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Follow us on: facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2019-21 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 AVENUES 10 WORLD 13 Published From ENGAGE WITH IMPORTANCE OF PAK APPOINTS NEW DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR CHANDIGARH TALIBAN INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION ENVOY TO INDIA DEHRADUN HYDERABAD VIJAYWADA Late City Vol. 155 Issue 139 LUCKNOW, WEDNESDAY MAY 22, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable JOFRA ARCHER INCLUDED IN ENG} WC SQUAD} 15 SPORT www.dailypioneer.com Opp flies into EVM rage Arunachal MLA, his son As tampering charges zoom, demand for VVPAT checks peaks dead in NSCN ambush PNS n NEW DELHI videos of the alleged movement 9 others killed of EVMs from one unautho- wo days before the count- rised storage house to another as terrorists Ting of votes for the Lok went viral. Videos showed Sabha polls, the Opposition some EVMs were reportedly attack convoy revived the charges of EVM stored at shops, others were tampering and moved the seen stacked in the boot of pri- AGENCIES n ITANAGAR Election Commission (EC) to vate vehicles. press for their demand for tal- However, terming it as uspected NSCN terrorists lying VVPATs with the elec- frivolous and unfounded, the Son Tuesday gunned down tronic voting machine figures. EC rejected allegations of dis- sitting MLA and NPP They also said the counting be crepancies in the handling of Assembly poll candidate first concluded in the centres EVMs and VVPAT (Voter Tirong Aboh and ten others, where doubts have emerged. Verified Paper Trail Machines) including his son and security The EC has rejected the in some districts of Uttar personnel, in Tirap district of charges. Pradesh and maintained that all Arunachal Pradesh, a top Leaders of as many as 22 machines are safe and secure. police officer said. Aboh (41), Opposition parties, including “After the close of polls, all who represented the Khonsa those from Congress, TMC, SP, polled EVMs and VVPATs are West constituency, was seeking BSP, TDP, RJD and Left, met brought under security cover to a re-election from the seat. the EC and demanded verifi- the designated strongrooms, Initial reports suggested cation of VVPAT slips of ran- which is sealed with double that seven people were killed in domly-selected polling stations locks in the presence of the the attack, but Director General before the counting of the candidates and in the presence of Police SBK Singh put the hunt down the perpetrators. blamed the ruling Bharatiya votes polled in the just-con- of observers of the EC. The death toll at 11 later in the day. My heartfelt condolences. May Janata Party for the “prevailing cluded Lok Sabha elections. entire process of storage and Aboh was on his way to his the departed souls rest in lawlessness and chaos” in the They also demanded that if any sealing of the strongrooms is constituency from Assam, peace,” he said. State. “If elected representatives discrepancy is found during Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, covered under videography. along with family members, Condemning the attack, of the state are not safe under VVPAT verification, 100 per TMC’s Derek O Brien, DMK’s Kanimozhi, CPI’s D Raja and other Opposition leaders come out after meeting the Election Continuous CCTV coverage is three police personnel and a NPP president and Meghalaya the present dispensations at the cent counting of the paper Commission over their concerns about EVMs, at Nirvachan Sadan, in New Delhi on Tuesday Ranjan Dimri | Pioneer done till completion of count- poll agent, when the suspected Chief Minister Conrad K Centre and the state, how can slips of VVPATs of all polling ing. Each strongroom is guard- NSCN rebels opened fire at Sangma sought the interven- common people feel secure,” stations of that particular for some other party, specially “Even if the EC disagrees only a change in guideline or ed with round-the-clock secu- their vehicles near 12 Mile tion of the Prime Minister’s the party said in a statement. Assembly segment should be the BJP. These things we have with us, it should consider that procedure. The EC has not rity by Central Armed Police area in the district at around Office and Union Home Demanding a high-level done and compared with the told the EC. We, in the last 75 per cent of the electorate rep- decided for six weeks and now Forces (CAPF). Further, the 11.30 am, Singh told PTI. Minister Rajnath Singh. judicial inquiry into the inci- electronic voting machine three-four years have been resented by these 22 parties is they are saying they will decide candidates or their designated One security officer, who “The NPP is extremely dent, it also said, “Chief (EVM) results. complaining about the EVMs before it. How does it matter if tomorrow,” Singhvi said. agents remain present at the sustained injuries in the inci- shocked and saddened by the Minister Pema Khandu and his “We told the EC that the in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and its changes the rules? It will be Earlier in the day, several strongroom for 24X7 vigil at all dent, has been admitted to news of the death of its MLA BJP Government are solely VVPAT machines should be even in States,” Congress leader times,” the EC said in a state- hospital in Dibrugarh, Assam, Shri Tirong Aboh (Arunachal responsible for lawlessness and counted first and if there is any Ghulam Nabi Azad said after ment. the DGP said, adding that the Pradesh) and his family. We all chaos in the State.” discrepancy, then all of them in meeting EC officials. “On the counting day, the MLA and ten others were condemn the brutal attack and Aboh was elected from the that segment should be count- Azad’s party colleague strongrooms are opened in the killed on the spot. Expressing urge @rajnathsingh and Khonsa West seat in 2014 on a ed. During elections, there Abhishek Singhvi said after sev- Pranab: Onus on EC to presence of the candidates/ his shock over the incident, @PMOIndia to take action Peoples’ Party of Arunachal were many EVMs which mal- eral requests to the EC for agents and observers under Chief Minister Pema Khandu against those responsible for (PPA) ticket. functioned and in many cases, months, the poll body has now videography,” said the Election said the perpetrators will be such attack,” Sangma tweeted. Assembly polls were held when votes for one political agreed to meet us on Commission. hunted down. Meanwhile, the Arunachal concurrently with Lok Sabha party were cast, it showed votes Wednesday to discuss the issue. put speculation to rest Continued on Page 7 “Action will be initiated to Pradesh Congress Committee elections in Arunachal Pradesh. PNS n NEW DELHI the Election Commission of India. They must do so and put ormer President Pranab all speculation to rest,” he said. CO sacked, IAF FMukherjee on Tuesday Pranab said as a firm expressed concern over the believer in the country’s insti- alleged tampering of voters’ tutions, it is his considered verdict saying the opinion that it is onus of ensuring the “workmen” officers face jail institutional who decide how integrity lies with the institutional the Election “tools” perform. Commission, Protests broke for copter crash which should put out in some parts all speculation to of Uttar Pradesh rest. He also said on Tuesday after there can be no videos of alleged room for specu- movement and lation that chal- tampering of lenges the very EVMs went viral basis of Indian on social media, a democracy. charge dismissed “I am con- by the EC as “friv- cerned at reports of alleged olous” and “unfounded”. tampering of voters’ verdict. The former President on The safety and security of Monday had lauded the role of EVMs which are in the custody the poll panel saying the 2019 of ECI is the responsibility of Lok Sabha polls were conduct- the Commission,” Pranab said ed “perfectly”. Speaking at a 12 seconds. The Mi-17 heli- in a statement posted on his book launch event, Pranab said Role of ATC at copter had no means of know- Twitter handle. that right from first Election ing it was under attack. “People’s mandate is sacro- Commissioner Sukumar Sen to Srinagar base While the air battle was on, sanct and has to be above any the present election commis- air defence was in full state of iota of reasonable doubt. The sioners, the institution is work- also under lens alert with surface-to-air missile onus of ensuring institutional ing very well. units ready to engage any integrity in this case lies with Continued on Page 7 Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated during a dinner meeting with top National Democratic Alliance leaders in New Delhi on Tuesday PTI PNS n NEW DELHI intruding Pakistani aircraft. It was at this time that air CAPSULE enior officers of IAF may defence radars at Srinagar air- Sface action for the heli- port picked up a low-flying air- copter crash near Srinagar on craft on their screens. The COAST GUARD SEIZES PAK February 27 after it was shot by senior officer manning the CBI clean chit to MSY, Akhilesh in DA case BOAT WITH NARCOTICS own ground air defence lead- post of Terminal Weapons New Delhi: The Indian Coast ing to the death of six IAF per- Director (TWD) at the time PTI n NEW DELHI enquiry was conducted in the difference in computation of Guard on Tuesday apprehended sonnel on board and a civilian was likely the Chief Operations said PE and it was found that disproportionate assets in the a Pakistani boat off the Gujarat on ground.