Follow us on: facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2019-21 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 WORLD 11 SPORT 16 Published From CONTEXTUALISING UK GOVT PLANS 3RD SUNRISERS TO FACE DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR CHANDIGARH TERRORISM BREXIT DEAL VOTE TODAY ROYALS IN IPL CLASH DEHRADUN HYDERABAD VIJAYWADA Late City Vol. 155 Issue 84 LUCKNOW, FRIDAY MARCH 29, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable AMITABH STARTS PREP FOR} KBC } 14 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com Azad’s seat, Pappu Opp berates PM for Sarab analogy bone of Cong-RJD Cong seeks apology, accuses Modi of stooping to new low; Akhilesh too hits back PNS n MEERUT/NEW DELHI spokesperson Randeep Singh (anti-satellite missile), some Surjewala said. “Take back intelligent people got confused. contention in Bihar rime Minister Narendra your words and apologise to They thought that I was speak- PModi invented a contro- 130 crore people, or the nation ing about sets used in theatres.” versial acronym — sarab — for and Uttar Pradesh will never “They got confused A-SAT the Opposition coalition in forgive you,” he added. with set used in theatres. Uttar Pradesh at his election Samajwadi Party chief Whether we should cry or rally in Meerut to launch a Akhilesh Yadav, however, laugh at their intellect for con- scathing attack on the tweeted that the PM confused fusing space mission with the- Samajwadi Party, the RLD and “sarab (mirage)” and “sharab atre,” Modi said. the BSP that have come togeth- (liquor)” because of the In a veiled attack to the er to take on the BJP. teleprompter. “Teleprompters Opposition, Modi said he will A furious Congress exposed how those who pro- give clear “hisaab” of all that his demanded his apology and mote hate don’t know differ- Government did. He said, accused him of stooping to a ence between ‘sarab’ and “Chowkidar hoon bhai, hisaab new low. ‘sharab’; ‘Sarab’ means mirage hoga, sabka hoga, baari baari se “Sapa (Samajwadi Party) ka which the BJP has been show- hoga.” ‘sa’, RLD ka ‘Ra’ aur Baspa ing for the last five years,” Lambasting the Opposition (BSP) ka ‘ba’, matlab ‘sarab’. Akhilesh said. while keeping the focus on a (Take the ‘Sa’ of Samajwadi Describing the PM as strong Government, Modi said Jan Adhikar Party chief Rajesh Ranjan, aka Pappu Yadav, being offered sweet by Party, ‘Ra’ or Rashtriya Lok Dal “drama king” and “flop film that his Government had his wife and Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan as he leaves his house to file and ‘Ba’ of Bahujan Samaj actor”, Surjewala said despite shown the courage to conduct nomination for Madhepura seat on Thursday PTI Party),” PM Modi said to a large his party’s differences with a surgical strike in all spheres public gathering as he launched Mayawati, he addressed her as — land, sky and space. The Ranjeet Ranjan from Supaul his campaign in Uttar Pradesh “ji” and this is “Indian culture”. contest is between a “a decisive Both parties insist after her husband, Pappu for the Lok Sabha election. Hitting out at Rahul Government and an indecisive Yadav, filed nomination from “For UP’s good health and Prime Minister Narendra Modi being garlanded by party leaders during ‘Vijay Sankalp Rally’ in Meerut on Thursday PTI Gandhi’s theatre jibe over PM past,” Modi said a day after on Darbhanga; Madhepura as an Independent for India’s future, should you Modi’s address to the nation announcing that India had candidate against veteran not stay away from sarab? Prime Minister said. condemning Modi for likening Minister? You are calling three after India’s successful testing of demonstrated anti-satellite mis- Tejashwi, Manjhi Sharad Yadav, who is contest- Sapa, RLD, Baspa, ye ‘sarab’ Barely had he finished three political parties to political parties sarab? Is this anti-satellite missile on sile capability by shooting ing on a RJD ticket. aapko barbaad kar degi (this speaking, the Congress “sharab” or liquor. “Does this the way a PM talks? Can the Wednesday, Modi said , “When down a live satellite. rush to Patna The RJD has staked claim sarab will destroy you),” the addressed a Press conference kind of talk befit a Prime people accept this,” Congress I was speaking about A-SAT Continued on Page 7 to both the Darbhanga and Madhepura seats due to size- DEEPAK KUMAR JHA n able numbers of Muslims and CAPSULE NEW DELHI/PATNA Yadav votes. Sources said the matter SHOTGUN MEETS RAHUL, Nyay will remonetise what Modi demonetised: Rahul ays after a unanimous may be resolved amicably by LIKELY TO JOIN CONGRESS Dannouncement by all the Friday morning and Kirti may New Delhi: Actor-politician PTI n NEW DELHI poorly executed Gabbar Singh Aay Yojana) a “game changer” stakeholders of Bihar be fielded from either Valmiki Shatrughan Sinha, who is all set Tax (GST). Informal sectors and a “final assault” on pover- Mahagathbandhan, the RJD Nagar or West Champaran. to quit the BJP, met Rahul ongress president Rahul have been badly hit. ty, Gandhi said the scheme is and the Congress on Thursday However, it is not cear what Gandhi here on Thursday and is CGandhi on Thursday said “The aim of the ‘Nyay’ “fiscally perfectly doable” and entered into a fresh round of could both the parties do to likely to join the Congress on the “Nyay” scheme will remon- scheme is two-fold. First is to will not be implemented “rash- sparring over two Lok Sabha persuade Pappu Yadav to with- April 6. etise what the Prime Minister guarantee a minimum income ly like demonetisation and seats. The development forced draw from the race. demonetised and asserted that to the bottom 20 per cent fam- GST of the BJP”. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and While the RJD has been TEJ PRATAP QUITS AS RJD his party’s anti-poverty pro- ilies. The second is to remon- Asked about apprehen- HAM leader Jitam Ram Manjhi playing the master in the grand STUDENTS WING MENTOR gramme has thrown the BJP etise the economy that has sions of some economists that to cancel their election cam- alliance, several Congress lead- Patna: RJD leader Tej Pratap into total disarray. been demonetised by Modiji,” “Nyay”, which entails an expen- paigns in the State and rush to ers of Bihar claimed the party Yadav, the elder son of party In an exclusive interview to Rahul said. diture of `3.6 lakh crore annu- Patna, while Bihar Congress was “not getting a fair deal” in president Lalu Prasad, on PTI ahead of the 17th general The Congress chief said ally, could aggravate India’s leaders flew to Delhi to brief the seat-sharing arrangement Thursday resigned as the election beginning April 11, there is a reason why the party fiscal deficit position, Rahul party high command of the and urged the high command ‘sanrakshak’ (mentor) of the Rahul said the Nyay scheme christened the scheme Nyay, said, “No, that’s not right.” “arm-twisting” by the RJD. to step in before it was too late. party’s students wing. has the twin objectives of giv- which translates to justice in He said the party consult- In the centre of the row is Congress sources said the ing money to the 20 per cent Hindi. “There is another aspect ed a large number of econo- Congress’ insistence on fielding crisis aggravated to a level that SUSPENDED AAP MP poorest families in India and to calling the scheme ‘Nyay’. mists and experts, studied from Darbhanga sitting local the RJD and the Congress KHALSA JOINS BJP remonetising the economy Why have we chosen to call this numerous papers and other MP and former test cricketer almost decided to part ways, “damaged” by demonetisation. scheme ‘Justice’? Because over research material on this sub- Kirti Azad, who recently joined however, a communication was “What the PM has done the last five years, Mr Narendra from the small and medium country. We want to return to ject and run an extensive finan- the Congress after resigning established between Congress over the past five years is to Modi has simply snatched from businesses, he’s taken away India’s deprived sections what cial modelling exercise before from the BJP. leaders with RJD supremo Lalu remove all money from the poor and given nothing back. from the unemployed youth, he Modiji has snatched from deciding to include the plan in The two parties are also at Prasad currently serving a jail economy with failed policies “He has taken away from has extinguished the savings of them,” he said. its Lok Sabha manifesto. loggerheads over RJD’s threat term to defuse the situation. like demonetisation and a the farmers, he has snatched mothers and sisters of this Terming Nyay (Nyuntam Continued on Page 7 not to back Congress MP Continued on Page 7 New Delhi: Sitting MP from Punjab Harinder Singh Khalsa, who was suspended from the AAP, joined the BJP on Gambhir crisis for Lekhi Thursday. Fatehgarh Sahib MP Also, with the AAP and the Khalsa joined the party in the Congress attacking the BJP for presence of Union Finance BJP may pick the sealing drive, sources said, Minister Arun Jaitley. the BJP leadership might replace Lekhi with a new face BJP ALLEGES CORRUPTION ex-cricketer, in order to beat anti-incum- IN DELHI WAQF BOARD bency and woo local traders as New Delhi: The BJP on dump sitting well as party workers who have Thursday alleged corruption in accused the sitting BJP MP of the Delhi Waqf Board and being inaccessible. accused its chairman and AAP New Delhi MP Various trading bodies are MLA Amanatullah Khan of SAPNA SINGH n NEW DELHI upset with Lekhi citing unre- handing over Waqf properties solved problems like conges- worth over `100 crore to s the BJP leadership is tion and parking issue.