Colour-Coded Stickers Based on Fuel
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NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2018-20 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 225 | Tuesday, 14 August 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 11,355.75 (-73.75) qSENSEX 37,644.90 (-224.33) pDOW JONES 25,349.24 (+36.10) pNASDAQ 7859.64 (+20.53) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 69.93 (-1.10) qRUPEE/EURO 78.85 (-0.10) qGOLD/10GM 30,660 (-40.00) pSILVER/K 39,050 (+50.00) UMAR KHALID CAN’T ‘TAKE OVER BANGLADESHI I DON’T SHOT AT IN LEGISLATIVE TRIBUNAL SENTENCES REACT DELHI, ESCAPES FUNCTIONS’, SAYS FIVE TO DEATH FOR 1971 TO TROLLS UNHURT PG3 APEX COURT PG6 WAR CRIMES PG10 PG16 FOR VEHICLES PLYING IN DELHI-NCR BJP seriously mulls simultaneous Colour-coded stickers polls in 11 party-ruled states based on fuel use: SC There is a view that this will be a positive plank in its favour OUR CORRESPONDENT MPOST BUREAU advancing assembly elections are doing the rounds is Bihar, NEW DELHI: Vehicles ply- NEW DELHI: In a bid to where they are due in 2020 end. ing in Delhi-NCR would soon underline its commitment to The BJP is a junior partner have hologram- based colour simultaneous polls, the BJP is in the state government led by coded stickers of different mulling holding assembly elec- JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar. colours indicating the nature tions in 10-11 states along with The JD(U) has in public of fuel they are using. the Lok Sabha polls, which are pooh-poohed the suggestion The Supreme Court on scheduled in the first half of that the state elections be held Monday accepted this pro- next year, with the Lok Sabha polls, but posal of the Ministry of Road A top party leader, who many political watchers believe Transport and Highways spoke on the condition of ano- that it may suit Kumar as well. (MoRTH), which told the top nymity, said they are explor- This is because he may like court that hologram-based ing the possibility of deferring assembly elections there could the BJP’s rule. to ensure his party gets to con- light blue colour sticker would assembly elections of some be held with the Lok Sabha Assembly elections in these test the lion’s share of assembly be used in vehicles using pet- states by a few months and polls, he said. three states are also scheduled seats while the BJP fights more rol and CNG fuel, while an advancing some others to The tenure of the assem- next year following the Lok Lok Sabha seats. orange label would be put on ensure they are held simultane- bly in the Congress-ruled Sabha polls. There is a view within the diesel-run cars. » A hologram-based light blue colour ously with the Lok Sabha polls. Mizoram is ending in Decem- The Lok Sabha elections in BJP that holding assembly The date of registration Highlights The tenure of Madhya ber this year. 2014 were held in April-May. elections of as many states as of the vehicle would also be sticker would be used in vehicles using Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhat- The source said other The source said assembly possible with the Lok Sabha printed on these stickers; the » Green-colour number plate or green petrol and CNG fuel, while an orange tisgarh assemblies will expire in states where assembly polls elections in Andhra Pradesh, polls will be a positive plank ministry told the court. stickers for electric and hybrid vehicles label would be put on diesel-run cars January next year, and the gov- can be advanced to enable it Odisha and Telangana are any- in its favour as Prime Minis- A bench of Justices Madan ernments of these BJP-ruled to be held with the Lok Sabha way scheduled to be held with ter Narendra Modi has repeat- B Lokur, S Abdul Nazeer and states may recommend a brief polls are Haryana, Jharkhand the Parliamentary polls. edly emphasised his support Deepak Gupta accepted the green stickers for electric and cess of having the colour- it should be done within two spell of governor’s rule so that and Maharashtra- all under Another state where talks of to the idea. suggestions of the ministry hybrid vehicles. coded stickers on vehicles months so that in October- and asked it to implement the Advocate Aparajita Singh, since the pollution levels go November when we are in an colour-coded sticker system assisting the apex court as an up during the winter, which is emergency situation due to Shah writes to law panel in support of simultaneous polls in the vehicles plying in the amicus curiae in the air pol- approaching. pollution, it can be used,” the Delhi-National Capital Region lution matter, referred to the Singh said though the amicus said. MPOST BUREAU ensure that the nation is not can be implemented. would strengthen the federal by September 30. affidavit filed by MoRTH and ministry wanted the colour- The issue of colour coded in “election mode” throughout Shah said the claim that structure of the country. It also asked Additional told the bench that the minis- coded system to be applica- stickers for vehicles had NEW DELHI: BJP president the year. holding two sets of polls was In his eight-page letter, the Solicitor General (ASG) A N try has agreed to the sugges- ble across the country, they cropped up when the apex Amit Shah on Monday bat- In a letter to the Law Com- against the federal structure Bharatiya Janata Party chief S Nadkarni, appearing for the tions in this regard. should implement it in Delhi- court was hearing a matter ted for holding Lok Sabha and mission, he said holding simul- of the country is a “baseless” said the opposition to simulta- MoRTH, to consider having The amicus said the NCR soon. relating to air pollution in assembly polls together, saying taneous polls is not only a argument. neous polls seems to be politi- green-colour number plate or MoRTH should start the pro- “My only request is that Delhi-NCR. it would check expenditure and concept but a principle which On the contrary, he said, it cally motivated. 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