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" # $ 3*0* 6 s West Bengal Chief 7 # !"# AMinister Mamata Banerjee prepared to hold a massive show of strength on Saturday, 6 ' "$"" which will be attended by a 5 ( $ galaxy of major Opposition ' $ "" %" leaders, Congress president ) Rahul Gandhi on Friday wrote 45 #"6 to her hailing the TMC chief’s 7 ) initiative to unite India against # $ he NDA Government’s the BJP. 7 Tdecision to buy 36 Rafale The Congress president jets instead of 126 as was wrote, “I extend my support to 3 decided by the UPA regime led Mamata Di on this show of 4 7 to escalation of the price of unity and hope that we send a $ each aircraft by 41 per cent and powerful message of a united came as a windfall for French 3 ! 3 ' India together.” Saying that * L7 # aircraft-maker Dassault, said 4' 5 # 3+ there were “powerful forces Congress leader P afoot” angry with the Narendra Chidambaram citing an panel. The Congress has alleged fighter aircraft that they des- Modi Government for ped- & exhaustive report published by earlier that the Prime Minister perately need. Secondly, it has dling false promises, Rahul The Hindu newspaper. increased the ‘Benchmark purchased two squadrons that wrote these “forces are fanned 6 7 ' 7 8 &3 ' * 7 $ The Defence Ministry has Price’ of Rafale deal from 5.2 will cost about 25 million by anger and disappointment # % -793 * +P & 3+ denied the charges in detailed billion Euros to 8.2 billion more per aircraft. At the 2016 of hundreds of millions Indians 7M statement. Euros and that the NDA exchange rate, Euro 25 million who have seen through the BJP and Modi are intent on Modi Government. She is a support her initiative.” Claiming that the Government paid over Rs 1,600 is equal to Rs 186 crore. India false promises and lies peddled destroying.” hardworking leader and her Meanwhile, stage is set for “Mahagathbandhan rally Government paid Euro 25 mil- crore per aircraft against the will pay Rs 186 crore more per by the Modi Government.” While neither Sonia endeavour will bring success,” the expected record-breaking against the BJP’s misrule.” lion more per aircraft com- UPA’s negotiated price of Rs aircraft,” Chidambaram said. Rahul’s letter came at a Gandhi nor Rahul Gandhi Gowda said after landing at rally even as thousands of Apart from those who had pared to the price negotiated by 527 crore per aircraft, demand- “There is no doubt any time when political who’s who would be joining the rally, the Kolkata. TMC cadres poured in from already landed at Kolkata, oth- the Congress-led UPA, ing answers as to who is longer that Rafale aircraft deal from all over the country Congress will be represented by Congratulating the Chief districts. Kolkata prepared for ers who were expected to join Chidambaram said the responsible for the loss to the deserves to be examined thor- including former Prime the party’s Leader in Lok Sabha, Minister for bringing the whole a historic Brigade rally that the rally are Karnataka Chief Government did not buy 90 State exchequer. oughly by a Joint Parliamentary Minister HD Deve Gowda, Mallikarjun Kharge. His pres- India to Kolkata, Samajwadi according to a rough ruling Minister Kumaraswami, his more aircraft needed by the Air Chidambaram’s Press con- Committee. The Congress reit- former UP Chief Minister ence and Rahul’s letter tends to Party chief Akhilesh Yadav party estimate break the Left Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Force and paid Rs 186 crore ference came in the backdrop erates its demand for constitu- Akhilesh Yadav and NCP chief neutralise BJP’s argument that said, “Mamata Didi has sent a Front record by assembling no Chandrababu Naidu, National more to French firm Dassault, of a media report claiming tion of a JPC,” he said. Sharad Yadav had started land- Mamata’s much-hyped Brigade message by bringing all leaders less than 30 lakh people sources Conference leaders Farooq maker of Rafale, for 13 India- that Prime Minister Narendra The Rajya Sabha member ing at Kolkata. rally lacked the backing of the to Kolkata. Every segment of said. Abdullah, Omar Abdullah, RJD specific enhancements in the Modi’s decision to buy 36 air- said he feels that Dassault “is On united Opposition second biggest party of India the society is unhappy with the By Thursday late-noon a leader Tejashwi Yadav, Delhi medium multi-role combat air- craft instead of the 126 asked laughing all the way to the against the BJP, the Congress indicating at the schism with- Modi Government and time galaxy of politicians had land- Chief Minister Arvind craft (MMRCA). for by the Indian Air Force bank”, as the NDA Government president wrote, “The entire in the much touted Opposition has come for a new Prime ed in Kolkata led by former HD Kejriwal, DMK leader Stalin The former Finance pushed the price of each jet up gave a “gift” to the French Opposition is united in our unity. Minister for the country.” Deve Gowda, NCP chief and BSP leader Amit Mishra, Minister reiterated his party’s by 41.42 per cent. firm over amortisation or belief that true nationalism Rahul’s support apart, Deve Former Arunachal Chief Sharada Pawar, Gegong Apang, Mamata said. demand for a joint parliamen- “The Government has recovery on the cost of 13 and development can only be Gowda too praised Mamata for Minister Gegong Apang who Akhilesh Yadav. Mamata had BJP leader Shatrughan tary committee (JPC) probe wronged the country in two India-specific enhancements defended on the tested pillars taking the “grand initiative to left BJP a couple of days ago on Thursday said that leaders Sinha and Yashwant Sinha were into the Rafale jet deal, saying ways - firstly, it has compro- sought in the aircraft that cost of democracy, social justice bring the entire Opposition said, “Mamata is a great leader of about 20 Opposition parties also likely to join the rally. the decision is not amenable to mised national security by 1,300 million Euros. and secularism, ideas that the together against the Narendra and we all have come here to would be coming to join the Continued on Page 4 court but to a parliamentary denying to the Air Force 90 Continued on Page 4 P 9P Congress, however, managed to $&'( " # win the seat defeating the BJP ! by more than 10,000 votes. "# )%$%# Congress president Rahul $& Gandhi had earlier said we will *&#* # contest the State Assembly elections under Soren’s leader- !"#$#% *+,#)-. ship and it was reiterated in the !'( '(( meeting,” Jharkhand Congress ) ! president Ajay Kumar said ' 45 #"6 Hazaribagh, a seat held by after a meeting of Opposition * Union Minister Jayant Sinha. parties in Ranchi on Thursday. N O fter Bihar and Congress will field its candi- “You can see all of us here -.-/ ( AMaharashtra, Congress has dates on the remaining seats. together. We will discuss con- & firmed up its alliance with The BJP won 12 of the 14 tours of our alliance within our regional parties in neighbour- seats in Jharkhand in the last party and finalise the seat- )$*!!! ing Jharkhand for Lok Sabha Lok Sabha elections. The sharing arrangement by this ! + elections and later the State remaining two were won by the month-end,” JVM chief Babulal ( 0 Assembly polls. The alliance to JMM. The Congress which Marandi said after the meeting. take on BJP will have five par- contested in nine seats in Marandi who was in BJP ties — Congress, JMM, RJD, alliance with the JMM lost in became the first Chief Minister CPI and Jharkhand Vikas all nine. after Bihar was bifurcated and ! 1 Morcha (JVM). As a pre-condition for a tie- Jharkhand came into existence. & The anti-BJP alliance in the up in Lok Sabha elections, the Later he quit over differences State has also agreed to project JMM has been insisting on pro- and formed JVM and tied up %) JMM working president jection of Soren as the chief with Congress in couple of ! Hemant Soren as the CM can- ministerial candidate for the elections. !'( 2 didate for the State Assembly Assembly polls. The demand Jharkhand is the third State polls later this year. seems to have been met by the where Congress has stitched an 3 ( Of the 14 seats in alliance partners. alliance with regional parties ( Jharkhand, JMM will contest in The ties between the JMM after Bihar and Maharashtra. four seats, according to sources. and the Congress had soured The party, however, failed to get ! " " # % & ( $ One seat - either Palamu or last month when the former berth in the alliance formed by '' ' ' " ! ' ' ' Chatra - will go to RJD. JVM supported an Independent can- once UP rivals Akhilesh Yadav’s ( # % ) * ! ' ' + ,-. +,/ will be contesting in two seats didate in the Kolebera bypolls Samajwadi Party and .-.% # " ' ' ' " 0%/ ' ' ' ' ,0. & and CPI will contest from to the State Assembly. The Mayawati’s BSP. ' ! ' -! 1 ' 2, 3+ '( /"0# R 1)" ** 45 #"6 bride in the ankle of her right leg. It was revealed that the bul- " " $ n Thursday evening, in the let had brushed past her leg. Omidst of the wedding cer- Police said it is a case of cel- 45 #"6 Commission is in the process emony in East Delhi’s ebratory firing and hunt is on of deciding the number of Shakkarpur, when the bride, to arrest the accused identified he Election Commission phases and the months in 19-year-old Pooja, and the as Rinku, a resident of Geeta T(EC) may announce the which polling would be held.