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C M Y K 0 1 B*# " 2 " 2 2 )450%)&!*678 RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 ;0 & 1203 < ))! = ;) ! / ) ./) '. +'(,- '()* $)1)+)15)%*1)%! -/*' #4$#/4 /?/! # 4+ /!! #)3 4 >)&/ /!/*' >)-0/* -*/)!A 6)-0/? 4@/ ,$#3-$ !,$$- ),! )0-) -% ! /! , 9:67;7<7 ! "$% !& !()#)% *)!+,#) ! " # $ # ! %/( */01- adhya Pradesh, MChhattisgarh and Mizoram will go to polls in November, while Rajasthan and Telangana in December. The Election Commission (EC) Q #$ on Saturday announced the polling dates for the five States, the results of which will set the #& tone for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. # While Naxal-affected & Chhattisgarh will go to polls in ' two phases on November 12 ()*+ # (18 seats) and November 20 (72 Q seats), the Madhya Pradesh " #, and Mizoram Assembly elec- # $%&#%$& tions will be held on November # "( ) " * - - 28. Polling in Rajasthan and # Telangana, whose Chief stituencies which will go to which is out to challenge the Minister K Chandrsekhar Rao polls in the first phase and the BJP’s rule in the States even # had dissolved the Assembly last remaining 72 constituencies while protecting its last bastion .Q month, will be held on will go to polls in the second in the North-East. Mizoram is - L December 7. The counting of phase. Life of each and every the only remaining State in the 0 L votes will be held across all the voter is precious for us, which North-East, which is not under five States on December 11. is why we are being cautious,” the rule of BJP-led NDA. The #& With the EC’s announce- the CEC said. eight North-East States togeth- ment, the model code of con- These five Assembly elec- er have 25 Lok Sabha seats. - . duct has come into effect in tions would be crucial for the Mizoram’s 50-member 0 four States. The code of con- BJP as it gears up for the Lok House expires on December 1# duct is already in place in Sabha election next year and is 15, 2018, Chhattisgarh’s Telangana since the Assembly in power in three of these Assembly, comprising 90 mem- was dissolved. The election States — Rajasthan, Madhya bers, ends on January 5, 2019, #& will be held using the latest Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. the tenure of the Madhya . # Mark III EVM, VVPAT While the Congress is in power Pradesh 230-member House 2 # machines in all the States. in Mizoram, Telangana Rashtra expires on January 7, 2019, and 3&4 Announcing the poll dates, Samithi ruled Telangana before the 200-member Rajasthan $ Chief Election Commissioner the Assembly was dissolved. House comes to an end on (CEC) OP Rawat said the elec- The BJP is trying for a January 20, 2019. tions in Chhattisgarh would be fourth term in Madhya Pradesh On September 6, KCR had #3 held in two phases because and Chhattisgarh and to retain dissolved the Telangana House -" $ 5 some areas in the State were power in Rajasthan. The three to avoid a possible clubbing of affected by Left-wing extrem- States also played a significant Assembly polls with the Lok # " . ism. “The Assembly con- role for the BJP in the 2014 Sabha elections. 56# # $ L M ! stituencies going to polls in the general elections when it had CEC Rawat said the elec- /& # " 1 - first phase of Assembly elec- won 62 out of the 65 Lok Sabha toral rolls for Telangana will be &/&9 tions in Chhattisgarh are affect- seats in these three States. published on October 12. L M ed by Left-wing extremism The elections also hold Turn to Page 4 + ! 56# L /&M 0 ) Q violence. There are 18 con- significance for the Congress, Related reports on P5, P6 %&'("")* '*!!-%'.&" !0 $ , #6 01' Q %& ' ( ) R #& # %/( */01-20,&3%4( +# 1 #3 lose on the heels of the # CBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) # , Mumbai: NCP president 1 announcing to go it alone , , Sharad Pawar will not contest instead of forging an alliance the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, -#& Q with the Congress in Madhya party leader Jitendra Ahwad , Pradesh and Rajasthan, the said here on Saturday. 7 Samajwati Party (SP) too on Putting to rest speculation ' #1 Saturday said it has “waited for running discussion among the that Pawar will contest from N O N too long” for the grand old Opposition parties for striking Pune Lok Sabha seat, Ahwad party to respond and would a grand national alliance told reporters that Pawar had Q look at the non-Congress out- against the BJP-led-NDA could already made it clear in 2014 #O fits in Madhya Pradesh, includ- only help inspire an “opti- that he will not contest the Lok & N O5 # ing the BSP, for a pre-poll seat mism” in the ranks of the BJP Sabha polls again. #$ sharing deal. in the run up to the 2019 Lok "+ # , “Pawar has told the party SP president and former Sabha polls. BJP insiders are % " * not to consider his name as he NCP chief had opposed the #& UP Chief Minister Akhilesh happy at party’s prospects in will not be a candidate. In candidature of Parth Pawar, son 5: 4Q ;N Yadav said his party will now MP after Akhilesh’s announce- Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh, and Mayawati, today’s meeting, Pawar said he of senior leader Ajit Pawar, for #O ()*< consult the Gondwana ment. Assembly elections. The BSP could also upset the poll cal- is not in the (LS) race and the Mawal Lok Sabha seat. Gantantra Party (GGP), with The SP’s distancing from has gone ahead with forging a culations of the Congress in the nobody should propose his “Preliminary discussions 51 which it had an alliance, and the Congress comes just days seat-sharing pre-poll deal with State where just over one per name,” said the NCP MLA are on. The name will be 0 the BSP, for an alliance in MP. after Mayawati shut the door former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi cent vote had decided the out- from Mumbra-Kalwa, in finalised after discussions with 1 & Q The announcement of the on any BSP alliance with the in Chhattisgarh. The coming come of the last Assembly poll. neighbouring Thane district. party workers,” Ahwad said. #& SP against the backdrop of a principal Opposition party for together of Jogi, the first CM of Turn to Page 4 Awhad also denied that the Turn to Page 4 Q # -()*< L # ! " # 1 2 ' # %&, = ()*+ - - #1 $ R & Q New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi - -( on Saturday disagreed with a suggestion by the - #$ apex bar body to lift a 16-year-old ban on strikes -%*4 / by lawyers, wondering why there should be a #&2 strike at all. = haratiya Janata Party (BJP) pres- Justice Gogoi’s response came after Bar ! " Bident Amit Shah here on Saturday Council of India Chairman Manan Kumar # Q formally launched the party’s mass Mishra raised the issue of lifting the ban at a #& - contact campaign in the Malwa- BCI event to felicitate the new CJI. Nimad region. He launched the The CJI’s view was also shared by apex !" # $ % >3 - - ‘Maha Jansampark Abhiyan’ from the court’s Justice Arun Mishra, who reminded the $ & # Rajwada area and sought support lawyers that their absence in court will affect ' & # from the people for his party in the people’s liberty and deny many of their rights. 3 upcoming Assembly polls. Detailed report on P5 " L He garlanded a statue of # Ahilyabai Holkar, a former queen of 1 # the kingdom of Malwa, in front of the Q ()*+ historic Rajwada Palace of the erst- * ( ( + L while Holkar dynasty. Shah also # offered prayers at a Mahalaxmi tem- # %/( */01- a fit of rage, the accused stabbed the vic- & ple located in the vicinity. tim and his elder brother. # The BJP chief launched the cam- n a fight over a pet dog being hit by “Rana was declared brought dead paign from a famous paan shop in Ia vehicle, the driver was stabbed to at a local hospital and his elder, Rajesh 0#761 0 Rajwada and its owner offered a paan -./ # " death and another person sustained life Rana, (45) sustained injuries. He was ? to Shah. Standing on the footboard " threatening injuries in the attack that later referred to Deen Dayal Upadhyay # of his vehicle, Shah greeted the peo- took place in Dwarka’s Uttam Nagar Hospital,” a senior police official said. & ()*< ple gathered in the area and then trav- other senior party leaders remained had ensured that government funds area on Saturday around 12.50 am. Police said prime suspects are one # elled from Rajwada Palace to present. The mass contact pro- reached the tribals and forest- While driving Tata Ace, 40-year-old Ankit, his brother Paras and his tenant & # Krishnapura Chhatri, covering a dis- gramme will cover the Malwa-Nimad dwellers. He observed that under Vijender Rana accidently hit the dog. Dev Chopra. “The accused people