Delhi friday, january 6, 2017 www.thehindu.in ● Regd. DL(ND)-11/6110/2006-07-08 ● RNI No. TNENG/2012/49940 ● ISSN 0971 - 751X ● Vol. 7 ● No. 5 ● CITY EDITION ● 24 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 • • BRIEFLY Note ban may slow Akhilesh claims majority support A TADA detenu, down growth: Pranab Over 210 MLAs, Court has said that the fac- NEW DELHI: President Pranab tion that controls the legis- now a VIP guest Mukherjee said on Thursday 60 MLCs attend lature will get the symbol,” that demonetisation might lead the Minister told The Hindu. Amarjeet Sohi will to a temporary slowdown of the meeting held at economy even as it would fight CM’s residence ‘Focus on campaign’ lead a Canadian team corruption. “We will have to be During the meeting, which to Gujarat summit extra careful to alleviate the OMAR RASHID went on for more than three suffering of the poor,which hours, sources said, Mr. SUHASINI HAIDAR might become unavoidable for LUCKNOW: Even as the Election Akhilesh was confronted the expected progress in the Commission (EC) is consid- with queries by legislators NEW DELHI/GANDHINAGAR: Once long term,” he said in his New ering which Samajwadi anxious about the fate of the branded a Khalistani terror- Year address to the Governors Party faction should be given symbol and party. “The mat- ist with alleged links to Nax- Amarjeet Sohi and the Lt. Governors. the “cycle” symbol, Uttar ter is in the EC. Both sides als and the Liberation Tigers ½ NATION | PAGE 9 Pradesh Chief Minister want the symbol. But you of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), youth activist, Amarjeet Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday leave it to us and focus on former Terrorist and Dis- Sohi, who belonged to a fam- Mufti may get Padma claimed he had the support forming our government, he ruptive Activities (Preven- ily in Sangrur and had emig- of the majority of the SP’s le- NUMBERS GAME: MLAs, MLCs and MPs gather at the residence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister told us,” said senior minister tion) Act (TADA) detenu rated to Canada, returned to award posthumously gislators, who signed a docu- Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on Thursday. — PHOTO: RAJEEV BHATT Paras Nath Yadav. Amarjeet Sohi will be wel- take part in a theatre pro- NEW DELHI: A year after he ment here arming him as MLA Irfan Solanki from comed back to India as a gramme in Bihar on land passed away on January 7, Mufti their leader. dorsed the adavit support- loyalists and party legislat- ted the legislators and can- Kanpur said: “We told him, privileged guest next week rights, when he was arrested Mohammad Sayeed is likely to More than 210 of the SP’s ing Mr. Akhilesh, sources ors that eventually the fac- didates to “start working we were with you, are with to attend the Vibrant Gujarat under the dreaded TADA. be honoured with the Padma 229 MLAs (in the 403-mem- said. tion led by him would win strongly” in their area while you and will continue to be summit as Canada’s Infra- Police in Azadbhiga ac- Vibhushan, the highest category ber Assembly) and around The document would be the symbol. He also told his assuring them of a safe fu- with you.” structure and Communities cused him of being a of Padma or civilian honours 60 MLCs attended a meeting submitted to the EC, where candidates to start cam- ture. Minister. Khalistani, who had come to ½ CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 given away on Republic Day. convened by the Chief Min- Mr. Akhilesh and his father paigning in their “We signed the adavit Gujarat ocials said Mr. recruit Naxal fighters for the ister at his ocial residence Mulayam Singh have both constituencies. saying that we accept him as ½ HOW WILL EC DECIDE ON Sohi would lead a delegation cause. (With inputs from ½ PAGE 12 NEWS | here in a bid to demonstrate staked claim over the party A Cabinet Minister from the national president. He THE SYMBOL ROW? | PAGE 12 to the bi-annual investors Mahesh Langa) his strength before the EC. symbol. Purvanchal who signed the said we will get the symbol of ½ A MID-TERM REFERENDUM summit in Gandhinagar. FRIDAY REVIEW EDITORIAL ½ CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 4 Pages Most of those present en- Mr. Akhilesh assured his adavit said the CM instruc- the party. Even the Supreme | In 1988, as a 24-year-old Modi says cheers to Nitish’s liquor ban Four arrested New Year eve horror in Delhi too; in Bengaluru AMARNATH TEWARY the State government and woman molested, cops attacked the people of Bihar for mak- molestation case PATNA: Prime Minister Nar- ing this grand event suc- STAFF REPORTER The victim has not lice post close by,” said DCP endra Modi and Bihar Chief cessful.” SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT (North-West) Milind Ma- Minister Nitish Kumar on Bihar, he said, “will play a NEW DELHI: Around the time been identified as she hadeo Dumbere. the Bangalore mass molesta- Additional force was Thursday praised each major role in the develop- BENGALURU: The Bengaluru po- left the area after the other at the conclusion of ment of the country in fu- lice on Thursday arrested tion incident happened on police rescued her called even as the PCR sta Prakash Parv, a week-long ture.” New Year’s eve, a mob moles- tried to nab some youths in four persons, including a 19- from the unruly mob festival held to mark the In his speech, Mr. Kumar year-old technical college ted a woman in North-West the area. This further 350th birth anniversary of too had praised Mr. Modi student, for allegedly as- Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar and angered the mob and they Guru Gobind Singh. for eectively implement- saulting a woman as she was later attacked policemen cident, a police ocer said a started to throw stones and Addressing Sikh devotees ing prohibition in Gujarat returning to her paying guest with stones who came to her PCR call was received at 11.30 hurl abuses. It took four at the Gandhi Maidan, Mr. when he was the Chief Min- accommodation in Kamma- rescue. p.m. and the caller informed hours to bring the situation Modi praised Mr. Kumar for ister. nahalli here early on Jan. 1. A video of the incident, them about the hooliganism under control. making the grand event a which has gone viral, shows and the molestation. In a statement, one of the Nitish’s appeal The men had been stalking success and for imposing her for four to five days. She New Year revellers, compris- A PCR van rushed to the injured policemen said some prohibition in Bihar. “It’s “Our Prime Minister was had arrived in Bengaluru a ing mostly students, al- spot and rescued the girl. But drunk bikers damaged a very tough to make changes Chief Minister of Gujarat week ago to pursue her stud- legedly molesting the woman once the police managed to video camera when they in society. [Nitish Kumar] for 12 years and he had im- ies and caught the attention riding pillion on a bike. The free her from the crowd, they tried to film the incident. has taken up the issue of ON THE SAME PAGE: Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar at a plemented prohibition ef- of main accused Aiayappa mob allegedly tried to grope became the target of the rev- “We have registered a case prohibition in Bihar to save function in Patna on Thursday. — PHOTO: RANJEET KUMAR fectively there. I appeal to alias Nitish Kumar, who her near a market in Mukher- ellers, who attacked the of rioting and molestation future generations. I heart- all other States to put a ban worked as a part-time deliv- jee Nagar. policemen. against unidentified persons. ily congratulate him for this on liquor for the develop- ery boy in a nearby In the melee that followed “The PCR sta told us that We have got several videos of and also appeal to all polit- tion campaign,” the Prime has been personally taking ment of the country,” said restaurant. once the police arrived, the while they successfully saved that night and are trying to ical parties, people of Bihar Minister said. care of the arrangements for Mr. Kumar, who had sur- woman left the area and has the girl and her friend, the identify the miscreants with and all those working for so- Mr. Modi also said: “I’ve the Prakash Parv celebra- prised the Opposition by ½ THEY FOLLOWED VICTIM ON not been identified yet. crowd attacked them, who the help of the local intelli- ciety to support his prohibi- come to know that Nitishji tions. I congratulate him, supporting demonetisation. THEIR TWO-WHEELER | PAGE 8 Sharing details of the in- then sought shelter in a po- gence,” Mr. Dumbere said. CP to be vehicle-free zone from February SIDHARTHA ROY ‘Park and ride’ NEW DELHI: Come February services from major and Connaught Place in nearby parking lots New Delhi will become a will be started for vehicle-free zone for three months. visitors to CP In a bid to reduce trac congestion and pollution in and Palika Parking. the heart of the capital, the The total parking capacity inner and middle circle at these three locations is roads of Connaught Place 3,172 vehicles but on an aver- will be pedestrianised on a age, only 1,088 cars are pilot basis. parked daily. This underutil- The plan was finalised at ized capacity could be fully a review meeting on the pro- used by promoting the ‘park gress of the smart city pro- and ride’ concept, the ject of the New Delhi Muni- NDMC believes.