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RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015 # $!% % % %% & % 4 % ! " ' &'()* ) +), - ./0'/2 33./ !"#$ % !"#$ $%#&#'% ((# $ ! " # "$ Digvijay has been a bitter critic of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), the ideological guide of the BJP, and had allegedly linked it to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack R carried out by Pakistani ter- rorists. The BJP also decided to field KP Yadav from Guna, a etting the stage for an epic seat held by senior Congress Sbattle in Bhopal, the BJP on leader Jyotiraditya Scindia who Wednesday fielded Sadhvi is contesting from there. The Pragya Singh Thakur, facing BJP has named Raj Bahadur % &( ) trial in Malegaon blast case, in Singh and Ramakant Bhargav ) + Lok Sabha elections, against as its nominees from Sagar and Congress heavyweight and for- Vidisha respectively. booths set up in Mahasamund mer Madhya Pradesh Chief External Affairs Minister are 2140 covering 16,32,962 Minister Digvijay Singh. Sushma Swaraj had won from hhattisgarh’s three electorates— 8,10,783 males, Out on bail, Sadhvi joined Vidisha in 2014 but she is not CParliamentary constituen- 8,22,158 females and 21 from the BJP only hours before the fighting polls this time due to cies- Mahasamund, third gender. party announced her name as health reasons. Rajnandgaon and Kanker, will Rajnandgaon has 17,10,682 its candidate from Bhopal. This Born in Bhind district of go to polls on Thursday amidst electorates. Of them 8,55,739 is being seen as a clear attempt Madhya Pradesh, Sadhvi has tight security. are males, 8,54,934 females by the BJP to bring the had a long association with the A massive security and nine from third gender. Hindutva plank at the centre Sangh Parivar. A post-graduate deployment has been made to Rajnandgaon has 2322 polling stage of polls in the State, in history, she worked with the ensure peaceful voting. Polling booths. where the BJP had won 27 out RSS student wing Akhil teams were airlifted to sensitive In Kanker, 2022 polling of 29 seats in 2014 LS polls. Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad areas as the Election booths have been set up to facil- “I will contest the election and Durga Vahini, women’s Commission completed all itate the constituency’s from Bhopal and win. Former wing of the Vishwa Hindu preparations for the second 15,52,075 electors to cast votes. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Parishad. phase of polling in the state. Female voters (7,86,010) out- Chouhan is with me,” Sadhvi Arrested in the 2008 Mahasamund and numbered males (7,66,032,) in said after emerging out of the Malegaon blast case, she was Rajnandgaon are general con- the constituency, which also has BJP office at Bhopal. given a clean chit by the stituencies while Kanker is a 33 voters from third gender. In a way, the face-off National Investigation Agency reserved seat for the Schedule Polling in Rajnandgaon between Digvijay and Sadhvi (NIA), but the trial court Tribe. The three constituencies seat will be held as scheduled will also be seen as a battle refused to discharge her from have combined voters of from 7 am to 5 am except for between the hardcore Hindutva the case. 4895719. Out of which Mohla Manpur (ST) assembly represented by the likes of The court dropped the 2432554 are males, 2463102 segment where balloting will Sadhvi and equally dyed-in- charges under the Maharashtra females and 63 others. end by 3pm. the-wool “secularism” propa- Control of Organised Crime As many as 6484 polling In Mahasamund, at gated by the likes of Digvijay. people’s court by fielding several accused, including A senior BJP leader said Hindutva” faces of the Act (MCOCA) against her, booths have been set up the Bindranawagarh (ST) Assembly At a rally in Odisha, BJP Sadhvi against Digvijay, he Swami Aseemanand, in the party decided to field Congress. and she is now being tried second phase of polling. A segment’s polling station no. 77 president Amit Shah on said, accusing the Congress of Samjhauta Express blast case, Sadhvi, who joined the party Also being a high-profile under the Unlawful Activities total of 36 candidates, 14 in and Aamamora polling station Wednesday described Digvijay defaming India by coining Shah attacked the Congress and hours before her candidature seat as the Madhya Pradesh Prevention Act. She was grant- Rajnandgaon, 13 in 28, the polling will be held from as the “creator” of “saffron ter- terms like “Hindu terror” and said people of Bhopal will pun- was announced, against capital, it can help rally support ed bail by the Bombay High Mahasamund and 9 in Kanker 7am to 3pm. In other centers ror” phrase. The BJP has decid- “saffron terror”. ish Digvijay and Congress pres- Digvijay as the latter has been for the BJP across the State and Court in 2017. are in the fray. polling will be held as scheduled. ed to take the matter to the Referring to the acquittal of ident Rahul Gandhi. one of the most visible “anti- even outside, he added. Continued on Page 4 The number of polling Continued on Page 4 !" ! action against him. “It is very Section 126 of the Representation unfortunate that Rajasthan of the People Act “prohibits” display Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, ed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi also he Election Commission (EC) has of any “election matter” by means of a senior Congress leader who directed the poll panel to submit its Tmade it cleared that the NaMo TV “cinematograph, television or other himself is on a constitutional ollowing the directions of the decision to the court in a sealed cover will have to comply with the 48-hour similar apparatus”, 48 hours before the post made casteist remark FSupreme Court, the Election and said it will consider the matter on ‘election silence period’ ahead of hour fixed for conclusion of poll in a against the President, who is Commission (EC) on Wednesday set up April 22. every phase of voting. “Live coverage particular constituency. the custodian of the a high-level committee to review the This phase is called the ‘silence Constitution,” BJP spokesper- biopic on Prime Minister Narendra period’ as it allows a voter to make up son GVL Narsimha Rao said. Modi and furnish its recommendation his or her mind on whom to vote with- “A very low attack by the by April 18. For its part, the BJP wrote out being influenced by political cam- Congress against the highest a letter to the EC over a biopic alleged- paigning. Section 126 is not applica- constitutional functionary in ly being made on West Bengal Chief ble on the print media. President considering the this country,” the BJP said at a Minister Mamata Banerjee and The direction, sources said, was Gujarat assembly elections in press conference held in Delhi demanded the Commission to review issued to bring clarity on the applic- he Congress on Wednesday 2017. I was reading an article. within hours of Gehlot’s self goal. the movie before its release in a simi- ability of ‘silence period’ on NaMo TV. Tlanded in a huge contro- He (Prime Minister Narendra “Is the Congress against a lar way the biopic of Modi was On Thursday last week, the EC versy after its senior leader and Modi) was afraid that he was person who comes from a reviewed. had concluded that since NaMo TV is Rajasthan Chief Minister not going to form the govern- poor background and belongs “This is to draw your attention to The Modi biopic, starring Vivek can be done on NaMo TV but any pre- sponsored by the BJP, all recorded pro- Ashok Gehlot said Ram Nath ment in Gujarat. BJP chief to the Dalit community? the news in the media that a biopic Oberoi and directed by Omung Kumar, recorded content cannot be streamed grammes displayed on the platform Kovind was made the President Amit Shah might have given President Kovind is a highly allegedly of Mamata Banerjee will be tells the story of PM Modi’s rise to for 48 hours before the polling date should be pre-certified by media cer- of India because of caste con- him suggestion after which it accomplished individual. This released on May 3, 2019 [named power from his humble beginnings. under the ‘silence period’ stipulated in tification and monitoring committee siderations. was decided to make Ram is a condemnable statement. Baghini],” the BJP said in the letter. Acting on the complaints of political the electoral law”, the EC said. of Delhi and all political publicity con- While the BJP called the Nath Kovind the president,” We expect apology and strong According to EC, senior Deputy parties, including the Congress, the poll The EC has asked the chief elec- tents being displayed without pre-cer- comment “anti-Dalit, anti-poor Gehlot had said. action,” the BJP’s GVL Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha, panel had asserted that any biopic mate- toral officer of Delhi to ensure that its tification should be removed imme- and anti-constitutional” and “(Lal Krishna) Advani was Narasimha Rao said. Rao said Deputy Election Commissioners rial with the potential to disturb the directions are followed in each of the diately. demanded an apology and left out though he had to the remark showed “anti-Dalit” Sandeep Saxena and Chandra Bhushan level playing field should not be dis- remaining six phases of the ongoing After the Congress filed a com- strong action, Gehlot said it become the President. People mindset of the Congress. Kumar, Senior Principal Secretary KF played in areas where Model Code of Lok Sabha elections.