Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 Established 1864 ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 11 Published From INDIA-PAKISTAN PEACE SENSEX SHEDS 155 POINTS; NIFTY HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW HARSHAL’S 5 BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH PROCESS IS FAR FROM DEAD SLIPS BELOW 14,850 RESTRICT MI BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 3 ISSUE 146 VIJAYAWADA, SATURDAY APRIL 10 , 2021; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable LOVE STORY RELEASE POSTPONED { Page 12 } www.dailypioneer.com AROUND 20 ASSAM CONGRESS-AIUDF US WARSHIP CARRIES OUT NAVIGATION QUEEN ELIZABETH II'S HUSBAND INDIAN COUPLE FOUND DEAD IN US CANDIDATES ‘SHIFTED’ TO JAIPUR OPS OFF LAKSHADWEEP, INDIA OBJECTS PRINCE PHILIP PASSES AWAY AGED 99 AFTER 4-YR-OLD GIRL SEEN CRYING n a sudden and unexplained move, ndia on Friday said it has conveyed concerns rince Philip, the husband of Queen n Indian couple was found dead at their around 20 candidates of the opposition to the United States over a US Navy ship Elizabeth II and the longest-serving home in the US after neighbours ICongress-AIUDF alliance in the Icarrying out a freedom of navigation Proyal consort in British history passed Asaw their four-year-old daughter Assam assembly polls were Friday operation in the Indian exclusive economic away on Friday aged 99, Buckingham crying alone in the balcony of their flown to Jaipur, where they were lodg- zone. The Ministry of External Affairs said Palace announced. In a statement issued house, family sources said on Friday. ed in a hotel on the city's outskirts, US Navy ship John Paul Jones was on behalf of the 94-year-old monarch, the Some reports said the couple died of Congress chief whip in the Rajasthan continuously monitored transiting from the palace said that Prince Philip - the Duke of an apparent stabbing in their North Sssembly said. The leader of the Persian Gulf towards the Malacca Straits. Edinburgh, died peacefully at Windsor Arlington apartment. The man Congress Legislature party in the Assam India's reaction came after the US Navy, in Castle on Friday morning. 'It is with deep apparently stabbed and sliced his wife assembly, however, dismissed media an unusual move, announced that one of its sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has in the abdomen, a report said. The bodies reports to this effect and claimed all party ships conducted patrols in the Indian EEZ this announced the death of her beloved husband, His of Balaji Bharat Rudrawar (32) and his wife contestants were present in the state. A majority of the week, without seeking consent from India. "We have conveyed Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,' the palace Arati Balaji Rudrawar (30) were found at their Garden Terrace contestants who landed at the Jaipur airport were taken to a our concerns regarding this passage through our EEZ to the statement read. Further announcements will be made in due apartment in the Riverview Gardens complex of North Arlington hotel on the Delhi highway on the outskirts of Jaipur. government of USA through diplomatic channels," the MEA said. course, the statement added. borough in New Jersey which has just over 15,000 residents. BJP ‘shock and awe’ approach Ahead of CMs’ tours, Covid cases spike sparks tri-corner contest talk PNS n HYDERABAD been reporting an increasing num- ber of cases, with 465 positive cases Ahead of the bypolls in Nagarjuna recorded on Wednesday. From SNV SUDHIR Sagar and Tirupati, TS Chief 296 to 465, the district saw a mas- n VIJAYAWADA Minister K Chandrashekar Rao sive jump in Covid positive cases and his AP counterpart Y S in one day. In fact, it is the high- Buoyed by the success in Dubbak Jaganmohan Reddy will address est number of cases reported by-poll and GHMC polls in the public on April 14. However, across districts in the state. Lessons from Nature neighbouring Telangana State, the two districts under which the- Both the ruling parties want to the BJP appears to have found se constituencies fall have report- end the high-voltage campaign to tackle COVID-19's some success in Andhra Pradesh, ed massive spikes in Covid cases. with the Chief Minister's address. Second Coming as far as creating a buzz goes. Nalgonda district is among the Both the bypolls have been neces- If one takes only the hype the top four districts which reported sitated by the deaths of sitting MLA party has managed to create, the spike in Telangana on Friday. As and MP of ruling parties TRS Tirupati Lok Sabha by-poll is no many as 88 persons were infected (Nomula Narsimhaiah) and longer a bipolar contest like it was with Covid on Thursday -- high- YSRCP (Balli Durgaprasad) in 2 in 2019 between the YSRCP and est single-day spike for the district Telangana and Andhra Pradesh TDP, but has now turned into a since the onset of the second respectively. triangular fight with the BJP wave. With second wave of thrown into the mix. KCR will be addressing the Coronavirus spreading at a scorch- The Tirupati by-poll is slated to constituents at Halia on April 14, ing pace, it is a double-edged be held on April 17 and the with the party expecting a gather- sword for both the ruling parties. result will be by and large consid- ing of at least 1 lakh citizens. On the one hand, they have to ered to set the tone for 2024 polls Likewise, in Andhra Pradesh, retain the seat; while, on the other by showing where the TDP and Actor-politician K Pawan Kalyan campaigns for BJP candidate Ratna Prabha in Tirupati. Jagan will hold a public meeting at hand, they are responsible for BJP stand. The BJP has been striv- Renigunta in Chittoor district on ensuring that Coronavirus doesn't ing hard to usurp the opposition April 14. Chittoor district has spread due to their meetings. space from the TDP. This it is doing by going to the public claiming to be the only alternative Will Pawan Kalyan’s campaign to the YSRCP and portraying the TDP as irrelevant. This strategy appears to be swing Balija votes towards BJP? working well for the BJP. As a Venkaiah tells nations long-term strategy, the BJP wants .MARTHI SUBRAHMANYAM is campaigning for Ratna Prabha. Since decades now, Balijas and other to emerge as No. 2 in the state, n VIJAYAWADA However, no one really knows to communities like Ontari and Telagas world over to ‘keep off dislodging the TDP by 2024 and what extent the campaign by coastal have also been part of the Kapu reser- Kashmir’ then emerge as No. 1 by 2029. To Will Pawan Kalyan deliver for the BJP Kapu leaders to woo Balijas would be vation movement. achieve this long-term goal, the by swinging the Balija vote for the BJP successful given the fact that However, Balijas are upset, as they BJP considers Tirupati by-poll as candidate Ratna Prabha in Tirupati? Rayalaseema Balijas have been oppos- believe that Kapus are enjoying the the perfect launch pad and also a This is the question uppermost on the ing the authority of the Kapus over fruits of the movement. This discon- litmus test of its strategy in minds of the alliance leaders since the them. tent was visible in the results of the last Andhra Pradesh. Balija votes in Tirupati and Srikalahasti Till the last Assembly elections, Assembly elections. 5 In 2019 polls, the fight was only Assembly segments could well be the Kapus of coastal areas sent shivers Numerically, there are more Balijas in between the YSRCP and the TDP, deciding factor in this by-poll. down the spine of rulers of the state Rayalaseema than Kapus. However, with the BJP a huge distance away, To woo Balija voters, coastal Kapu with their movement for reservations. Kapus are politically and financially pow- This picture of YS Sharmila Reddy was posted by her husband Bro Anil Kumar on Twitter just with its candidate polling less than leaders of all the three major political Former Chief Minister N erful, having bagged coveted posts in suc- before she started for Khammam to address the ‘Sankalpa Sabha’ on Friday. NOTA votes. outfits in Andhra Pradesh have been Chandrababu Naidu had to yield and cessive governments. camping in Tirupati. Pawan Kalyan, constitute an exclusive corporation for 2 2 by virtue of his alliance with the BJP, Kapus. Party launch on July 8 THE PIONEER EFFECT Panel seeks time to submit report on in Telangana: Sharmila GAD allots car for APHRC chairman Purushothapatnam M L MELLY MAITREYI tions and laid the foundation for PNS n VIJAYAWADA n HYDERABAD his welfare rule that endeared him PNS n VIJAYAWADA to people of every region. As peo- Responding to a report published in Declaring that Telangana State ple's welfare was at the core of his these columns, the General An expert committee constituted needed a party that would question administration, he remains alive in Fitch Solutions sees Administration Department on Friday to assess the damage to the envi- the ruling TRS on its omissions the hearts of people in Telangana sent an Innova car for use by the AP State ronment and the amount of com- and commissions on behalf of even 12 years after his death,” she RBI holding interest Human Rights Commission chairman pensation to be paid to persons people, YS Sharmila Reddy on said. rates Justice Mandhata Sitaramamurthy. affected on account of construct- Friday said that she would launch Sharmila, who targeted the rul- The members of the commission ing Purushothapatnam lift irriga- her party on July 8 and the same ing TRS for neglecting the aspira- were yet to be allotted cars by the GAD.