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( ### Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Uddhav Thackeray Ji on taking #! #!(18($ ' ( '( ;#!-# (%% +# (1 Nath, DMK chief MK Stalin oath as the CM of Maharashtra. #+(( 1(# !#%(# '!'! !-#! ( and party leader TR Baalu, I am confident he will work dili- 51!# .!#(# 4( ;'( .! %##! B'% ;'( Congress leaders Ahmed Patel, gently for the bright future of #!# +.(+ '#(! #+# '# #!(18( +#!#- Malikarjuna Kharge, NCP Maharashtra,” Modi tweeted. ' '+,#! leader Praful Patel, BJP leader Continued on Page 4 and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, former Chief Ministers and senior Congress leaders Sushil Kumar Shinde, Prithviraj Chavan, ! ## ! $ % Ashok Chavan, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and former mammoth gathering at the as Shivaji Park — a venue with from the NCP), Balasaheb Chief Minister Manohar Joshi. historic Shivaji Park in Mumbai which the Sena and Thackerays Thorat and Nitin Raut (both MNS chief Raj Thackeray, n a landmark event in the on Thursday at 6.45 pm. have an emotional attachment. from the Congress). who is the cousin of Uddhav, Ihistory of coalition politics in Apart from Uddhav, six Maharashtra Governor Fifty-nine-year-old made it to the event along with " R& ( the State, Shiv Sena president others — two each from the Bhagat Singh Koshyari admin- Uddhav, who is incidentally the his son and mother. He sat on Uddhav Thackeray was sworn Shiv Sena, the NCP and the istered the oath of office and first-ever Thackeray to become the stage during the swearing- in as the Chief Minister of Congress — were sworn in as secrecy to Uddhav and six the Chief Minister in the 53- in ceremony. Maharashtra after the forma- Ministers in the Uddhav MVA Ministers — Eknath year-long history of the Shiv NCP MP Supriya Sule, tion of a Sena-NCP-Congress Thackeray Cabinet at the Shinde, Subhash Desai (both Sena, took the name of the who was seen prominently at hedding its three-decade old combine’s “Maharashtra Vikas colourful ceremony held at from the Shiv Sena), Jayant Maratha warrior Chhatrapati the event, was seen greeting the Spro-Hindutva stance, the Aghadi” (MVA) in front of a “Shiv Thirth” — better known Patil, Chhagan Bhujbal (both Shivaji, his late father Balasaheb guests at the function. Shiv Sena on Thursday joined hands with the NCP and the Congress to come out with a Common Minimum Programme (CMP) with the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Government commit- ting itself to waive farmers’ loans and ensure 80 per cent quota in jobs for locals. The CMP promised farm- /01*2& 3 #$ ! 43 & ,P%4 date Bimalendu Sinha Roy ers the complete loan waiver as -3P 0' & &1 1 ( humbled his nearest rival, State well as setting up of “one 5 4 ! $ . he ruling Trinamool BJP vice-president Jay Prakash rupee clinics” across the State ) TCongress (TMC) on Majumdar by whopping mar- which will provide basic health to take a “joint view” (along Congress will take a joint view Thursday won all three gin of over 24,000 votes. screening to people. Sena’s with its two allies) of con- after holding consultations * Assembly byelections in Kharagpur Assembly seat, most discussed promise dur- tentious issues of national and and arriving at a consensus”. Kaliaganj, Karimpur and which was vacated by State BJP ing the Assembly poll cam- State importance having The CMP released by the Kharagpur. Politicial experts president Dilip Ghosh who paign — a full meal at 10 — “repercussions and conse- leaders of the three parties + see the result as an “NRC was elected to the Lok Sabha, also figured in the CMP. quences” on the “secular fab- focuses on the issues of farm- effect” against the BJP. was once again snatched by A law will be enacted to ric of the nation”. ers, unemployment, women, More importantly, the BJP TMC candidate Pradip Sarkar, ensure 80 per cent job quota Setting a “secular” agenda education, urban development, had secured a thumping who defeated his nearest BJP for the youth domiciled in for the three parties — two of health, industry, social justice, ith the Opposition 45,000-plus lead in these seats rival Prem Chandra Jha by Maharashtra, it said. Also, it identical ideologies and anoth- tourism, arts & culture. Wdemanding action as recently as in the April-May 20,853 votes. talked about the filling of all er of a different ideology— the Releasing the CMP at a against BJP MP Pragya Thakur & '( & !P ! parliamentary elections. Continued on Page 4 vacant posts in the State CMP preamble of the ruling joint news conference, the leg- for her description of *! $ & + , - . The Kaliaganj seat, that Government’s various depart- Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress front islature party leaders of Shiv Nathuram Godse as “deshb- the TMC won by a wafer-thin ment immediately. The CMP “Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi” Sena, NCP and Congress hakt”, the BJP on Thursday dis- Sabha witnessed protests notice for moving a censure margin of about 2,400 votes, also promised tenements mea- reads, “The alliance partners Eknath Shinde, Jayant Patil tanced itself from her remark, against Pragya’s Wednesday motion in the Lok Sabha on had been a traditional Congress suring 500 sqft carpet area free commit to uphold the secular and Balasaheb Thorat respec- barred her from attending remark, with Congress leader Thursday against Pragya. stronghold with late Union of cost to eligible slum dwellers values enshrined in the tively announced among other party’s Parliamentary Party Rahul Gandhi criticising her in In the Lok Sabha, Defence Minister PR Dasmunshi being under the slum rehabilitation Constitution. On contentious things that there would be two meeting during Winter Session a Twitter post, “Terrorist Minister Rajnath Singh sought a local boy. TMC’s Tapan Deb Dehradun: BJP’s Chandra Pant programme instead of the cur- issues of national importance co-ordination committees — and removed her from the Pragya calls terrorist Godse a to placate the Opposition and Singha snatched the seat from on Thursday beat her Congress rent 300 sqft tenements. as well of State importance, one for the coordination with- Parliamentary Consultative patriot. A sad day, in the his- said his party condemned any the Congress. rival Anju Lunthi by over 3,000 The Sena committed itself especially having repercus- in the State Cabinet and the Committee of the Ministry of tory of India’s Parliament.” philosophy seeing Mahatma’s The State ruling outfit votes to win the Pithoragarh to “upholding the secular val- sions/consequences on the other for coordination among Defence. The Congress and other killer as a patriot. retained Karimpur seat in Assembly bypoll and retain ues enshrined in the secular fabric of the nation, the the alliance partners. On Thursday, the Lok constituents of the UPA gave a Continued on Page 4 Nadia district. TMC candi- the seat for the party. Constitution” and promising Shiv Sena, the NCP and the Continued on Page 4 ( !"# $ -./ . ( $R $ +, he dilapidated foot over- bridges (FOBs) and subways T !##$ % & lying unused across Delhi will '# %() * '#! %+, %($ soon get a new look as the !-. +(%((# ! '# rahMos supersonic cruise Public Works Department (%# .#! Bmissile was successfully (PWD) is going to conduct a test-fired from a naval warship technical and scientific study of / .#! +# '# on Thursday. The supersonic these FOBs and subways to find ! .$ 0 .#! +# missile, with a strike-range of out the reasons as to why pedes- '# .!.#! %!(1 .(1 over 290 km, was test-fired trians avoid using these facilities. !(, .##!( from the Navy’s stealth destroy- Most of the FOBs, subways .#! +# 2 er INS Kochi,