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Cabinet: Naik Bhangar on tenterhooks Governor questions Akhilesh on rape-accused Minister after activist is held KOLKATA Press Trust of India ing Mr. Prajapati’s arrest as Fresh protests erupted in the Lucknow one of the first tasks in case Bhangar area of South 24 The continuance of rape ac- his party formed the govern- Paraganas district following cused Gayatri Prajapati as a ment in the State, Mr. Shah the arrest of one of the on Minister in the Akhilesh Cab- said, “As soon as the BJP Sunday after a local activists inet has raised serious ques- forms the government in involved, who is involved in tions of “constitutional mor- U.P. on March 11, we will the ongoing agitation against ality and dignity,” said Uttar search even in hell and send land acquisition, was arrested Pradesh Governor Ram Naik him to jail.” Mr. Prajapati by the police for setting up a on Sunday, even as the BJP holds the Transport portfo- power distribution unit. attacked the State govern- lio in the Akhilesh Council of NATION Ī PAGE 7 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ment for its failure to arrest Ram Naik Ministers. him. Mr. Shah also alleged that Ominous sign: Sheep gather around a shrinking pool on the bed of the Kolleru Lake at Peddayadlagadi in West Godavari district of Mr. Naik made the re- also was impounded. “This the rape-accused Minister Police station set aire Andhra Pradesh. With the onset of summer, a major portion of the lake has dried up. V. RAJU (REPORT ON PAGE 6) marks in a letter he shot off is serious in nature, Prajapati campaigned for the SP for after man dies in custody to Chief Minister Akhilesh being a Cabinet Minister,” he nearly six days, and even ex- ARA Yadav, seeking to know if he pointed out. ercised his voting rights on A 45-year-old man has died “justifies” having the tainted He said it had also come February 27. under mysterious Minister in his Cabinet. to his notice that the CM circumstances in police In Varanasi, BJP’s credibility will see it “A non-bailable warrant himself had asked the Minis- Surrender appeal custody sparking of a protest by locals who partially Day2to has been issued against Pra- ter to surrender but he had “But, the police were not torched Barhara police japati after an FIR was re- not done so till now and was able to do anything. On the station premises which falls through in U.P.: Rajnath PM Modi gistered against him in the absconding. There were ap- other hand, the CM ap- in Bhojpur district. rape case. Serious questions prehensions that he might pealed to Gayatri to sur- NORTH Ī PAGE 2 of constitutional morality have fled to some foreign render. The job of the police DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Omar Rashid No support for Opposition on demonetisation: Minister Varanasi and dignity arise on his re- country, he said. The police is to hold the criminal by the maining in the Cabinet,” the were searching for the Minis- collar and send him behind Prime Minister Narendra Amit Baruah position. The Opposition Governor said in the letter. ter and trying to arrest him, bars,” said Mr. Shah. Delhi budget session Modi on Sunday reaffirmed Vijaita Singh should play an effective the Governor said. “Akhilesh claims that begins today NEW DELHI his connection with role.” Look-out notice BJP president Amit Shah ‘kaam bolta hai’ [actions NEW DELHI Varanasi, as he held an- The absence of credibility Mr. Naik said that according too raised the issue on speak]. But, the reality is The ive-day budget session other well-attended road- loss will take the BJP to an Kerala violence to media reports, a look-out Sunday at an election meet- that U.P. tops in crime of the Delhi Assembly will show in his Lok Sabha con- absolute majority in the Ut- Mr. Singh said he had asked notice was issued against Mr. ing in Ambedkarnagar, against women and here begin on Monday with Lt- stituency a day after he, tar Pradesh Assembly elec- Kerala Chief Minister Pin- Prajapati on the apprehen- where he rued the U.P. gov- ‘karnama bolta hai’ [mis- Governor Anil Baijal’s along with his political op- tions, Union Home Minister arayi Vijayan to put an end sion that he might flee the ernment’s failure to arrest its deeds speak],” he said. address. ponents had converged DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 1 Rajnath Singh told The to the violence between RSS country and his passport rape-accused Minister. List- SEE ALSO Ī PAGE 2 upon the city. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Hindu in an interview. Rajnath Singh and CPI(M) cadres in the At the end of the road- Mr. Singh said the Opposi- State. show, he said at a public tion had failed to garner sup- statement has been misin- Asked if the government meeting that it was his port from the common terpreted… The Prime Min- had plans to send Central “dream” to develop the people on demonetisation, ister is entirely secular,” Mr. forces to Kerala, he was non- Sikh shot at in Washington most modern facilities in and nobody was questioning Singh said. committal. “Let’s see, if the Varanasi while retaining its the intentions of the govern- Asserting that the Con- State demands [them]. It’s a “soul”. The roadshow ment. gress had lost credibility federal structure with not Third incident in two weeks targeting Indian-Americans began at the police lines The Home Minister among the masses, he much scope to intervene. and passed through the denied that the BJP’s refer- stated, “The Congress once But, we would give full as- Chauka ghat before con- Varghese K George The gunman yelled ‘go on February 22, Indian- ences to cremation grounds used to be a national opposi- sistance to the State govern- Washington cluding at Kashi back to your country’ during American engineer Srinivas and graveyards in U.P. were tion party, not any more. ment in stopping these In the third incident of viol- a brief altercation with Mr. Kuchibhotla was shot dead EDGE Ī 4 PAGES Vidyapeeth. an attempt to capture Hindu For a healthy democracy, kinds of incidents.” ence targeting Indian-Amer- Rai, who was working on his in Olathe, Kansas, and his DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES votes. “The Prime Minister’s there should be a strong Op- INTERVIEW Ī PAGE 11 DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 11 icans in two weeks, a white car in his driveway, before friend Alok Madasani was in- man who had his face par- shooting at him, according jured. The Sikh community tially covered shot at 39- to Sikh community leaders and Indian-American Con- SpiceJet light year-old Deep Rai on Friday in the area. gresswoman from Washing- Two Hizb men killed in encounter night in Kent, Washington ton Pramila Jayapal have diverted due State. Hate crime called for investigating the Mr. Rai — an American cit- Indian-American conveni- case as a hate crime. Hate to foul smell One policeman also killed; three soldiers, including Major, injured izen and a Sikh — was hit on ence store owner Harnish crime investigations are pri- his arm and is out of danger, Patel was found murdered ority for the Federal Bureau ress Trust of India Indian officials in Washing- on Thursday night in Lan- of Investigation. Peerzada Ashiq Tral. Hospital sources said New Delhi CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 Srinagar ton said. caster, South Carolina, and A city-bound SpiceJet flight over one dozen civilians, in- from Bengaluru was on One policeman and two cluding four hit by pellets, Sunday diverted to Hydera- Hizbul Mujahideen militants were injured in the clashes. bad due to “extremely pun- were killed in a 20-hour-long gent” smell in the cockpit encounter in south Kash- Mysterious blast emanating from the front mir’s Tral area, which began A mysterious blast left three lavatory of the aircraft. at 6 p.m. on Saturday. children injured in north There were 184 passen- Three soldiers, including Kashmir’s Sopore on gers and four infants on a Major, were injured. Sunday. Superintendent of board the Boeing 737 when After a night-long ex- Police (SP), Sopore, the pilot decided to make change of fire, the security Harmeet Singh, said the chil- an unscheduled landing at forces on Sunday used im- dren were injured near a hil- Hyderabad airport. provised explosive devices lock at Pazalpora, Sopore, “Spicejet aircraft, oper- to blow up the house, where Jawans rush to the encounter site in Tral, South Kashmir, on Baramulla district. ating flight SG 192 from the militants were hiding, in Sunday. NISSAR AHMAD Locals said they had Bengaluru to Delhi, had to Nazneenpora village. stepped on some explosives. be diverted to Hyderabad “We killed two militant S.P. Vaid said. alias Usama alias Hamaad. “A forensic science laborat- due very foul smell from commanders in the en- One slain militant was One member of the po- ory team visited the spot. forward lavatory coming counter without any collat- identified as Hizb com- lice’s Special Operations We will try to identify the into the cockpit,” an airline eral damage.