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Surguja 2153 polling centres. Over 67,796 polling per- hhattisgarh is all set for the sonnel have been deployed Cfinal phase of polling on while 617 polling centres have Tuesday in which over 1.27 been declared as sensitive. In crore voters will seal fate of 123 seven PCs a total of 288 candidates in seven parlia- ‘Sanghwari’ (all women) polling mentary seats though the main booths have been established. A contest is between the BJP and total of 333 model polling cen- the Congress candidates. tres and 60 centres for differ- Voting will be held from ently-abled voters have been 7am to 5pm in Raipur, Bilaspur, made. Webcasting will be done Durg, Korba, Raigarh, Surguja from 3,200 polling centres. and Janjgir Lok Sabha The total electors in seats amid tight security Raigarh PC is 21,11,104, arrangements. Bilaspur has 18,75,904 elec- "# %" P ! ! The first phase of polling tors, Raigarh has 17,31,655 ! ( " was held for Bastar seat on April electors, Korba has 15,07,779 11 while in the second phase on electors, Janjgir-Champa has April 18 Rajnandgoan, 18,95,232 electors, Durg has Mahasamund and Kanker 19,38,319 electors and Surguja Parliamentary constituencies has 16,53,283 electors. went to polls. The smallest polling centre Chhattisgarh’s chief elec- 143 of hamlet Sheradand under toral officer Subrat Sahoo Chandha village Panchayat of at Kanto and Revla polling informed that a total of Koriya district has four electors centre, the number of electors ! ! 1,27,12,816 electors will cast while in Bharatpur-Sonhat area are less than 20. their votes in the seven parlia- mentary seats on Tuesday for outfit called the National the NTJ carried out a series of which Election Commission Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) of devastating blasts, authorities has allowed 12 documents as P having carried out the Easter said on Monday. As many as 87 identity proof. Sunday attacks, and said an bomb detonators were found In Raigarh and Bilaspur 25 One will not be allowed to Card (EPIC), Aadhar card, pass- India. Non-Resident Indians international terror group on Monday at a bus station in candidates each are in the fray. vote if their name is missing in port, driving license, centre and can produce their passport as might have been behind the Colombo, police said. In Raigarh 14, Korba 13, lection Commission of India the voting list. Voters can check state government, government their identity card. atrocities, the worst in the Police have so far arrested Janjgir-Champa 15, Durg 21 Ehas listed 12 documents, their names in electoral roll in institutions issued photo-iden- Election Commission has country’s history. 24 people — mostly members and Surguja 10 candidates are out of which the voter will the website of Chief Electoral tity card, bank or post office made it clear that earlier voter’s However, neither the NTJ, of NTJ — in connection with vying for the seat. have to carry at least one to exer- Officer Chhattisgarh, through issued passbook with photo- slip was being allowed as an nor any other group, has admit- the blasts that also killed eight A total of 15,408 polling cise their franchise. toll free call centre (1950) or graph, PAN card, MGNREGA identity paper which was being ted carrying out the wave of Indian nationals. centers have been set up for the The voters slip alone is no SMS service and also via voter job card, health insurance card, published after the final publi- bombings which tore through Police said that 9 out of the final phase of voting. Raipur has longer a valid identification helpline application. photo-based pension docu- cation of electoral roll. But there the island nation, killing 290 24 arrested for involvement in 2343, Bilaspur 2221, Raigarh document that can be used to The document that can be ment, MP, MLAs issued photo- was no guarantee of identifica- he Sri Lankan Government people and injuring nearly 500 the blasts were ordered to be 2327, Korba 2008, Janjgir- vote, officials informed here used at the time of voting identity card and Smart card tion as there is no photo of the Ton Monday accused a pre- others. remanded by the Colombo champa 2173, Durg 2183 and on Monday. include Electoral Photo-Identity issued by Registrar General of bearer attached to a voting slip. viously little-known Islamist Seven suicide bombers of magistrate’s court till May 6. !" # $%& $'() + which claimed nearly 290 lives. may try to engineer terror Sri Lanka President attacks in India, sources said. n the backdrop of the serial Maithripala Srisena declared a Keeping this in view, secu- Iblasts in Sri Lanka on nationwide emergency on rity was ramped up around all Sunday, the Indian Coast Monday. defence and other vital instal- Guard has intensified patrolling The preventive measure in lations including naval bases in to prevent terrorists responsi- India was also taken to avoid a coastal region, they said. ble for the dastardly act from repeat of 26/11 Mumbai terror Moreover, all the stake holders escaping from there and sneak- attacks in 2008 when Pakistani in coastal security including the ing into India through the sea terrorists managed to reach the local police increased patrolling +1+ 1 + ((=?=6*(< Sri Lanka of ISIS. route. The precautionary step metropolis through sea and at all landing points in the :6==?99(99@ Estimates here suggest was taken on Sunday itself launch a series of attacks in coastal region especially in ver two weeks before the !=@=6(8 Hashim has a follower base of after the enormity of the situ- which 166 people were killed. Tamil Nadu and deployed Odeadly suicide bombings (*=9( nearly 400 radicals and the ation became clear and more There were concerns that ter- security pickets to prevent infil- in Sri Lanka, India had alert- <<8*8(*=( attack on the churches could fast patrol boats besides sur- rorists escaping from Sri Lanka tration. ed Colombo of possible terror :?=*(< be a tactical ploy to deflect veillance planes and helicopters hits at churches and prelimi- 69(:= attention of the aggrieved were deployed. nary findings suggest the slain :@=? Buddhists against the Muslims Maintaining high alert, the suicide bomber and chief of who are lesser in number in Coast Guard has mounted ) ! * ! the National Tauheed Jamath has put in place a tight secu- the island nation than the for- round the clock vigil all along Whavan Hashim alias Zahran rity cordon and sophisticated mer, sources said. the Indian maritime boundary +-1!! Jamath is a name which caus- Of the scenes were not services) is coming in the way Hashim had attempted to access control paraphernalia. Pakistan’s covert agency with Sri Lanka to thwart any es fear and terror in the minds deleted, the organisations, led of tracking the real activities of carry out blast at the Indian Following the inputs of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) attempt by the terrorists to of the people was made known by Thowheed Jamath had Thowheed Jama’ath which are embassy and at the US impending terror strike, the Sri in Colombo might have pro- avoid the security dragnet in Sri he repercussions of by the then Chief Minister of threatened to stage demon- shrouded in mysteries, accord- embassy earlier this month. Lankan police had also issued vided facilitation for logistics Lanka and infiltrate into India TSunday’s serial blasts in Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa her- strations in front of the 524 the- ing to insiders in these depart- However, given the tight an alert to the effect but could supplies to Hashim through its through sea, officials said here Colombo that claimed more self while speaking to reporters atres where the movie was to be ments. security at these two installa- not assess the magnitude of the terror proxies like the Lashkar- on Monday. than 200 lives could have a in January 2013. released. “We need 56, 440 Since then the strength of tions, the bomber decided to problem that was in the mak- e-Tayyaba and its humanitar- They also said all ships major effect in Tamil Nadu, “There are more than 7.5 policemen to ensure security Thowheed Jama’ath has hit three luxury hotels and two ing. Initial assessments here ian assistance arm Jamat-ud- from Coast Guard stations at according to intelligence and lakh active Thowheed Jamath and law and order in these the- increased manifold in Tamil major churches taking a toll of suggest the serial suicide Dawah that has been presence Tuticorin, Mandapam and security experts in the State. activists in Tamil Nadu,” atres on a round-the–clock Nadu. Though the organisation over 200 and injuring about bombings in and around in Sri Lanka since the 2005 Karaikal were pressed into ser- Thowheed Jamath, an Islamic Jayalalithaa had told a Press basis and hence we decided to is not visibly active in the 500 others. Colombo were essentially an tsunami. The JuD had pur- vice for heightened patrolling terrorist organisation, the name meet specially convened by effect the ban in the movie State, it is very much present in The National Tauheed outcome of Islamist versus chased a number of orphans along the sensitive sea lanes. of which is linked to the serial her to explain the reasons under Section 144 of the IPC,” areas of conflict between caste Jamat is a breakaway faction of Buddhist conflict. for the purpose of radicaliza- Medium range maritime sur- blasts in Sri Lanka, has a strong behind banning Viswaroopam, Jayalalithaa had told during the Hindus and Dalits. The Sri Lanka Tauheed Jamat, Hashim is said to have tion from Sri Lanka and other veillance aircraft were provid- presence in Tamil Nadu. The a Tamil movie produced by press briefing. Thowheed Jama’ath is actively branch of Tamil Nadu Tauheed undergone treatment earlier countries hit by tsunami. ing aerial support to the ships open sea between Tamil Nadu Kamal Haasan. About 24 She said she was very much propagating Islam among the Jamat under the scanner of the for mental illness and wanted The terror targets which in an effort to detect any hos- and Sri Lanka offers immense Islamic organisations had worried about the law and Dalits by distributing the Holy Intelligence agencies at least to become a social worker in include three luxury hotels- tile movement and alert the scope to the volunteers of this expressed their opposition to order situation at that time as books and religions literature. since 2016. 2011. However, Hashim joined Shangri La, Kingsbury and patrol boats for interception. organisation to shift from one the release of the movie there were many instances of A status report prepared by Sources in the security religious groups like the Sri Cinnamon Grand-and St Vigil was increased soon place to another. It is an open because they alleged that the throwing of petrol bombs and a Chennai based intelligence agencies said the Indian Lanka Tauheed Jamat and sub- Anthony Church Zion Church after Sri Lanka said a local secret in Tamil Nadu that all film contained anti-Islam ref- vandalising film theatres. But think tank for the union home embassy in Sri Lanka is heav- sequently got in touch with the and St Sebastian church were extremist group National anti-national and extremist erences and they wanted such the frequent shuffling and ministry has this to tell about ily fortified and armed with ISIS especially those based in identified after the failed bids Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) may organisations work in unison. scenes to be deleted from the transfer of intelligence offi- the state of affairs in Tamil anti-aircraft batteries of a the UAE and went on to at the Indian and American be responsible for the blasts The fact that Thowheed film. cials (both in State and Central Nadu. Central paramilitary force and become the chief of Khorasan missions in Colombo. ! + ! , + - ./!0 1 ! 3 !$ / 2O- &- /4'"(5 !$ "26 / '/2 /0) .-0"25 (( /4 &/0 !$ &$6-" ( !/$(5 !$ -!/45 + + top court that the poll panel has had said that the entire movie 2 $(!9 !$ /4'"( !"'$-/2 taken the decision after watch- was not available and a decision New Delhi: Prime Minister *!/-$5 "(( /& - $#! s the BJP demanded an he Election Commission ing the promo, and not the to ban the release Narendra Modi will file his 0$0)$- "2. - ''/ -"&& "$ Aapology from Rahul Ton Monday submitted its entire movie. was taken after watching the nomination from Varanasi on )$2# "((/ "$. -'" $ 2 !$ Gandhi and called him “liar of detailed report to the Supreme EC’s counsel Amit Sharma trailer. April 26 and will be accompa- !/$( '$0-$- the first order” in public opin- Court on the biopic of Prime nied by the party’s top brass, ion after the Congress president Minister Narendra Modi. including BJP national presi- expressed regret in the A bench headed by Chief dent Amit Shah. ! 4 4 !! Supreme Court on Monday Justice Ranjan Gogoi took the Chief Ministers of NDA- 3 !$ '$0$ / over his remarks in connection EC’s report on Modi’s biopic New Delhi: The EC on Monday issued the notification for the ruled states and BJP allies are /2 /2." $& -$. / $2$"2 " with the Rafale judgment, the and asked the poll panel to sup- seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha elections in which 59 expected to attend the event, '($" ! ! "(($#$. !" '$/'($ main opposition party ply a copy of the report to the constituencies spread across eight states and union territories will party sources said. $$ )$2# ))$. /2 " 0"--$ described the saffron inter- producer of the movie. go for polls. While the first phase of election was held on April Modi will file the nomina- - "($ &/ !$ /4 ")!" '/((- 2 pretation as “blasphemous” The bench, which also 11, the last phase will be held on May 19. So far, two phases have tion papers from Varanasi in "0( ". 9 $2 ! !$".$. ) amounting to criminal con- comprised justices Deepak taken place, while the third phase of polling is on Tuesday. All Uttar Pradesh on April 26, !$& , - $ "2:"2 */#/ -". tempt of court proceedings guilty in the “court of public The Congress, however, Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, has the 13 seats of Punjab, four in Himachal Pradesh and one in they said, adding a road show "- 2/ 2 (2$. / !$" !$ even as it insisted “ek hi chowki- opinion”, Rao added that all said it did not agree with BJP’s now fixed the plea of produc- Chandigarh will go for polls in a single phase on May 19. PNS will be held there on April 25. 0"$ -2 $ !$ $($ /2- 2 !$ dar chor hain”. Congress cadres across the interpretation of Rahul’s regret ers challenging the EC’s Various leaders of the -"$ $$ "($". /$9 Addressing a press confer- country hang their heads in as submitted with the apex ban on the movie for hearing National Democratic Alliance ence here, BJP spokesperson shame that there leader has court. on Friday 26. (NDA), including Bihar Chief 1!4 GVL Narsimha Rao said, been blatantly lying on the “Issue is sub-judice, stop The apex court had on &+!,! + Minister Nitish Kumar, are , ! 1 “Today, by filing an affidavit in Rafale jet dea. passing verdict today! We reit- April 15 directed the Election slated to attend the road show, 3 * the honourable SC, Rahul While senior BJP leader erate -- ek hi chowkidar chor Commission to re-examine its - ! -! ! the sources said. / 2."/2 $($)"$. +/(. Gandhi accepted that he had and union defence minister hai (only one watchman is a earlier order and take an “Honourable Prime "! " ) /#"2-2# lied on his allegations against Nirmala Sitaraman said the thief)!” , said Congress’ chief informed decision on banning + polling in the Tripura (East) Minister Narendra Modi will '("2"/2 .$-5 ""$2$-- PM Modi on the Rafale deal.” Congress leader’s lie has given spokesperson Randeep pan-India the release of the Lok Sabha seat to the third be filing his nomination later "(($- "2. /0'$/2- 2 “This was an attempt by a big hit to his credibility in the Surjewala. biopic on Prime Minister ormer deputy election com- phase on April 23 (Tuesday) this week and given his track - !//(- "2. (("#$- 2 .&&$$2 Rahul Gandhi to manufacture public eye, BJP MP Meenakshi Surjewala hit out at the BJP Narendra Modi after watching Fmissioner Vinod Zutshi was from April 18, saying the pre- record as a Member of "$-9 $$("0 * '"5 '$-.$2 a lie and create a controversy in Lekhi said Rahul expressing saying, “Fakery has no bound- the full movie. on Monday appointed as spe- vailing law and order situation Parliament and Prime Minister, / 2."/2 -".5 L+/(. the Rafale deal... He should “regret” over his remarks on aries. Lies no limitations, dis- Senior advocate Mukul cial observer for Tripura where there is not conducive for hold- Varanasi will be looking for- "! " - " ." /2 ! ! apologise to the people of this Rafale verdict was an “admis- information no confines! BJP’s Rohatgi, appearing for film the Lok Sabha polls to one of ing free and fair polls. EC ward to welcoming him,” BJP 0((/2- /& '$/'($ " /-- !$ country,” he said adding “In sion of his guilt” and “wrong- blasphemous misrepresenta- producers who have challenged the seats was postponed in view sources said, the Commission spokesperson Nalin Kohli said. #(/)$ '" '"$ / " $($"$ public opinion, Rahul Gandhi doing” by him. It was Lekhi tion of Rahul ji’s reply to the SC the EC’s ban on the biopic’s of the law and order situation. has issued orders appointing Modi represents Varanasi /4 /".- /2-$"/2 "2. is a liar of the first order”. who had filed the criminal is itself a criminal contempt of release till the current general On Tuesday last, the Election Zutshi as special observer for in the Parliament. The city of - -"2")(9 Stating that Rahul stands contempt petition against him. court proceedings.” elections are over, had told the Commission had postponed Tripura. temples votes on May 19.PTI -P ,3 4+ ++ ! + 4*68(*9 3 !$ ($ /2 /00--/2 #$2$"( /)-$$5 ---! +! + P ( !! :6(,<9 /!"00$. /!-2 <==>6)" ! /&& $?5 !/ "- - -'$2.$. + !$ ! (8(=8(: &/ !$ 42# 0$ 2-$ (,P "$2." /.O- !$( /'$ 2 Q-! (*=> P*66(9 .-!"O- "0)"(' 2 /("/2 /& 2/0- &/ .$"(2# ! * New Delhi: The Congress on + + “The Supreme Court '/$ $$-5 !"- )$$2 -$2 )" 4 Monday attacked the Prime Employees Welfare Association / "2""4"9 Minister Narendra Modi over he Supreme Court on wo lawyers’ bodies of the on behalf of all the employees his remarks on nuclear arsenal, TMonday issued notice to + TSupreme Court on Monday strongly condemns the false, + ! ' saying his “boastful claims” of Union Minister Smriti Irani disapproved of the manner in fabricated and baseless allega- being “ready for an atomic that pertains to two cross he Supreme Court on which Chief Justice Ranjan tions against Chief Justice of 3!$ '$0$ / missile attack” on Pakistan are defamation complaints filed TMonday directed the Gogoi dealt with the sexual India Ranjan Gogoi,” it said. /2 /2." -/ #! $-'/2-$- uncalled for and not in the by Congress leader Sanjay Madras High Court to decide harassment allegations against The SCAORA, which is a &/0 !$ $2$ "2. ,"00 @ interest of national security. Nirupam and the BJP leader on April 24 a plea of TikTok him, calling it “procedural body of lawyers comprising "-!0 /2 " '($" -$$42# Slamming Modi for his against each other. app seeking vacating of its ban impropriety” and “violation” of advocates empowered by the A "-!2# /& "2 /.$ ! ! remarks, the party said PM’s In one case, the Delhi High order. procedures. apex court to file pleadings on $- - ("2 "&& / ."- election speeches and irrespon- Court had quashed the sum- A Bench headed by Chief As the apex court reassem- behalf of parties in the top " $$4 /2 !$ 2"/2"( !#!" sible statements point to the mons issued to Irani in a Justice Ranjan Gogoi said if the bled after the weekend recess in court, sought immediate <? -$ ! &/0 .!"0' / growing desperation in the BJP. defamation complaint filed Madras High Court fails to the backdrop of the stunning appointment of a committee ""0 ((" &/ 0/$0$2 /& Modi, at an election rally in against her by Nirupam. decide on the plea of TikTok allegations by a former court headed by full court of the apex -$ &/ $-9 Rajasthan’s Barmer on Sunday The High Court had how- app then its ban order will staffer, the Supreme Court Bar court to impartially investigate said India is no more afraid of ever dismissed a similar plea of stand vacated. Association (SCBA) and the and inquire into the allegations nuclear threats of Pakistan. Nirupam seeking to set aside The apex court had earli- Supreme Court Advocates on and give an independent find- “Otherwise, Pakistan used to the summons issued against er refused to stay the Madras Record Association (SCAO- ing. give nuclear threats. What do him in a cross defamation High Court order that direct- RA) urged the Full Court to “Supreme Court Advocates we have? Have we kept it for complaint filed by Irani. ed the Centre to ban the take all such necessary steps as On Record Association ‘Diwali’,” the PM had said. The High Court, on “Tiktok” app over concerns may be required in law to deal expresses its deep reservation Anand Sharma said the December 19 last year, had said about access to pornographic with the charges. against procedural impropriety New Delhi: After Arun Jaitley Congress would like to remind the case against Nirupam will content through it. The allegations cropped shown by Justice Ranjan Gogoi criticised him for his recent Modi that these elections are continue. Senior advocate Abhishek up against Justice Gogoi on in the suo motu proceedings remarks on Pakistan, senior about unemployment, farm On Monday, a Bench head- Manu Singhvi, appearing for Saturday prompting him to held on April 20 in the issue Congress leader P distress and the betrayal of the ed by Chief Justice Ranjan the Chinese company convene an urgent extraordi- regard to the allegations from body, said in a resolution that relating to allegations of sexu- Chidambaram Monday hit voters on electoral promises. Gogoi issued the notice to ByteDance, had told the top nary hearing by a three-mem- electronic, print, social media the allegations against the CJI al harassment against Justice back saying that the Union Every Indian is proud of the Irani on two appeals filed by court earlier that there were ber bench headed by him dur- and other available sources for have to be dealt with as per the Ranjan Gogoi, by an ex- minister must explain why valour of our forces and our Nirupam. over billion downloads of the ing which he asserted that the consideration at its next meet- established procedure of law Supreme Court employee,” the infiltration, the number of nuclear capabilities, but the The Congress leader had mobile app and ex-parte orders charges against him were ing. and law must be applied in each SCAORA resolution said. infiltrators and casualties last government cannot hide challenged a magisterial court’s were passed by the Madurai “unbelievable”. “The executive committee and every case uniformly. “It is therefore resolved year were highest under the behind this, he said. March 11, 2013 order sum- Bench of the Madras High The allegations by the has resolved that procedure The Supreme Court that the SCAORA strongly dis- BJP government. Sharma targeting the PM moning him in Irani’s defama- Court. woman, who had worked at adopted for conducting the Employees Welfare Association approves the manner in which Slamming former Union for his “boastful remarks” was tion complaint against him. He He had said the court did Justice Gogoi’s home office in court proceedings on April 20 on its part came out in support the complaint was dealt with minister P Chidambaram’s also in reference to Modi’s had also sought quashing of the not even issue notice in the Delhi, dates back to October in the matter of allegations of Justice Gogoi, claiming that and seeks enquiry and action in statement that comments in Gujarat’s Patan in January 1, 2013 complaint filed matter and an order was passed last year, days after he was made by ex-employee of the the allegations were “false and the above matter...” it added. India must “change its which he stated that after by Irani. without hearing them. appointed the CJI. Supreme Court against the fabricated”. Justice Gogoi said during behaviour” towards Pakistan, Indian Air Force pilot In her plea, Irani had The High Court had on After an emergent meeting Chief Justice of India is in vio- The association, in a reso- the Saturday hearing that the Jaitley said, “Why Mr P Abhinandan Varthaman was sought quashing of the sum- April 3 directed the Centre to of its executive committee, the lation of procedure established lution, said it strongly con- allegations were part of a con- Chidambaram is siding with held by Pakistan, a senior mons issued to her by a trial ban mobile application SCBA said in a statement that by law as well as principles of demned the “false, fabricated spiracy by some “bigger force” Pakistan by asking India to American official on the sec- court on June 6, 2014. “TikTok” as it voiced concern without prejudice to any natural justice,” SCBA Secretary and baseless allegations” to “deactivate” the CJI’s office. change its behaviour? Should ond day said that “Modi has She had also sought quash- over “pornographic and inap- enquiry which may be initiat- Vikrant Yadav said. against the CJI which is aimed The CJI also said he would we remain victim of terrorism kept 12 missiles ready and ing of the complaint filed by propriate content” being made ed the full court should collate In a resolution, the SCAO- at maligning the institution of not stoop too low even to deny & not do anything?” PTI might attack . PNS Nirupam. available through such apps. all the materials and facts with RA, the top court lawyers’ judiciary. them. RAIPUR | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2019 chhattisgarh 03 Electors can check their Baghel returns Raman’s barb, name in electoral roll Polling officer killed RAIPUR: Election Commission of India has urged the electors to s check themselves their names in the electoral roll before going to reg- in road accident dubs former CM, family corrupt ister their vote in respective polling booths. To facilitate the electors, Commission has made n STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR and cook are also named in STAFF REPORTER Ganesh Ram who was posted as different arrangements for it. The elector can primary school teacher in hief Minister Bhupesh serious allegations of corrup- use the Election Commission website BALRAMPUR tion and the people of state government primary school Tower CBaghel on Monday https://electoralsearch.in/ through the nation- polling party on its way to Pani in the district, the SP informed. are now going to teach them a al electoral roll site. It would provide all the launched a personal attack on Apolling booth met with an “The accident occurred near lesson once again in the basic necessary details of the elector. The elec- his predecessor Raman Singh accident in which a polling officer Kamardiha village about 10 km from and his family in respond to ongoing general elections,” tor if goes to the map, then can find the place lost his life on Monday, police Basantpur police station. an offensive remark the latter the CM said. of polling centre. The elector can also print said. made on him. Baghel also criticised the slip. Similarly, elector can also browse the “The incident happened in the Of the six persons travelling in Singh on Sunday had said Raman Singh for his remark Chief Electoral Officer, Chhattisgarh website noon hours when the Mahindra the SUV four were polling officers, that Baghel was also a convict on Congress candidate from http://election.cg.nic.in/elesrch/ and search Scorpio in which six people were one security personnel and a and so he should not make Raigarh Laljeet Singh Rathia. the name in the electoral roll. The elector can on their way to Raghunath Nagar driver,” Station House Officer (SHO) comments on Sadhvi Pragya The former CM had said search their name after which they can go in after taking polling materials from Basantpur Anuranjan Lakra Singh Thakur. “He was also Rathia’s stature was too low to ceochhattisgarh.nic.in and tally their name in Balrampur hit a roadside tree at a informed. jailed and is currently on a comment on Prime Minister. the electoral roll. In addition to these, place under Basantpur police sta- The injured were rushed to bail from a CBI court”, civil supplies scam worth Rs present absconding and his It was not only an insult nationwide helpline numbers 1950 and state tion limits,” Superintendent of Ambikapur medical college for Raman said about Baghel. 36000 crore. He also said the son Abhishek had been to a tribal leader but to the helpline number 180023311950 are made Police (SP) Balrampur TR Kosima better treatment, he said, while Ina counter attack, Baghel former chief minister’s son- named in Panama Papers. entire tribal populace, Baghel available, where elector can make a call to seek said. adding a case has been registered in said Raman was an accused in in-law Dr Punit Gupta was at “Even his (Raman) wife said. information. The deceased was identified as this regard. BJP misleading on gram Raipur to have 34 Rahul Gandhi’s apology proved & salt scheme: Congress ‘Sangwari’ polling centres how childish he was: Raman n STAFF REPORTER n with the Janpad Panchayat STAFF REPORTER STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR such a derogatory and base- RAIPUR Chief Executive Officers, RAIPUR Urban body officers and JP national vice president less remark on flawless Congress delegation aipur District Electoral Zone commissioners on Band former Chief Minister nationalist person was widely led by its legal cell ROfficer and Collector status of preparation. Raman Singh had said that the opposed across the country, A Dr Basavaraju S reviewed chairman Kiranmayi The collector directed apology tendered by the he said. the preparations for the On the other hand, state Nayak on Monday that keeping in view Congress President Rahul evening called on Chief third phase of polling on extreme heat conditions, BJP president Vikram Usendi April 23. Gandhi for attributing his Electoral Officer Subrat cold drinking water in a statement commenting DEO said that in political slogan ‘chowkidar on the apology said the Sahoo to complaint that arrangement should be Raipur district there are 41 chor hai’ to the Supreme Court Congress president was BJP leaders are mislead- ensured, if necessary, pots proved how childish he was in ing the voters by claiming model polling centres, repeatedly telling lie and was Congress lodges complaint with ECI eight centres for different- can be utilised. making such an insulting com- trying to mislead the people that Congress govern- All the polling centres ment on Prime Minister ment in the state has President Vikram Usendi delegation said demand- ly-abled voters and 34 on Rafale issue. Not only the ‘Sangwari’ polling centres will have ramps and wheel- Narendra Modi. Congress president but the scrapped the free distri- have violated the model ing stern action against chair and wheelchair code of conduct by giving them. specifically for women Talking to media persons Chhattisgarh Chief Minister bution of gram and salt to bound electors will be here at party’s state headquar- tribal people. baseless and misleading The delegation said where all the polling par- too were a liar and were assisted by assistants. All ters Ekatma Parisar Raman The delegation hand- speeches in their public that there was delay in ties will also be females. attempting to misguide the rallies. distribution of salt and Raipur DEO reviewed the officials should physi- said after being admonished by people, he said. ed over a memorandum cally visit the polling cen- and charged that the BJP A similar effort was gram by the government the availability of drinking the Supreme Court the “It was like playing with tres and remove shortcom- leaders including former done by it during the because it wanted to pro- water, power, toilet, shade Congress President ultimately the dignity of Prime Minister Chief Minister Raman assembly elections by try- vide them “good quality” and other basic require- ings. Even the polling apologised before the court for and all the Congress leaders Singh, Leader of ing to mislead people on stuff and taking benefit of ments of electors in the teams should be provided his comment on PM. from state to the national Opposition Dharamlal farm loan waiver of it the BJP leaders were polling booths. all the facilities, he Entire life of Prime level should now apologise Kaushik and State BJP defaulting farmers, the misleading the people. He then interacted directed. Minister was unblemished and unconditionally”, he added. Smallest polling centre with Visually impaired electors just 4 electors ready for voting can use PwD app to cast vote RAIPUR: To facilitate electors with disabilities, the STAFF REPORTER n different polling stations had visit- Election Commission of India is offering cus- BAIKUNTHPUR ed the Sheradand polling centre tomised services through mobile application. and interacted with the Cherva The move aims at making the polling process oriya district electoral officer family. He made enquiry of differ- easy and accessible for people with disabilities and collector Bhoskar Vilas K ent issues and problems in their (PwD). Sandeepan ensured all prepara- The mobile application provides details of the tions were completed for voting at day to day life. He sought details of power supply, water, ration, PwD electors, their registration and status of their the state’s smallest polling centre application, polling centre and its location and other 143 of Sheradand under Chandha old-age pension and source of livelihood. He briefed them about information which are useful for them. Now, new village Panchayat of the district. facility has also been added, through which they can The village has only four elec- different government schemes. Being a remote area, government also know about the candidates in their constituency. tors. Of them three are from the The PwDs can through mobile application know about has installed solar panel to provide same family. The three are Devraj details of ballot paper with names of candidates in the power supply, toilet under cleanliness Cherva, Ram Prasad Cherva and series as fixed in the EVM. They can hear it before the Singora Bai Cherva. The other mission and a hand pump for polling or reaching before the polling station. This will elector is a forest department fire drinking water. The village is situated facilitate them to cast their vote as per their choice of watcher, Mahipal Ram Rautia. at around 95 kilometres from district candidate. Along with the PwD app, voter helpline app The DEO during this tour to headquarters Baikuntpur. has been added as additional feature. Naxalism, terrorism promoted by BJP: Cong STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR general secretary and chairman com- Uri, Gurdaspur and Pulwama were the he Congress on Monday accused the munication wing PCC Shailesh Nitin hallmark of the BJP regime. BJP of promoting Naxalism and ter- Trivedi said that red menace had Trivedi also accused BJP of having T increased by many-fold under the BJP double standard. He said it allied with rorism in the country. rule in the state whereas terrorist attacks pro-separatist People’s Democratic Party Naxals spread their tentacles during in Jammu and Kashmir as well as cross (PDP) with a secret pact that Article 370 the BJP’s 15-year regime in the state and border terrorism had doubled during of the Constitution would not be now the party also roped in a terror the tenure of Prime Minister Narendra scrapped, which spiked terrorism in J&K. accused, Sadhvi Pragya to contest Lok Modi. “Just ahead of elections by snapping Sabha elections only testified how the The death toll of Jawans as well as ties with the PDP, the BJP is now BJP nurtured such elements. civilians also increased threefold, he attempting to polarize the votes in the In a statement, Congress’s state said, adding terror attacks in Pathankot, country,” he alleged. Polling officer with disability gets rose from DEO, joins duty BEMETARA: A differently abled teacher on Monday approached Bemetara District Electoral Officer Mahadev Kaware urging him to relieve him of election duty. But after meeting the DEO, the teacher left to join the duty with a smile on his face. As per information received, Thakur Ram Nishad, a person with disability, has been deputed as polling officer under Saja assembly constituency. He had approached the DEO with a request to cancel his duty. Instead DEO Mahadev Kaware inter- acted with him and reminded him of election rules. He then presented him a rose and asked him to join the duty. Feeling relaxed, Nishad then left for his duty in the polling booth. In all the assembly constituencies under Bemetara district, one polling booth has been made for the PwDs. !" # $%& $'() . / - / had caused damage to the standing crop and also affect- ed the quality of the wheat 1-1> included the outgoing MP and et and will take on Dushyant mer Chief Minister Om Ajay Chautala, grandsons of Deepender has made a hat- ! grains because of water logging, * JJP nominee Dushyant Chautala. Prakash Chautala. Chaudhary Devi Lal. The JJP, trick of victory in Rohtak, leading to loss of lustre or Chautala and political green- Bhavya, a young third- Brijendra’s father Birender a splinter group of INLD was known as Hooda’s bastion. ! blackened grains. lood is thicker than water”- horns-BJP nominee, IAS generation politician in Singh is the grandson of Sir formed by Ajay Chautala and In this election, Deepender He mentioned that the fre- Bthe influential political fam- Brijendra Singh and Congress Haryana and grandson of Chhotu Ram, one of the tallest his two sons- Dushyant and is facing ruling BJP’s Arvind * quent rains and slightly lower ilies in Jatland-Haryana are candidate Bhavya Bishnoi. three-time former Chief Jat and farmer leaders of pre- Digvijay. Sharma, a Brahmin candidate temperatures in the State in the swearing by this dictum in the Dushyant Chautala, a Jat, Minister Bhajan Lal, holds a Partition era. His mother, Prem The bitter feud in the in Jat dominated Rohtak Lok n view of the crop losses suf- month of March had already ongoing Lok Sabha polls. comes from Haryana’s politi- bachelor’s degree in ‘Economics Lata is a sitting MLA from INLD was the biggest political Sabha seat. Ifered by the state farmers due delayed the process of har- Cutting across political cally influential Chautala clan and Government’ from Uchana Kalan, which falls in spectacle of Haryana in 2018. In Bhiwani-Mahendragarh to unseasonal rains, Punjab vesting, because of which the spectrum, the family lines and represents the fourth gen- London School of Economics Hisar Lok Sabha constituency. Both, OP Chautala and his constituency, Congress has Chief Minister Capt Amarinder arrival of wheat in mandis was remain a dominant factor in eration of former Deputy and Political Science and The IAS officer has volun- elder son Ajay are serving a 10- fielded another dynast—former Singh on Monday written to delayed and commenced only Haryana this election. The Prime Minister Chaudhary Master of Science from tarily retired from the Haryana year jail term in connection MP Shruti Choudhry, grand- the Prime Minister Narendra from April 11. young generation of three Devi Lal. He is the grandson of University of Oxford. Government to carry on the with the teachers’ recruitment daughter of former Chief Modi seeking relaxation in the Approximately three lakh famed Lals of Haryana—Devi former Chief Minister and His father, Kuldeep Bishnoi political legacy of his great scam. Minister Bansi Lal, who is also specifications for wheat for MT of arrival of wheat has been Lal, Bhajan Lal and Bansi Lal— INLD’s supremo Om Prakash is MLA from Adampur assem- grandfather and peasant leader Amid the Chautala clan known as the ‘architect of procurement in the current reported in the mandis so far, who served as Chief Minister Chautala. bly segment while mother, Sir Chhotu Ram. feud, another member of the Haryana.’ season. which is significantly lower of Haryana, are slugging it out His father Ajay Chautala is Renuka is MLA from Hansi Interesting, the general family has also thrown his hat A third-generation politi- The Chief Minister has than arrivals in the past. in the general elections to pre- a former MP and mother constituency, both assembly elections are witnessing three into the poll ring. JJP has field- cian, Shruti Choudhry has the also asked the Prime Minister Although the arrival of serve their political legacy. Naina Chautala is a sitting segments falls in Hisar Lok youth candidates from ed Dushyant’s younger broth- responsibility of carrying for- to direct the Union Ministry of wheat is likely to increase in the In Haryana, five of the 10 MLA in Haryana Assembly. Sabha seat. Chautala clan, divided in two er Digvijay from Sonipat Lok ward a legacy passed down Consumer Affairs, Food and coming days, it has been Lok Sabha constituencies have Dushyant’s uncle, Abhay Bhavya’s grandfather, for- parties—JJP and INLD. Sabha constituency. from her grandfather Bansi Public Distribution to depute a reported by the field officers at least one member of a polit- Chautala is also a sitting MLA mer Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, After the split in Chautala Digvijay, 27, who had ear- Lal to her father late Surender team of experts to visit Punjab that the quality of wheat arriv- ical family contesting in the and is spearheading the INLD. was a prominent non-Jat family last year, the election has lier this year made his political Singh and down to her. Her to assess the loss in quality of ing in the mandis of the State polls. And, be it BJP, Congress, Dushyant, while repre- leader, who had managed to paved way for the launch of debut in Jind bypoll and fin- mother Kiran Choudhry is wheat due to the rains so that does not fall into FAQ (Fair Indian National Lok Dal or senting the Indian National become a potential non-Jat Arjun Chautala, younger son of ished at second spot, will now CLP leader and an MLA from suitable revised specifications Average Quality) specifica- Jannayak Janta Party, all major Lok Dal in 2014 polls had option for the voters and led INLD secretary-general Abhay face a tough poll battle against Tosham assembly segment. can be laid down. tions. Therefore, prescribed political players have given defeated the BJP-HJC candi- the Congress for years, bring- Chautala, in the electoral politics. former Chief Minister and Shruti made a successful He has urged the Prime uniform specifications of wheat ticket to a slew of dynasts to date Kuldeep Bishnoi to ing together non-Jats like Arjun, 26, is a national Congress nominee Bhupinder debut in politics in 2009 gen- Minister to order appropriate with regard to damaged, slight- take on their rivals in the elec- become the youngest ever Dalits, Yadavs and other Hindu chief of party’s students’ wing Singh Hooda and BJP’s Ramesh eral election but had lost the relaxation in specifications ly damaged, shrivelled and tion. elected MP to the Lok Sabha. castes in Haryana. ISO (INLD students’ organi- Chander Kaushik (outgoing 2014 Lok Sabha polls. She will without any value cut, which broken grains, lustre and mois- In fact, political dynasties Dushyant, who is now Another ‘son’ who has zation) and will contest from MP) in Sonipat constituency. face the outgoing MP and BJP’s would compound the problems ture content would require in Haryana are not a new phe- leading the JJP, a splinter group bagged a ticket is IAS Brijendra Kurukshetra Lok Sabha con- Congress veteran and a nominee Dharambir in the of the farmers who had already relaxation by the Government nomenon and this time also, of INLD, vows to take forward Singh, son of Union Minister stituency. He is pitted against prominent Jat leader, poll battle. suffered significant crop loss- of India, he said. sons of three political heavy- the legacy of Chaudhary Devi and Rajya Sabha MP Birender BJP’s nominee Nayab Saini, Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s son Haryana goes to polling in es due to the rains and winds The Chief Minister urged weights have been handed out Lal and is seeking his re-elec- Singh. Minister of State for Labour Deepender is also in the fray a single phase on May 12 and that lashed the state from April Modi to immediately resolve tickets to make poll debut. tion from Hisar. A Haryana cadre IAS offi- and Congress candidate former from the Rohtak constituency it remains to be seen how 16 to 18. the issue to ensure hassle-free Hisar is one unique Lok To take revenge of his cer of 1998 batch, Brijendra, 46, Minister Nirmal Singh. for the fourth time. Chaudhary these young generation politi- Capt Amarinder pointed procurement of wheat in the Sabha constituency, which is father’s defeat in 2014 polls in will contest his maiden election Notably, the INLD had Ranbir Singh, father of cians influence the psyche of out that such rains, at the time larger interest of the farming witnessing the “mother of all Hisar, Kuldeep Bishnoi’s son on a BJP ticket from Hisar con- split last November following a Bhupinder Hooda, had won the voters using their last name and of maturation of wheat crop, community. poll battles” with three politi- Bhavya, 26, will make his elec- stituency, which his father had power struggle between two Rohtak seat twice, Hooda had whether they will emerge vic- cal dynasts in the fray. These toral debut on a Congress tick- won in 1984 by defeating for- brothers Abhay Chautala and won it four times while torious or not. B= / )$ ( ! P O ! P /2#5 "2. "'O- ("- $($ /2 2 ployment rate was at an all- in the line of duty, and yet the he pointed out, was continu- . time high, Capt Amarinder Prime Minister has the audac- ously working for the better- The Chief Minister urged ridiculed Modi’s promise of ity to take credit for their ment of the people and work- the electorate to press the but- 2:")C 4!) ‘achche din’, saying that “acche actions, he added. ing for upliftment of all sec- aryana Chief Minister ton of Lotus on May 12 to * din us din aayenge jis din The Chief Minister came tions of the society. HManohar Lal on Monday ensure the return of Narendra enna da bhog payega” (good down heavily on the BJP for He cited the examples of said that the BJP is in favor of Modi as the Prime Minister for AD president Sukhbir , Administrative Complex, the days will come only when giving a ticket to Sadhvi farm loan waiver for 10.25 removal of Article 370 and pro- the second term so that the BJP SBadal on Monday said that Chief Minister told media their rule is brought to an Pragya, who has been open- lakh marginal and small tection of rights of the defence government could further the 2019 Lok Sabha elections ambasting Prime Minister persons that the Prime end). ly going around making divi- farmers, as well as landless forces personnel besides taking accelerate the pace of develop- would be the “last election not LNarendra Modi for his Minister’s threat to trigger a People are sick and tired sive and hate speeches, and labourers, and the facilitation steps to safeguard the security ment for the welfare of all sec- only for the present Chief “highly irresponsible state- nuclear war, clearly as a tool of their ‘jumlas’ and lies, said insulting the men in uni- of youth to get employ- and integrity of the country. tions of the society, including Minister Capt Amarinder ment” on India’s nuclear arse- to be re-elected, was highly the Chief Minister, adding form. “Such people are delib- ment/self-employment as part On the other hand, the poor and downtrodden, Singh, but also for his party”. nal, Punjab Chief Minister responsible. that people want jobs, indus- erately being given tickets by of his government’s flagship opposition Congress wanted to women, farmers and unem- “Like SS Ray in West Capt Amarinder Singh on “This is a jung (war) for try etc. The people of India BJP in order to divide the ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar aur retain Article 370 and repeal ployed youth. Bengal, Capt Amarinder’s Monday appealed to the peo- the future of the nation. We will overthrow the Modi gov- people of India,” he said, Karobar’ scheme. sedition laws, he said while He said that nobody sees ineptitude for and total dis- ple to support the Congress are fighting a party that made ernment, which has spent the asserting that the people Unfortunately, the gov- addressing a gathering at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi interest in working for the party’s ‘jung’ for protecting tall promises but failed to last five years misleading and would not allow the ruling ernment cannot give jobs to Rohtak. as a serious contender for the people and his arrogance and the future of the nation, deliver on even a single one of lying to them, he said. party to destroy the nation’s everyone and was trying, Manohar Lal cautioned the Prime Ministership. He is not penchant for leisure and plea- which the BJP-led govern- them,” the Chief Minister Flaying the Prime peaceful fabric to therefore, to get more and people against the policies of aware of the ground realities in sure culture have already dri- ment at the Centre had said while addressing a pub- Minister for his blatant and promote their petty political more industry and private the Congress which would any sector, Manohar Lal said. ven the last nail in the plunged into a state of ruin lic meeting in Chaudhary’s shameful politicization of the interests. enterprise into the state for only weaken the country. The Chief Minister said Congress coffin here. SAD and devastation. favour at the PUDA grounds armed forces, the Chief The government’s job is to the creation of employment During its long rule, the that the BJP has one regret that and the people of Punjab are Kick-starting the process after filing the nominations. Minister said that the Army ensure the welfare of the peo- opportunities, the Chief Congress has been repeatedly the saffron party could not win merely going to perform the of filing of nominations by the Capt Amarinder lashed and the forces are not Modi’s ple, not divide them, said Minister said. given the slogan of Garibi the Rohtak seat, which is polit- last rites for the dead body Congress candidates in the out at the BJP for ruining the personal property and any Capt Amarinder, adding that He indicated the estab- Hatao in every election since ical capital of the state, during called INC,” said Sukhbir State from Jalandhar, where nation with its anti-people government of the day would the government must under- lishment of an industrial cir- the regime of Prime Minister the 2014 elections. But this time adding that the SAD-BJP he accompanied Punjab policies, such as demonetiza- have done what he did in the stand and work towards mit- cle in Jalandhar to bring in Jawaharlal Nehru without all party men have to ensure alliance is poised to sweep all Congress candidate Santokh tion, Goods and Services Tax wake of the Pulwama attack. igating the problem of the new industries and promote doing anything concrete for the that the BJP wins Rohtak and 14 seats in Punjab and Singh Chaudhary to file nom- (GST) etc. Every day, army and para- people. further industrial eradication of the poverty in other 9 seats in the state, he Chandigarh. ination papers at the District Pointing out that unem- military personnel are dying The Congress in Punjab, development. the country, he said. added. Sukhbir, while addressing the party workers in ward- wise meetings in Sangrur from where former Finance -! 0! + !$ $! -! ( ! .) ! Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa is the alliance can- didate, said that the Congress ! +/01* in Punjab was haunted by - +0 0!- 0! 1! divine wrath because of the false oath taken by the Chief * ing with each other to stay relevant Minister Capt Amarinder in the Press’ programme organized by are getting the officers removed nothing to his credit that he could in power, Mann said that under the the name of the sacred charan the Ropar Press Club, said that the from the investigations and getting claim he had done during the last AP’s Punjab unit president and well-planned design, the of Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji. ongress candidate from Sri Akalis were misinforming the these derailed,” he asked. five years as an MP, he is trying to ASangrur MP Bhagwant Mann on Badals had pitched weak candidate “This and the total and CAnandpur Sahib Manish Election Commission of India by Questioning the locus standi of divert the issue,” he said. Monday said that the candidates from Patiala constituency to seal the humiliating neglect of devel- Tewari on Monday alleged that the complaining against the officers the Akali candidate Prem Singh At the same time, Tewari chal- fielded by both the Congress and deal with Captain. opment and welfare priorities Akali Dal leaders were playing involved in investigation. Chandumajra in describing him as lenged Chandumajra to debate as SAD in Bathinda and Ferozepur “These were not allegations lev- of the State as well as the into the hands of Pakistan and its “The Bargadi sacrilege was the an “outsider”, Tewari said: “Let Mr whose contribution towards Punjab Lok Sabha constituencies “after elled by AAP but one could find it Chief Minister’s complete notorious intelligence agency, ISI,, handiwork of those who wanted to Chandumajra explain whether he was greater. “I am a third genera- much hair-splitting has brought written on the wall. These allegations indifference to the tion Punjabi who has been involved forth the bonhomie between both of were ratified by the candidates of problems and suf- with politics starting from my them”. SAD and Congress, including SAD ferings of the peo- grandfather Sardar Tirath Singh Mann alleged that Badals and nominee for the Lok Sabha elections, ple has left the Guram, who was a Minister, my Capt Amarinder fielded their can- Sher Singh Ghubaiya and other Congress cadre father Prof Vishwanath Tewari who didates in Patiala, Lambi and leaders,” he said. completely frus- was an eminent Punjabi scholar and Jalalabad constituencies to ensure Mann said that the Congress, trated, disheart- writer and an MP and now myself,” each others’ win by defeating AAP under dubious arrangement, fielded ened and disillu- he said, while asking Chandumajra candidates there. “This time, both a young, non-serious and motor- sioned with their to tell Punjabis what was his role in have repeated the same formula to mouthed candidate from Bathinda own party and its Punjab when his father (Prof stay in power,” said Mann while constituency, Raja Warring, and government,” he Tewari) was fighting to save alleging that had Captain not con- Sher Singh Ghubaiya, who recently said, adding that Punjabiyat and in the process,, tested election from Lambi and joined the party fold from Ferozepur the average laid down his life. fielded Ravneet Singh Bittu from amid raging opposition from the Congress worker has now by trying to sabotage the ongoing hurt the religious feelings of the himself belongs to Sri Anandpur On the occasion, the Aam Jalalabad, both the Badals would not local party leaders, thereby clearing sensed that the poll in the probe into the incidents of sacrilege Punjabis and sabotage the hard- Sahib parliamentary constituen- Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson have been able to make it to the the deck for the Badal family to reg- state is a ‘no contest’. that took place during their tenure. earned peace...I wonder what the cy”. Satbir Singh Ahluwalia also joined Assembly. ister a comfortable win in the elec- Sukhbir also addressed Tewari, speaking at the ‘Meet Akali leaders are scared of that they “Since Akali candidate has the Congress. Accusing them both of conniv- tion, he said. members of the Sangrur Bar Council where he appealed to the intellectual fraternity in the state to see through the !" # $ $ Congress government’s tactics of distracting people's atten- tion from the real issues being 1-1> announced three more candi- Ramesh Chander Kaushik in candidates of Congress and With two Jats including islator from Garhi Sampla Kiloi Development, from Gurugram, faced by the common man in * dates for the general elections. Sonipat. INLD, he is seen as JJP’s safe bet Bhupinder Singh Hooda and in Rohtak district. Sonipat par- and former Zila Parishad mem- the state. The candidates included Digvijay’s elder brother, for Sonipat parliamentary seat. Digvijay Chautala and a liamentary constituency lies ber Jai Bhagwan Sharma alias “The Congress govt is day after Congress sprang Digvijay Chautala from Dushyant is seeking re-election The polling arithmetic in Jind Brahmin candidate in the fray, adjacent to the Rohtak Lok DD Sharma from Kurukshetra. deliberately prolonging Aa surprise announcing can- Sonipat, Jai Bhagwan Sharma from Hisar constituency in the bypolls had suggested that Jat Sonipat will be witnessing a Sabha seat, where Bhupinder The lone Muslim candidate inquiries into emotional didature of former Chief from Kurukshetra and polls. Both are the great grand- voters favoured Digvijay more fierce three-cornered electoral Singh Hooda’s son Deepender from Gurugram, Mehmood issues because they don’t want Minister Bhupinder Singh Mehmood Khan from son of former Deputy Prime over Congress’ heavyweight battle this time. is seeking the mandate for the Khan is pitted against the BJP’s people to question them on Hooda from Sonipat parlia- Gurugram. Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal. Jat candidate Randeep The Jat community has fourth time. nominee and Union Minister their government’s non-per- mentary constituency, Founded by Ajay Chautala, Sonipat parliamentary con- Surjewala and INLD’s Umed more than 5 lakh voters in Notably, Hooda who was Rao Inderjit Singh and formance and absolute Jannayak Janta Party has field- father of Digvijay Chautala, the stituency is a Jat dominated seat Singh Redhu. Sonipat and there are more hopeful of retaining Jat domi- Congress’ Captain Ajay Yadav. absence of good gover- ed Digvijay Chautala, a fourth JJP is contesting on seven seats and had seen Devi Lal making Jind assembly segment falls than 1.5 lakh Brahmins as nated Sonipat and Rohtak seats A day before, the AAP-JJP nance...The Congress gov- generation politician from the while the AAP is contesting on his Lok Sabha debut in the year under the Sonipat parliamen- well. The main Khaps includ- in 2014 had lost Sonipat due to had announced the candida- ernment has gone back on Chautala clan from the con- three seats in the state. 1980. tary seat. ing Malik, Dahiyas, Rathis etc anti-incumbency factor cou- ture of AAP state chief Naveen each and every promise which stituency. Digvijay, 27, will be taking After JJP’s good perfor- In 2014 polls, BJP’s Ramesh in the area also play a key role pled with the Modi wave. Jaihind from Faridabad. Jaihind Amarinder had made to the The fledgling JJP, which is on Congress veteran Bhupinder mance in Jind assembly bypoll Chander Kaushik, a Brahmin in deciding the fate of candi- Meanwhile, the JJP has is considered a confidant of people under a sacred oath. contesting the Lok Sabha polls Singh Hooda, who is more than earlier this year, when party candidate, had defeated Jagbir dates in the fray. fielded Mehmood Khan, who AAP national chief and Delhi Now, they are using alibis like in an alliance with Aam Aadmi double his age and the outgo- candidate Digvijay had secured Singh Malik, another Jat can- Two-time former Chief retired as global leader of Chief Minister Arvind lack of funds,” he said. Party in Haryana, on Monday, ing MP and BJP’s nominee second spot leaving behind didate of Congress in Sonipat. Minister Hooda is a sitting leg- Unilever Innovation Process Kejriwal. !" # $%& $'() !* 3-+! -!-+! ! 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In embers of Sri Lanka’s reportedly triggered a huge thing that anyone could have mented. March 2018, a state of emer- MChristian minority have blast, killing many worshippers anticipated,” he told the BBC. Sunday’s attacks are the gency was declared after hard- been left afraid to go to church who had gathered for the He said he condemned the deadliest seen in Sri Lanka since line members of the majority after deadly attacks that hit small group of monks in Easter Sunday morning mass. attacks, but “we don’t have any the end of the country’s civil war Buddhist Sinhala community Easter services, killing nearly Asaffron robes visited the Venerable Prof Pitigala anger or ill will towards anyone in 2009. The civil war ended attacked mosques and Muslim- 300 and stoking fears of com- bombed St Anthony’s Church Vijitha Thero was outside St of any other religion”. with the defeat of the Tamil owned properties. munal violence. “Some people might be afraid to go to church now. At this moment I have no idea $("$- $2. $ #0 what to say,” Father Lour Fernando told AFP by St - $$22# / .$2& .$". Sebastian’s in Negombo, one of three churches targeted Sunday. # %" 2 ! “We have to remain strong ! ! # " " /(/0)/ 0/# $ and keep going to church and keep praying. We can’t stop.” the country’s violence, includ- named, said police had told Ranjan Christopher Fernard, a ing recent tensions between churches last week that they three luxury hotels have been 55-year-old taxi driver from right-wing Buddhists and should brace for possible “inci- taken to the government Negombo, said he was nervous Muslims. dents” and stay vigilant. ome hid their eyes, some col- morgue and people queued in about attending church after the “We never thought we “We increased security at Slapsed in tears as gruesome the heat to get into the heart- attacks, which killed his friend’s would ever be targeted. We our church last week. We have images of victims from Sri wrenching identification 11-year-old son. never thought we would ever also been checking vehicles Lanka’s Easter massacre were slideshow. Eighteen bodies were “Tonight we (my family) need protection,” said a priest in coming into the church premis- projected on to a screen in released on Monday morning will all go to church to pray for the grounds of St Sebastian. es,” he said. front of distraught relatives at a after relatives recognised a vic- the victims,” he said. But others said there had “Although there was a Colombo morgue on Monday. tim from the gruesome images “Of course I feel afraid... but been warnings, and documents generic warning to stay vigilant, The pictures of some of the shown in a corner of the morgue we have to go to church, we have seen by AFP showed the coun- some churches adopted a lax 290 dead are disturbing, with courtyard. to pray for the injured to get well try’s police chief had issued an attitude because there were no faces battered and bodies miss- Identification is painstaking, soon.” The suicide bomb attacks alert on April 11 that warned a details offered, like a possible ing limbs. A Roman Catholic physically and emotionally. were the worst atrocity in Sri radical Muslim group planned timeline,” he added. priest and a Buddhist counter- Many badly mutilated bodies Lanka since the country’s 37- to hit “prominent churches.” “I feel more deaths could part waited in the corner of the will only be identified with the year conflict with Tamil rebels The government said have been prevented if we were courtyard to intervene when one DNA of relatives, officials said. ended a decade ago. Monday it believed the National more alert.” For some in the of scores of people in the audi- Janaka Shaktivel, 28, father Sri Lanka’s Christians, who Thowheeth Jama’ath was behind shaken Christian community, ence recognised a mother, broth- of an 18-month-old son, sat in make up just seven percent of the attacks. the attacks also raise the spec- er or child. shock outside the building wait- the 21-million population, had A pastor at People’s Church tre of more widespread com- Many of the dead from ing for the body of his wife to be " 5 P been largely spared the worst of in Colombo, who declined to be munal violence. attacks on three churches and handed over. 6! ) # " ! %&'( 3( % 0 O % 41+ !! P # !A 4 ! ' ! C4(E3 /("2 '/( $ * country’s small Catholic com- died. Groups of people visited, # clubs, restaurants, places of “The decision to travel is -" " ) - !"- "-!$. !$".6/2 munity. paying their respects. worship, parks, major sporting your choice and you are ! "2/!$ $! ($ "2. 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