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While former Chief and abrogation of Article 370, $ && " & P , " Minister Prithviraj Chavan of $ . # & $ % the saffron party was reduced + ! the Congress said he antici- ! , " , % " % # - to 40 seats with a resurgent pated some “interesting possi- , " # " ! % % , " Opposition gaining strength tured mandate notwithstand- protests of 2016 lies shattered bilities” on the BJP-Sena front " ! due to agrarian crisis and grow- ing, the party’s Chief Minister to an extent this time around. in the coming 15 days, senior ing unemployment. would be sworn in. It will be Barely five months ago in NCP leader and former deputy "#$% %& '( )%#$ Chavan set the cat among the Shiv Sena from outside. In a hung verdict, which only after being sworn in that the Lok Sabha election, the BJP Chief Minister Chhagan pigeons by saying: “The BJP Earlier, when he was asked has opened the doors for back- the backstage managers of the had swept Haryana winning all Bhujbal said: “Anything can 8 & ( . has got lesser number of seats about the Opposition com- door negotiations and new BJP would become active to get 10 seats. Now its vote share has happen in politics. Shiv Sena 3" + than it had expected. They were bine supporting the Shiv Sena, political realignments, several support from the JJP, smaller dipped by over 20 per cent. can get the Chief Minister’s L>0+>0M $( saying all things that they NCP president Sharad Pawar new political possibilities of parties and the Independents to Political observers here felt post”. 8 ' (,, ? $ would get more than 220/250 said: “People have asked us to Government formation prove majority on the floor of that after playing the non-Jat Shiv Sena president < ( . seats etc. They (BJP leaders) sit in the Opposition. The emerged and the BJP clearly the House. card consistently over a period Uddhav Thackeray set the ball < $ %& ( $' @0/A were even talking about form- thought of trying to get into has the advantage with the Given the fractured verdict, of five years and consolidating rolling, by reiterating that the ,"8 < ' $ ing the Government on their power doesn’t even cross our numbers. a section of the BJP is con- other castes, the dominant 50:50 formula of seat and own strength. If they want to minds. We will work to expand In the new Assembly, BJP templating whether Chief caste voted “strategically” in power-sharing decided form a Government now, they our base”. remains the single largest party Minister Manohar Lal Khattar this election giving the between the Sena and BJP at a (3 B O will have to give the Shiv Sena To another query, Pawar and would stake its claim to is the best bet at this point of Congress and the JJP signifi- meeting he held with BJP pres- ' ' ( its pound of flesh. After the last said: “We will not go with Shiv form the Government. time to lead the party. His rain- cant seats in the Jat belt of the ident Amit Shah and Chief $ ( 6' @0/A elections, the NCP had offered Sena. NCP-Congress and other However, the biggest riddle bow coalition of non-Jat castes State at the cost of the BJP. Minister Devendra Fadnavis in unconditional support from allies will decide together, the for the party would be to get following the violent Jat Continued on Page 4 February this year (ahead of the time of seat-sharing, BJP power sharing in the new the outside. As result, the Shiv future course of action.” the requisite numbers to get a Lok Sabha polls) as the basis for Minister Chandrakant Patil Government. Sena had no bargaining power Given the nature of power majority in the 90-member power-sharing in the new had told us that his party had Chief Minister Devendra at that time. That won’t happen struggle between the BJP and House. In such a scenario, the Government. some difficulties. We under- Fadnavis - who addressed the now.” Shiv Sena, it will take some fledgling Jananayak Janata -"& 0# Responding to a query as stood them then.” media minutes after Uddhav “I do not rule out some more days before the leaders of Party (JJP) holds the key. to which of the two saffron “We cannot understand did - said that he had seen and interesting possibilities. Wait the two parties sit across and The JJP — the surprise alliance partners would get the the difficulties of everyone. heard what the Sena president for 15 days. You will get now,” decide on the power-sharing package this election and the 1 23 Chief Minister’s post, Uddhav After all I have to run my party had said. He sought to buy time he said. arrangement between them. true inheritors of the legacy of said at a news conference he and widen its base. Now let us by saying: “What Uddhavji has “We are talking to our While the BJP has gone to Jat leader Chaudhary Devi Lal addressed at his “Matoshree” discuss everything in a trans- said is correct. We had decid- allies. We know what are the town saying that Fadnavis — would take a call on extend- ;5%<: Congress leaders alleged residence: “Who will become parent manner with Delhi ed on the formula. We would possibilities before us. We all would be the next Chief ing support on Friday. irregularities during counting the Chief Minister is an impor- leaders. Let Amit Shah come go by that....there is no ambi- will sit across whether to pro- Minister of the State, Fadnavis Government sources indi- n the four-cornered contest for the Gangoh seat, and a del- tant question. Ahead of the Lok from Delhi. Let’s discuss the guity”. Fadnavis, however, ceed in the matter or not,” himself has repeatedly said cated that Governor Satyadev Iin the bypolls to 11 UP egation of the party even made Sabha polls, we (Sena and BJP) issues with him,” Uddhav said, chose not to elaborate in the Chavan said, indirectly hinting that he would come back as the Narayan Arya would invite the assembly seats, the results of a representation to the Election had arrived at 50:50 seat and as he insisted on the BJP imple- matter. at the exploring the possibili- Chief Minister. single largest party BJP to form which were declared on Commission in Lucknow. power sharing formula. At the menting the 50:50 formula of On his part, Prithviraj ty of extending support to the Continued on Page 4 the Government and the frac- Thursday, the ruling Bharatiya As far as poll percentage is Janata Party and its ally Apna concerned, BJP got around Dal (Sonelal) managed to win 35 per cent of votes followed eight seats. by SP (22 per cent), BSP (16.30 R ! While the Samajwadi per cent) and Congress (12 per Party candidates easily won the cent). Zaidpur seat in Barabanki and As per the Election %9:9;7* seats went to the Opposition, Rampur Sadar seat, its candi- Commission, BJP candidate but the saffron outfit did com- date wrested the Jalalpur seat Kirat Singh defeated his near- he result of the bypolls for paratively better in Uttar in Ambedkarnagar from est Congress rival Nooman Tthe 51 Assembly seats in 11 Pradesh, where it managed to Bahujan Samaj Party by a Masood by over 5,400 votes in " $"% States, including politically retain seven out of 11 seats. wafer-thin margin of 790 votes. Gangoh. &&' $( important Gujarat, Bihar and In Madhya Pradesh, The BJP won the Lucknow In the prestigious Rampur Uttar Pradesh, came as wake- Congress wrested its tradi- Cantonment, Balha seat, SP leader Mohammad up call for the BJP-led NDA on tional Jhabua Assembly seat (Bahraich), Iglas (Aligarh), Azam Khan’s wife Tazeen Monday. The BJP conceded from the BJP. In Rajasthan Manikpur (Chitrakoot), Fatma retained the seat by ground to the Opposition in also, the Congress increased its Gangoh (Saharanpur), Ghosi defeating her BJP rival Bharat !"! #$% * Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, tally in the State legislature by (Mau) and Govindnagar Bhushan by over 7,700 votes. & $ while its ally Janata Dal(U) suf- one after winning the Assembly (Kanpur Nagar) assembly BJP’s Raj Kumar Sahyogi $ fered a bloody nose in Bihar. bypolls to Mandawa, while MP seats, its ally Apna Dal retained the Iglas seat in The BJP lost the prestigious Hanuman Beniwal’s Rashtriya (Sonelal) clinched the Aligarh by defeating BSP can- * $ Satara Lok Sabha bypoll in Loktantrik Party retained the Pratapgarh seat. didate Abhay Kumar by over +( ( Maharashtra. However, the Khinwsar seat. Samajwadi Party was the 25,900 votes. , $ O( . NDA ally LJP retained the The BJP and its allies had main beneficiary in this bypoll In Lucknow Cantonment, % & Samastipur (SC) Lok Sabha held nearly 30 of the 51 as it retained Rampur seat BJP’s Suresh Chandra Tiwari constituency.

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