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Minister Narendra Modi on the interview by Prime Minister Away from the SC pro- basis of a recent order of the top Narendra Modi in which he ceedings, Rahul once again court in the Rafale deal case, had said that the apex court raked up his often-repeated but wasted no time in repeat- had given a clean chit to the poll theme of alleged corrup- ing his “Chowkidar chor” jibe Government in the Rafale deal. tion in the Rafale deal and and against the PM in Amethi. He maintained that there exhorted people to ask the Rahul expressed “regret” was no “slightest intention” to Prime Minister what he got in in the Supreme Court for “insinuate” anything regarding return for benefiting Anil claiming SC had justified his the Supreme Court proceed- Ambani with 30,000 crore in “Chokidar chor hai” allega- ings in any manner as he holds the fighter jet deal. ! P # # # # # tion in its order. He said the the top court in the highest Mocking at the PM’s “Main % comment was made in the esteem. bhi chowkidar” campaign, “heat of political campaigning”. Clarifying further, Rahul Rahul said, “When his (Modi’s) The apex court on April 15 said he had made the statement theft was caught in the Rafale had given a categorical clarifi- after filing his nomination deal he says “hum sab chowki- cation that in its Rafale verdict paper on April 10 without dar hain.” there was no occasion for it to “having seen or read the order” Addressing an election make a mention of the con- of the apex court passed on that rally in his parliamentary con- temptuous observation that day relating to the admissibil- stituency here, Rahul said, “chowkidar Narendra Modi ity of certain documents relat- “When the PM comes and chor hain” as has been attrib- ed to the Rafale case in the makes false claims, just ask him uted to it by Rahul. The court review petition. why he gave 30,000 crores to had directed Rahul to give his However, on the issue of Ambani and what Ambani did the blasts that also killed eight Police spokesman Ruwan explanation on April 22 on a slogan “Chowkidar chor hai”, for him in return... Soon after Indian nationals. Gunasekera said that 24 petition filed by BJP MP Rahul in his affidavit re- the Congress comes to power Police said that 9 out of the arrested suspects have been Meenakshi Lekhi seeking crim- affirmed his stand and belief after the Lok Sabha elections, 24 arrested for involvement in transferred into the custody of inal contempt action against Tuesday. court’s order, said his statement and that of his party that Rafale an enquiry would be institut- ! the blasts were ordered to be the Criminal Investigations him for his remarks. It is sched- Rahul, who filed an affi- was “purely political” and was deal is a “tainted transaction” ed in the Rafale deal and the remanded by the Colombo Department for further inves- uled to hear Lekhi’s petition on davit in response to the apex made to counter the “misin- and a “gross and brazen abuse truth will be before everyone.” magistrate’s court till May 6. tigations. President Sirisena Government’s spokesman has appointed a three-mem- Rajitha Senaratne said NTJ is ber committee to conduct suspected of plotting the blasts investigations. The committee !" that struck three churches will submit its report to him # 444 when the Easter Sunday mass within two weeks. were in progress and three Health Minister he Sri Lankan Government five-star hotels. Senaratne said the Chief of #$ % Ton Monday accused a pre- “All suicide bombers National Intelligence had viously little-known Islamist involved in the blasts are warned the Inspector General outfit called the National believed to be Sri Lankan of Police (IGP) regarding the .012 hopes to cash in on the resent- Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) of nationals,” said Senaratne, who probable attacks before April ment of the patidars and having carried out the Easter is also the Health Minister. 11. ll 26 constituencies of rural-urban divide to win at Sunday attacks, and said an Speaking at a press con- “On April 4, internation- AGujarat and 20 of Kerala least five to six seats in the international terror group ference here, Senaratne said the al intelligence agencies had will go to polls on Tuesday in State. might have been behind the Government was investigat- warned of these attacks. The the third phase of Lok Sabha On the other hand, Prime atrocities, the worst in the ing whether the group had IGP was informed on April 9,” polls for 116 seats spread over Minister Narendra Modi and country’s history. “international support”. “There he said. 14 States. Amit Shah have made repeat- However, neither the NTJ, may be international links to He demanded resigna- BJP president Amit Shah, ed pleas to the voters to make nor any other group, has admit- them,” he added. tion of police chief Pujith Congress chief Rahul Gandhi sure than the Congress didn’t ted carrying out the wave of The “conditional state of Jayasundera in view of the and Samajwadi party patriarch open its account from the bombings which tore through emergency” in force since major security lapse. Mulayam Singh Yadav as well state. the island nation, killing 290 Monday midnight would target Prime Minister Ranil as several Union Ministers While Shah, who replaced people and injuring nearly 500 terrorism and would not limit Wickremesinghe said that an and senior Opposition leaders LK Advani as the party nom- others. freedom of expression, said a investigation must be are contesting the Tuesday inee from Gandhinagar, Seven suicide bombers of statement from the President’s launched as to why intelli- poll. Union Minister of State for the NTJ carried out a series of media unit. “These will be gence reports of the attack The polling in Tripura Tribal Affairs Jaswantsinh devastating blasts, authorities limited to counter terrorism was not taken seriously. Rauff East constituency, which was Bhabhor, is the BJP nominee said on Monday. As many as 87 regulations. This is being done Hakeem, a Government min- earlier scheduled for April 18, from Dahod seat. bomb detonators were found to allow the police and the ister and the leader of the will be held in this phase, as About 18.56 crore voters on Monday at a bus station in three forces to ensure public main Muslim party — Sri also in a part of the Anantnag are eligible for voting in this Colombo, police said. security.” Lanka Muslim Congress — Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and phase and the Election Police have so far arrested The Government has also said that it was lamentable Kashmir, where election is Commission has set up 2.10 & '( ) * ) + * ) + , 24 people — mostly members declared Tuesday as a nation- that no preventive action had being held in three phases. lakh polling booths/stations %# # # - . & % - & of NTJ — in connection with al day of mourning. been taken despite the inputs. This phase is seen crucial and has made elaborate secu- ) & for the NDA, which won 66 of rity arrangements. "# the 116 seats in 2014 and BJP In the first two phases, has been fielded from New posted a series of tweets on Sheila has been Chief Congress governments in made a clean sweep of winning election was held to 91 and 96 Delhi seat, Delhi Congress Monday to express his concern Minister for three terms Delhi as well as at the Centre,” all the 26 seats of Gujarat. The seats on April 11 and April 18 % & ' working president Rajesh as the BJP has not declared his between 1998 and 2013. The Dikshit said after her name Congress and its alliance part- respectively. Elections are Lilothia from North west seat, candidature. eighty-one-year-old leader, was declared as a candidate ners won 27, and the rest being held in seven phases & (& Mahabal Mishra from West Udit held a Press confer- who took over from Maken as from North East Delhi. She went to other opposition par- and with the completion of Delhi, five-term Lok Sabha ence later in the evening to air the Delhi Pradesh Congress also said her party was pre- ties and Independents. third) + MP JP Agarwal from Chandni his grievance and asked the Committee (DPCC) president pared to face the challenge of Besides all seats of Gujarat phase, the election process will Chowk and former Delhi party leadership to come clean earlier this year, was last a a triangular contest in Delhi. !" (26) and Kerala, four seats in be completed in southern Minister Arvinder Singh on his nomination from the Member of Parliament from Interestingly, senior ! ! Assam, five of Bihar, seven of states.