Follow us on: RNI No. APENG/2018/764698 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 11 VIJAYAWADA DELHI LUCKNOW A MOVE IN THE SENSEX TANKS 435 PTS; NIFTY MEDVEDEV’S BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH RIGHT DIRECTION GIVES UP 15K STREAK AT 20 BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN HYDERABAD *Late City Vol. 3 Issue 99 VIJAYAWADA, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2021; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable SATISH ROPES IN POORNA, SURBHI, HEBAH FOR HIS WEB SERIES { Page 12 } www.dailypioneer.com CHINA ADMITS 4 OFFICERS, SOLDIERS BIDEN'S NEW BILL GIVES 8-YEAR PATH DISHA RAVI ARREST SHOWS SPACE FOR HC PARTIALLY BLOCKS SEC ORDER ON KILLED IN GALWAN CLASH WITH INDIA TO CITIZENSHIP FOR IMMIGRANTS DISSENT SHRINKING: FOREIGN MEDIA SCRAPPING UNANIMOUS ELECTIONS ight months after a fierce border clash at resident Joe Biden's proposed immigration s public enemies go, Disha Ravi is an he AP High Court on Friday restrained SEC Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, China has overhaul was introduced in Congress on unlikely candidate. The 22-year-old Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar from stopping Eofficially acknowledged casualties and PThursday, kicking off what will likely be one of Aclimate change activist works for a Tthe unanimous elections where declaration named four officers and soldiers that it said his most difficult legislative challenges. The vegan food company and likes to join forms were already issued.The SEC had late on were killed. Five soldiers, including an officer legislation, known as the US Citizenship Act of volunteer cleanup drives. Earlier this month, Thursday issued orders keeping all MPTC and who was injured, were honoured by the Chinese 2021, is close to the outline that Biden sent to she helped disseminate a list of peaceful ZPTC unanimous elections in abeyance. Following leadership, reported the PLA Daily, the official Congress on his first day in office. The proposal ways to support a major protest by farmers the SEC move, the State Government approached newspaper of the Chinese military, on Friday. includes an eight-year path to citizenship for most against new agricultural laws. In today's the High Court. The High Court, however, Those killed included Qi Fabao, the regimental of the roughly 11 million immigrants living illegally India, that was enough to make her a target. authorised the SEC to inquire, if required, in cases commander from the PLA Xinjiang Military in the U.S., bolsters the nation's refugee and Over the weekend, Ravi was arrested. Police where election declaration forms (form 10) were Command. India had confirmed the loss of 20 asylum systems and calls for additional accused of her of sedition and conspiring to not issued. While deciding to resume the MPTC Indian soldiers shortly after the clashes on June technology to be used to help secure the southern "spread disaffection" against the state. Her and ZPTC elections, Ramesh Kumar had decided 15 - soldiers who were honoured for their border. The citizenship path is not conditional on arrest is the latest example of a disturbing to probe into the allegations of violence and forced bravery with their names installed in memorials. the implementation of border security measures. trend in the world's largest democracy. unanimous elections to these local bodies. Social engineering key to big YSRCP win in Kuppam SNV SUDHIR face a sharp drop in the major- n VIJAYAWADA ity of votes. In 2024, Naidu may find the While Naidu's majority was Buoyed by the successful 47,121 votes in 2014 polls, it India-Australia part- implementation of a meticu- going against Bharat tough dropped to 30,722 votes in lously planned poll strategy 2019, a sharp decline of at least nership that brought it a huge win in Vijayawada: If TDP supre- The 32-year-old, who has 17,000 votes. Naidu has been will play a key role : PM gram panchayat polls, the mo N Chandrababu Naidu a PG degree in rural devel- winning the Kuppam seat con- YSRCP has now set its sights decides to continue to con- opment, has stayed put in secutively since 1989. on the ZPTCs and Nagar test from Kuppam in 2024 Kuppam ever since he lost Noticeably, a look at the data Panchayat in TDP chief N polls, he will have to face the his father -retired bureaucrat about the votes majority Chandrababu Naidu's home Krishna Raghava Jayendra Dr K Chandramouli who secured by YSRCP backed can- 5 turf Kuppam in Chittoor dis- Bharath. had unsuccessfully contest- didates in the just concluded trict. YSRCP will most likely ed against Naidu in 2019 panchayat polls throw up sur- YSRCP supremo YS field Bharath in the next polls. prising realignment in Kuppam. Jaganmohan Reddy, who was Assembly polls. 2 YSRCP backed candidates successful in implementing a won 75 panchayats that come winning social engineering ON THE GROUND under Kuppam's four mandals formula in 2019 polls by doing by securing a majority of 30,929 a carefully crafted balancing act n Kuppam segment has 2014 and in 2009, it was 82.55% votes over the TDP supported of castes, communities and 2,13,146 voters -- 1,07,587 n In 2014, Naidu won by a candidates. The majority of religions, had also used a sim- male, 1,05,539 women and 20 margin of 47,121 votes, 28.65% these candidates is more than ilar template in Kuppam which third gender of the total votes polled. Naidu that the number of votes Naidu is said to have yielded good n In 2019, Kuppam recorded a polled a total of 1,64,481-- had secured in 2019 polls which results in the panchayat polls. voter turnout of 85.43%, 83.97% in 61.91% votes should set off alarm bells in the Though panchayat polls are TDP. fought on a non-party basis trouncing Naidu in his bastion had jeopardised their expecta- The ruling party candidates and purely at local level, the in 2019 polls itself similar to tions. that won 21 panchayats in YSRCP leadership, especially the one faced by his son Nara Chandramouli later suc- Kuppam mandal secured 6,069 the Chief Minister, had taken Lokesh in Mangalagiri. cumbed to the illness. He majority votes, in 20 panchay- Kuppam 'seriously' to send a However, YSRCP candidate, could not campaign at all. His ats under Santhipuram mandal, The role of informality strong message to the elec- Dr Krishna Chandramouli , a son KRJ Bharath, who was a YSRCP backed candidates won Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy pulls the seven-tiered chariot along with his Cabinet colleagues — Chelluboyina torate across the state. retired senior bureaucrat, political novice, had to take up by a majority of 7,020 votes. in bureaucracy Venugopala Krishna, K Kannababu, P Viswaroop, MPs, MLAs, and officials — after formally inaugurating it, in Antarvedi on YSRCP leaders felt that the falling seriously ill a month the responsibility. Though Friday. REPORT ON PAGE 3 party was almost close to before the polling day in 2019 Naidu won the poll, he had to 2 2 SSC exam pattern Administering Differences in Vijayawada 553 sarpanches own territories, declared elected changed this year AP tells apex court TDP adds to party's troubles unanimously PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Second Language, English, C PRADEEP KUMAR Differences between and Mathematics, Social The Andhra Pradesh govern- n VIJAYAWADA Kesineni Nani and Buddha The State Election In a major development for Studies papers which will be ment has told the Supreme Venkanna have been going on Commission on Friday the 10th class students in conducted separately for 100 Court that there was no The internal differences among for the last two years. They had announced that 553 Sarpanch Andhra Pradesh, the school marks, and Physical Science breach of its direction and has Vijayawada TDP leaders, openly castigated each other posts have been unanimous- education department has and Biology papers for 50 been duly administering its rumoured to have become several times in the past and ly elected ahead of the fourth made changes in the model of marks respectively. own territories and did not even more marked of late, both had indulged in a Twitter phase of the Gram Panchayat the examination. The internal Earlier, public examinations infringe upon the neighbour- spilled out in the open on war. At one stage, Kesineni elections to be held on marks and CCE process would were conducted for 80 marks ing Odisha's area. Friday. Two groups in the Srinivasa even contemplated February 21. be excluded this year. in each subject in a compre- 2 party, owing allegiance to MP walking out of the TDP and The SEC released details of In view of the late start of hensive continuous evalua- Kesineni Srinivas (Nani) and virtually served an ultimatum the number of candidates the academic year due to tion process and the remain- SC gives 4 weeks to MLC Buddha Venkanna, to party president N contesting in the final phase, Covid-19 pandemic, the Class ing 20 marks were taken from stepped up the attacks on each Chandrababu Naidu. However, including the number of dis- Bank unions to X public examinations have the internal marks and com- Odisha to reply on other on public domain. Vijayawada TDP leaders would tempers cooled down follow- trict-wise Sarpanch and ward march towards been reduced to 7 papers bined. However, this year – AP's affidavit The TDP has already suf- have an effect on the ing the intervention of the seats that were elected uncon- Parliament against instead of 11 papers. 2021 – this system has been FULL STORY IN fered a massive setback in the Vijayawada Municipal party chief.