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Indian Horizon National English Daily [email protected] www.indianhorizon.org RNI No: Deleng/2013/51507 In memory of Dr Asima Kemal and Prof. Dr. Salim W Kemal [email protected] Volume Price: 3.00 No: 6 Issue No: 288 Published from New Delhi & Hyderabad New Delhi, Friday, October 25, 2019 Pages 12 + 4 pull out (P16) SC order on AGR Essex lorry deaths: 39 victims Saina Nehwal through weakens telcos, say were Chinese nationals to second broking houses round in Paris P-5 P-8 P-11 Briefs BJP wins 16 Assembly seats Fadnavis credits allies for win, in by-polls, leading in 1 Thackeray plays hard ball Mumbai, Oct 24 (IANS) ing the next government with New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Five the party’s Subhash Rai pipped the the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha se- Chief Minister Devendra Fad- the support of all our allies,” months after its landslide victory in BSP’s Chhaya Verma to the post in cured the Poklok Kamrang seat. The navis on Thursday credited Fadnavis asserted. the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP on Jalalpur. In Bihar, the Rashtriya Jana- BJP secured victory from Himachal all the Bharatiya Janata Party At a separate media briefing, Thursday won 16 Assembly seats and ta Dal won the Simri-Bakhtiarpur Pradesh’s Dharamshala and Pach- allies for its victory in the Thackeray reminded the BJP was leading in one in the bypolls held and Belhar seats, the AIMIM’s Qam- had seats where it had fielded Vishal Maharashtra Assembly elec- of the pre-Lok Sabha elections in 51 Assembly constituencies across rul Hoda won in Kishanganj and the Nehria and Reena Kashyap, respec- tions even as ally Shiv Sena understanding of a 50:50 power- 17 states. The Congress, which was ruling Janata Dal-United in the Na- tively, defeating an Independent and President Uddhav Thackeray sharing formula, including shar- decimated in the general elections thnagar constituency. Independent Congress candidate. played hard ball by saying ing the post of Chief Minister. in May, bagged 11 seats in the by- Karnjeet Singh alias Vyas Singh won Independent candidate Chakat “there is no hurry to form the “There is no hurry to form elections held on October 21. in Daraundha. Aboh won from Khonsa West con- government.” the government,” Thacker- In Uttar Pradesh, where by-elec- In Gujarat, the home state of Prime stituency in Arunachal Pradesh’s de- “I am thankful to the people ay said, indicating that he tions were held for 11 Assembly Minister Narendra Modi and Home feating Independent candidate Azet of the state for reposing faith would consider all options seats, the BJP won 7, its ally Apna Dal Minister Amit Shah, 6 seats were at Homtok by a margin of 1,887 votes. in us again, and all the allies after the final results are de- got 1, and the Samajwadi Party won stake, out of which the BJP bagged The Congress secured victory in for working hard for this vic- clared. Earlier on Thursday, 3 seats. The ruling BJP won the Gan- Kheralu and Lunawada seats and three of the four seats in Punjab - tory,” said Fadnavis, taking Sena MP Sanjay Raut had goh, Iglas, Lucknow Cantt, Govind was leading in Amraiwadi while the Phagwara, Mukerian and Jalalabad care to downplay his party’s raised the similar demand of Jacqueline Fernandez’s will soon be seen Nagar, Manikpur, Balha and Ghosi. Congress won the remaining 3 - Tha- - defeating two BJP and a Shiromani prominence. 50:50 power-sharing ratio as in action thriller Drive The candidate of its ally Apna Dal rad, Bayad and Radhanpur, where its Akali Dal candidates, respectively. Though the BJP’s tally has was decided with the top BJP Rajasthan bypolls: Cong wins won from Pratapgarh. candidate Raghubhai Merajbhai De- However, the party faced defeat in fallen this time, there is no leadership. “There will be no Samajwadi Party’s Tazeen Fatma, sai defeated Alpesh Thakor, who left the Dakha seat to the Akali Dal. substantial increase in the change in the situation. Even Mandava, RLP bags Khinvsar a Rajya Sabha member and wife of the Congress to join the BJP. In Rajasthan, Congress’s Rita strength of the opposition the post of Chief Minister has Jaipur, Oct 24 (IANS) Congress’ Rita senior party leader and Lok Sabha In Assam, the BJP won the Ra- Choudhary defeated BJP’s Sushila parties, Fadnavis said, add- already been decided with Chaudhary on Thursday registered a huge member Azam Khan, won from the tabari, Rangapara and Sonari seats Singra from Mandawa seat but the ing that peoples’ expectations the Sena leaders. There will victory in the Mandava bypoll trouncing Rampur seat, defeating BJP’s Bharat in Assam while the All India United party faced defeat from the Rashtriya may have increased. be a ‘Maha-Yuti’ government her BJP rival Sushila Seegda by a margin of Bhushan. Samajwadi Party’s Gaurav Demoratic Front won the Jania seat. Loktantrik Party in Khinwsar seat “We accept the verdict of soon,” Fadnavis said, dismiss- 33,704 votes, Election Commission officials Kumar secured victory in Zaidpur The BJP won Martamrumtek (BL) where Narayan Beniwal defeated its the people. There is little ing speculation that the Sena said here. seat, defeating BJP’s Ambrish, and and Gangtok (BL) in Sikkim while Harendra Midha. doubt that we would be form- might explore options. On the other hand, BJP alliance RLP’s Narayan Beniwal won the Khinvsar seat against his Congress rival Hirendra Mirdha. BJP to stake claim to form Speaking to media, Rita Chaudhary said, “The warm blessings, love and regard of government in Haryana people of Mandava helped me register Chandigarh, Oct 24 (IANS) Janata Party (JJP), which broke win here,” adding that workers’ hard work The ruling BJP in Haryana, away from the state’s once helped in attaining this huge victory. which failed to cross the half- major regional party Indian She also gave credit for her victory to Chief way mark in the 90-member National Lok Dal (INLD) ow- Minister Ashok Gehlot. Assembly, will present its case ing to family disputes, won 10 to form the government late seats. “The way these trends BJP’s Art 370 pitch fails to excite Thursday evening, it is learnt. are showing, it is clear people voters in Hry, Maha Chief Minister Manohar Lal voted for change,” Mr Chau- Khattar will be meeting Gov- tala told NDTV, adding, “The New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The loud nation- ernor Satyadev Narayan Arya keys to the next government alistic pitch which resulted in a landslide for here to stake claim to form the will be in the hands of the JJP.” the ruling BJP in the Lok Sabha elections has government. Dushyant Chautala was, not been as effective in the Assembly elec- The BJP won 40 seats, but however, noncommittal on tions of Haryana and Maharashtra. all its state ministers lost, bar- whether his party would sup- Although it is still early days, but it will also ring two, including Anil Vij port the BJP or the Congress PM Narendra Modi being welcomed by Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari and BJP National Working Presi- raise questions on having the concept of a dent J.P. Nadda, as he arrives to address BJP cadres during victory celebrations at the party’s headquarters in New Delhi on Oct 24, 2019. and state party chief Subhash in forming a government in working President in J.P. Nadda, as these were Barala. However, the rival Con- case of a hung Assembly. Nine the first elections fought on his watch. Amit gress won 31 seats, while less others, comprising indepen- Shah, as BJP President, has seen the emer- Sonia Gandhi makes mark, old nia Gandhi, who took over as than 12-month-old Jannayak dents, have also won. gence of one of the most powerful political and interim Congress president election machinery ever seen in the country. in August this year, did not While Prime Minister Narendra Modi and guard to the forefront campaign at all and her only Goa CM must revisit RSS shakha, Home Minister Amit Shah made repeated New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) paigned for two days in the with good news. Though rally scheduled for Maha- and boisterous references to abrogation of Punjab Chief Minister Amarind- BJP ruled state. Congress Congress could not form rashtra was also cancelled. re-learn value of mother: Opp Article 370 in J&K and cross-border Balakot er Singh has hailed the results of General Secretary Priyanka the government, the results Rahul addressed rallies strikes during election campaigning, the elec- the Haryana and Maharashtra Gandhi Vadra, who is in are encouraging,” said K. C. in Nuh and Mahendragarh Panaji, Oct 24 (IANS) The environment clearance in tion results where the BJP has not been able to assembly polls and bypolls in Rae Bareli, said, “I am re- Venugopal, General Secre- in Haryana and Congress Goa opposition on Thursday the National Green Tribunal, repeat its previous performance shows clear- Punjab saying “We really won ally happy for both the tary of the Congress. When won both the seats. The raised the pitch against Chief saying Mhadei “is more than ly that fatigue may be setting in on such issues the show, with a little more ef- states. We are also happy Rahul decided to quit as the supporters of the former Minister Pramod Sawant a (a) mother to us”. and economic and agrarian issues raised by fort, we would have won”. about the fact that here in party president after the Lok Congress president say if day after the Ministry of Envi- However, former deputy the Opposition may be getting more traction The party did not cam- UP our vote percentage has Sabha election verdict, the Rahul had campaigned ronment and Forests (MoEF) chief minister and Goa For- with the electorate.