “But I got him! His parts are coveredwith dust!”

The sad joke, the Marxist philosopherargues, captures the predicament of the Left today,which is delighted merely by defiling its oppo-nents without any real gains for itself. Zizek arguesfurther that Leftists have hitherto succeeded onlyin rubbing the noses of those in power whereas“the real point is to castrate them.” Despite themisogynistic tone of the anecdote, one is tempt-ed to ask if today’s Left in India is undergoing asimilar kind of crisis in its attempt to take downopponents? How else would one explain its totaldecimation from a high of 15 years ago?

The failure of the Left to negotiate and nav-igate between the concerns of the elite —regarding freedom of expression and tolerance— and the mundane concerns of the masses hascost it dearly. In the narratives of nationalism ver-sus right to free speech and secularism, the mass-es identified with the former. It would be grossover-simplification to say that the grand narra-tive of national security post-Pulwama andBalakot overrode the issues of health, education,employment and climate change altogether.There exists no such binary between them as therewere no easy choices and alternatives for voters.

Hence, they voted for a Government, whichcould at least fulfill their perceived nationalistaspirations. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suc-cessfully contested the election around the auraof the Prime Minister; whereas its opponents

remained obsessed with attacking anddenigrating him and his party. And inthe process, issues that affect day-to-daylives of the common man hardly gotpublic attention; the ruling dispensationsuccessfully made it a battle betweenModi supporters and his opponents,thrusting a victimhood upon himwhich was not there in the first place.This trend was captured in a populistsong used extensively by the BJP dur-ing the campaign — “Noon rotikhayenge, Modiji ko jitayenge” (Weshall survive on chapatti and salt butbring Modi back to power).

In the last past five years, Indiascored well on Ease of Doing Businessindex, whereas it continued to lagbehind on the Human DevelopmentIndex (HDI) and the EnvironmentalPerformance Index (EPI). Our abysmalperformance on the last two indices,which take into factor a country’s per-formance in education, health andenvironment, barely became an issueduring the elections. The Oppositionfailed to bring such issues to the pub-lic sphere except mentioning them in itsmanifesto mainly because if the perfor-mance of the current Government onthese indicators remained dismal, therecord of the Left, the Congress and

their unnatural allies has not beenpraiseworthy either. Consequently, theelectorate largely refused to perceive theOpposition and its allies as an alterna-tive.

The history of post-independentIndia has been the history of disillusion-ment and disenchantment. First, peo-ple got disillusioned with the Nehruviandream and Gandhian ideals of Ramrajyain the 1950s and 1960s. Several authors,including Phanishwar Nath Renu,Shrilal Shukla, Nagarjun, Girish Karnadand Harishankar Parsai took up thetheme of disenchantment or mohbhangwith the political establishment in theirworks.

This failure gave birth to the rise ofregional and socialist forces led by RamManohar Lohia and JayaprakashNarayan in the Hindi heartland. ButLohia’s and JP’s acolytes did irreparabledamage to the cause of socialism inBihar and Uttar Pradesh, where politi-cal dynasties were established. Thefundamental tenets of socialism and sec-ularism were used as a ruse and even-tually subverted in every possible wayto serve the interests of family. Certaincastes and communities were objectifiedfor years and used merely as tools tostrengthen the vote-bank and water the

family tree. The disillusionment wasinevitable and in the offing. People ofBihar have eventually given their ver-dict. The Left and the Rashtriya JanataDal (RJD) have been reduced to non-entities.

Examples from around the worldshow that a financial morass has pushedthose sliding off the economic ladder toa radical opposite, in this case the Right.And while the Left did hold Bengal andKerala for a while, it is its smug machin-ery and dependence on it that ironical-ly made it drift away. That lack of empa-thy and the tendency to link every dis-tress with a return electoral commit-ment are the reasons why the rural pop-ulace has begun looking for a new lead-ership. Both in politics and life one hasto choose one’s allies as well as oppo-nents wisely. The Left failed to do this,so did the Congress. The onus now lieson the triumphant BJP to rebuild theeducation, health and the environmentsectors, which are in shambles today.History is evidence that the people ofthis country are not only quick to for-give and forget but also quick to be dis-illusioned.

(The writer teaches English at DeenDayal Upadhyaya College, University ofDelhi)

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For the world’s largestdemocracy, the writing ison the wall: Communal

politics in India has triumphedin an age that will define thefuture of the Republic.

Despite forecasts of failurefrom pundits, who had predict-ed that India’s economic chal-lenges would chip away atNarendra Modi’s vote bank, theultra-nationalist BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) is poised toform Government for anotherfive years after a landslide vic-tory in the Lok Sabha election.

The results are astoundingand depressingly show thatreligious hatred and sectarianpolitics can be exploited to lure voters.

Notably, the months lead-ing up to Modi’s campaignwere marked by anti-Muslimand anti-Pakistan rants, withIndia going so far as to escalatetensions by conducting airstrikes inside Pakistan in orderto whip up nationalist senti-ment. Now that elections areover, we hope that Modi willrein in his rhetoric that hadencouraged Hindu extremistgroups to step up their intim-idation of minorities.

And the focus must turn toa practical way forward for sus-

tainable peace in the subcon-tinent. This is possible solelythrough an unwavering com-mitment to dialogue, an offerPakistan has extended — andIndia has rebuffed — consis-tently. A day before the electionresults, a photograph capturingan exchange between PakistaniForeign Minister ShahMehmood Qureshi and hisIndian counterpart SushmaSwaraj emerged from Bishkek,Kyrgyzstan, reigniting opti-mism about a thaw in relationsbetween Pakistan and India.

Newspaper reports indicatethat Swaraj shared sweets andacknowledged that past conver-sations had been bitter. Againstthis backdrop, there is specu-lation that the meeting couldre-establish contact betweenIslamabad and New Delhi aftermonths of plunging relations.

While there may be opti-mism, India’s past record doesnot show it has a genuinedesire for peace.

Even before the Pulwamaattack, when Prime MinisterImran Khan invited an Indiandelegation to the Kartarpurgroundbreaking ceremony,Swaraj was conspicuous by herabsence; she also announcedIndia’s boycott of the Saarcsummit in Pakistan.

In fact, since the PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) hasassumed power, PrimeMinister Imran Khan has reit-erated his commitment to dia-logue with India several times,appealing to Modi to givepeace a chance — invitationswhich have repeatedly beenspurned.

Despite the string of hos-

tile snubs from the IndianGovernment, Pakistan hasshown restraint and pragma-tism — a message underscoredon Wednesday by Qureshi inBishkek, where he put the dia-logue offer back on the table.

It is too soon to saywhether or not Khan was cor-rect in predicting that a right-wing Government in Indiawould be better for peace talks.

Much would depend on achange in attitude on the partof India, whose hawkish behav-iour has been the mainobstruction in the quest forpeace.

The optimism might notbe altogether misplaced but itmust be followed by a sincerepolicy shift. India’s failure toensure this will sound thedeath knell for regional peace.

(The Dawn)

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Narendra Modi may haverailed against Pakistan,taking India to the brink

of war as he saber-rattled hisHindu nationalist party to elec-tion victory. But his increasedmajority could ironically bringthe prospect of peace talks clos-er than at any point since the2008 Mumbai attacks. Astronger, more electorally safeModi — so the theory goes —no longer needs the spectre ofconflict with an arch enemy torile his base.

What’s more, the interna-

tional acclaim he would receivefor a successful resolution to theKashmir dispute may serve tobalance the damage from hisparty’s erosion of rights for reli-gious minorities at home.

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s(BJP) election campaign centredon its vision of India as a Hinducountry and minorities — par-ticularly Muslims — face fiveyears of deepening anxiety abouttheir place in the nation. ButModi’s populist message that hewas creating a “strong” India wonthe election in the end. Thisdespite the fact the Indian PrimeMinister broke a string of keycampaign pledges, most notablyon the economy, on his way tothe unexpected result.

That said, while Modiundoubtedly failed to meet manyof his promises from 2014, vot-ers may well have believed —

possibly with good reason — thatany alternative would have beenperformed even worse.

The BJP seems to havereplaced the Congress — theparty which dominated Indianpolitics for decades after inde-pendence — as India’s naturalruling party. Now that the BJP’svision of India has proved sopopular, Opposition parties willneed to reflect deeply on theirpurpose or they are likely togradually wane away. For RahulGandhi’s Congress, it mayalready be too late.

The challenge now for theBJP will be to navigate its con-tradictory impulses. It cravesdevelopment but aspires to thepast. Steps that it has taken toinvigorate its base — notablymoves to remove Indian citizen-ship from potentially millions ofalleged illegal immigrants fromBangladesh — if followedthrough may result in the polit-ical headache of four millionstateless people. The comingyears will see an attempt toremould India from a land ofcontrasts to a more monolithic,and stronger, Hindu state.

The lingering possibility ofwar with Pakistan may now bea surplus requirement for Modiafter such a strong showing at thepolls. If Pakistan can overcomeits need for an existential threatfrom India, the observationfrom Imran Khan, its primeminister, that a BJP victoryincreases the prospects for peacebetween the two neighboursmay well be correct.

Gareth Price is SeniorResearch Fellow, Asia-PacificProgramme, at Chatham House

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Lucknow: The Samajwadi Partycame off worse than its coalitionpartner BSP as the caste arithmeticby the “gathbandhan” in UttarPradesh failed before a BJP wave inthe Lok Sabha elections.

Despite its high expectationsfrom the alliance forged withMayawati's Bahujan Samaj Partythis time, the SP got just five seats— the same number it won in the2014 elections.

But its vote share fell four per-centage points, from 22.35 per centthen to a little under 18 now.

In contrast, the BSP whichdrew a blank last time won 10 of the38 seats it contested under the seat-sharing pact this time.

Adding the lone seat won by theRashtriya Lok Dal, the third ally, thetotal seats bagged by the Oppositioncoalition are a mere 15 out of the80 in the State.

The Bharatiya Janata Party andits ally Apna Dal (S) won 64, com-pared to the 73 they had won in2014, a performance which wentagainst what the SP-BSP-RLD ‘gath-bandhan’ was predicting.

Analyst Rakesh Pandey attrib-

utes the alliance defeat, in part, toits inability to wean away the non-Yadav OBCs, Jats, upper castes andDalits who had switched to the BJPlast time.

He also felt that many benefi-ciaries of the central welfareschemes — cooking gas connec-tions, rural housing, toilets and theannual �6,000 allowance to poorfarmers — were part of the SP-BSPvote bank.

They have shifted allegiance tothe BJP, he argued.

The SP even lost in the Yadavbastions of Kannauj and Badaun,indicating that even members ofthese castes had moved to the BJP.

This is the second time that analliance experiment by AkhileshYadav has failed.

In the 2017 assembly elections,Akhilesh Yadav forged an alliancewith the Congress against the wish-es of his father and party founderMulayam Singh Yadav. The SP tallyhad then come down to 47 from 224in 2012.

When Akhilesh Yadav formeda coalition with the BSP this time,his father openly expressed disap-

proval over the idea of giving "halfof the seats" to a partner.

Luck did not favour even theYadavs' own family.

Except Mulayam Singh Yadavand Akhilesh Yadav, contestantsfrom the family failed to re-enterthe Lok Sabha

Akhilesh Yadav won with acomfortable margin of 2.60 lakhvotes, defeating Bhojpuri star andBJP candidate Dinesh Lal YadavNirahua. Mulayam Singh Yadavwon in Mainpuri by over 94,000votes, defeating BJP's Prem SinghShakya.

But Akhilesh Yadav's wifeDimple and cousins Dharmendraand Akshay did not make it toParliament.

In Firozabad, Akhilesh Yadav'sestranged uncle and founder ofPragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia, Shivpal Yadav, was relegat-ed to the third spot, securing about91,000 votes.

But an SP leader claimed hadShivpal Yadav not parted ways withthe party, he could have easily won.

Like Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawatitook a big risk in becoming part of

the coalition.The BSP chief not only joined

hands with arch-rival SP but alsocampaigned for one-time swornenemy Mulayam Singh Yadav inMainpuri, asking her supporters toforget past bitterness.

But she apparently failed toensure that the core BSP voterstransferred to the Samajwadi Party,wherever an SP nominee was field-ed as a joint candidate.

The alliance had high expecta-tions from the elections as thejoint rallies held all over the statedrew large crowds.

It also gave strength toMayawati's apparent prime minis-terial aspirations, now shattered dueto the poor performance of oppo-sition parties nationwide.

During an election rally inAmbedkarnagar, the BSP chief evensaid, "If all goes well, I may have toseek election form here because theroad to national politics passesthrough Ambedkarnagar."

In 2009, the BSP had won itshighest ever number of Lok Sabhaseats, clinching 20 from UP. In 2014,it won none. PTI

Thiruvananthapuram: Themassive sweep of the Congressled United Democratic Front(UDF) in Kerala proves that theBJP will never make inroads inthe state, senior party leaderRamesh Chennithala said hereon Friday.

In a 'meet the press' organ-ised by the Press Club ofThiruvananthapuram, after theCongress party's stellar perfor-mance in the state in the LokSabha polls, he said the UDF's"secular attitude" had kept thesaffron party at bay.

The UDF had won 19 ofthe 20 LS seats in the state.

Chennithala alleged thatthe Centre's step-motherly atti-tude and the three years of LDFgovernment's "misrule" hadhelped the Front emerge victo-rious, apart from RahulGandhi's candidature.

"We have proved that theBJP will never make inroads in

Kerala. It was the secular atti-tude and policies of the UnitedDemocratic Front (UDF) thatkept the saffron party at bay...

Three factors led to thelandslide victory of UDF inKerala.

The first one is the step-motherly attitude of NarendraModi government and the anti-Modi wave.

The second is the three-year-long misrule of LDF gov-ernment and the third is theRahul wave in the state after hedecided to contest from Kerala,"Chennithala said.

The Opposition leader saidthe policies of both the centreand the state were not accept-able to the people of the state.

Chennithala said it was theLeft government that gave fod-der for the communal parties inthe State. "What was the hurryin implementing the SupremeCourt verdict on Sabarimala?.

It was the Left governmentin the state that gave fodder forthe communal elements in thestate to destroy the democrat-ic parties", he said.

The Left wanted to avoidthe Congress and make thefight between LDF and theBJP. However, the saffron partysaw it as a golden opportunity,Chennithala said.

Pointing out that the BJPallegedly tried to exploit thebeliefs of devotees in theSabarimala issue, he said, thepeople however understoodthe "double standards" of theSangh Parivar and rejectedtheir politics.

"We (Congress) had a con-sistent stand. We were with thedevotees and not exploitingthe issue. The people of Keralarejected the exploitation of theBJP and Sangh Parivar.

This result is an indicationthat the BJP, RSS, Sangh Parivar

will not be able to make inroadsin the secular Kerala," he said.

Chennithala also favouredthe Yechury line of CPI(M) andsaid the Left should have stuckto it. "We are not for weaken-ing the secular forces. TheCPI(M) should have taken theYechuri way. Instead of fightingthe communal forces, they werefighting against us," he said.

CPI(M) General SecretarySitaram Yechury had favouredjoining hands with like-mind-ed parties, including Congress,to oppose the Sangh Parivarpolitics across various states,including West Bengal.

However, the tactical linewas opposed as the party wasfighting the Congress in Kerala.

The Congress led UDFwon 19 out of 20 Lok Sabhaseats in the State, leaving justone consolatory win for theLeft in the Alappuzha con-stituency. PTI

Amethi (UP): After uprooting Congress pres-ident Rahul Gandhi from his party bastion,BJP leader Smriti Irani Friday thanked thepeople here for "helping the lotus bloom".

Irani defeated the Congress chief and sit-ting MP by a margin of 55,120 votes.

In a tweet, Irani said, "Ek nayi subahAmethi ke liye, ek naya sankalp. DhanyawadAmethi, shat shat naman. Apne vikas per vish-was jataya, kamal ka phool khilaya. Amethika abhaar" (A new morning for Amethi, a newresolve. Thankyou Amethi. You showedfaith in development and helped the lotusbloom).

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Gandhihad defeated Irani by 1,07,903 votes.

Later, in a recorded message to the peo-ple of her constituency, she thanked them forblessing a common worker of the BJP and cre-ating history which was witnessed by thecountry and world.

"Today, a common worker of the BJPexpresses her gratitude to you all. I repeat myresolve that in the coming five years resolu-tion of all problems will be extended to everyvillage, every purva and every nyay pan-chayat-level. It will be my commitment.Amethi has taken steps towards development," she added.

The recorded message was released inAmethi by her IT cell team. PTI

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena onFriday said the massive mandatethe NDA got in the 2019 LokSabha polls was due to thepopularity of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and the politi-cal management of BJP chiefAmit Shah.

In an editorial in partymouthpiece Saamana, the Senasaid the opposition raised issuesof unemployment, farm distressand the people decided Modiwas the right man to solvethem.

"People felt the Congressgot 60 years, why not five moreyears to Modi," the editorialclaimed.

It also said "Hindutva" wonin West Bengal, adding that par-ties that ran a negative campaignagainst Modi were shown thedoor by voters.

The opposition camp is indire straits because they do nothave a leader of the stature of

Modi, the Sena claimed.In Maharashtra, the edito-

rial said, senior Congress lead-ers Ashok Chavan andSushilkumar Shinde lost and sodid Sharad Pawar's grand-nephew Parth Pawar. The vic-tory of Supriya Sule was the onlysolace for the NCP, it added.

It said the Sena also lostsome of its key seats but somenew faces won as well.

The people reposed faith inthe "chowkidar" whom theCongress had called "chor"against the backdrop of theRafale fighter purchase deal, thepaper said.

Modi's popularity saw asurge since 2014 and theOpposition did not get aninkling of it, it said, adding thatneither Congress general sec-retary Priyanka Gandhi Vadranor the BSP-SP alliance coulddo any damage to BJP in UttarPradesh, it said. PTI

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There was no sign of reces-sion in political bedlam in

Bengal. Rather, the post-pollviolence engulfed the Statefrom north to south withreports of arson, loot, shoot-outs — mostly involving theTrinamool Congress and BJP— pouring in from all parts ofthe State.

In North Bengal’sCoochbehar district, tens ofhouses were burnt and manyTMC party offices were onFriday looted and torched byalleged BJP supporters alleged-ly as a retaliatory attack from thesaffron side after four of theirparty members were attackedwith sharp weapons. The four-some had been hospitalised.

The incidents took place atSitai, Toofanganj andMathabhanga, sources said.BJP’s Nisit Pramanik has wrest-ed the Coochbehar seat fromthe ruling TMC.

Parts of South Bengal alsocontinued to simmer with con-tinuing BJP-TMC clashesspreading far and acrossBarrackpore constituency. Tensof motor bikes reportedlybelonging to TMC supporterswere torched at Naihati,

At least 15 houses werelooted at Ichhapore, housesand shops were looted and ran-sacked from Jagaddal toBhatpara with hundreds ofpeople taking shelter at gov-ernment schools to avoid riot-like situation even as newlywon BJP MP and local strong-man Arjun Singh went outappealing to the people teremain silent.

Even as the State politicalleadership struggled to recoverfrom the shock of electoraldefeat conceding 12 seats to thesurging BJP the bureaucracy hada tough time handling the chaot-ic situation with both the sidesattacking each other withbombs, brickbats and other dan-gerous weapons requiring StateDGP Virendra to rush to theplace and hold peace meetings.

At Bankura too where BJP’sSubhas Sarkar humbledCPI(M) and TMC heavy-weights Amiya Patra andSubroto Mukherjee a reportedsaffron worker was fired at. Hehowever was saved by a whis-per as the bullet grazed past hisear. In neighbouring con-stituency of Purulia a youthallegedly a TMC man was shotin his leg by bike-born assailantspolice said claiming the attack-ers could be BJP workers.

Nearer Kolkata attacks onthe opposition parties contin-ued at Bhangor where housesof CPI(M) supporters werebombed and looted by allegedTMC men. The victims saidthey were attacked because theTMC thought that the Lefttransferred their votes to theBJP.

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Upset with TrinamoolCongress’ biggest defeat

since 2006, Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee hascalled a high-level meeting onSaturday to discuss possiblecauses, regarding colossaldefeat in the Lok Sabha elec-tions at the hands of the BJP“which does not even have asound organisational backupin the State.”

Apart from scrutinisingthe Assembly segment wisepolling reports being preparedby the district party leaders theTMC was likely to find out aface-saving excuse for the con-sumption of the electorate.

According to sources,apart from peddling “massivecommunal polarisation” as theprime reason for the party’selectoral debacle the party isalso likely to hold the Leftresponsible for paving the wayfor the BJP’s entry in Bengal.

Already two senior leadersSubroto Mukherjee andPartho Chatterjee on Friday

pointed fingers at the CPI(M)wondering how a party thathad more than 34 percent ofvotes could forfeit its depositsin 39 out of 42 seats.

“You can see Assemblywise election results and youwill need no rocket scienceexpert to tell how the Lefttransferred its votes to the BJP,”said State Minister and losingcandidate from BankuraSubroto Mukherjee.

“A national level CPI(M)leader was contesting againstme. In the Assembly polls hehad polled 70,000 votes fromone segment. Then how itcould be possible that he gotonly 1 lakh votes in seven seg-ments. This is a clear case ofsale of ideology for cash,” afuming Mukherjee said.

Chatterjee also a seniorMinister in the MamataBanerjee cabinet said “the BJPhas nothing in Bengal. Theirballoon was inflated with thegas provided by the CPI(M).The people will be told as tohow a party like the CPI(M)did this compromising its ide-ology,” he said hoping “in the

Assembly elections they willrefrain from doing so.”

Rejecting TMC’s argu-ments the CPI(M) leadershipsaid “it was the TMC whichbrought BJP to Bengal and itwas Mamata Banerjee whofirst started communal politicsto appease particular com-munity (read the Muslims).

Senior leader SujanChakrabarty also alleged“hundreds of our lower rungleaders are in jail on falsecharges — sometimes in nar-cotic cases. Others have fledBengal in the face of violenceand in many cases they havefallen silent as they are askedto pay fines for doing Left pol-itics. This is not so in the caseof BJP which is allowed to doorganisational politics inBengal.

“Hence in the absence oflocal leaders a ransacked andbattered Left electorate hasvoted for the BJP as they havethought that the will get pro-tection from them. The TMCis resposnbile for BJP’s entry inBengal and loss of its renais-sance culture.”

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Kolkata: Trinamool Congresson Friday suspended its Bijpurlegislator Subhrangshu Roy, sonof BJP leader Mukul Roy, foranti-party comments.

Subhrangshu has been sus-pended for six years from theparty, announced TMC secre-tary general Partha Chatterjee ata Press conference this evening.

“He has been constantlymaking such statements. Ourparty’s disciplinary body afterconsultation with party supre-mo Mamata Banerjee hasdecided to expel him,”Chatterjee said.

Subhrangshu, a two-timeMLA from Bijpur Assemblyconstituency which is part of theBarrackpore Lok Sabha seat,held a Press conference earlierin the day and hailed his father’sorganisational skills and said hehad tried to give a lead to hisparty from his Assembly seg-ment but failed to do so as his

father was a better organisa-tional player than him.

“Today I have no qualms inaccepting that I have lost to myfather. He is a real chanakya ofBengal politics. Our party haslost and people voted against us.We should accept it,”Subhrangshu said.

Mukul Roy, once consid-ered to be the second-in-com-mand of the TrinamoolCongress, joined the BJP inNovember 2017 after a falloutwith party supremo MamataBanerjee. He is being creditedfor the stellar show of the BJPin Bengal in the just-concludedLok Sabha elections.

Meanwhile, the Trinamoolleadership broke its silence afterthe poor poll show with ParthaChatterjee saying, losing elec-tions doesn't mean defeat andBJP's resounding majority is atemporary phase, which willsoon fizzle out. PTI

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As the formalities, associat-ed with the announcement

of the results of the GeneralElection 2019, have been com-pleted, politics in Tamil Naduis agog with speculation aboutthe constitution of the newCouncil of Ministers and thepossible names of representa-tives from the State.

The lone AIADMK mem-ber to win from Tamil Nadu inthe general election isRaveendrakumar, son ofDeputy Chief Minister OPanneerselvam who defeatedEVKS Elangovan, the Congressleader and former Minister.Interestingly, Elangovan is thelone candidate from the DMK-led Secular Progressive

Alliance who lost in the hus-tings.

Though the AIADMK has13 member in the Rajya Sabha,it is customary that only mem-bers from the Lok Sabha areappointed as Ministers. Butthere are no hard and fast rulesvis-à-vis the membership in theupper house. Raveendrakumaris the junior most member ofthe AIADMK in the parliamentand there are enough con-tenders for the post from theRajya Sabha itself.

Even if the AIADMK lead-ers propose the name ofRaveendrakumar as the partynominee, there are certain irri-tants which would make theBJP leaders think twice beforeaccepting the name. TheDirectorate of Vigilance andAnti-Corruption (DVAC) is

probing a charge by the DMKagainst Panneerselvam andfamily in connection with theamassing wealth not in runewith their known sources ofincome. Though the TamilNadu Government tried to softpedal the issue, the MadrasHigh Court issued a directive tothe DVAC to go ahead with theprobe and the report is expect-ed any time.

But the loyalty of most ofthe AIADMK members in theRajya Sabha are said to be withV K Sasikala and TTVDhinakaran, leaders of theAMMK. Dr V Maithreyan, thesenior most AIADMK memberin the Rajya Sabha has beensidelined by Chief MinisterEdappadi Palaniswamy and OPanneerselvam. His serviceswere not used during the

recently held election. DrMythreyan, who was a closeconfidante of late J Jyalalithahad told The Pioneer that therewas no possibility of him get-ting another term as the EPS-OPS duo does not like him.Many senior members of theparty had been cold shoul-dered by the present party lead-ership.

Sources in the AIADMKtold this newspaper that MPslike S R Balasubramaniam(who is known from crossingfrom one party to anotherwith élan), ANavaneethakrishnan (formeradvocate general and closeconfidante of Sasikala) are thetop contenders for ministerialberths. Both Balasubramaniamand Navaneethakrishhananremained incommunicado.

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Even before attending theoath ceremony of newly

elected Prime Minister of India,National Conference presidentDr Farooq Abdullah on Fridaygave 'unsolicited' piece of adviceto him over the issue of 'Article370 and Article 35A'.

"No matter how powerfulPrime Minister Narendra Modihas become after winning withthe majority, but he cannotremove Article 35A and Article370 from the State of Jammu &Kashmir'', said Dr Abdullahhere in Jammu while interact-ing with reporters at the partyheadquarters. He arrived inJammu to attend felicitationceremony after winning allthree Lok Sabha seats in

Kashmir valley. Dr Abdullahwas responding to a questionthat BJP has said that they willabrogate Article 370 and 35Afrom J&K if voted to powerwith majority. Exuding confi-dence after his party won allthree Lok Sabha seats, DrAbdullah told party workers toprepare in advance for theAssembly polls in the State.

He said, NationalConference will surely formGovernment in the State andreiterated his party's commit-ment to grant 'RegionalAutonomy' to all three regionsof the state to end discrimina-tion. Labelling himself as 'sol-dier' of the country, DrAbdullah said, "we are not 'ene-mies' but 'soldiers' of the coun-try. All those people who tried

to label us anti-Nationals andterrorist sympathisers must lis-ten. 'We are more Indians andwe are here to strengthen theNation and protect Article 370and Article 35A'.

Commenting on the EVMissue, Dr Abdullah said that theElection Commission and allthe political parties must sittogether and find a way out.“India is a huge nation.

I say that there is somethingbut the EVM problem must besorted out and whatever is pos-sible should be done.”

On Congress debacle, DrAbdullah said, “winning andlosing are part of life. RahulGandhi after five years willmake a comeback and don’tthink that people of Amethi willforget him.”

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Kolkata: Gorkha JanamuktiMorcha leader Bimal Gurung,who is in hiding, on Fridaycongratulated Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for theresounding victory of BJP andhoped that his newGovernment will look into thelong standing demand forGorkhaland.

Gurung's faction ofGorkha Janamukti Morchahad supported BJP's Raju Bishthas recorded a massive victo-ry against TMC's Amar SinghRai.

In Darjeeling by-election,Neeraj Tamang Zimba of BJPdefeated GJM leader BinoyTamang, who fought as anindependent candidate withTMC support.

"We are very happy thatBJP has won and TMC and the

traitors of GJM have lost thepolls. We would like to takethis opportunity to thankPrime Minister NarendraModi. We will request the BJPleadership and the new gov-ernment to look into our longstanding demand ofGorkhaland," Gurung told PTIover phone.

The BJP, which has won forthe third straight time inDarjeeling, had made no men-tion of the statehood issue in itsmanifesto but assured a "per-manent political solution" inthe hills and scheduled tribetags for 11 Gorka communities.

In the Darjeeling hills theLok Sabha polls were morethan a political battle betweenTMC and BJP as it became afight to the finish betweenGJM's two warring factions -

one led by Bimal Gurung,who supported Bisht, and hisone time protege BinayTamang who supported Rai.

"Binay Tamang and AnitThapa, the newly appointedofficiating chairman ofGorkhaland TerritorialAdministration (GTA), shouldimmediately resign from theparty and GTA. The GTAshould be dissolved," Gurungsaid.

Roshan Giri, general sec-retary of GJM faction of BimalGurung, in a statement saidthe defeat of TMC and itsproxies in the Lok Sabha andassembly by-polls is a clearmandate against the regionalparty and its proxies in thehills and in favour of a per-manent political solution inthe Hill region. PTI

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Gangtok: The SikkimKrantikari Morcha (SKM) onFriday said it will meet soon todecide on the party’s chiefministerial candidate, afterunseating five-time ChiefMinister Pawan KumarChamling of the SDF.

SKM supremo P S Golay is likely to preside over the legislature party meeting later in the evening, where the Chief Ministerial candidate will be finalisedbefore its delegation meetsGovernor Ganga Prasad tostake claim to formGovernment.

"It will be decided by the

party soon," Golay said.Earlier in the day, SKM

spokesperson Jacob KhalingRai said party leaders andworkers would like to see Golaylead the next Government inSikkim.

"I thank the people ofSikkim for giving a mandate tothe SKM for serving them... Wehope to live up to their expec-tations," Golay told a localnews channel, while leading avictory procession.

The SKM, founded in2013, won a slender majority inthe 32-member legislativeassembly by bagging 17 seatsagainst 15 by the SDF. PTI

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Jaipur: A BJP candidate who lostthe Rajasthan Assembly pollsonly a few months back made itto the Lok Sabha, amid a Modiwave that has led to a clean sweepfor the party in the State.

In contrast, two CongressMLAs lost the election to thelower House. BJP candidateKailash Chaudhary from Barmerdefeated former party leaderJaswant Singh' son ManvendraSingh who was fielded by theCongress.

The Congress had giventicket to Manvendra Singh afterhe joined it, quitting the BJP overgrowing differences with thestate party leadership.Manvendra Singh had earlierfought the 2018 state assemblyelections unsuccessfully.

BJP candidate KailashChaudhary won the Barmerseat with a margin of 3,23,808votes, despite having lost theassembly polls earlier.

BJP legislator fromMandawa, Narendra Khinchar,who was given a ticket fromJhunjhunu seat won the parlia-mentary elections, defeatingShrawan Kumar of the Congressby a margin of 3,02,547 votes.

Two Congress legislators,Krishna Punia and RamnarayanMeena, who were fielded fromJaipur Rural and Kota respec-tively were defeated in the LokSabha polls. The Congress toofielded five candidates who hadfaced a drubbing in the 2018state assembly elections but theyall lost. PTI

Bengaluru: Shaken by the routof the ruling Congress-JD(S)combine in the Lok Sabha polls,the Karnataka Cabinet onFriday reposed its “faith andconfidence” in the leadership ofChief Minister HDKumaraswamy, asserting thatthe coalition would continue.

As the ruling alliance suf-fered a humiliating defeat withthe BJP painting the entire Statesaffron, winning 25 of the 28seats, the results are widelyexpected to have a bearing onthe stability of theKumaraswamy Government.

As voices emerged in theCongress to end the alliance,blaming the JDS partnership forthe party's worst ever perfor-mance in the Lok Sabha polls,Kumaraswamy had offered toresign, when some seniorCongress leaders met him lastevening, top sources in theGovernment said.

However, they convincedhim against it and requestedhim tocontinue as the head ofthe coalition Government, whileensuring full cooperation.

"It (resignation) is a closed-chapter now," they said.

The Chief Minister said hewas "mentally ready" to resign

if "we didn't want him to leadthe Government", but he wascut short by Congress Ministers,who asked him to continue inthe top post, a minister said afterthe cabinet meeting.

During the meeting, dis-cussions largely focusedon sav-ing the coalition and continuingthe Government, amidworriesof dissidence within and threatsof "poaching"attempts by BJP.

Kumaraswamy also is saidto have spoken toAICCGeneral Secretary in-charge of Karnataka KCVenugopal over phone after theresults and requested him tocome down to the city for ameeting soon, to sort out dif-ferencesin the coalition.

"We have reposed the faithand confidence in the leadershipof Kumaraswamy ji as ChiefMinister.

This is thedecision taken byall the Ministers today... there isnoinstability to this govern-ment, it will continue,"DeputyChief Minister GParameshwara told reporters,flanked by the ChiefMinisterand other cabinet colleagues.

Noting that the "informal"cabinet meeting called by theChief Minister took stock of thesituation after the Lok Sabhaelection results, he said, "we dis-cussed about it at length, andthis "referendum or mandate" isnationally for the government atthe Centre and not for the

state."We will continue in the

state and our coalition will con-tinue under the leadership ofKumaraswamy ji, and all ourMLAs are with us,"Parameshwara said, as heaccused the oppositionBJP oftrying to destabilise the gov-ernment.

"They (opposition) will notbe successful and we will notallow them to succeed in desta-bilising the government."

Continuing his "boycott"of the media,Kumaraswamydid not utter a word though hesat along with cabinet col-leagues throughout,as theDeputy CM briefed about thecabinet meeting.

Kumaraswamy had recent-ly declared that he was 'boy-cotting' the media, apparentlyupset over the coverage of theMandya Lok Sabha polls, wherehis son Nikhil contestedandlost.

Meanwhile,the ChiefMinister also reportedly spoketo CLP leader and coalitioncoordination committeechiefSiddaramaiah over phone,ahead of the informal cabinet-meeting,during which the latterassured him support tocontin-

ue the government.Congress Ministers,ahead

of the cabinet meeting, met forbreakfast during which they aresaid to have discussed the needto save the coalition for bothparties, as also about the defeatin Lok Sabha polls.

Congress is likely to con-vene the CLP meeting nextweek to discuss the same, andalso with an intention to keep itsflock together amid worries ofdissidence and poaching byBJP.

Stating that CongressMinisters met under the lead-ership of Siddaramaiah and hehas also reposed the confi-dence in Kumaraswamy asChief Minister, Parameshwarasaid "at no cost will we allow theconspiracy of the opposition todestabilise this government tosucceed."

However, a CongressMinister who attendedthe cab-inet meeting said theyimpressed upon the CM tolook into issues raised by partyMLAs regarding their con-stituencies and governancerelated issues andalso soughtbetter coordination betweenboth parties and theGovernment. PTI

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Lucknow: The results of the LokSabha polls were a mixed bag forthe Yadav clan as exceptSamajwadi Party founderMulayam Singh Yadav and hisson Akhilesh other members ofthe family failed to re-enter thelower house of Parliament thistime.

While Akhilesh won with acomfortable margin of 2,59,874votes by defeating Bhojpuri starand BJP candidate Dinesh LalYadav Nirahua, his fatherMulayam Singh Yadav won theMainpuri seat by a margin of94,389 votes defeating BJP'sPrem Singh Shakya.

The SP suffered a setback inKannauj, Badaun andFirozabad, where Akhilesh'swife Dimple and cousinsDharmendra and Akshay lost tothe BJP.

While Dimple lost by12,853 votes to BJP's SubratPathak in Kannauj,Dharmendra lost to BJP'sSanghmitra Maurya by 18,454votes in Badaun and Akshay lostto BJP's Chandra Sen Jadon by28,781 votes in Firozabad.

In Firozabad, Akhilesh'sestranged uncle and founder ofPragatisheel Samajwadi PartyLohia, Shivpal Yadav was rele-gated to the third spot, securingover 91,000 votes. An SP leadersaid had Shivpal not partedways with the party, he wouldhave easily won Firozabad. PTI

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The National HealthAuthority (NHA) and

National Cancer Grid (NCG)have inked a pact to develop uni-form standards of patient care tobattle cancer under AyushmanBharat — Pradhan Mantri JanArogya Yojana (AB - PMJAY).

The National Cancer Grid(NCG) is an initiative of theCentral Government to create anetwork of cancer centres,research institutes, patientgroups and charitable institu-tions across India.

Owing to the multi-disci-plinary nature of care requiredfor cancer management, bothNHA and NCG recognize theimportance of collaborativeefforts required to strengthendelivery of cancer services underAB - PMJAY with commonobjectives to reduce cancer bur-den, ensure uniform standardsof patient care towards effectiveand efficient patient-centric care,said an official from the Union

Health Ministry.He further said that it will

help improve access to cancerservices and ensure financial riskprotection with minimumprevalence of catastrophic healthspending and impoverishment.

NHA and NCG will jointlyreview existing cancer treat-ment packages, pricing of ser-vices, standard treatment work-flows covered under AB-PMJAYand plug in necessary gaps toensure enhanced quality of can-cer care. Both organisations willwork on creating cancer ser-vices/package benefits based onpriority setting tenets such asevidence of efficacy, value (cost-effectiveness), low harm,demand/ burden, medicalnecessity, and wide availability.

Dr Indu Bhushan, CEO,Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, andNHA said, "NCG's support andexpertise will help in enabling usto expand our service deliverynetwork by actively encouragingits member hospitals to empan-el with AB - PMJAY."

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Police Commissioner RajeevKumar on Friday failed to getany relief from the SupremeCourt which declined to enter-tain his petition seeking exten-sion of protection from arrestin the multi-crore Saradha chitfund scam.

He was granted protectionfrom arrest on May 17 by theapex court for seven dayswhich was ending today and hehad filed a fresh petition seek-ing to restrain the CBI fromtaking any coercive actionagainst him.

However, a vacation benchheaded by Justice Arun Mishrasaid Kumar's plea was not"maintainable" as a bench head-ed by Chief Justice of IndiaRanjan Gogoi had alreadypassed an order in the matter

on May 17 and the IPS officershould not have filed a freshwrit petition.

The bench, also compris-ing Justices B R Gavai andSurya Kant, said that Kumarcan personally approach theCalcutta High Court or the trialcourt there for seeking relief inthe case.

"A petition under Article32 of the Constitution of Indiacannot be said to be maintain-able as the petitioner (Kumar)has also filed an application forextension of time before thiscourt," the bench said in itsorder.

At the outset, the benchtold Kumar's counsel that abench headed by the CJI hadalready passed an order in thematter and later the CJI hadalso declined urgent listing of

an application filed by the IPSofficer seeking extension ofprotection from arrest.

"Is it maintainable (thewrit petition)? You can go tothe high court or the trialcourt as the courts are func-tional there," the bench toldadvocate Sunil Fernandes, whowas representing Kumar.

When Fernandes said thatcourts in Kolkata are not func-tioning due to ongoing lawyers'strike, the bench said, "You arewrong. The courts are sittingthere. All judges are sitting incourts and they are hearing thelitigants."

"Your client (Kumar) is aformer commissioner of policeand he knows the law betterthan many young lawyers. Hecan personally go to courtsthere," the bench said. PTI

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Lucknow: Chief Minister YogiAdityanath on Friday said theUttar Pradesh voters rejected theclan, caste and dynasty-drivenpolitics in the State in the LokSabha elections.

He said the BJP fought thepolls on issues of development,Governance and nationalism.

Speaking to reporters hereafter BJP's big victory in the state,Adityanath also claimed the

Lok Sabha election was the firstone without any anti-incum-bency against the Government.

Attacking the Opposition,Adityanath said, "The claims ofthose who used to say the casteequations in the state are againstthe BJP, have been rejected bythe people."

"The voters of the state havecategorically rejected the politicsof 'parivaarwad' (family), 'vansh-wad' (dynastic), 'jatiwaad'(casteism), and have accordedimportance to the politics ofdevelopment and nationalism,"he said.

The Chief Minister saidPrime Minister Narendra Modihad in the very beginning cau-tioned against resorting the"politics of negativity".

"The Prime Minister hadsaid irrespective of the poll out-come, we have to fight the pollsfocusing on development,Governance and nationalism.

"There were no place forpolitics of negativity and theelections were fought under theleadership of the Prime Minister

banking on the politics of pos-itivity. And the results are infront of everyone," he said.

Adityanath claimed that inthe just-concluded polls, theBJP Governments, either at theCentre or in the State, facedabsolutely no anti-incumbency.

"This is the first election inwhich, there was no anti-incum-bency factor against the Centreor the State Government," hesaid. It was because issues aris-ing out of inflation, shortage ofelectricity, law and order prob-lem, pot-holed roads or farmers'unrest were simply missing, headded. PTI

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The IMF is looking forwardto working with the new

government of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, a top officialsaid Friday, asserting thatIndia’s reforms and futuredirection should continue tofocus on achieving faster andmore inclusive growth withlow inflation.

Prime Minister Modi onThursday led his BharatiyaJanata Party to a landmarkvictory for a second five-yearterm in office, winning 303seats in the 543-member

Lok Sabha.“As far as the IMF is con-

cerned, we think that thereforms and the future direc-tion should continue to focuson achieving faster andimportantly, more inclusivegrowth with low inflation,”IMF spokesperson Gerry Ricesaid.

“The IMF looks forward toworking with Prime MinisterModi’s new government,” Ricesaid when asked about theelection results in India.

In March, the InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF) saidIndia has been one of the

fastest growing large economiesin the world. It said the coun-try has carried out several keyreforms in the last five years,but more needed to be done.

“India has of course beenone of the world’s fastest grow-ing large economies of late,with growth averaging aboutseven per cent over the past fiveyears,” Rice had said.

“Important reforms havebeen implemented and we feelmore reforms are needed tosustain this high growth,including to harness the demo-graphic dividend opportunity,which India has,” he said.

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The Indian rupee on Fridayrallied 49 paise to close at

69.53 against the US dollar inline with a massive surge indomestic equities following adecisive mandate for NarendraModi’s BJP in the general elec-tions.

On weekly basis, the Indiancurrency gained 70 paisehelped by a host of domesticand global factors like stablepolitical outlook with NDAGovernment’s return, sustainedfund inflows, lower crude oilprices and strengthening Asiancurrencies.

However, concerns overongoing US-China trade tarifftussle continued to hurt forexmarket sentiment.

At the interbank foreignexchange, the rupee opened at69.75 against the previousclose of 70.02. It traded in therange of 69.81 to 69.50 duringthe day. The Indian unit final-ly settled the day at 69.53,gaining 49 paise or 0.70 per cent.

Foreign institutionalinvestors (FIIs) remained netbuyers in the capital markets onFriday, buying shares worth2,026.33 crore, according toexchange data.

“India’s rupee led gains inAsian currencies as oil pricesfell and equity markets surge.Sentiments have improved in

domestic equity markets aftercontinuity of the stable gov-ernment. Firm equity marketswould attract dollar inflowand rupee therefore wouldget support,” V K Sharma,Head PCG and CapitalMarkets Strategy, HDFCSecurities, said.

The Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) has won over 300seats on its own out of 542seats in the Lok Sabha elec-tions — a first back-to-backmajority for a single partysince 1984.

Riding a wave of opti-mism, the BSE Sensex shot up623.33 points, or 1.61 per cent,to end at 39,434.72, while thebroader NSE Nifty surged187.05 points, or 1.60 per cent,to 11,844.10.

Bond prices advanced fora third day as a retreat in oileases concern about inflationwhich will give central bankcomfort to cut interest rate andinfuse liquidity in economy, hesaid.

The benchmark 10-yeargovernment bonds yielddropped 0.15 per cent to 7.23per cent on Friday.

Meanwhile, internationaloil benchmark Brent Futuresrose 1.18 per cent to $68.56 abarrel on Friday.

The weaker oil prices helpcurrencies of major netimporters of the commodity,such as India and China.

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Industry body Ficci on Fridaysought reduction in corpo-

rate tax and abolition ofMinimum Alternate Tax(MAT) to spur investment asthe BJP-led NDA Governmentgears up for its second term.

The Government had pre-sented an Interim Budget for2019-20 in February. A fullBudget is likely to be present-ed in July.

“The key recommendationwas that the focus of the gov-ernment should be to spurdomestic investment and inorder to retain India’s compet-itiveness globally, corporatetax rate cut should be consid-ered,” Ficci said after its dele-gation met Revenue SecretaryAjay Bhushan Pandey as part ofthe pre-budget discussion.

In the 2015-16 budget, thegovernment had announcedthat the corporate tax ratewould be gradually lowered to25 per cent from 30 per centover the next four years andexemptions available to com-panies would be phased out.

In the subsequent years,the tax rate was reduced to 25per cent for companies with aturnover of up to �250 crore.

The non-availability ofutilising the scrips towards thepayment of IGST has led tofinancial burden on theimporters.

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Auto industry body SIAMFriday expressed hope that

the new Government wouldtake initiatives to revive growthin all consumer goods, includ-ing automobiles.

“With the newGovernment in place, I amhopeful that India will soon beon the path of economicgrowth, leading to revival of thedemand cycle for all consumergoods including automobiles,”Society of Indian AutomobileManufacturers (SIAM)President Rajan Wadhera saidin a statement.

SIAM expects theGovernment to accord priori-ty industry status to the auto

industry, he added.Echoing similar sentiments,

SIAM Director General VishnuMathur said: “As of now, theindustry is going through adifficult period with a slowdownin demand across all segments.We hope that initiatives by thenew Government will helprevive the demand.”

The industry also looksforward to working with allconcerned ministries for a

smooth transition to BS-VI, headded.

Domestic passenger vehi-cle (PV) sales dropped by 17.07per cent in April, the steepestfall since October 2011, asweak customer sentiment ledby liquidity crunch, uncer-tainty revolving elections andhigh product prices hit sales.

The sales declined for thesixth straight month in April to2,47,541 units as against2,98,504 units in the year-agomonth. It is the worst dip in PVsales since October 2011, whensales had dropped by 19.87 percent.

All major segments,including two-wheelers andcommercial vehicles, witnesseda decline in sales in April.

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China ramped up a war ofwords with the United

States over Huawei on Friday,accusing Washington ofspreading “lies” about the tele-com giant thrust to the centreof their trade war.

The fiery response camehours after US Secretary ofState Mike Pompeo rejectedHuawei’s denials that theChinese company works withthe Communist government.

The Trump administra-tion has infuriated Beijing byblacklisting the smartphoneand telecommunications com-pany over worries that Chinauses it as a tool for espionage,and allegations of breakingsanctions on Iran.

Huawei has repeatedlydenied it works with theCommunist-led government.

“To say that they don’twork with the Chinese gov-ernment is a false statement,”Pompeo told CNBC on

Thursday, adding that Huaweiwas “deeply tied” to theCommunist Party.

Chinese foreign ministryspokesman Lu Kang said USpoliticians have spreadrumours about Huawei withoutproviding evidence.

“These American politi-cians continue to fabricate var-ious subjective, presumptivelies in an attempt to mislead theAmerican people, and nowthey are trying to incite ideo-logical opposition,” Lu said ata regular press briefing.

Trump on Thursday againsaid Huawei posed a threat tonational security.

“You look at what they’vedone from a security stand-point, a military standpoint.Very dangerous,” he toldreporters at the White House.

The heated rhetoric comesas trade negotiations havestalled, with neither sideannouncing a new date toresume talks after theyexchanged increases in tariffs

earlier this month.But Trump also said

Thursday there was a “good”possibility that the two sideswill strike a bargain and linkedHuawei to any deal for the firsttime.

“If we made a deal, I canimagine Huawei being includ-ed in some form or some partof a trade deal,” he said.

Trump’s comments direct-ly contradicted Pompeo, whoearlier said Huawei and thetrade issues were not linked.

The chief US diplomat sep-arated the two issues betweennational security concerns andefforts to create a “fair recip-rocal balanced trade relation-ship.” Lu said he was not awareof the “specifics” of Trump’scomments and repeated thatdialogue must be based on“mutual respect”.

The official Xinhua newsagency said in a commentaryon Friday that China has “fullyprepared for a protracted tradewar” with the United States.

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New Delhi: Vistara announcedFriday it has leased six aircraftfrom Singapore-based BOCAviation to boost its domesticgrowth and will deploy them tomeet the “sudden drop” incapacity in the market.

Vistara has leased fourBoeing 737-800 NG aircraft tobe delivered in May 2019 andtwo Airbus A320neo poweredby CFM LEAP 1A engines,scheduled for delivery in thesecond half of 2019, it said ina statement.

At present, the full-servicecarrier connects 24 destina-tions, operates over 850 flightsa week served by a fleet of 22Airbus A320 aircraft. PTI

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Representatives from more30 countries met with

Federa l Aviat ionAdministrat ion of f icialsThursday to hear the USregulator’s approach todetermining how soon theBoeing 737 Max can resumeflying after two crashes thatkilled 346 people.

Before the meeting, act-ing FAA Administrator

Daniel Elwell declined togive a timetable for theplane’s return. He hinted itcould be several months, say-ing that even October — alater return than airlinesexpected — might not berealistic.

The meeting is crucial tothe US agency’s hopes ofconvincing other regulatorsaround the world to lift theirbans on the plane soon afterthe FAA does.

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The BJP's landslide victory ingeneral election reduces

policy uncertainty and the finalbudget for 2019-20 will indicatewhether the new governmentwill step up economic reformsand return to fiscal consolida-tion path, Fitch Ratings saidFriday.

The BJP has won morethan 300 seats in the latest polls,bettering its performance in2014, and securing a secondterm for Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

Fitch said the victory of theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) inIndia's general election reducespolicy uncertainty in the nearterm and gives the BJP a man-

date to continue its economicreform efforts.

"The final budget for thefiscal year ending in March2020, expected in July, willgive an indication of whetheror not the BJP will step up eco-nomic reforms and return tofiscal consolidation after mod-erate fiscal slippages in recentyears," it said.

Deviating from the fiscalconsolidation path as per theFiscal Responsibility andBudget Management (FRBM)Act, the government inFebruary's interim Budgetpegged the fiscal deficit for2019-20 at 3.4 per cent ofgross domestic product (GDP),as against the original target of3.1 per cent.

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An embattled Theresa Mayannounced on Friday that

she would resign as the UK’sConservative leader on June 7“in the best interests of thecountry”, paving the way for acontest to decide the newPrime Minister after she failedto win over her Ministers witha revised strategy to withdrawBritain from the EuropeanUnion.

A visibly tearful May saidshe would step down as leaderof the Conservative Party onJune 7, with a leadership con-test for a new Prime Ministerto kick off the following weekstarting June 10. She wouldmeanwhile stay on caretakerPM until a new incumbent hasbeen elected by the Tories.

“I will shortly leave the jobthat it has been the honour ofmy life to hold,” the 62-year-oldMay said.

“The second female PrimeMinister, but certainly not thelast. I do so with no ill will, butwith enormous and enduringgratitude to have had theopportunity to serve the coun-try I love.”

The outgoing PrimeMinister said she had keptQueen Elizabeth II informed ofher exit timetable, meaningshe would be presiding over USPresident Donald Trump’s statevisit to the UK in early June.

May listed a series of whatshe said were her government’sachievements, including tack-

ling the deficit, reducing unem-ployment and boosting fund-ing for mental health.

But she admitted: “It is andwill always remain a matter ofdeep regret to me that I havenot been able to deliver Brexit.”

The UK was to have left the28-member economic bloc byMarch 29 but failed to meetthat deadline and now faces arenewed Brexit deadline ofOctober 31. May was expectedto resign after a meeting with

the chair of the ConservativeParty’s influential 1922Committee of backbench MPson Friday. As her three-yearpremiership comes to a close,a new Tory leader expected to

be in place by the end of July.“I have done everything I

can to convince MPs to backthat [Brexit] deal. Sadly, I havenot been able to do so. I triedthree times,” she said.

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“saddened” by Theresa May’sannouncement to resign as theparty leader on June 7, butunderstands why such a stepwas required.

In a joint statement by theTory party headquarters andthe vice-chairs of the influen-tial 1922 Committee of theparty’s backbench MPs, theConservatives laid out theprocess for choosing a newparty leader who would go onto succeed May as Britain’s

Prime Minister.It said that May’s successor

as party leader and prime min-ister was expected to be in placeby parliament’s summer recesswhich is set for July 20.

“We are saddened by herdecision but understand it,and thank her for her years ofservice to our Party and ournation, not just as PrimeMinister but over manydecades before that,” notes thejoint statement by Tory chair Brandon Lewis and1922 Committee vice-chairsCheryl Gillan MP and CharlesWalker.

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The European Union saidFriday that Prime Minister

Theresa May’s resignation doesnothing to change its positionon the Brexit withdrawal dealthat its members agreed withBritain. EU CommissionPresident Jean-Claude Junckernoted May’s decision “without

personal joy,” a spokeswomansaid, adding that the council ofEU leaders has “set out its posi-tion” on the Brexit deal.

Some of the candidates toreplace May as leader of theConservative Party and thusprime minister have said theywould seek to change the termsof the divorce deal she negotiated.

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Germany will keep workingtowards an “orderly”

Brexit, Chancellor AngelaMerkel said Friday, hours after

Prime Minister Theresa Mayannounced her resignation.

Merkel said that she “ofcourse respects the decision” ofMay, adding that they hadalways worked well together.

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Democratic congressionalleader Nancy Pelosi on

Thursday said Donald Trumpis angry that her party is notrushing to impeach him, as therelationship reached new lowswith the rivals trading crudepersonal barbs.

It was the second straightday of a very public war ofwords between Trump and thespeaker of the House ofRepresentatives, who earlierquestioned the president’s men-tal fitness for office andexpressed hope that those closeto Trump would stage an inter-vention “for the good of thecountry.”

Trump responded bybranding Pelosi “crazy Nancy,”in what appeared to be the firsttime he ascribed a pejorativenickname to the woman who ishis congressional nemesis.

The back-and-forth attacksare highlighting the bitter feudthat has swelled since therelease last month of the spe-cial counsel’s report on Russianinterference in the 2016 USelection.

According to Pelosi,Trump’s strategy is to get hisopponents to commit them-selves to impeachment — aprocess that would almost cer-tainly pass in the House, andthen fail in the Republican-controlled Senate, ultimately

energising Trump’s core voters during his re-election bid.

Trump is “disappointed”that the Democrats are holdingoff for now, Pelosi said, even asthey intensify congressionalinvestigations into the presi-dent’s links to Russia and hisalleged obstruction of justice —probes that Trump is trying toblock.

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Myanmar must “showresults” to convince

Rohingya refugees to return,the UN’s High Commissionerfor Refugees Filippo Grandisaid Friday at the end of his firstvisit to Myanmar since thecrackdown against RohingyaMuslims in 2017.

A brutal military campaignin western Rakhine state forcedsome 740,000 Rohingya overthe border into Bangladesh.

Around one millionRohingya now languish insprawling refugee camps fromvarious waves of persecution.

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President Donald Trump hasdirected the US intelligence

community to “quickly andfully cooperate” with AttorneyGeneral William Barr’s inves-tigation of the origins of themultiyear probe of whetherhis 2016 campaign colludedwith Russia.

The move Thursdaymarked an escalation inTrump’s efforts to “investigatethe investigators,” as he con-tinues to try to undermine thefindings of special counselRobert Mueller’s probe amidmounting Democratic calls tobring impeachment proceed-ings against Trump.

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Sri Lankan police on Fridayarrested five suspects,

allegedly having links withlocal Islamist group NationalThowheed Jamaath (NTJ) andits leader Zahran Cassim, themastermind behind the EasterSunday bombings. The fivesuspects were arrested from thenorth central region ofHorowpothana on the daywhen the Parliament extendedthe state of emergency with 22lawmakers voting for it andeight Tamil National Alliancemembers voting against it.

Sri Lankan PresidentMaithripala SirisenaWednesday announced toextend by a month the state ofemergency imposed in thewake of the deadly EasterSunday bombings that killednearly 260 people.

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Iraq’s top diplomat Friday called on Iran torespect the landmark deal covering its nuclear

programme, which has been weakened by the USdecision to withdraw from it and Tehran’sbacking away from certain commitments.

“We think the JCPOA is a good agreement,”said Iraq’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim, referring to the Joint ComprehensivePlan of Action signed by Iran in 2015 with Russia,China, Germany, Britain and the United States.

Under the terms of the deal, the UN’s nuclearwatchdog, the International Atomic EnergyAgency, is charged with regular inspections ofdeclared facilities in Iran such as uranium minesand centrifuge workshops for up to 25 years.

The aim is to ensure that Iran is not hold-ing undeclared stocks of nuclear material and is not enriching uranium past a cer-tain level.

“We encourage the Iranian Government tostick to the JCPOA and stick to the spirit of theagreement and continue with it,” he toldreporters in Oslo during a press briefing at a con-ference on combating sexual violence in human-itarian crises.

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US officials say the Trump administrationhas notified Congress it plans to send 1,500

troops to the Middle East amid heightened ten-sions with Iran. Officials said members ofCongress were notified following a WhiteHouse meeting Thursday to discuss Pentagonproposals to bolster the US force presence inthe Middle East. The officials spoke on Fridayon condition of anonymity because the troopplans have not yet been formally announced.

Earlier this week, officials had said thatPentagon planners had outlined plans that couldhave sent up to 10,000 military reinforcementsto the region. Acting Defence Secretary PatrickShanahan later said planners hadn’t settled ona figure.

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The American CivilLiberties Union and PlannedParenthood filed the lawsuit onbehalf of abortion providersseeking to overturn theAlabama law that would makeperforming an abortion at anystage of pregnancy a felonypunishable by up to 99 years orlife in prison for the abortionprovider. The only exceptionwould be when the woman’shealth is at serious risk.

The law is set to take effectin November unless blocked bya judge. AP

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Yemen’s internationallyrecognised president sent a

letter to the UN secretary-general criticising his envoy tothe war-torn Arab countryover allegedly siding with Iran-aligned Houthi rebels, the president’s office said onFriday.

In the letter addressed toAntonio Guterres, YemeniPresident Abed RabboMansour Hadi accuses MartinGriffiths, the UN special envoyto Yemen, of underminingchances for peace.

Hadi also warned his gov-ernment would stop dealingwith the UN envoy.

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Australia seem to have peakedjust at the right time, winning

each of their last eight One DayInternationals. Not many wouldhave given them a chance until afew months ago, but recent formand arrival of two of their great-est match-winners, Steve Smithand David Warner, makes themone of the strongest sides goinginto the World Cup.

The Aaron Finch led side,stormed past West Indies in theirunofficial warm-up game at thisvery venue. Steve Smith scored awell compiled 76 to assert thathe's well and truly ready for thelong English Summer. UsmanKhawaja, who was struck on hishelmet by a steep bouncer fromAndre Russell, was cleared of anythreatening injury after scansrevealed that there was no seriousdamage to his jaw.

England have dominatedtheir arch-rivals in recent times,having won nine out of the tengames played between the twosides. The hosts had white-washed Australia 5-0, during theprevious English summer.Captain Eoin Morgan, during histeam's kit launch on Tuesday,sounded confident and said that

his team "is in the best possibleplace" and is eager for the WorldCup to start.

The top-ranked ODI sideboasts of a strong batting unitwhich has mounted a series ofhigh totals in recent times. Withthem facing a strong Australianbowling attack which believes infighting fire with fire, the fans canexpect an exciting contest.

KEY PLAYERJofra Archer: Much has beentalked about his inclusion in the

England World Cup squad andeveryone seems excited to see himperform at the biggest stage. Hisopening spell against Pakistan inthe rain-affected game at TheOval was another indicator of hisskills and form in white ballcricket. The Barbados born pacerpromises to pose a serious chal-lenge to the Australian top orderwhich boasts of in form AaronFinch, David Warner and SteveSmith.

(Venue: The Rose Bowl,Southampton)

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India had won four consecutive ODI series, includingthe Asia Cup, before they were handed their first ODI seriesloss at home since October 2015 by Australia. The outcomeposted serious questions on the team's balance going intothe World Cup. However, a large part of the squad, includ-ing the skipper Virat Kohli, seem to be in fine form, thanksto some stellar individual performances during the recent-ly concluded Indian Premier League.

Shikhar Shawan, MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya's recentform come as a great positive. Rohit Sharma, India's open-ing batsman and vice-captain, and Kuldeep Yadav, the left-arm wrist-spinner, were among two of India's key playersthat were a bit off-colour during the IPL though. They willwant to make amends during the warm-ups.

New Zealand lost the ODI series to India at home butredeemed themselves after clean-sweeping Bangladesh withthree resounding wins. The batting unit which revolvesaround the experienced trio of Martin Guptill, KaneWilliamson and Ross Taylor is capable of posting big totalsagainst any opposition. Tom Latham's finger injury presentsopportunity for the uncapped Tom Blundell to justify hisselection in the national squad.

A well-rounded pace attack, quality spinners and gen-uine all-rounders make up a formidable unit for the Kiwis.New Zealand, who had their best ever World Cup campaignin 2015 will look to fine-tune things quickly to try and gothe whole distance this time.

KEY PLAYERSShikhar Dhawan (India): Shikhar Dhawan has beenIndia's most prolific run scorer in ICC tournaments sincethe 2013 Champions Trophy . He was India's leading run-scorer at the 2015 World Cup and now, after a good sea-son with Delhi Capitals, Dhawan looks all set to producemore match-winning performances for India. The left-han-der who has fond memories at this venue, having scoredtwo hundreds previously, will relish the flat batting condi-tions.Trent Boult (New Zealand): Currently ranked second inODI Bowlers' Rankings, Trent Boult will be New Zealand'skey weapon during the World Cup. His ability to swing thenew ball with pace has troubled the best of top-order bats-man in recent years. The left-arm pacer, who was the jointhighest wicket taker (22 wickets) in the tournament's pre-vious edition, will relish bowling with the new ball in Englishconditions.

(Venue: The Oval, London)(Live telecast at Star Sports 1 & 2 from 3pm onwards)

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Afghanistan might havechanged captains a little

under two months before theWorld Cup 2019, but the unityand camaraderie in the side isas strong as ever, GulbadinNaib, the new captain, said onThursday.

Afghanistan CricketBoard's decision to removeAsghar Afghan early in April,and introduce split captaincymeant Naib had the honour ofleading the one-day interna-tional side at the World Cup.Afghan had, before that, led theteam in their meteoric risethrough the ranks, the latest featbeing their maiden Test victo-ry against Ireland in Dehradunin March.

There was, therefore,potential for disharmony fol-lowing the captaincy change,but rather than give way to it,Naib said the mutual respectand admiration in team was asstrong as it ever was.

"Asghar Afghan is still mycaptain," Naib told the ICC on

Captains Day. "We played ourlast few games against Irelandand Scotland, and he helped mea lot. He guided me. He's notjust another player for me, he'sstill my captain right now.

"I want support from him.Not just him, but [Mohammad]Nabi, Rashid [Khan] and all theguys who have a lot of experi-ence. All of us have one goal: wewant to play for Afghanistanand play as a team, whoever thecaptain is."

Naib has come a long waysince the 2015 World Cup,when he played just the onematch. Now he is captain, andhe said he was looking forwardto making the most of theopportunity.

"I am thrilled to lead theteam in front of the wholeworld," he smiled. "I rememberour last appearance in theWorld Cup in 2015. I justplayed one game, and I wasreally excited just to be a partof the squad. Now, the ACBhave announced me as thecaptain for this World Cup. It'sa big opportunity for me."

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England captain EoinMorgan will undergo "a

precautionary X-ray" after injur-ing his left index finger intraining, the England CricketBoard announced on Friday.

Morgan was practising withhis teammates at the AgeasBowl in Southampton ahead ofSaturday's unofficial World Cupwarm-up against Australiawhen he took a blow duringcatching drills.

"Eoin Morgan took a knockto his left index finger fieldingthis morning. He is going tohospital after practice for aprecautionary X-ray," said abrief statement from the ECB.

Morgan, 32, was one of 14players preparing atHampshire's ground, with JoeRoot absent on personal busi-ness.

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South Africa captain Faf duPlessis says the team's record

of repeated World Cup heart-break will have no bearing on alargely youthful squad at the2019 tournament.

Since making their WorldCup debut in 1992 after decadesof apartheid-enforced isolation,South Africa have won just oneof seven knockout matches — aquarter-final against Sri Lankain Sydney four years ago.

They have reached thesemi-finals four times but haveyet to make a final, with amatch-winning innings fromSouth Africa-born all-rounderGrant Elliott seeing them beat-en by New Zealand in 2015.

And when the World Cupwas last staged in England 20years ago, a dramatic semi-finaltie with Australia saw SouthAfrica bow out on net run-rate.

But Du Plessis said that eventhough he and fellow seniorplayers such as Hashim Amlaand Dale Steyn had enduredtheir fair share of World Cuppain, it would not be an issuethis time around.

"You can't control history —I am a firm believer in that," DuPlessis said at a World Cup cap-tains' press conference inLondon.

"All you can try and focuson is what is ahead. If you aregood enough on the day thengreat, but if the opposition arebetter on the day then that'sOK," he added.

"The squad that we havehere compared to previous tour-

naments are a lot younger andwith those new faces comesexciting opportunities."

South Africa have arguablythe toughest start to the groupphase, when they face WorldCup hosts England in the tour-nament opener at the Oval onThursday.

England have twice brokenthe record for the highest one-day international in the pastthree years.

But with conditions promis-ing to be ideal for batting, DuPlessis believes it is bowlerswho could yet determine thedestiny o f the World Cup.

And with an attack led by anoutstanding fast bowler inKagiso Rabada, South Africacould trouble their opponents'top-orders.

"I think bowlers will winthis tournament," he said."Batters will score runs on goodwickets, so the team towards theend will be the team that willhave done well with the ball —teams that can take wickets onflat pitches."

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Ahead of the World Cup,Australian great Mark Waugh

has picked his top three ODI bats-men with Indian skipper ViratKohli being the number onechoice.

"Definitely Virat Kohli. He'sNo 1." Waugh toldcricket.Com.Au.

Kohli, who clinched all threemajor ICC awards earlier in theyear, will hope to lead his coun-try to a third World Cup trophy.The Indian captain goes into thetournament on the back of 41centuries with a stupendous aver-age of 59.57.

For his second pick Waughwent for England's Jos Buttler.

Buttler has been in incredibleform, scoring a 50-ball centuryagainst Pakistan in Southamptonearlier this month after smashing150 from 77 balls against the WestIndies.

"Jos Buttler, I'd have him atNo 2 in the top three," Waughsaid.

For the number three placeWaugh settled on fellow country-men David Warner after contem-

plating between the former vice-captain and current skipperAaron Finch.

"Aaron Finch at his best isright up there, so is DavidWarner," said Waugh.

"I'll go with David Warner."After facing a one-year inter-

national ban owing to his role inthe ball-tampering scandal lastyear, Warner returned to compet-itive cricket in tremendous formand finished as the top scorer inthe recently concluded IPL.

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The ICC Men's Cricket WorldCup 2019 is officially up andrunning and all ten skippers

are anticipating 'the most compet-itive tournament in history'.

With hosts England kicking offthe tournament in less than a week'stime at the Oval against SouthAfrica, the time for talking is almostover.

All ten teams will play eachother in a new-look round-robinstage, with the top four qualifyingfor the semi-finals - a change in for-mat that makes this year's editionmore competitive than ever.

And Eoin Morgan, Virat Kohliand the ten tournament skipperscan't wait to get started, with a seriesof warm-up matches scheduledaround the country in the nextweek.

England skipper Morgan said: "Idon't think anyone is head andshoulders above anyone else.

"These are the ten best teams inthe world, it will be extraordinari-ly competitive and some qualitycricket will be played so we are real-ly looking forward to it.

"Every captain sitting herewould lose their left leg to play in aWorld Cup final at the home ofcricket. It's something every one ofus would have dreamed of as a kid.

"We are as best prepared as wecan be. We just want to play that firstgame now."

India skipper Virat Kohli added:"England in their conditions are themost strong side in this tournament.

"But all the teams so strong andwell balanced and the fact we haveto play every one once, I think thiswill be the most competitive WorldCup that anyone will have seen."

Australia skipper Aaron Finch,

who welcomes back both DavidWarner and Steve Smith as his sidelook to defend the title they won in2015, said: "Since Warner and Smithhave come back into the set-up theyhave been fantastic and contributedso much. The morale has beenunbelievable.

"Once it gets underway, partic-ularly against England, and furtheron for the Ashes, the crowd will playa part but that is expected every-

where in the world."We have plans in place for that,

and their squad input and output interms of the runs they have beenmaking has been fantastic."

South Africa skipper Faf duPlessis is hoping to become the firstman to lead the Proteas to a WorldCup crown, after four semi-finalappearances.

"We are all really excited to tryout this new tournament, to play

every once I think is great," he said."The way we use our resources

will be vital, but every team has X-factor bowlers that will have a bigsay in the successes of the side.

"I think the bowlers will win it,the teams still in it towards the endof the tournament will be the teamsthat have done really well with theball."

Pakistan skipper SarfarazAhmed - who led Pakistan when

they won the ICC ChampionsTrophy in England in 2017 - is feel-ing confident.

"All the teams are really bal-anced. I think people are going towatch some great cricket," he said.

"Since winning the World Cupin 1992, making the final in 1999here in England and thenChampions Trophy in 2017, we gowell in England so we are confidentwe will do well and challenge."

New Zealand were runners upfour years ago and skipper KaneWilliamson hopes his Black Capsside can go one better.

He said: "There are a few guysin the squad from the last WorldCup which is great.

"But four years in betweenmeans there are a lot of new play-ers.

"There has been a lot of talkabout rankings, favourites, under-

dogs but what stands out is how bal-anced it is. Which means anythingcan happen on the day which is soexciting."

West Indies skipper JasonHolder added: "It's a very excitingformat. In the past you could playfive or six games, and that could beit.

"To play every side is great forus. We worked hard with the qual-ifiers to get here, that means it is thetop ten in the world, we want to playthem all and give ourselves a shot.

"The team that wins will defi-nitely deserve it."

Sri Lanka's new captain DimuthKarunaratne said: "We have greatexperience in England, we camehere early to get used to the condi-tions and we are in good shape, hop-ing to do our best.

"It is not going to be easythough. We are confident and tak-ing it each game one by one."

Afghanistan skipper GulbadinNaib added: "We are excited to behere, in front of the cricket worldand to play the best teams.

"To present Afghanistan to theworld is great and we are lookingforward to it.

"There will be a huge audienceat home in all the differentprovinces. Cricket is not just asport now, in Afghanistan it hasbecome something else."

And finally Bangladesh captainMashrafe Mortaza is confident hisside can spring a surprise.

"We have got a great bunch ofboys, a good mix of seniors andjuniors coming on.

"Cricket is a game that anyoneon their day can beat anybody. If westart well we can hang in there.

"We are confident that we cango well, but a lot depends on thestart."

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Marriage is a ‘life relation-ship’ between two peo-ple. Marriage principlesare ways, techniques andmethods that can be fol-

lowed by a couple to strengthen and pro-tect their marriage relationship. It is afact that more and more marriages endup in divorce.

If we accept that we have married forall the right reasons i.e. the companion-ship, communication, love and theabsolute agreement of the heart with thelogic, then what are the reasons mistakesor marriage principles that we do notfollow that eventually lead the marriageinto a disaster?

The mistakes that lead to a deadlockin marriage are more or less commonwith some variations depending on theconditions and character of each indi-vidual. A marriage ends when the twopeople cease to care for each other. Thisis the result of many emotional process-es such as: anger, bitterness, stress anddepression, envy and fraud, lost confi-dence, low self esteem, lack of commu-nication and of course wrong choices.

If you have maxed out a credit cardor two and find yourself hiding the billseach month, you can bet it's going tocome back to bite you. Eventually,whether you're applying for a homeloan or simply talking about the costsof summer vacation, these kinds ofmoney issues will either be brought tolight by a credit report or by the sim-ple fact you can't afford a trip away.Although infidelity usually happens inbed, it also can happen with money.And it will be a tough road gaining backyour spouse's trust if you've lied aboutoverspending.

The failure to actively listen to ourspouse is another big problem. Peoplehave become very selfish. We tend to domore talking and we have forgotten tolisten. We are always correct and theother person is always wrong. We do notdo any self-criticism but we tend to con-tinuously criticize our partner.

We rarely hear what they are sayingto us and even more rarely we do some-thing to change what may have dis-turbed or wounded them. As a result ofthis we end up with no speaking butwatching television. Neither of the twowants to listen, see or feel.

After identifying the reasons thatcreate problems in a marriage, the nextstep is to take some corrective actionsto solve those problems and give themarriage a chance to be successful.

Be fair with yourself and partner andhave always in your mind that you arenot always correct. You may be some-times wrong in your decisions andthoughts. It is a fact that when two peo-ple disagree, the truth is somewhere inthe middle. And when two people sep-arate then certainly the blame is in both.If from time to time we forget the mid-dle ground and we do not compromisethen this will create severe problems toour marriage.

If the marriage was based on ourmany promises, but these promiseswere never made into reality, it is per-fectly logical to be full of frustration andanger. The words and promises are madetoo easily when we love and when thingsgo well. But when you get into a diffi-cult situation things change. This is thetime to stop the unreal promises andstart making actions.

Accept the simple principle, that allpeople make mistakes. The mistake ispart of human nature and we should beable to forgive and look to the future. Ifwe rehash the mistakes, and if in any dis-agreement we mention one hundredother reasons we should in the pastbeing angry with our partner, then thiswill kill our soul and will fill it with angerand bad memories.

One reason we have conflict in mar-riage is that opposites attract. Usually atask-oriented individual marries some-one who is more people-oriented. Peoplewho move through life at breakneckspeed seem to end up with spouses whoare slower-paced. It’s strange, but that’spart of the reason why you married whoyou did. Your spouse added a variety,spice, and difference to your life that itdidn’t have before.

But after being married for a while(sometimes a short while), the attrac-

tions become repellents. You may argueover small irritations—such as how toproperly squeeze a tube of toothpaste—or over major philosophical differencesin handling finances or raising children.You may find that your backgrounds andyour personalities are so different thatyou wonder how and why God placedyou together in the first place.

It’s important to understand thesedifferences, and then to accept andadjust to them. Just as Adam acceptedGod’s gift of Eve, you are called to acceptHis gift to you. God gave you a spousewho completes you in ways you haven’teven learned yet.

Marriage is like a flower that wantswatering every day or else I will bedestroyed. So we must not rest on thefact that now that we are married weshould not show any interest in our part-ner but let things as they come. It takesa lot of trouble and struggle to maintainquality and a genuine relationship. Weneed every day to show our interest inour partner not only in words but alsoin deeds.

All issues and disputes must be set-tled and resolved through dialogue andnot by absolute positions that are dog-matically imposed from one person tothe other person. As a good principle,

do not avoid discussions and never tryto impose your opinion on your part-ner. Everybody has his or her own opin-ion and this should be respected. In case of a disagreement the best way to find a solution is through dis-cussion.

In the context of marriage you haveto give your partner the attentionhe/she deserves. You should not alwaysdeal with your work or children andneglect your partner. The principle isthat you should have a balance in yourlife, so as to manage your time efficient-ly and have enough time to devote toyour partner and family.

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There have been talks about how theIndian education system, syllabusand pedagogy need change.

However, before we even begin to changethe system, ‘building’ it is of utmostimportance since not everyone has accessto primary education in the country eventoday.

And director Aditya Om’s Maassab istestimony to the same. A leading actor inthe Telugu film industry, Aditya has notonly been associated with cinema but withsocial causes as well. It was when he dugdeeper into the matter of how the educa-tion system needs regularity and more thanthat, functionality in the country, that hedecided to do his bit to bring about achange. The film deals with the state of pri-mary education in rural India. When aneducation inspector visits a governmentschool in Bundelkhand, he realises how thekids are not taught even by the employedteachers. He discovers that there is no reg-ularity in the school’s curriculum. WhenAshish Kumar, the new teacher walks in,he takes charge of the children and themammoth task of turning the school

around. Aditya says that thisteacher is a reformer whobelieves that education is auniversal treasure and every-one has an equal right to it. Hetries to do his bit to spreadquality education even insmall villages.

A lot of research went intomaking the film’s story reach-able to many. He says, “Weresearched quite a lot abouthow primary education getsdelivered in the rural areas of the nationand came across many pitfalls in the sys-tem. Private education provides morefacilities but has been viewed as a business.They indeed created more opportunitiesand facilities but the pricing rose exorbi-tantly, which in turn made quality educa-tion only a distant dream for the poor andaffordable only for the urban elite, whilegovernment schools in small towns and vil-lages lack quality mentors and infrastruc-ture. These are the challenges due to excesscommercialisation.”

While digging these facts was challeng-

ing, finding a suitable locationto shoot was even tougher forAditya. “It was difficult becausethe originality of the concepthad to be maintained. So, Izeroed in on Bundelkhand inIndia’s oldest state, UttarPradesh. Here the problemswere more visible. The social,economic milieu of the prob-lems were very evident. Weshot the film there and manylocal people were involved. In

fact, none of the children in the film areactors, but from the same school where weshot,” says he.

It would have certainly been a chal-lenge to make a film with children whodon’t understand the cinematic processand language. However, he says that thekids became well rehearsed with the ter-minology within six to seven days so itwasn’t that difficult, rather turned out tobe fun. He laughs to tell us that they start-ed enjoying the shoot so much that therecame a point when they knew when thesequence will begin or be cut. “Before even

the crew would say ‘action’ or ‘replay’ or‘retake,’ they would!” he says as he burstsout laughing reminiscing over the time.

The Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo actor tellsus why he did not choose professionalactors for the film. “More than our low-budget limitations, I wanted to give thefilm a real touch of ruralhood. You canalways create fictional characters to pre-sent something, but taking real people andfaces enhances the story’s true essence.And there is always a need for new facesfor realism in cinema as a distinction needsto be made between commercial and art-house ones,” says he.

The issue he would like to touch uponin his next project, he says, would be man-ual scavenging. Aditya talks about why hedigs out stories from rural India more thanurban cities. He says that it is because inthe city, it is difficult to find stories thatare grounded in the history. “Villagesalways bring across stories which willmake you think how human life functionsat such places. It makes you think beyondthe urban infrastructure and facilities youare born with. We are so engrossed in our

own world that we are not aware of theground realities. And I think many thingscould be highlighted from villages inIndia,” he adds.

The director wanted to explore a spacethat does not commercialise its subject andat the same time, offers something differ-ent. “And sometimes to shoot such films,where even our budget is less, it could takearound two to three years,” he says.However, it’ll be surprising to know thatMassaab, the two-hour-long film, took just21 days to complete even though it facedmany financial challenges like demoneti-sation as it went on floors in late 2016.

So how do film festivals help in dif-ferentiating the commercial cinema andarthouse cinema in India? For Aditya, filmfestivals are “extremely” important torecognise films which do not fit into a reg-ular, commercial space. “Not always canfilms be made for entertainment purpose,right? Here is when the idea of ‘CinemaLiteracy’ comes to fore. It’s the idea thatapart from entertainment, these kinds offilms exist too. So a literacy to understandcinema needs to be developed in people,”he says and goes on to add that eventhough such festivals are there, but theywork only when media talks about them.“Media attention is important for festivalslike these, otherwise people wouldn’tmove beyond the Akshay Kumar and AjayDevgn kind of cinema. They need toappreciate all kinds of genres and subjects,”says he.

As the film, Maassab is set to bescreened at the Habitat Film Festival atIndia Habitat Centre, Aditya talks aboutwhy the category — ‘Children’s Films’ —is important. “Firstly, you can tell so manystories through children. They are honestand can make people realise even the harshrealities with innocence. Nowadays, kidsare into movies like Avengers and IronMan, yes they attract them but even thesestories which are told by children them-selves need to be looked at. They don’talways need superhero films,” says he.

Well, still wondering what ‘Maassab,’means? The term implies a teacher or aportmanteau of ‘master sahab,’ which thestudents in villages call their teachers,Aditya says as he laughs.

(The film will be screened at 11 am onMay 26 at Amaltas.)

What’s the most challeng-ing part of shooting thewhole series?

Practically, the most difficultthing is getting the boats on water.They’re very well made but they’renot inherently stable. I try not tolimit myself when I’m thinkingabout the script. I want to give themchallenges, I want to push the showas far as we can. I remember com-ing across descriptions of how, ifthey were blocked from going upriv-er for some reason with their boats,the Vikings would dismantle themand carry them over the mountainsand put them down on the otherside. I said to the production design-er, Mark Geraghty, I’d love to showit but I know we can’t. I thoughtmaybe there was some other way ofdoing something similar. Well, twomonths later, we did it, I was upthere in Wicklow mountains watch-ing a Viking boat being hauled upthe cliff-face and then being pulledthrough a forest for a scene. It wasjust unbelievable. So I don’t put anylimits on what I can write or whatwe can do.

What’s the appeal or the fascina-tion of writing about the medievalor ancient times as opposed tocontemporary times?

I have written a couple of con-temporary things but I don’t feel ascomfortable or as excited by doingthat. William James, the philoso-pher, once described a baby’s expe-rience of life as a buzzing, boomingchaos, and my sense of contempo-rary life is just the same. I prefer tohave perspective and context whenI write.

I have an academic background,so the research part of my job issomething I delight in. It’s out of thatresearch, reading, thinking andnoodling that the ideas and charac-ters start to emerge.

Is there more creative freedom insome ways because the Vikings isset so far back in history?

I’m supposed to feel tired whenpeople say, “Is it accurate?” But yes,I think it frees up my imaginationbecause there’s so many occasionswhere you think, “I couldn’t havemade that up.” It’s so surreal to thinkthat the things that happened in theseries actually happened in the reallife. If you’re inventing stuff justfrom your own head, you’re verylimited to the things you have inyour head. And if you haven’t hadcertain experiences, then you don’tknow but you can read about otherpeople having those experiences.And so it is liberating.

You are retelling history but yousay that you’re a storyteller as well.Are there any last-minute plotchanges or scenarios that you’vehad to change to keep it factual?

The process begins with read-ing and noting of some event. Andremember, this is the dark age.There’s a lot of speculation. I feel thatJustin, the historical advisor, isimmersed in this world and hasaccess to many more facts than I do.I need reassurance from him. I can’tremember any sort of last-minutethings but yes interesting issuescome up. I knew this place calledUppsala in Sweden where there wasa pagan temple, which is recordedand written about by an Arab trad-er. He had described some of thepagan practices around the templewhich he found quite disgusting.

And it was clear there were humansacrifices. But it was my idea that theVikings would volunteer to be sac-rificed. There’s no recording ofthat. It is possible that they simplysacrificed slaves who were worthlessto them. But what’s the point ofoffering the gods a worthless sacri-fice when you could have a mean-

ingful sacrifice? So, I invent thingslike that but they are rooted in a realsort of process.

How did you decide on Ivar’s dis-ability?

I needed a lot of drama. Themost dramatic route would be tohave a famous Viking warrior and

chief who is crippled. Who couldimagine that? It offered such achallenge to the actor and to theproduction, “How do we get this guyaround?” There’s a couple ofaccounts of Ivar being carried intobattle on a shield and you wonder.It suggests that he had difficultmobility. But having decided that hehad brittle bone disease, we then didresearch on it and met people withthat disease and noted their descrip-tions of what it was like. The whitesof the eyes turn blue if they are indanger of breaking a limb. So weused that, because that was very dra-matic.

When you started, did you knowthat it would be such a long storyand they would fill so many sea-sons?

You never know. It’s in the lapof the gods. It depends on if theaudience is liking it or not.

How many episodes were commis-sioned at the beginning?

We were commissioned nineepisodes. Nine is a magic number.But I had an idea of where I want-ed to take the story. I was desper-ate to do the attack on Paris becauseI knew how spectacular that wasand how extraordinary it would beto recreate.

And I wanted the Vikings to getto North America, which I knewwould be a long process. It waswishful thinking on my part becausemore than half of new shows arecancelled.

The Vikings seems more like mod-ern theatre production versus aregular TV show. What is the dif-ference?

One of the differences from awriter’s point of view is that you can’tchange the text of the play, if thewriter is insistent, has written a playthis way, you don’t normally get adiscussion among the people whoare making it. My work is totally col-laborative. I’m changing things allthe time. The show evolves and getschanged even in the cutting. A goodeditor will change the entire episode,the meaning of it and can putthings in a completely differentorder. So it’s very fluid. But there issomething, of course, stagy about it.It is on a stage. We talk about itbeing on a stage. The only signifi-cant difference I realised is that youhave your set and it’s dressed and itlooks nice. Then the actors come inand they’re rehearsing the scene. Sothey are on a stage, they have theirlines and everything.

Just one or two years ago, thedirector of photography, said, “Doyou want to look through the cam-era, Michael?” I looked through thecamera. It changes everything. Itcreates a magic space. The cameranotices things you haven’t noticed.It pushes some things away and itbrings other things in focus. It’s themost incredibly transformative,transcending medium. That is whatis different from theatre. It’s thecamera. A good director and a goodcameraman are totally vital. Don’tdo anything just for the sake of it.

Just forget about the journey. Just getthem there if something interestingis going to happen. For me, that’salways been the magic of this medi-um.

What is the most important thingto consider when making castingdecisions?

One of the things that I preferto do is to cast relatively unknownpeople, because I don’t like peoplecoming into a role with past actingexperiences. They remember thoseexperiences from other things andthen compare their performances.I prefer they live in this character,they become this character. Thatmeans you are always taking a risk.

We’ve taken people, really goodactors off the stage. It’s been won-derful. We’ve got an amazing cast.But the leads, that was a big change.We took a chance on them. Themost amazing thing happened whenwe were casting the boys, the sonsof Ragnar, as grown-ups. We hadquite a lot of people coming in andAlex Høgh was one of them, but hewasn’t going to read for Ivar. It wasclear from his first audition, what herehearsed, that he was very goodand absolutely clear. I said, “Can wejust get him to read for Ivar?” Hehadn’t prepared for that role so wegave him a few minutes to acquainthimself with the lines. Before westarted, Alex came in and said, “I’vegot one question. Is Ivar in pain?”I said, “I think he’s in pain most ofthe time.” When he came in, weweren’t seeing the pain in his per-formance, so the cameraman askedhim to perform in front of the cam-era and when we watched his per-formance later, we could see thepain in his eyes. I knew it then, thatAlex was the right person to playIvar. He has been absolutely spec-tacular to watch.

(Vikings airs at 11 pm on AXN.)

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The auction, titled Write Me and Tell MeYour Heart: Leonard Cohen’s Love Letters toMarianne by global auction house Christie’s,would take place online from June 5-13.

“Postmarked from Hydra, Montreal,New York, Tel Aviv and Havana, and writ-ten during pivotal years in Cohen’s career,these poetic letters brim with both biograph-ical detail and raw emotion, documentingone of the most captivating love affairs of itstime as well as the transformation of a youngman into a great artist,” Christie’s said.

Marianne was the inspiration for thefamous song So Long, Marianne.

A highlight from the auction includesa letter written in Tel Aviv in September 1960at the start of their relationship. Cohen writes,“It’s hard to write you. The surf is too loud.The beach is too crowded, and you’re toomuch in my heart to put anything down.”It is estimated to fetch $6,000-9,000.

Also on sale is an autographed letterfrom February 1967 after his first major per-formance in New York.

Cohen describes in the letter that he“sang in New York for the first time last night,at a huge benefit concert. Every singer you’veever heard of was there performing. JudyCollin introduced me to the audience, over3,000 people, and they seemed to know whoI was, mostly because of Suzanne (a song byCohen).”

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If you’re going to earnestly shout “Vivele cinema!” the Cannes Film Festivalis the place to do it.That’s what Quentin Tarantino

declared from atop Cannes’ red-carpetstairs on his way into the premiere of OnceUpon a Time in Hollywood, his affection-ate ode to the film industry.

The film, aglow with nostalgia for thehalcyon days of 1969 and starringLeonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, encap-sulates what’s now almost extinct inHollywood — a big-budget, film star-ledoriginal epic. It’s Tarantino’s widescreenretort to anyone who would argue filmsare diminished in the age of streaming.

And nowhere is the art of films morecelebrated, and taken seriously, thanCannes. Vive le cinema! is more or less thefestival’s ethos and rallying cry. Along withthe rise of streaming, Cannes has increas-ingly had the pitch of a battle field, onewhere differing visions for the soul of cin-ema is bitterly contested.

This time, Netflix is for the secondstraight year largely absent from Cannes.After the festival, bowing to pressure fromFrench exhibitors, declared films neededFrench theatrical distribution in order tocompete for the Palme, Netflix withdrew,refusing to hold its films off its platformfor the 36-month window, as stipulated bythe French law.

But throughout the French Rivierafestival, the streaming giant has perpet-ually loomed just off screen, out of framebut not out of mind. Many of the world’sforemost filmmakers, from AlejandroIñárritu to Pedro Almodóvar, haveweighed in. The pluses and minuses of aCannes without Netflix has been a regu-lar conversation in beachside soirees andthroughout the halls of the festival hub,the Palais des Festivals.

Many would like to see an end to theCannes-Netflix cold war. “Netflix is doinga great job,” Iñarritu, the head of this year’sjury, said at the outset. “Why not give peo-ple the choice to experience cinema?”

Iñarritu, whose Birdman skewered thedominance of superhero movies, praisedNetflix for backing the kinds of films themajor studios have mostly given up mak-ing. In a recent interview, he went further:“We are all letting this medium die, and

just becoming a franchise-entertainmentpark. And if those studios, distributors,and exhibitors don’t find a way forward,Netflix will eat them alive.”

This year’s festival has been typicallyvibrant in new voices and old masters. Ithasn’t lacked for exciting breakthroughs(Celine Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady onFire), top-notch genre filmmaking (BongJoon-ho’s Parasite) or Hollywood glitz(Dexter Fletcher’s Rocketman). But somebelieve this year’s Cannes would be bet-ter if Netflix had a starring role.

Veteran producer Cassian Elwes,whose credits include Netflix’s Mudbound,said keeping Netflix out of the festival ishurting business. The Cannes market,which runs alongside the festival, iswhere many movies (finished or in devel-opment) are bought and sold.

“Cannes is in total disrepair. Businessis flat and most of the films screening hereare irrelevant in the US marketplace,”Elwes said on Twitter. “Both sides, (mar-ket) and festival, need to realise they areco-dependent and figure out a solutionand quick. Keeping the streamers out isself-defeating.”

Netflix still has an acquisitions teamin Cannes. Though it hasn’t announcedany buys, it may well still. A study con-ducted by the Sorbonne captured just howvital Netflix has been to festival market-places. Its researchers found that 39 percent of Cannes premieres since 2009 havewent on to stream on Netflix, althoughmost first had theatrical runs.

Cannes’ loss has been Venice’s gain.Last year, Netflix withdrew, among othertitles, Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma after the twosides were unable to find a solution.Cannes is already under pressure becausemany films have lately preferred fall fes-

tival debuts, closer timed to Oscar season.But missing out on Roma — which wonthe Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion andbecame arguably the most criticallyacclaimed film of the year — hurt.

Netflix and Cannes have since contin-ued discussions with no results. Thoughthey were reportedly not ready in time forCannes, Martin Scorsese’s The Irishmanand Steven Soderbergh’s The Laundromatwere rumoured possibilities that wouldhave surely been major gets for the festi-val.

Almodóvar, who premiered his Painand Glory to strong reviews in Cannes, isamong those happy to see someonestanding up to Netflix. He considers thedwindling number of theatres in hisnative Spain a crisis.

“Fortunately, we have a differentcountry in France,” said Almodóvar.“France is the greatest defender of thelarge screen, and I think it’s the French

industry that’s going to deliver this bat-tle against the streaming platforms,” headded.

Netflix has drawn protesters at theBerlin Film Festival but France andCannes has been its most challengingmarket despite more than five million sub-scribers here. When Netflix content chiefTed Sarandos spoke on stage in Cannesin 2015, he was heckled. (HarveyWeinstein dramatically came to hisdefence.) Amid the uproar over the inclu-sion of two Netflix releases in 2017—Bong’s Okja and Noah Baumbach’s TheMeyerowitz Stories — some festival-goersbooed the Netflix logo. Others cheered.

Cannes’ Netflix conundrum may onlyget more pronounced when Disney,WarnerMedia and Apple all later this yearroll out their own streaming platforms.After premiering the first two episodes ofhis Amazon series Too Old to Die Young,director Nicolas Refn said, “The studiosare getting ready for ultimate streaming.I think that’s common knowledge.”

That increased competition, though,might also give Cannes more leverage.The festival remains an unparalleledglobal stage, one much sought after byfilmmakers.

“The streamers are going to have theirown survival of the fittest scenariosbecause how many can you subscribe to?”said Tom Bernard, co-chairman of SonyClassics. “As diverse as the distributors arethese days, I think that the streaming ser-vices are just as diverse.”

There are already signs of a thaw.Netflix does have one film in Cannes:Babak Anvari’s Wounds. It’s playing inDirectors’ Fortnight, a separate but con-current section at Cannes run indepen-dently by the French Directors Guild.

Nicolas Winding Refn, for one, wasready to declare the dawn of a new era.While some television series and made-for-TV films have debuted before atCannes, his show is the first streamingseries to premiere at the festival. He calledit “year zero.”

“This is the future, which is stream-ing,” said Refn. “Now Cannes has changed.It has mutated into the future. With thatcomes limitless possibilities,” he added.

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Every country has adifferent culture andpractice surroundingmenstruation, theonly commonality

being the taboos. The stigmaexists in speaking up boldlyabout it or its manifestations,like blood flow.

In Kenya, more than onemillion girls miss up to sixweeks of schools each yearbecause they don’t have accessto menstrual products. In India,many women are not allowedto enter the kitchen or be partof any rituals during periods.But some major misconcep-tions crumbled when Chineseswimmer Fu Yuanhuiannounced that she was on herperiod when she swam duringthe 2016 Olympics. In Nepal, ahistoric practice called chhau-padi has been banned. Thepractice entails banishing aperson who’s menstruating to ashed outside their homebecause of the belief thatwomen become “impure” dur-ing the time of their period.

Twenty two-year-old film-maker Rhea Mathew’s filmStains is an attempt to examinethe portrayal of menstrualblood through the eyes of the

sufferer, the people who assigndiscriminatory connotationsto this blood and how itbecomes a metaphor for rela-tionships. It also looks at anurban relationship that strug-gles to exist in the tusslebetween individuality and tra-dition where a woman attemptsto define and reclaim herautonomy.

Rhea apprises us that thestory is written by ManjulaPadmanabhan under the samename. She says, “The originalstory is set in a very differentcontext. It is set in the US andportrays the relationshipbetween an NRI man and anAfrican-American woman. Ichanged the story line andplaced it in the Indian context.I come from a displaced cultur-al background. My parents arefrom Kerala but I have neverlived there. I have lived my lifein Gujarat. I am not rootedentirely in that culture yet I dogo back to it. Malayali cultureis still very much rooted inpatriarchy. It started developingas I was shooting the film. It justput me in the thought processand it also reflects in my film.”

She explains that the filmrevolves around the story of a

couple from different culturalbackgrounds who are spendingthe weekend with the man’smother on the occasion ofOnam. The woman, in themeanwhile, starts menstruatingand stains her bedsheet. Andher boyfriend’s mother has anextreme and conservative reac-tion to this. The event, and herboyfriend failing to stand up forher rather expecting her toadjust, creates conflict thatbuilds through the course of thefilm. She begins to examine herown relationship with her peri-od — the blood and the pain —while simultaneously examin-ing her relationship with her-self and her boyfriend.

Rhea has talked to a lot ofwomen around her about theidea of menstruation for themand not just a taboo in societyat large. But “how do you cometo a space where we are condi-tioned to, in a way, hide ourown blood from ourselves? It’sa subject that has been repre-sented fairly often in main-stream commercial cinema inthe sense of taboo. But I don’tsee a lot of representation andacceptance of the blood itself,”she says.

“Let’s talk about Padman or

other films that speak againstthe taboo. You’ll, at the most,see sanitary napkins beingshown but there is a politics ofrepresentation of that blood,which I feel is equally importantto talk about. We have nevertalked about menstrual bloodas it is. Not in the sense of cre-ating a shock value but just asan ordinary everyday thing,” thefilmmaker adds.

So how can we begin nor-malising something? She feelsthat it’s just by being able to seeit and talking about it everyday.There is a need to discuss thematter until it becomes normal.It’s such a huge part of our lifeand we are still conditioned ina manner where we are noteven okay if another womansees it. It’s actually aboutrethinking this relationshipthat you have with your ownblood.

As the film is set to screenat the Habitat Film Festival atthe India Habitat Centre, shesays that such film festivals areimportant for emerging artistsand filmmakers to get a biggerplatform to reach out a largeraudience.

(The film will be screened at2 pm on May 25 at IHC.)

Rihanna may have looked cool and col-lected next to the debut collection for

her new fashion label, Fenty, donning a bril-liant white tuxedo dress and a 1,000-wattsmile. But on the inside it was another story.

“It’s all a facade,” said the Barbados-born star who has become the first blackwoman to launch a major Parisian fashionhouse. “Pressure? Of course... I’m passion-ate about what I do, so there’s pressure everysingle second. It’s not like crumbling pres-sure but it’s like, ‘You better get it good, girl.’”

News of the singer’s groundbreakingdeal with LVMH, the world’s largest luxu-ry group, shook up the fashion industry ear-lier this month. Rihanna is the first womanand the first person of colour, to create amajor brand under the luxury giant fromscratch. At age 31, that’s no mean feat.

“This is a moment in history... It’s a bigdeal for me and my entire generation,” shesaid.

The collection is named after thesinger-turned-designer’s last name: Shewas born Robyn Rihanna Fenty. The ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories and eyewearare available for sale in Paris’ Le Marais areain a popup store and will debut online fromMay 29.

Speaking in the store amid snappingcameras, she said she felt the time was rightto make a move like this. It comes one yearafter LVMH’s Louis Vuitton named its firstever African American designer formenswear, Virgil Abloh.

She said, “Right now, fashion in gener-al has been stepping up a lot and been vocalabout issues — whether it’s subtly oraggressively.” While she said Fenty’s ambi-tions are not “political,” they’re infused withthe story of “me as an immigrant movingto America. That was a big journey for me.And to even get here to Paris — it’s some-thing to celebrate and embrace.”

The singer already has a track record forembracing diversity in the luxury industryafter she featured some 40 shades of foun-dation in her hugely lucrative Fenty Beautyline in 2017. Many said that revolutionisedthe makeup industry and plugged a glaringgap in the market for women with diverseethnic backgrounds. That initiative was saidto have caught the eye of Europe’s mostpowerful luxury CEO, Bernard Arnault ofLVMH. But the launch — steered by an out-sider with no formal design training — hasalso been greeted with a dose of cynicism.

Fenty is a recognition that the fashionindustry now formally considers a majorpopstar to have as much to say in design asestablished figures such as NicolasGhesquiere of Louis Vuitton or even thelauded Alber Elbaz, formerly of Lanvin. Heis currently out of work.

Some say Fenty is the first major houseof the Instagram age. The Parisian fashionindustry — dominated by white males —is famously snooty and Rihanna will have

a lot to prove.The wearable designs channeled an

oversize, street aesthetic, with garments likecross-over jackets in thick cotton canvas ora button-down shirt dress in stiff Japanesedenim.

“It’s hardcore but still chic. It’s that jux-taposition that I really enjoy,” Rihanna said.“Knowing me, of course you’re going tohave streetwear elements that are done ina luxury way,” she added.

Fenty — not to be confused with thestoried LVMH brand Fendi — says it willbe based in Paris but will operate onlinewith a “See-Now-Wear-Now” model, for-going the usual luxury fashion seasonal pre-viewed designs.

“They were flexible enough to allow meto have a different perspective on the wayI wanted to release things,” she said.“Coming from such a traditional back-ground in fashion (as LVMH), you don’tthink there’s another way that will work —but they allowed me to do that.”

The head of communication of LVMH,Bernard Arnault’s son, Antoine, admittedRihanna was not a traditional kind ofdesigner but said the company had givenher total creative freedom.

“Calling it an experiment is a littlereductive, given the ambition we have forthe project,” Antoine Arnault said.

“There are lots of firsts — It’s the firsttime we, in fashion, are collaborating sofrankly with a popstar. But she’s so muchmore than that. She’s someone who has abird’s eye view on fashion and pop culture,who is at the same time obsessed withdetails.” J)�

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Damage limitation, and a fifth con-secutive Copa del Rey, will be the

prize if Barcelona beat Valencia onSaturday as their rejuvenated oppo-nents eye a final flourish to theirremarkable comeback season.

Victory for Barca would onlyslightly alleviate the disappointmentof failing in the Champions Leaguebut another defeat, less than threeweeks after the collapse at Anfield,would plunge the club back into cri-sis.

For Valencia, the possibilities aremore positive, given a loss in Sevilleis expected, while a win would turna decent campaign into a sensation-al one.

The numbers favour Barcelona.Twenty-six points separate the twosides in the table, with Barca scoringmore goals than Valencia have scoredand let in put together.

Valencia's captain Dani Parejofinished their top scorer on ninegoals, the same number Lionel Messihad hit before the middle of

November.And Valencia have beaten

Barcelona only once in 14 attempts,without a success in any of their lasteight meetings.

But the records ignore trajectoryand momentum. Barca look like aside still hurting, eager to end the sea-son and begin recovering over thesummer. Valencia are flying high,fresh from a late surge that saw themsnatch fourth place on Saturday.

After beating Real Valladolid,Valencia's players celebrated like theyhad won a trophy.

Barcelona are depleted. LuisSuarez and Marc-Andre ter Stegen areout with knee injuries. PhilippeCoutinho, Ousmane Dembele andArthur Melo are all struggling. NelsonSemedo and Kevin Prince-Boatengmight not have started, but they areunlikely to make it either.

Valencia last won it 11 years ago,Fernando Morientes scoring in a 3-1 victory over Getafe in a stadium thatno longer exists. That was the last tro-phy the club hoisted in any compe-tition at all.

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Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer wereplaced in the same half of the draw for

the French Open on Thursday meaning thetwo longtime rivals could meet in the semi-finals.

Second seed Nadal is chasing a 12thtitle in Paris while 2009 champion Federer,seeded three, is playing in the tournamentfor the first time since 2015.

Nadal starts against qualifiers in thefirst two rounds while 37-year-old Federer,bidding to become the oldest Grand Slamtitle winner of all time, faces Italy's LorenzoSonego, ranked at 73.

Top seed and world number oneNovak Djokovic starts his campaign againstPoland's Hubert Hurkacz, the world num-ber 43.

Djokovic, the 2016 champion, is bid-ding to become only the second man in his-tory to hold all four Slams at the same time.

Only Rod Laver, who swept to calen-dar Slams in 1962 and 1969, has previous-ly achieved the feat.

If the seedings work out for the quar-ter-finals, then 15-time major winnerDjokovic would face Germany's AlexanderZverev who has still to get past the last eightat a Slam.

Fourth seed Dominic Thiem, the 2018runner-up to Nadal, would face Argentineeighth seed Juan Martin del Potro whileFederer would meet Stefanos Tsitsipas, theGreek who stunned him at the AustralianOpen in January.

Nadal, who won his first title of 2019in Rome last weekend against a wearyDjokovic, is seeded to face Japan's KeiNishikori in the last-eight.

In the women's draw, top seed NaomiOsaka, bidding for a third successiveGrand Slam title, opens against world 92Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia.

Three-time champion Serena Williams,chasing a record-equalling 24th major,begins against Vitalia Diatchenko of Russia.

She could face Osaka in the quarter-finals in a rematch of their stormy 2018 US

Open final where the Japanese star tri-umphed while the American suffered aspectacular meltdown.

Defending champion Simona Halep,seeded three, plays Australia's AjlaTomljanovic in her first round match.

Venus Williams, unseeded this year,begins against ninth seed Elina Svitolina ofthe Ukraine.

Second seed Karolina Pliskova, thechampion in Rome last weekend, startsagainst Madison Brengle of the UnitedStates.

������ Roger Federer on Friday hailed the "won-derful" addition of the Laver Cup, one of threemen's tennis team events, to the official ATP cal-endar.

The tournament, inspired by golf 's RyderCup, pits teams from Europe and the 'rest of theworld' against each other and was first held in2017.

It will be in competition with the revampedDavis Cup and the ATP World Team Cup.

"As I come closer to the end of my playingcareer, it's wonderful to know that the Laver Cupwill be part of the tour that I've dedicated morethan 20 years of my life to," said the 37-year-oldFederer in a statement after the announcementthat the Laver Cup would be added to the ATPTour.

This year's edition will be held in Genevafrom September 20-22, with Bjorn Borg's TeamEurope the defending champions after defeatingthe John McEnroe-led Team World in 2018 inChicago.

World number one Novak Djokovic playedin the Laver Cup last year, but has also been oneof the driving forces behind bringing back theATP World Team Cup.

"The Laver Cup is a true celebration of ten-nis that is loved by the fans and embraced by theplayers," said the 15-time Grand Slam champi-on.

The inaugural Davis Cup finals — which havereplaced the World Group after funding fromBarcelona footballer Gerard Pique's investmentcompany Kosmos — will be held in Novemberin Madrid, while Sydney will host the first WorldTeam Cup finals next year. AFP

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Newly-appointed Indian football coachIgor Stimac in his first press conference

on Friday made it clear that all players,including the star forward Sunil Chhetri, areon the same pedestal and will have to fightfor their place in the team.

"We speak every day. I speak with all ourplayers every day. That's my approach. I needto do that. I need to get information fromthem," Stimac said on Friday.

"Of course, Sunil (Chhetri) is very valu-able to our team. He is a role model to theseyoung players who are knocking on thedoor. He has played so many games, he isso experienced, and has scored so manygoals. But as well as others, he needs to fight

for a place in the team."We all start from zero. Football is like

that. You don't get anything for the past. Youget paid for today's job. As successful youare today, tomorrow you get your chanceonce again."

With less than two weeks to go for hisfirst assignment, Stimac said that he is con-cerned about the defence, and the lack ofoptions, particularly at centre-back.

"Over the next few months, my job willbe to find more competitors for the centre-back position, which we are short on rightnow," Stimac said.

The 37-man preliminary squad, whichis undergoing a camp at the JawaharlalNehru Stadium, will be cut short to 23, bythe time the team leaves for Thailand on

June 1."In the next few days I have to decide

on 25-26 players from this squad who willbe the most valuable for this competition(King's Cup) and after that, the squad willbe cut to 23."

Stimac was quizzed on the level ofresearch he had done on India before accept-ing the job.

"I watched almost every ISL game, Ihave been informed about the young talentsfrom the Indian Arrows.

"I recognised through my researchabout some players who didn't make it intoMr (Stephen) Constantine's squad, forwhatever reason. But, I'm here to give themthe chance to prove themselves and showeveryone how good they are," Stimac said.

Stimac said that he has so far focusedon evaluating the fitness of the players.

"I'm happy with the condition of mostof the players, and now I will decide on theintensity of training over the next few days,which will be important to see who can copeup with the demands.

"The next few days we will be workingon technical aspects and organisation on thepitch."

The 51-year-old is also impressed withthe attitude of the players in the camp.

"I expect not only from Sunil (but) fromGurpreet , from Jhingan as well to be a rolemodel to young players in a positive way.And not in a negative way because they arethe ones who are looked up to.

"Young players always look at what Sunilis doing, what Jhingan is doing. So I'm quitehappy with their behaviour until now andI strongly believe that we will work togeth-er as much as Sunil did before," he said.

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Malaysian badminton play-er Teo Ee Yi was bloodied

and shaken after his doublespartner accidentally smashedhim in the face with his shinduring their Sudirman Cupquarter-final defeat to Japan onFriday.

The 26-year-old lay proneon the court floor for nearly 10minutes with a gashed chin,blood pouring down his neck,with the men's doubles clashagainst top seeds Japan lockedat 19-19 in the deciding game.

Teo suffered the injury afterhe and playing partner Ong YewSin both dived in an attempt toretrieve the same shot, andOng's trailing left leg caught Teoin the face.

Although Teo eventually

climbed off the floor to contin-ue with a large bandage on hischin, the Malaysian duoappeared to have lost theiredge.

They saved a second matchpoint against Takeshi Kamura

and Keigo Sonoda, but couldnot ultimately prevent goingdown to a dramatic defeatspread over 95 thrilling minutes.

Teo afterwards refused toblame the attritional three-game loss on the injury, but

said: "It's quite a big cut and Ithink it's going to need stitch-es."

The painful defeat putJapan 1-0 up in the tie in theChinese city of Nanning and onthe way to a semi-finals meet-ing with Indonesia.

Men's world number oneKento Momota and NozomiOkuhara triumphed in theirsingles matches to give Japan —who have never won theSudirman Cup — an unassail-able 3-0 lead.

Indonesia booked theirplace in the last four with a nar-row 3-2 win over Taiwan.Saturday's other semi-final isbetween the hosts China, whoare the hot favourites to win themixed-team world champi-onship for an 11th time, andThailand.

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Rafael Nadal said on Fridaythat he "doesn't care" if he

is the red-hot favourite to lift arecord-extending 12th FrenchOpen title at Roland Garros,insisting that there are a host ofplayers in contention for thetrophy.

The world number twoholds an incredible FrenchOpen win-loss record of 86-2,and hit top form by winning hisninth Italian Open last weekwith a final victory over oldrival Novak Djokovic.

Nadal could move to with-in two titles of Roger Federer'sall-time men's record of 20Grand Slam trophies if he liftsthe Coupe des Mousquetaireson June 9.

"I don't care if I'm thefavourite," he said. "I care aboutfeeling well and playing well.

"I appreciate that you (themedia) see me like that, but(Dominic) Thiem, Novak(Djokovic), Federer, Tsitsipaswho has been playing well,(Juan Martin) del Potro, (Kei)Nishikori -- all those that arethe best in the world will befavourites.

"The only thing that wor-ries me is being well and beingcompetitive.

"The only favourite that

matters is the one who has thecup at home in two weeks'time."

Before his triumph inRome, it had been far from atrademark clay-court season forNadal.

The Spaniard failed in hisbids for 12th titles in bothMonte Carlo and Barcelona,where he lost in the semi-finals to Fabio Fognini andThiem respectively.

Another last-four exit fol-lowed on home soil in Madridagainst Greek rising starTsitsipas.

Nadal admits it took himtime to rediscover his top formafter a one-month absence withthe right knee injury which

forced him to withdraw fromIndian Wells before a scheduledsemi-final against Federer.

"When you're recoveringfrom an injury it's also difficultto recover mentally," he said. "Ihad not had that for a longtime.

"Losing in the semi-finals isconsidered bad... Without play-ing especially well at the startof the clay season.

"You have to have thehumility to value smallimprovements. For me, onevery positive thing was thatbefore I started Rome, it wasnot a disaster — I'd made threesemi-finals.

"It's not incredible, but it'snot a total disaster either."

Nadal, who faces a qualifi-er in the first round but couldmeet Federer or Tsitsipas in apotential semi-final clash, waspleased to get away from thecourt after his Rome success.

"I have been at home, oneday of golf, one day of family,and came back here.

"(I've) already had twopractices here. Good practices.(I'm) just trying to continue thepreparation and just hold thelevel."

But Nadal will not be over-confident in the first week,pointing to his famous shockearly Wimbledon defeats bySteve Darcis and DustinBrown.

"The problem with DustinBrown is that if I play badly, Ilose to anyone," he said. "In2015, I was playing badly, it wasnormal to lose to a dangerousplayer on grass.

"I also lost to Darcis in2013. It's part of the sport.When one plays badly he usu-ally loses."

But Nadal has only lost totwo men at Roland Garrossince his triumphant debut in2005 — against the now-retiredRobin Soderling and this year'stop seed Djokovic, who hecould face in the final as theSerbian chases a fourth consec-utive Grand Slam crown.

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Six-time world championMC Mary Kom and theseasoned L Sarita Devi

spearheaded India's Gold rushat the second India Open box-ing tournament, which con-cluded on Friday.

Asian Games Gold medal-ist Amit Panghal thwarted aspirited challenge from giantkiller Sachin Siwach with a well-calculated display to clinch theGold by a split 4-1 verdict in thehighly-competitive 52kg men'scategory.

Overall, India swept themedals in four men's cate-gories (52kg, 81kg, 91kg and+91kg) and three in women's(51kg, 57kg and 75kg) to con-clude their campaign with 12 ofthe 18 Gold medals up forgrabs.

India, who had bagged sixGolds in the inaugural editionin New Delhi last year, thusdoubled their Gold count in thecontinental meet that witnesseda depleted field with a no-showfrom Uzbekistan.

World championshipmedallist Sarita Devi won herfirst Gold in three years beat-ing Simranjit Kaur 3-2 by virtueof a split decision.

Making her debut in 60kgcategory, Simranjit impressed inthe first round with some tellingblows.

But Sarita Devi did not loseground and fought back with acounter-attacking display asshe celebrated the win lookingupwards, dedicating the Gold toher mother LaishramKhomthonbi, who passed awaylast year.

"This Gold belongs to mymother. I lost my dad early andmy mother made me the boxerthat I'm now. This Gold hascome after a long time. I'mmissing her very much at thismoment," Sarita got emotion-al as she spoke about her moth-er, who died after sufferingfrom cancer.

Olympic Bronze medallistMary Kom saw off a valiant

fight by former national cham-pion Vanlal Duati of Mizoramto emerge winner by unani-mous decision. Nikhat Zareenand Jyoti took the Bronzemedals for an all-Indian finishin the podium.

Home favourite and worldchampionship Bronze medalistShiva Thapa avenged his lastyear's semifinal defeat todefending champion ManishKaushik to grab the 60kg Gold

in front of a boisterous crowdat the Karmabir Nabin ChandraBordoloi Indoor Stadium.

Thapa began with a tightvigil and was seen in his aggres-sive best from second roundonwards en route to get anunanimous verdict from thefive judges.

Having moved to the newweight earlier this year, Panghal,who had won the Asiad Gold in49kg, had a tough first round

with the former world youthchampion Siwach using hisheight advantage to full credit.

Taller by six inches, Siwachwho ousted world champi-onship Bronze medallist RogenLadon and CommonwealthGames champion GauravSolanki in the previous rounds,was full of energy and confi-dence.

To negate this, Panghalopted the waiting game strate-gy, ducking most of his oppo-nent's punches and staying outof his range.

"I think he's the tallestboxer I faced till date. I foughtwith some tall boxers in theAsian Championship butSachin is taller than them," the5'3" Panghal, who won the52kg Gold in AsianChampionship beatingHasanboy Dusmatov, said.

"You have to have a longreach and play an in and outgame. It takes a lot of effort andstamina," he said, terming it thetoughest bout of the meet.

National champion P LPrasad and CommonwealthGames Gold medallist Solankitook the Bronze in the 52kg cat-egory with another India cleansweep.

India had a setback in the64kg, when national championRohit Tokas suffered a kneetwist in the first round and for-feited the bout to formerOlympian Richarno Colin, aBronze medallist at the NewDelhi 2010 CommonwealthGames.

Tokas, who won a Bronzeat the Makran Cup earlier thisyear, thus had to settle for theSilver, bettering his Bronzemedal feat at the last edition ofIndia Open.

India also could not addtheir Gold count in the men's75kg final where Ashish Kumarpulled out against FilipinoEumir Felix Delos Santos.

The Asian ChampionshipSilver medalist suffered a fore-head injury in his semifinal winagainst Aphisit Khankhokkrueaof Thailand on Thursday.

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