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SSP/LW/NP-34/2016-18 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 Published From WORLD 11 SPORT 16 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL CELEBRITY AND PM MODI MEETS PREZ XI, AUSTRALIA STRUGGLE BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR MISTRUTHS DISCUS BILATERAL TIES PAST IRELAND 2-1 CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 154 Issue 321 LUCKNOW, SATURDAY DECEMBER 1, 2018; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable WORKING WITH NAWAZ IS HUGE:} SANYA } 14 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com 21 Opp parties ride on kisan wave Raja Bhaiya floats Leaders project protest rally as show of their strength ahead of LS polls new party with PNS n NEW DELHI We may have eaders from as many as 21 different LOpposition parties, includ- ideologies, but anti-Dalit plank ing Congress chief Rahul for the future of PNS n LUCKNOW Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister the farmers and MLA demanded `1 crore com- Arvind Kejriwal, former Union the youth, we are all eiterating his strident anti- pensation for martyrs of Indian Ministers Sharad Pawar, standing together on one Rdalit stance, RaghuraJ Army and para-military forces, Farooq Abdullah, Sharad stage. We want to tell Modi ji Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, payment of the cane dues to Yadav, and Left leaders on and the BJP that if we need to independent MLA from farmers within a week and Friday lent their support to the change the laws, change the Kunda, who had opposed the ending the disparity in funda- agitating farmers sending a Chief Ministers or even the “draconian” provisions of the mental rights of citizens. An strong message to ruling dis- Prime Minister, we do that for SC/ST Act, on Friday floated a estimated over two lakh per- pensation and the BJP ahead of the sake of future of farmers new party which he said would sons attended the rally. the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. RAHUL GANDHI fight for “equality” among all “The prevention of the Trying to project the event By not castes. He added though he (atrocities) against the Schedule as a show of strength of the implementing the would be labelled anti-Dalit, he Castes and Scheduled Tribes Opposition, Rahul said, “We Swaminathan was only talking about equali- Act was legislated during the may have different ideologies, Commission ty. regime of Prime Minister Rajiv but for the future of the farm- report, Modi ji has On completion of his 25 Gandhi in 1989 and ever since ers and the youth, we are all stabbed the farmers in years in politics, Singh organ- the act had been made more standing together on one stage. the back ised a rally at Ramabai complicated and more repres- We want to tell Modi ji and the ARVIND KEJRIWAL Ambedkar Maidan in Lucknow sive which was being used or BJP that if we need to change to announce his new party. He misused to target the upper the laws, change the Chief BJP, Modi and announced his party would castes’’, said Raja Bhaiya. He Ministers or even the Prime RSS have only have “Jansatta” as prefix. He said if his party came to power, Minister, we do that for the sake one weapon in said he was not against the there would be no discrimina- of future of farmers. We will not hand that is Scheduled Caste but the repres- tion in distribution of com- budge even an inch, you may do Ram Temple sive laws and caste-based dis- pensation to martyrs laying whatever you want.” SITARAM YECHURY crimination in payment of down their lives on the borders The Gandhi scion, who Farmers and agricultural labourers march towards Parliament during a protest rally in New Delhi on Friday Ranjan Dimri compensation to different and all would be given `1 core recently promised farmers’ loan communities who were victims irrespective of caste and reli- waiver within 10 days of com- back (kisano ke peeth mey of crime like rape and murder gion. ing to power in the three poll- chhura bhonka hai),” he alleged. KEY DEMANDS was not acceptable to him. He alleged that all politi- bound States, trained his guns He said the Union Government 2 Loan waiver He also hinted at forging cal parties for their narrow at Prime Minister Narendra should implement the report in an alliance with the political ends made the SC/ST ` 2 Remunerative prices for Attire lends colour Modi alleging that if 30,000 five months. their produce Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Act more stringent and com- crore can be given to Anil The Opposition parties Lohia headed by Shivpal Yadav, plicated. The MLA also Ambani — an apparent refer- have been looking for oppor- 2 `5,000 pension for farmers the warring uncle of the demanded that all those among ence to the Rafale fighter jet tunities in recent times to join per month Samajwadi party chief Akhilesh the Dalit communities having deal — “why can’t loans of hands to stop the Modi jug- to farmers’ anguish Yadav. availed the benefits of the farmers be waived”. gernaut in the next general They (BJP) want to divide Addressing the rally, the Continued on Page 6 Farmers from 24 States elections. All the leaders have India on communal lines. We SHEKHAR SINGH n NEW DELHI Women protesters from seven skulls and bones, said joined the protest to press for taken up the cause of farmers are 70 per cent Muslims (in Madhya Pradesh performed their leader P Ayyakannu. their demands, including debt and unemployed youths to Kashmir) and we will live and housands of farmers from their traditional dance on way He said the skulls and relief and remunerative prices cash in on voters grievances. die for India. Your worries are Tacross the country carrying towards Parliament. Some bones were of the farmers who for their produce. The leaders also took up the our worries and we are stand- flags of different colours and other women were seen walk- committed suicide. Nine farm- Kejriwal alleged the PM Ram Temple issue during the ing with you. Elections are wearing their traditional dress- ing with photographs of their ers, without clothes, lay down has “stabbed farmers in the farmers’ agitation. coming, let us stand together es, including green turban and dead husbands, who commit- in front of the stage by keeping back” by not fulfilling the While Sitaram Yechury and not let them divide us and kurta pyjama, began their ted suicide due to farm distress. bones on their bodies, and promises made to them and said the BJP, Modi and the RSS let us overthrow them,” march to Parliament Street Widows of farmers, who demanded profitable price for warned him that they would have only one weapon in hand Abdullah said. around 10.30 am on Friday. committed suicide after they agricultural produce, waiver “wreak havoc” in 2019 gener- that is Ram Temple, Abdullah Addressing famers, Rahul The farmers, who were did not get adequate compen- of loans, interlinking of rivers al elections if those promises too raked up the temple issue called for a farm loan waiver, campaigning at the Ramlila sation from Telangana and and pension for farmers over are not fulfilled. and said Muslims are not asserting that peasants are ask- Ground since Thursday, con- Centre Government, were car- 60 years. “The Government had against Ram Mandir. ing for what is due to them and verged near Parliament Street rying yellow flags and human Five Gurdwaras in the made a number of promises to “Muslims are not against not a “free gift”. police station after they were skulls on their bodies. Delhi region have extended farmers in the last election the temple. The hatred that is The farmers gathered to denied permission by the Delhi About 1,300 members of their help to the farmers. Also (2014), but it has not fulfilled being spread by the press for their demands, Police to march towards the National South Indian students from various univer- those promises. By not imple- Government that Muslims are including debt relief and remu- Parliament. Over 3,500 police River Interlinking Farmers sities turned out in large num- menting the Swaminathan against the Ram Mandir is not nerative prices, for their pro- personnel were deployed on Association reached the nation- bers to lend support to the Commission report, Modi ji true. Whenever elections come, duce. the route of the farmer’s march al Capital in the early hours of farmers. has stabbed the farmers in the these people remember Ram. Continued on Page 6 to maintain law and order. Thursday and were carrying Continued on Page 6 CAPSULE DELHI’S AIR QUALITY ED summons Vadra for money Ex-Coal Secy HC Gupta AT ‘VERY POOR’ LEVEL New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality sunk to ‘very poor’ category on convicted in coalgate Friday due to meteorological laundering in Raj land scam conditions slowed dispersion of PTI n NEW DELHI tively. He is out on bail in both pollutants. PNS n NEW DELHI alleged forgery in the allotment the cases. of land in the area, considered Delhi Court on Friday Kropha, who was then the AFSPA: SC REJECTS he Enforcement sensitive due to its proximity to convicted ex-coal secre- Joint Secretary, Ministry of PLEAS OF ARMYMEN A Independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya is being presented a TDirectorate (ED) has sum- the India-Pak border. tary HC Gupta in a corruption Coal, retired in December 2017 sword during a rally in Lucknow on Friday PTI New Delhi: The Supreme Court moned Robert Vadra, contro- The ED has sought Vadra’s case relating to allotment of as the Chief Secretary of on Friday rejected the plea of versial businessman and broth- presence for questioning him coal blocks in West Bengal dur- Meghalaya.