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State. after party bigwigs, including finalised the formula of two member Assembly, whose lier this year, and Parrikar on Earlier, even as Parrikar’s Continued on Page 4 he speculation for alliance president Amit Shah and Deputy Chief Ministers for Tbetween the Aam Aadmi Union Transport Minister the State,” a senior BJP func- Party (AAP) and the Congress Nitin Gadkari, could bring tionary said. came to an end after AAP’s about a consensus on his name Parrikar was heading a Delhi convener Gopal Rai on by making the other claimants coalition Government com- Monday made it clear that to the post from the alliance prising the BJP, three MLAs there would neither be any partners agreeable to his can- each of the GFP, the MGP and alliance with the Congress nor didature, according to sources. three Independents. a rollback of any of its candi- Sawant was the Speaker of Shah said it will be hard to dates in the national Capital. the Goa Assembly. fill the void left by Manohar The statement came a day Swant’s name was cleared Parrikar even as reports sug- after the AAP declared its can- hours after late Chief Minister gested that two MGP MLAs didate for the seventh Lok Manohar Parrikar’s funeral cer- could switch over to the BJP to Sabha seat in Delhi. Asserting The Congress is confused and emony, also attended by Prime increase its number in the that “enough is enough”, Rai everyone is giving different Minister Narendra Modi, con- Assembly from 12 to 14. said these are the final seven statements,” Rai said. cluded at Goa’s Capital Panaji. Sawant has been a promi- candidates of the party and The ruling AAP had earli- Sawant will be assisted by nent presence in Goa’s political there is no question of “any roll er on March 2 announced the two Deputy Chief Ministers — scene since Parrikar’s illness back”. names of its candidates for the Goa Forward Party (GFP)chief was announced in October Rai said despite facing stiff six Lok Sabha seats. The AAP Vijai Sardesai and 2018. In February, the BJP opposition from its workers, declared its seventh candidate Maharashtrawadi Gomantak leader had updated the public the party was open to an for West Delhi Lok Sabha seats Party (MGP) MLA Sudin about the State of Parrikar’s alliance with the Congress in on Sunday. The party insiders Dhavalikar. Interestingly, the health, after the CM was admit- Delhi but after waiting for so said the name of Balbir Singh two who have now been ted to AIIMS in Delhi. long and constantly hearing Jhakhar was announced after “accommodated” had earlier Sawant represents the conflicting statements from the recalcitrant attitude of the staked their claim to the top Sanquelim constituency and is the party, we have decided Congress leadership towards post in the State. an Ayurveda practitioner by that now even if the Congress forging an alliance in the There was no Deputy CM profession. He was close to approaches us, there will be no national Capital. post in place when Parrikar was Parrikar, who was understood alliance in Delhi. The other six AAP candi- CM. But since the MGP and to have groomed him as a He also said there has been dates are Atishi from East no communication from the Delhi, Guggan Singh from Congress and it clearly shows North-West Delhi, Raghav that the grand old party is “not Chadha from South, Dilip ! serious” about elections in Pandey from North-East, " # ! $ Delhi. “AAP will fight the Lok Pankaj Gupta from Chandni *+ " " % & Sabha polls on the issue of full Chowk and Brijesh Goyal from ' Statehood and it is ‘late now’ for New Delhi seat. R Monday asked the Congress Dal (RLD) alliance. ( %) talks on an alliance in Delhi. Continue on Page 4 not to “spread confusion” and “The Congress is free to said the alliance was capable of field its candidates on all the 80 defeating the BJP on its own. seats in UP alone. In other Hours later BSP’s poll ally words, our alliance (of SP- Samajwadi Party (SP) the SP BSP-RLD) is capable enough of too echoed Mayawati’s view. In defeating the BJP. The Congress a tweet, SP president Akhilesh should refrain from spreading Yadav said, “In Uttar Pradesh, confusion about leaving seven Q R the SP, BSP and RLD alliance seats for the (SP-BSP-RLD) is capable of defeating the BJP. tweets made it clear that the alliance,” Mayawati tweeted. & ',) The Congress party need not party will not enter into any Mayawati also said, “The spread any kind of confusion.” alliance with the Congress. BSP would like to make it day after the Congress said Mayawati even dared the On Sunday, the Congress clear once again that there is no Ait was leaving seven Lok Congress to go ahead and field announced that it was leaving alliance or understanding with Sabha seats for the SP-BSP- candidates in all the 80 Lok seven Lok Sabha seats in the the Congress in UP and any- RLD combine in Uttar Pradesh, Sabha seats in the State. state for the SP, Bahujan Samaj where in the country.” BSP supremo Mayawati on The BSP chief in a series of Party (BSP) and Rashtriya Lok Continued on Page 4 $ " O " # ! $ $ % & ! " #, - . %) "-." one steamer all decked up for her, and they all jumped into Priyanka, and no arrangement the boat. n an hilarious turn of events for another boat to carry them The boat was soon stuffed Iduring the boat campaign by along to cover Priyanka’s poll beyond its capacity and became Congress general secretary compaign. unstable. On boatman’s frantic Priyanka Gandhi on Monday, The drama started as soon instruction, some people a boat carrying media persons as Priyanka — who reached the aboard had to get off. But as the and some Congress leaders ghat around 11.30 am — got boat reached the middle of the ran aground at Manaya ghat of onto her steamer. There was no river it ran aground in low Allahabad from where room for the media. water there. And it could not Priyanka started sailing to However, as soon her boat budge an inch from there. reach Varanasi. started sailing, media persons Following which, a boat As media persons reached and some other Congress was called in to take the stuck the Manaiya Ghat, they saw just found another boat following journalists back to the pier. % '()%(*+ Purvanchali votes in Delhi. Mishra joining the BJP. “We are national Capital. Sources in the Delhi BJP said learning from past instances, in As per the Election he burgeoning population the party is focusing on Baniya 2012, during civic elections, the Commission data, in Delhi, Tof Purvanchalis (people and Purvanchali communities Delhi BJP fielded 18 there are at least 20 Assembly from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh) for the Lok Sabha elections. Purvanchali candidates and 12 constituencies or 80 municipal has altered the poll demogra- “Party is in the process of managed to win, and in 2017 wards where Purvanchalis con- phy of the national Capital. deciding the names of two the party gave tickets to 43 stitute 17 to 47 per cent of Punjabis, who used to domi- leaders each from the Purvanchalis and out of them the vote. nate the public discourse and Purvanchali and Baniya com- 34 won. As the Purvanchali The ruling Aam Aadmi poll outcome in the past, now munity while one candidate population is growing, one Party (AAP) has 13 MLAs stand relegated to play the sec- each from Jat, Punjabi and leader is not sufficient to rep- from Putvanchal background. ond fiddle to the domineering Dalit communities will be field- resent the community,” said a Gopal Rai, AAP’ Delhi con- Purvanchalis. ed,” said sources. BJP leader. vener and a Minister in the The situation has propelled When asked about anoth- If one considers voters’ Delhi Cabinet, hails from east- regional parties to select more er Purvanchali leader part from calculations in Delhi, the sig- ern Uttar Pradesh while leaders, representing Delhi BJP party president nificance of Purvanchali voters Deputy Chief Minister Manish Purvanchalis. The BJP is like- Manoj Tiwari, the party sources in Delhi can be measured by Sisodia belongs to neighbour- ly to field at least two candi- hinted at former Congress MP the fact that they form nearly ing Ghaziabad. dates eyeing sizeable from West Delhi Mahabal 35 to 40 per cent of votes in the Continue on Page 4 %#($#) *#%+,-./+, /' * & '+'+0 earing on a special appeal filed by the State * HGovernment against the High Court order of Rs 3.50 lakh penalty on the State for not paying pension and other facilities to freedom fighter Sateshwar Sharma dur- ing his lifetime, the division Bench of Chief Justice $ Ramesh Ranganathan and justice NS Dhanik directed the State Government to clear the pension dues within four weeks.