THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2020 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Govt may cut rate on small savings schemes RS polls: Pawar, Athawale among 37 elected unopposed NEW DELHI, Mar 18: ings schemes, such as Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC), NEW DELHI, Mar 18: (Assam). date in view of its low strength rently the deputy chairman of president of the BJP’s Mahila The Government is considering rate modera- despite moderating bank deposit rates. The Trinamool Congress and in the assembly. the Rajya Sabha, and Ram Nath Morcha, Indu Goswami, was tion for small savings schemes in the upcoming NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Bankers have been complaining that high the Biju Janata Dal got four each Congress party’s Deepender Thakur, the son of former chief declared elected unopposed quarter, a development that could lead to speedi- rates on small savings schemes prohibit them Union Minister Ramdas in West Bengal and Odisha Singh Hooda, who was a three- minister Karpoori Thakur, both from the lone seat in the state. er transmission of monetary policy rate cuts, Athawale and Rajya Sabha from cutting deposit rates. respectively. The TRS won the time Lok Sabh MP from Rohtak, of whom will be serving their In West Bengal, Trinamool sources said. Currently, there is a difference of nearly 100 Deputy Chairman Harivansh two seats in Telangana. along with BJP nominees Ram second consecutive terms. Congress candidates Arpita During the current quarter, the government Narayan Singh were among 37 basis points between deposit rate of banks and The Congress got four seats Chander Jangra, a backward BJP candidate Vivek Thakur, Ghosh, Dinesh Trivedi, Subrata refrained from cutting interest rates on small sav- small savings rate for one-year maturity.(PTI) candidates elected unopposed — two in Chhattisgarh and one class leader, were declared a former MLC who makes his Bakshi and Mausam Noor, and today to Rajya Sabha as the each in Haryana and elected to the Upper House from parliamentary debut, is the son CPI(M)’s Bikash Ranjan deadline for withdrawal of nom- Maharashtra. Its allies RJD got Haryana. They will have a full of former Union minister C P Bhattacharya, backed by the ination ended. two (Bihar), DMK got three term till April 2026. Thakur whose Rajya Sabha Congress, were declared elected Nominations had been filed (Tamil Nadu), NCP bagged two BJP vice president Dushyant tenure ends next month. after the deadline for withdraw- for 55 Rajya Sabha seats in 17 (Maharashtra) and Shiv Sena Kumar Gautam was elected The RJD candidates are al of nomination papers at 3 pm, states for the March 26 election. got one (Maharashtra). The CPI from the seat where bypoll was Prem Chand Gupta, a close aide they said. Out of these, candidates (M) got one in West Bengal, held following the resignation of of party supremo Lalu Prasad After TMC-backed were declared elected unop- while an independent candidate, BJP leader Birender Singh. His who hails from Haryana and had Independent candidate Dinesh posed to all seven seats in backed by the Congress and term would last till August 2022. served as a minister in the UPA- Bajaj’s nomination was can- Maharashtra, six seats in Tamil AIUDF, was also elected in All the four BJD candidates in 1 government at the Centre, and celled due to technical reasons Nadu, two seats each in Assam. Odisha — Subhas Singh, Munna Amarendra Dhari Singh, an on Tuesday, voting scheduled on Haryana, Chhattisgarh and Elections will be held on Khan, Sujit Kumar and Mamata entrepreneur not known for March 26 was done away with. Telangana; four seats in Odisha, March 26 for the remaining 18 Mahanta — were declared elected prior involvement in politics. In Assam, sitting Bodo five seats each in Bihar and Rajya Sabha seats— four each as opposition BJP and Congress Singh’s candidature had Peoples’ Front(BPF) MP West Bengal; three seats in in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, did not field any nominee. caused a flutter in the five-party Biswajit Daimary, BJP’s Assam and one seat in Himachal three each in Rajasthan and Though four Independent Grand Alliance headed by the Bhubaneswar Kalita and Pradesh by the returning officers Madhya Pradesh, two in candidates had filed nomination RJD, as he is a Bhumihar, the Congress-AIUDF supported as no other candidates were in Jharkhand and one each in papers, their candidature were upper caste known to be most independent candidate and sen- the fray. Manipur and Meghalaya. rejected for not having the vocally opposed to Lalu Prasad ior journalist Ajit Bhuyan were Priyanka Chaturvedi, who NCP leader Pawar and required 10 MLAs as proposers. in Bihar. elected to the upper house. BPF had quit the Congress last year Union minister of state for While Singh, an OBC, is a Former Himachal Pradesh is an ally of ruling BJP.(PTI) and joined the Shiv Sena, social justice Ramdas Athawale, trade unionist, Khan is a party AIADMK leader and former both sitting members, were old-timer and close associate of Lok Sabha deputy speaker M among seven elected unopposed late BJD founder Biju Patnaik. Thambidurai, Tamil Maanila to Rajya Sabha from Kumar was an adviser to the HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS Congress president G K Vasan, Maharashtra. RPI leader Special Development Council TO veteran lawyer K T S Tulsi and Athawale was backed by the while Mahanta is a BJD Congress party’s Deepender BJP. women’s wing member from Singh Hooda were among other The others elected from the Mayurbhanj district. SH. VIBODH GUPTA JI prominent candidates elected to state were BJP’s Udayanraje All five candidates in Bihar (EX. MLC) the Upper House Bhosale, a descendant of — two each belonging to the ON HIS NOMINATION AS The BJP bagged seven seats Maratha warrior king JD(U) and the RJD and one — two in Haryana, three in GENERAL SECRETARY Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, from the BJP —we declared BJP J&K (UT) Maharashtra and one each in and Bhagwat Karad; Congress unopposed as no other candi- Himachal Pradesh and Bihar. general secretary Rajiv Satav, dates had filed nomination FROM The BJP also bagged the seat in Shiv Sena’s Priyanka The JD(U) candidates are THE SHRIRAM Haryana where bypoll was held Chaturvedi and former NCP Harivansh Narayan Singh, cur- following the resignation of for- minister Fauzia Khan. UNIVERSAL SCHOOL mer Union minister and party In Chhattisgarh, Congress NEAR HOLY WATER POND leader Birender Singh. nominees K T S Tulsi and Phulo JAKH VIJAYPUR JAMMU Its allies JD(U) got two Devi Netam were declared (from Bihar), AIADMK two elected unopposed. 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