Follow us on: RNI No. APENG/2018/764698 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From OPINION 6 MONEY 8 SPORTS 11 VIJAYAWADA DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL NO JOSH IN ECONOMY NOT IN TROUBLE; 5 PLAYERS CHARGED BY RAIPUR CHANDIGARH BHUBANESWAR DEFENCE BUDGET GREEN SHOOTS VISIBLE: FM ICC AFTER U-19 WC FINAL RANCHI DEHRADUN HYDERABAD *Late City Vol. 2 Issue 102 VIJAYAWADA, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2020; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable RANA'S WILDLIFE DRAMA ARANYA OPENS IN APRIL { Page 12 } www.dailypioneer.com Will Delhi debacle put BJP on the back foot? PNS n HYDERABAD some thorny issues that come under the Centre's domain, like The magnitude of defeat at the CBI cases against the Chief hands of the Aam Aadmi Party Minister, Special Category in Delhi might put brakes on Status to AP, flow of funds due the speed with which the saf- to the state and so on. The fron party had been moving in Delhi election results will the two Telugu states following ensure that there would be no its 2019 Lok Sabha victory. hiccups in getting a majority of Though it may have won a thorny issues sorted out. higher number of Assembly After the 2019 elections, the seats in Delhi, power in the BJP government has been city-state still eludes the BJP. moving at a feverish pace to If the BJP were to have won implement its core ideological the Delhi Assembly elections, agenda. Within a few months it would have serious conse- of retaining the power at the quences on national politics, Centre, it abrogated Article the Telugu states being no 370. Everyone welcomed the exception. move believing it to be a last- Tuesday's poll results have As far as the YSRCP is con- on the party in the Rajya ing solution to J&K issue. brought despair to the BJP, cerned, the regional party is Sabha to get its Bills passed in The Centre then passed while its rivals are obviously moving closely with the BJP. the Upper House. Citizenship Amendment Act. overjoyed. Moreover, the BJP is dependent The state government has 3 8 Jagan to meet Modi today, to MYSTERY VIRUS workers Non-veg sale that he would carry on with the press for special status for AP banned development work 62 that brought the PNS n VIJAYAWADA YSRCP in national politics to sation of administration by in Tanuku AAP a landslide get crucial Bills passed in floating three capitals and also PNS n NEW DELHI victory. Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Rajya Sabha. The BJP-led NDA abolition of Legislative PNS n TANUKU The AAP head- Reddy will leave for New Delhi government, which lacks a Council. The Aam Aadmi Party quarters were decorated at around 12.30 pm on majority in the Upper House, The Chief Minister is also Sale of mutton and chicken Aam Aadmi Party's on Tuesday swept back to with blue and white bal- Wednesday after chairing the will have to depend on region- likely to discuss post-bifurca- has been banned in Tanuku victory signalled the power for a second consecu- loons and big cutouts of Cabinet meeting. al parties as it is difficult to tion issues with the Prime of West Godavari district for victory of a "new kind of tive term in Delhi, winning 62 Kejriwal were placed in differ- He has an appointment with secure majority on its Minister and also the Special about a week after a large nu- of the 70 seats as votes for last strike a chord ent parts of the office. Prime Minister Narendra own after losing Category Status issue. mber of poultry died, beli- politics". "People of Delhi week's Assembly elections were with Delhiites who over- The Assembly elections Modi at 4 pm with whom he one state According to official eved to be victims of a mys- have given a message that counted, according to Election whelmingly voted for AAP were held on February 8. is expected to press for long- Assembly after sources, Jagan will hold a terious virus. they will vote for schools, Commission figures. This will and its leader Arvind Kejriwal. While the AAP put for- pending demand of according the other post meeting of the state Cabinet Following this, Tanuku be the party’s third term in The contest for political ward Kejriwal, Prime Minister Special Category Status (SCS) its May 2019 at Secretariat in the morn- MLA Karumuri Venkata Na- mohalla clinics, 24-hour power. power over the national capi- Narendra Modi, Home for Andhra Pradesh, seek grand victory in ing. Soon after the meeting, geswara Rao announced a electricity and free water. The BJP won eight seats and tal was a bipolar one with the Minister Amit Shah and Uttar funds for pending projects in Lok Sabha polls. he will be taking a ban on sale of chicken and This is a great message for the Congress drew a blank. Congress nowhere in the reck- Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Andhra Pradesh along with Sources said special flight mutton for a week from The BJP's massive campaign oning. Adityanath were among those other issues pertaining to the Jagan might from Gann- Wednesday. "In view of the the country that included Prime Minister Kejriwal, who had led his who extensively campaigned state. take up avaram airport. public health, a one week — ARVIND KEJRIWAL Narendra Modi, Home party to a spectacular win of 67 for the BJP. The meeting assumes signif- issues Jagan will non-vegetarian food holiday CHIEF MINISTER OF DELHI Minister Amit Shah along with of 70 seats in 2015, told the icance in the backdrop of BJP's pertain- have a meet- has been declared," he said. 200-odd BJP MPs failed to people of Delhi and party MORE REPORTS ON PAGE 4 debacle in Delhi Assembly ing to ing with the Care is being taken for pr- polls and its increasing depen- decen- PM at around oper disposal of the dead dence on regional parties like trali- 4 pm. bird. WHO research BJP continues to lose Assembly 3 forum on nCov polls; sixth loss in last two years YSRCP now Thank you Delhi for Rakesh launched says it is protecting India’s soul: PK Asthana gets PNS n GENEVA PNS n NEW DELHI The NDA was in a the December election, the against CAA Congress has governments in clean chit A two-day global research With insulting defeat in Delhi, much better position seven states now. PNS n VIJAYAWADA and innovation forum led by the BJP-led NDA has now lost in December, 2017 In Delhi, the Aam Aadmi PNS n NEW DELHI the World Health power in six states in the last when the BJP and its Party has won for the third In a volte-face on the Organization (WHO) was two years. The BJP, which had time in a row. Trinamool Citizenship Amendment Act The Central Bureau of launched here Tuesday to won just three seats in Delhi allies ruled 19 states. Congress rules West Bengal, (CAA), Andhra Pradesh's Investigation on Tuesday gave mobilise international action last time, was expecting a CPM-led coalition in Kerala, ruling YSR Congress Party a clean chit to former CBI in response to the novel coro- much better performance this YSR Congress in Andhra (YSRCP) on Tuesday said it Special Director Rakesh navirus outbreak. time. 16 states that account for 42 Pradesh, BJD in Odisha and is against the discriminatory Asthana and R&AW Chief Co-hosted by the WHO Delhi state BJP chief Manoj per cent of the nation's pop- TRS in Telangana. In Tamil law and also opposed the pro- Samant Goel in a bribery case and the Global Research Tiwari had hoped to ulation. Nadu, where the BJP fought posed National Register of registered by the agency in Collaboration for Infectious win 48 seats to enable The Congress is in the Lok Sabha election with the Citizens (NRC). 2018. Disease Preparedness and the party to return to power in AIADMK, it does not have a The YSRCP, which had The CBI has chargesheet- funded by Bill & Melinda power in Delhi afer Maharashtra, single MLA. Therefore, it is not voted for Citizenship ed Dubai-based private per- Gates Foundation, the forum over two decades. Rajasthan, Madhya a partner in power. Amendment Bill (CAB) in son Manoj Prasad, whom it kicked off at 9 a.m.(local However, these esti- Pradesh, The NDA was in a much the Parliament, has now said had earlier arrested. The CBI time) on Tuesday and is exp- mates proved to be Chhattisgarh, better position in December, that it is against the legisla- also found the call details ected to conclude at the end incorrect. Punjab, and 2017 when the BJP and its tion. Interestingly both the between Prasad and com- of Wednesday, the Xinhua There are now anti- Puducherry either on allies ruled 19 states. A year YSRCP and opposition plainant Sathish Sana Babu. news agency reported. BJP governments in 12 its own or as part of an later, the BJP lost power to the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) The investigating agency The forum gathers rough- states, including Delhi. The alliance. After forming the Congress in Madhya Pradesh, had supported CAB. has moved an application in ly 400 participants, both live NDA now has governments in government in Jharkhand after Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. the court contending that and online, including leading 3 further probe against his scientists from virus-related brother, Somesh and Sunil disciplines around the world, Mittal, is required. representatives of countries Trump, Melania to visit According to the CBI offi- with confirmed novel coron- Arvind Kejriwal hugs Prashant Kishor as the election results trickle in.