Delhi wednesday, february 15, 2017 www.thehindu.in ● Regd. DL(ND)-11/6110/2006-07-08 ● RNI No. TNENG/2012/49940 ● ISSN 0971 - 751X ● Vol. 7 ● No. 39 ● CITY EDITION ● 20 Pages ● Rs. 8.00 Printed at Chennai, Coimbatore, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Madurai, Noida, Visakhapatnam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Vijayawada, Mangaluru, Tiruchirapalli, Kolkata, Hubballi, Mohali, Allahabad, Malappuram and Mumbai CBI gets nod Trusted Trump Half-brother of North It’s a challenge to play to prosecute aide Flynn Korean leader Kim in India, says Australian Rajendra Kumar resigns as NSA Jong-Un assassinated captain Steven Smith Page 3 Page 12 Page 14 Page 17 • • SC verdict ends Sasikala bid to become CM Indicts Jayalalithaa for conspiring Appeals against former Chief Minister 3 convicts to undergo imprisonment Sasikala won’t be able to contest with Sasikala to launder wealth stand abated with her death for four years, pay ₨10 crore fine each elections for a total of 10 years KRISHNADAS RAJAGOPAL Convicts likely to OPS seeks floor test, NEW DELHI: Indicting former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister surrender today Jayalalithaa, albeit posthum- joins hands with Deepa ously, for having criminally CHENNAI: With the Supreme conspired with aide V.K. Court ordering that V.K. B. KOLAPPAN Sasikala at her Poes Garden Sasikala, Elavarasi and residence to launder ill-got- Sudhakaran surrender in CHENNAI: Though convicted ten wealth, the Supreme the trial court in Karnataka by the Supreme Court, AI- Court on Tuesday set aside immediately, the AIADMK ADMK interim general sec- the Karnataka High Court’s interim general secretary retary V.K. Sasikala on Tues- acquittal of Ms. Sasikala and left the Golden Bay Resorts day moved to prevent Chief two co-accused in the 20- in Koovathur late on Minister O. Panneerselvam year-old disproportionate Tuesday. According to from capitalising on his pop- assets case. police sources, Ms. ularity by ensuring that Ed- The court said appeals by Sasikala’s advocates were appadi K. Palaniswami was the Karnataka government waiting for a copy of the elected leader of the AI- and others, including DMK order to be oicially ADMK Legislature Party. leader K. Anbazhagan, served.Intelligence Counter move against Jayalalithaa stand agencies quoting AIADMK abated with her death on party leaders said the three However, Mr. Pan- December 5, 2016. would take a flight to neerselvam, who is still Bengaluru early on seeking an opportunity to ‘Restored in toto’ Wednesday.— Special prove his majority in the O. Panneerselvam and Deepa A Bench of Justices P.C. Correspondent House, in a counter move at the Jayalalithaa memorial Ghose and Amitava Roy ‘re- dramatically secured the in Chennai. — PHOTO: R. RAVINDRAN stored in toto’ the trial support of Jayalalithaa’s court’s conviction of Ms. ment in the Lily Thomas niece Deepa Jayakumar, who karangalaga) of the AI- Sasikala, V.N. Sudhakaran versus Union of India of July has been drawing fair ADMK” even as a crowd of and J. Elavarasi (accused no 2013 case. crowds of AIADMK sym- supporters cheered the 2, 3 and 4) in September The voluminous main pathisers since the former development. 2014, and ordered them to judgment, authored by Chief Minister’s death. Mr. Earlier, Mr. Pan- surrender immediately at Justice Ghose for the Bench, Panneerselvam and Ms. neerselvam appealed to the trial court in Karnataka. held that the trial court’s Deepa symbolically met at party legislators to interact Even after Ms. Sasikala conviction of the three ac- tenced Ms. Sasikala, Mr. Sud- misconduct of a public ser- tenced Jayalalithaa to four term, besides paying the the Jayalalithaa Memorial on with people in their con- serves her four-year sen- cused — A2 to A4 — on hakaran and Ms. Elavarasi vant — to simple imprison- years’ imprisonment and fine. the Marina on Tuesday night stituencies and act as per tence, she would be disquali- September 27, 2014, has been under Section 109 IPC, read ment for a period of four ₨100 crore in fine for corrup- ½ CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 and paid homage to her. their wishes in backing the fied from contesting elec- restored in full. with Section 13 (2) of the years each and to pay a fine tion. If alive, she would have ½ Ms. Deepa declared, “The right faction. tions for the next six years as The trial judge, John Mi- Prevention of Corruption of ₨10 crore each. had to resign as CM and THE CONVICTION AND Chief Minister and I will EDITORIAL per the Supreme Court judg- chael D’Cunha, had sen- Act — abetment of criminal The trial court had sen- serve the rest of her prison AFTER | function like two hands (iru ½ CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 Palaniswami stakes claim to form govt. T. RAMAKRISHNAN claring his election, Mr. Pa- spoke to supporters at Veda laniswami, accompanied by Nilayam in Poes Garden. CHENNAI: Less than an hour 10 party leaders and Ms. “Anna had said that one after she was convicted in a Sasikala’s nephew T.T.V. must have a heart to bear corruption case, AIADMK Dinakaran, met Governor anything. MGR too in his interim general secretary Ch. Vidyasagar Rao at 5.30 film songs inspired confid- V.K. Sasikala on Tuesday p.m. and staked claim to ence. Amma lived like a li- put in place a plan of succes- form the next government. oness. I am like her. sion by getting PWD Minis- Later in the evening, RS Whichever cell they put me ter Edappadi K. Palan- MP V. Maitreyan, among the in, I will not be deterred and iswami elected leader of the Edappadi K. Palaniswami first to join the OPS camp, continue to oversee you and AIADMK Legislature Party. met Mr. Rao and submitted the AIADMK,” she de- His name was oicially of 118 MLAs. Ms. Sasikala a memorandum reportedly clared, even as party presi- proposed by Forest Minis- also expelled 20 leaders of claiming that at least 40-45 dium chairman K.A. Sen- ter Dindigul C. Srinivasan, the rival faction, including MLAs were on their side but gottaiyan and others broke and “unanimously” accep- Chief Minister O. Pan- had backed Mr. Palan- down. ted by “at least 120 MLAs” at neerselvam and School iswami under duress. The (With inputs from the Golden Bay Resort in Education Minister ‘Ma Foi’ Governor was examining S. Vijay Kumar) Koovathur in Kanchee- K. Pandiarajan, from the both claims. puram district. To win a primary membership of the Around 11.10 p.m., Ms. ½ CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 simple majority in the party. Sasikala, unfazed over her ½ RISE AND RISE OF JAYA House, he needs the support Armed with the letter de- impending imprisonment, LOYALIST | PAGE 13 BRIEFLY Polling in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh today LUCKNOW/DEHRADUN: Polling will be held on Wednesday in 67 Assembly constituencies of north-western Uttar Pradesh, in the second of the seven-phase elections, and in 69 seats in Uttarakhand. In Uttarakhand, 74.2 lakh voters will decide the fate of 628 candidates. Polling in Karnaprayag has been put off to March 9 following the death of the BSP candidate. ½ NEWS | PAGE 12 Supreme Court clarifies on National Anthem NEW DELHI: There is no need to be on your feet inside a cinema hall when the National Anthem is featured as a part of a film, documentary or a newsreel. The Supreme Court issued this second clarification on its November 30 order, directing all to mandatorily stand up when the National Anthem is sung or played in a cinema theatre. ½ NEWS PAGE 12 Tunnel found on Pakistan border NEW DELHI: The BSF on Monday detected a tunnel originating in Pakistan in Jammu’s Samba district. It said the tunnel could have been used to push in terrorists from across the border. ½ NATION PAGE 9 EMPOWER Pages 6 & 7 CM ND-ND YK NOIDA/DELHI 2 | CITY THE HINDU WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2017 HC stays neighbourhood norm for nursery admission Cab strike gives lovers a heartburn DELHI Calling all readers to connect with us for all things Delhi at The High Court has stayed the Delhi government’s nursery Fewer cabs and higher fares due to the ongoing strike by Ola twitter - @DelhiConnect www.facebook.com/NewDelhiConnect admission norm based on the neighbourhood criteria Page 4 and Uber drivers made life difficult on Valentine’s Day Page 5 CONNECT ‘Mohalla clinic at dhalao site’ Love is in the air at DU STAFF REPORTER by an OSD to a Delhi Minis- JNU marches to Parliament AYAN SHARMA ter so a public function could NEW DELHI: The EDMC has ac- be held on February 11. The Protest against “undemocratic decision-making” by the Vice-Chancellor NEW DELHI: In an efort to “rein- ...Love should always cused the government of en- EDMC is yet to decide on a state the power of love and croaching upon one of its plea asking for an NOC to set unity” and oppose “Right- be celebrated and garbage dumps in Bhajan- up a clinic at the site, said the STAFF REPORTER wing divisive forces,” the Na- not censured like it pura to build a mohalla complaint, adding that a tional Students’ Union of In- clinic. brick wall has been construc- NEW DELHI: Hundreds of stu- dia (NSUI) on Tuesday held is by the Bajrang As per a police complaint ted there illegally. Sources in dents, alumni and teachers a ‘Love Parade’ at Delhi Uni- Dal, Vishwa Hindu lodged on Tuesday, the the PWD, which is executing of Jawaharlal Nehru Univer- versity’s Faculty of Arts to Parishad and other dhalao at Noor-E-Ilahi area the mohalla clinics project, sity (JNU) joined a protest mark Valentine’s Day.