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NEARBY Things will go Who bought electoral sour, Maneka Will go it alone in Delhi if AAP warns Muslims goes back on stand: Congress bonds, SC asks parties ANUJ KUMAR GHAZIABAD Bottleneck after AAP sought seats in Punjab and Haryana Mulayam probe was Directs them to provide particulars to EC in sealed covers Union Minister Maneka closed in 2013: CBI Gandhi on Friday set off a SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT the Chandni Chowk seat and NEW DELHI NEW DELHI Krishnadas Rajagopal political storm when a vi­ Ajay Maken for New Delhi. New Delhi The Central Bureau of deo clip went viral on social The Congress on Friday offi­ Former Delhi Minister Raj Investigation on Friday made Rejecting the government’s media, showing her telling cially announced that it will Kumar Chauhan was picked an oral submission in the plea to steer clear of the Muslims that if they did not be compelled to go it alone for North­West Delhi consti­ Supreme Court that a electoral bonds scheme for vote for her, she might not in Delhi if the Aam Aadmi tuency and former Delhi preliminary inquiry against political funding, the Su­ be responsive to their re­ Party wants Lok Sabha seats Pradesh Congress Commit­ Samajwadi Party leader preme Court on Friday quests later. in States such as Punjab and tee chief Jai Prakash Aggar­ Mulayam Singh Yadav in a passed an interim order di­ “I am winning... But if Haryana. wal for North­East Delhi case of disproportionate recting political parties to my victory is without sup­ P.C. Chacko, the All India constituency. assets was closed in 2013. provide complete informa­ port from Muslims, I won’t Congress Committee in­ The names, sources said, NATION Ī PAGE 5 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD tion to the Election Commis­ feel that good. Dil khatta charge for Delhi, however, had been finalised after a sion in sealed covers on ev­ ho jayega (heart will be­ kept a window open by indi­ meeting of the Congress Army veterans upset ery single donor and come sour). Then when a cating that the party wants P.C. Chacko Election Committee on with ‘politicisation’ contribution received till Muslim comes to me for to have an alliance to defeat Thursday. NEW DELHI date. work, I think let it be, how the BJP. Delhi then changed its stand On the remaining seats in Over 150 veterans, including A Bench, led by Chief Jus­ does it matter?” Ms. Gandhi “We are compelled to go and sought seats in Punjab the Capital, names of former eight former Service chiefs, tice of India Ranjan Gogoi, said at a rally in Turabh on our own as AAP is going and Haryana, said the Con­ Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit have written to President said the issue of electoral Khani. back on its stand,” said Mr. gress leader, describing it as from East Delhi and Olym­ Ram Nath Kovind expressing bonds and their lack of tran­ Details of further transac­ through the bonds had gone The District Election Of­ Chacko at a press an “impractical stand”. pian Sushil Kumar from anguish at the “politicisation sparency raised “weighty is­ tions made through the to the ruling party. ficer has since served notice conference. “We are still ready (for an South Delhi were being con­ of the Army” in the run-up to sues with tremendous bear­ bonds till May 15 — the last on Ms. Gandhi, giving her alliance) if AAP is willing to sidered. While the former the Lok Sabha election and ing on the sanctity of the date of their issuance — Govt. justifies scheme three days to respond. The Three­four formula have an alliance in Delhi CM and current head of the seeking his intervention. On electoral process in the should be filed before May The government, however, six­time BJP MP is contest­ Friday, however, two former Sharing details of the back­ alone. We want to fight the party’s Delhi unit sought country.” 30, 2019. justified the scheme as an ex­ ing from Sultanpur in U.P. Service chiefs denied signing room talks that he and AAP BJP together,” Mr. Chacko time for consultations, the it and Rashtrapati Bhavan “The sealed covers will re­ periment to eradicate the “It is all give and take, a leader Sanjay Singh were said. wrestler’s consent hadn’t sources denied receiving such In­depth hearing main in the custody of the evil of black money. negotiation, isn’t it? We are having, Mr. Chacko said the been obtained yet. The par­ a letter. It said the challenge to the Election Commission of In­ It claimed that the impact not all children of Mahatma Congress had agreed to con­ Names finalised ty had also zeroed in on scheme would require in­ dia, and it will abide by such would be known only after Gandhi, are we?” Ms. Gand­ test three of the seven Lok Late on Thursday night, the former MP and Purvanchali NEWS Ī PAGE 8 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD depth hearing and there was orders as may be passed by the Lok Sabha election. It hi is heard saying at the ral­ Sabha seats in the Capital, Congress had finalised four leader Mahabal Mishra as its very little time for that now the court,” the court said. should, meanwhile, be given ly. leaving four for AAP. names, including former Un­ candidate from West Delhi. BJP likely to name Delhi as the bonds would stop be­ The CJI said the dates for fi­ a free hand to execute its “I have already won the But the ruling party in ion Ministers Kapil Sibal for SEE ALSO Ī DELHI METRO PAGE 1 LS candidates today ing issued by May 15 as per a nal hearing would be an­ policy and the court should election but you will need NEW DELHI Ministry of Finance nounced at an “appro­ not pass any order for the me. This is your chance to The Bharatiya Janata Party is schedule. priate” time. present, the government lay the foundation. When likely to announce the names The court said its interim The directions come a day submitted. the election comes and this of its candidates for all the #70929 AAP enters into alliance with order was meant to ensure after the government The Centre’s position was booth throws up 100 votes seven parliamentary seats in that the balance was not tilt­ claimed that voters need not starkly in contrast to the or 50 votes, and then you the national capital on ed in anybody’s favour for know from where funds stand of the EC. The EC had come to me for work, we Saturday. the time being. It ordered come to parties. expressed reservations will see… do you all under­ JJP in Haryana for LS poll DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 1 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD the parties to forthwith pro­ about transparency in politi­ stand,” Ms. Gandhi said. vide the EC with “detailed Lion’s share went to BJP cal funding. It submitted The Minister’s speech particulars of the donors as Advocate Prashant Bhushan, that the electoral bonds le­ comes just days after the While AAP will contest 3 seats, the remaining 7 go to JJP against each bond; the representing the petitioner galised the anonymity of Election Commission is­ amount of each such bond NGO, Association of Demo­ political donors and the par­ sued a notice to Bahujan Sa­ Nikhil M. Babu ment at a joint press confe­ er Arvind Kejriwal said in a New Delhi and the full particulars of cratic Reforms, argued that ties receiving contributions. maj Party president Maya­ rence on Friday, Mr. Dush­ tweet. the credit received against 95% of the payments wati following a complaint The Aam Aadmi Party and yant Chautala said it would each bond, namely, the par­ through the bonds had been CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 from the BJP that she had the Jannayak Janta Party on be a long­term alliance and Coordination panel ticulars of the bank account routed to the BJP. The EC al­ ‘BJP NEXUS WITH THE MONEYED sought Muslim votes during Friday formed an alliance for the two parties will fight to­ Mr. Dushyant Chautala said a to which the amount has so submitted in the court on WILL BE EXPOSED’ Ī PAGE 8 the mahagathbandhan’s the Lok Sabha election in Ha­ gether in the Haryana As­ coordination committee has been credited and the date Thursday that the lion’s CPI(M) EXPECTS SOME rally in Deoband. ryana and announced that sembly elections as well. been formed with members DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES of each such credit.” share of contributions ACCOUNTABILITY NOW Ī PAGE 8 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 the latter would contest se­ The decision came two of both the parties and it will ven of the 10 seats in the days after AAP called off dis­ decide within the next two­ State. cussions for an alliance with three days on the seats on CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC The distribution of consti­ the Congress as the latter was which the parties will con­ Manufacturing tuencies and the names of not ready to give AAP seats in test. Power of prayer the candidates would be de­ Punjab, Chandigarh and Ha­ “Jhadoo and chappal will crashes to a clared later. ryana. come together to overthrow The JJP was launched in “People of Haryana want­ them from the area,” Mr. 20-month low December 2018 by Dushyant ed this. Congratulations to Chautala said in a veiled at­ Chautala, grandson of form­ the people of Haryana. To­ tack at the Congress and the Special Correspondent er Haryana Chief Minister gether, we will defeat BJP and BJP. He termed it an alliance New Delhi Om Prakash Chautala. work for development of Ha­ of “aam” (common) and Industrial growth slowed Making the announce­ ryana,” AAP national conven­ “jan” (people). in February to 0.1% owing to an across­the­board slowdown, while consum­ er inflation quickened in March, according to the lat­ est official data. Growth in the Index of Industrial Production slowed in February, from 1.44% in January. Mining and quarrying saw growth slowing to 2% from 3.92% over the same period. Manufacturing saw a contraction of 0.31% in Fe­ bruary from a 1.05% growth in January. Separate data showed retail inflation, as mea­ sured by the consumer price index (CPI), had quickened to a 5­month Kashmiri women praying at the Hazratbal shrine on the outskirts of Srinagar on Friday on the occasion of Mehraj-u-Alam. * high in March to 2.86%. NISSAR AHMAD CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC DETAILED REPORT ON Ī PAGE 11 SC to hear plea against Himachal Minister Anil Sharma quits Cabinet

VIKAS VASUDEVA ma’s father, former Union stay on Modi biopic CHANDIGARH Minister Sukh Ram, quit the Himachal Pradesh Power Mi­ BJP and along with his grand­ Legal Correspondent right to free speech and nister Anil Sharma tendered son joined the Congress. The NEW DELHI expression. his resignation from the Ca­ Congress then fielded Mr. The Supreme Court on Fri­ “So now it is the other binet on Friday, days after Ashray Sharma from Mandi. day agreed to hear a chal­ way round,” CJI Gogoi re­ his son Ashray Sharma was The Minister told repor­ lenge from the makers of marked. His reference was announced as the Congress Anil Sharma ters in Shimla that he had re­ the biopic PM Narendra Mo- to a plea by a Congress acti­ candidate from the Mandi signed from the Cabinet but di to the Election Commis­ vist to stop the release of the Lok Sabha constituency. canvass for the BJP candi­ not from the party. “CM Jai sion’s stay on its screening. film. The Minister was under date, Ram Swarup Shrama, Ram Thakur made some sar­ A Bench, led by Chief Jus­ That petition said the attack from the BJP and fac­ in the Mandi constituency. castic remarks about me at tice of India Ranjan Gogoi, biopic was “blatant propa­ ing an uneasy equation with He, however, said he was the rally in Mandi on Thurs­ said the case would be ganda” adorned as a work of Chief Minister Jai Ram Tha­ willing to campaign for BJP day… following that I made heard on April 15. The film­ art in violation of the model kur after he conveyed to the candidates elsewhere in the up my mind to resign as I felt makers argued that the stay code of conduct. It was re­ party that he would neither State. he has lost faith in me,” he violated their fundamental jected on April 9. campaign against his son nor Last week, Mr. Anil Shar­ said. CM https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams