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The Congress could win A high-decibel campaign && retrieve ground it had lost in only the Rae Bareli and Amethi for seven Lok Sabha con- ) * " the last general elections. — out of the 80 seats in the stituencies in the Bundelkhand & * & & In 2014, the BJP had con- entire State. region of Madhya Pradesh +%Q & " solidated its position from the State-wise distribution of ended at 5 pm on Saturday. P fifth phase onwards to single- Lok Sahba seats in this poll Polling for Tikamgarh, handedly cross the majority round is: UP (14 constituen- Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, "# mark. For the Congress, its cies), Rajasthan (12), Madhya Rewa, Hoshangabad and Betul & & president Rahul Gandhi is in Pradesh (7), West Bengal (7), seats, all held by the BJP cur- & & " the fray against BJP’s Smriti Bihar (5), Jharkhand (4) and rently, will take place on May , "- Irani from his pocket-borough Jammu & Kashmir (2). The 6. This will be the second ./! " Amethi. However, the contest phase would see conclusion of phase of polling in MP, the first && & seems to be tougher this time voting in all 29 seats of phase having been held on & && given the BJP’s focus on the seat Rajasthan, which were won by April 29. Union Minister * / "- for the last five years. Rae the BJP in 2014. Virendra Kumar Khatik is the Bareli, Congress leader Sonia In contrast to previous BJP candidate from Tikamgarh Gandhi’s constituency, is one of rounds, poll campaigning in while former Union Minister "* & & Q the 12 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar * + $ - %! $ % & this phase has been peaceful and sitting MP Prahlad Patel is * Pradesh which will go to polls even as electioneering during the party’s Damoh candidate. " on Monday. Lok Sabha poll, yielding a duck Rajnath Singh is seeking re- Chambal dacoit Malkhan the last couple of days was Turn to Page 4 0 The other seats in the elec- for the BSP and only six seats election from Lucknow con- Singh of Pragati Sheel "% torally important UP are for the SP. stituency, which has been rep- Samajwadi Party (Lohia). In the & & "0 Dhaurahra, Sitapur, In this phase, the BSP is resented in the past by the BJP Faizabad parliamentary con- & & Mohanlalganj (SC), Lucknow, contesting on five seats — patriarch Atal Bihari Vajpayee. stituency, under which the & & & Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi Dhaurahra, Sitapur, Rajnath Singh is facing temple town of Ayodhya falls, "*& (SC), Barabanki (SC), Faizabad, Mohanlalganj, Fatehpur and Samjawadi Party’s nominee sitting BJP MP Lallu Singh is & $1 Bahraich (SC), Kaiserganj and Kaisarganj. While Samajwadi Poonam Sinha, wife of actor- taking on Nirmal Khatri of the $2 & & "3 Gonda. SP-BSP-RLD has Party is fighting on seven seats politician Shatrughan Sinha. Congress. Khatri is a former " & emerged in UP as the main — Lucknow, Banda, Former Union Minister Uttar Pradesh Congress & M rival of the BJP and banking on Kaushambi, Barabanki, and Congress candidate Jitin Committee chief. & & its combined vote bank share Faizabad, Bahraich and Gonda. Prasada is contesting from In 2014 elections, 12 of 14 , M & which was divided in the last Union Home Minister Dhaurahra against former seats of this phase in UP were & , " % ) . 5 &M / & M ') & "0! ) 1* "# bus ferrying 42 female % Aemployees of a private & company overturned after it * + & was hit by a speeding truck, + ' - & resulting in injuries to passen- %! % & gers in Noida Sector 93 on , " Saturday around 6 am. & ('0* BJP slamming the Congress “The bus had 42 passen- for taking the segment for P &Q" gers, all women employees of a he last day of the Lok granted with dynasty politics. "# private firm, who were on their TSabha poll campaigning Campaigning for her & & ! way to work when their vehi- in Amethi turned interesting brother, Priyanka said, “Smriti * " cle overturned after being hit with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Irani comes here and distrib- 3 "# by a truck,” Phase 2 SHO and Smriti Irani locking horns utes shoes and sarees. She - ! 5 Farmood Ali Pundir said. on several issues. should come and beg for votes "751 The injured were rushed to Sitting MP and Congress rather than distribute you % a nearby hospital, while those chief Rahul Gandhi is seeking shoes. I also want to ask if the & critically wounded were taken to defend his turf for the BJP is so concerned about &8 "2 7 ! to Kailash Hospital, he said. fourth time against Union Amethi, why did they wind up * * 9 “The truck involved in the Minister Smriti Irani, who projects which Rahul Gandhi 5 incident has been impounded had brought down Rahul’s initiated.” &"1 & and its driver detained,” the victory margin to just over a On the other hand, Smriti & " SHO said. lakh in 2014. mocked Rahul in a rally, say- ) % * " He scotched rumour of Charges have been flying ing, “Absentee MP has already 0 & the law and order situation at thick and fast with the given up on you and run away : & 7 P ! ! the accident site, and said Congress accusing the BJP of to Kerala.” && * / "0 # $ ! % & probe is underway. trying to bribe voters and the Turn to Page 4 & && Q* "0 * & & "07 & & & / & " (,($0* The Andhra Pradesh moved away, flight operations 0 ;* " Government informed about resumed at Kolkata and ## ! 0 eople of West Bengal heavy rainfall and some dam- Bhubaneswar airports on "- & < Pheaved a sigh of relief as age to crops and roads in Saturday. “Flight operations to % "#$ = severe cyclonic storm Fani Srikakulam district. and from Bhubaneswar airport & : = weakened on Saturday morn- In Bengal, the storm lashed has resumed. Alliance Air flight Prime Minister Narendra Modi The UN agency for disaster ",Q ing which wreaked havoc in Digha, Haldia, Tajpur, from Ranchi is the first flight on Saturday discussed the sit- reduction has commended the ! "! & Odisha leaving 12 persons Mandarmani, Sandehskhali, to land,” tweeted the Ministry uation with Odisha Chief India Meteorological 7 & Q dead. However, Fani killed at Contai, Diamond Harbour, of Civil Aviation. Minister Naveen Patnaik and Department’s “almost pinpoint least 14 people in Bangladesh Bankura, Sriniketan, Asansol, The Eastern Naval assured all support from the accuracy” of early warnings "0 as it barrelled into the nation on Dumdum and Alipore, Command has launched a Central Government. Modi that helped authorities conduct "> ? Saturday. Kharagpur, Kolkata, and massive rescue and rehabilita- will visit Odisha on Monday to a well-targeted evacuation plan O P & ? North-East States — Burdwan. Trees were uprooted, tion effort in Odisha. take stock of the situation. and minimise the loss of life. !"#$ "O & Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, power and telecom lines Turn to Page 4 " " Meghalaya, Nagaland, snapped, metal hoardings " " * 7 & Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura blown away as the storm swept & Q — have witnessed intermittent through Bengal. However, no " "0 & & & rain since Friday due to the loss of life was reported from $! % " * && impact of Fani. As many as 79 the State. N O 9 flights were cancelled at According to Bengal Chief "! & different airports in the Minister Mamata Banerjee, the 7 * Northeast region due to bad entire administration was / Q weather. awake the whole night. “We % "0 According to the National were very worried about the & & / Crisis Management Committee cyclone Fani. There were not '( / (NCMC), headed by Cabinet much damage in the State. At " Secretary PK Sinha, the cyclone least 850 mud houses in the "0 has caused extensive damage to districts were partially dam- ) * telecommunications and power aged while 12 were complete- *@" infrastructure in Puri, ly destroyed,” she said. * ) 7/ Bhubaneswar and some other The Kolkata Port Trust ! ! M areas of Odisha while the West (KoPT) also resumed its rou- & M )"0 Bengal Government has tine operation on Saturday ' & 9 reported mild impact of the morning at both Haldia and ! ' (') ' " cyclone. Kolkata docks. As Fani has $ % &