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Kingdom’s home secretary Sajid the new Goa Chief Minister finalised the formula of two The strength of the House two Congress MLAs Subhash funeral procession was on, the Continued on Page 6 Javid had referred India’s after party bigwigs, including Deputy Chief Ministers for London court has issued an request for extraditing Modi to president Amit Shah and the State,” a senior BJP func- Aarrest warrant against jew- a court for initiating legal pro- Union Transport Minister tionary said. Parrikar was head- ellery designer Nirav Modi, ceedings against the diaman- Nitin Gadkari, could bring ing a coalition Government the main accused in the USD 2 taire. about a consensus on his name comprising the BJP, three billion PNB scam case, in A British daily had recent- by making the other claimants MLAs each of the GFP, the response to an ED request for ly published a report and video to the post from the alliance MGP and three Independents. his extradition in a money showing Modi walking in the partners agreeable to his can- Shah said it will be hard to laundering case, officials said streets of London and said the didature, according to sources. fill the void left by Manohar Monday. They said the inves- fugitive diamantaire was living Sawant was the Speaker of Parrikar even as reports sug- tigative agency was recently in a swanky 8 million pounds the Goa Assembly. gested that two MGP MLAs informed about the issuance of apartment in the city’s West Swant’s name was cleared could switch over to the BJP to the warrant by the Westminster End and that he was involved hours after late Chief Minister increase its number in the Magistrate Court and Modi is in a new diamond business. Manohar Parrikar’s funeral cer- Assembly from 12 to 14. expected to be put under formal The ED and the CBI are emony, also attended by Prime Sawant has been a promi- arrest by the local police investigating Modi, his uncle Minister Narendra Modi, con- nent presence in Goa’s political (London Metropolitan police) Mehul Choksi and others for cluded at Goa’s Capital Panaji. scene since Parrikar’s illness soon. The warrant was issued a alleged money laundering and Sawant will be assisted by was announced in October few days back and the ED was corruption to perpetrate the two Deputy Chief Ministers — 2018. In February, the BJP subsequently informed, they alleged scam in the Brady Goa Forward Party (GFP)chief leader had updated the public said. House branch of the PNB in Vijai Sardesai and about the State of Parrikar’s After the arrest, Modi will Mumbai that was unearthed Maharashtrawadi Gomantak health, after the CM was admit- be brought before the court to last year. Party (MGP) MLA Sudin ted to AIIMS in Delhi. secure bail and the legal pro- Modi, 48, is currently living Dhavalikar. Interestingly, the Sawant represents the ceedings for his extradition in a three-bedroom flat occu- two who have now been Sanquelim constituency and is will begin thereafter, they said. pying half of a floor of the land- “accommodated” had earlier an Ayurveda practitioner by A similar procedure was mark Centre Point tower block staked their claim to the top profession. He was close to followed when absconding in London, where rent is esti- post in the State. Parrikar, who was understood liquor businessman Vijay mated to cost 17,000 pounds a There was no Deputy CM to have groomed him as a Mallya was arrested by the month, UK’s Telegraph news- post in place when Parrikar was politician. The Congress is London police after a warrant paper had reported. Modi has CM. But since the MGP and currently the single largest was issued based on the ED’s been chargesheeted by both the GFP both have 3 MLAs party in the State with 14 request to extradite him to the agencies and the ED has India in a money laundering also attached his assets worth case pegged at 9,000 crore. 1,873.08 crore under the ! Mallya’s case is in final Prevention of Money " # ! $ stages in that country. Laundering Act (PMLA), and *+ " " % & The Enforcement has also seized assets linked to ' Directorate (ED), early this him and his family worth R Monday asked the Congress Dal (RLD) alliance. ( %) month, had said that United 489.75 crore. not to “spread confusion” and “The Congress is free to said the alliance was capable of field its candidates on all the 80 defeating the BJP on its own. seats in UP alone. In other Hours later BSP’s poll ally words, our alliance (of SP- Samajwadi Party (SP) the SP BSP-RLD) is capable enough of too echoed Mayawati’s view. In defeating the BJP. The Congress a tweet, SP president Akhilesh should refrain from spreading Yadav said, “In Uttar Pradesh, confusion about leaving seven Q R the SP, BSP and RLD alliance seats for the (SP-BSP-RLD) is capable of defeating the BJP. tweets made it clear that the alliance,” Mayawati tweeted. & 1*2 The Congress party need not party will not enter into any She also said, “The BSP spread any kind of confusion.” alliance with the Congress. would like to make it clear once day after the Congress said Mayawati even dared the On Sunday, the Congress again that there is no alliance Ait was leaving seven Lok Congress to go ahead and field announced that it was leaving or understanding with the Sabha seats for the SP-BSP- candidates in all the 80 Lok seven Lok Sabha seats in the Congress in UP and anywhere RLD combine in Uttar Pradesh, Sabha seats in the State. State for the SP, Bahujan Samaj in the country.” BSP supremo Mayawati on The BSP chief in a series of Party (BSP) and Rashtriya Lok Continued on Page 6 O " # !"# $ $ % & $$ ' # , - ( '' %) "45" one steamer all decked up for her, and they all jumped into $ '# Priyanka, and no arrangement the boat. n an hilarious turn of events for another boat to carry them The boat was soon stuffed $ Iduring the boat campaign by along to cover Priyanka’s poll beyond its capacity and became % Congress general secretary campaign. unstable. On boatman’s frantic &' (! !*#& * "+ Priyanka Gandhi on Monday, The drama started as soon instruction, some people had to a boat carrying media persons as Priyanka — who reached the alight. But as the boat reached ' and some Congress leaders ghat around 11.30 am — got the middle of the river, it ran O ran aground at Manaya ghat of onto her steamer. There was no aground in low water. And it % Allahabad from where room for the media. could not budge an inch from #( Priyanka started sailing to However, as soon her boat there. $ $ reach Varanasi. started sailing, media persons Following which, a boat -./%0 $ As media persons reached and some Congress leaders was called in to take the stuck "+ $ # the Manaiya Ghat, they saw just found another boat following journalists back to the pier. ! 1/2%/3. Purvanchali votes in Delhi. Mishra joining the BJP. “We are national Capital. Sources in the Delhi BJP said learning from past instances, in As per the Election he burgeoning population the party is focusing on Baniya 2012, during civic elections, the Commission data, in Delhi, Tof Purvanchalis (people and Purvanchali communities Delhi BJP fielded 18 there are at least 20 Assembly from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh) for the Lok Sabha elections. Purvanchali candidates and 12 constituencies or 80 municipal has altered the poll demogra- “Party is in the process of managed to win, and in 2017 wards where Purvanchalis con- phy of the national Capital. deciding the names of two the party gave tickets to 43 stitute 17 to 47 per cent of Punjabis, who used to domi- leaders each from the Purvanchalis and out of them the vote. nate the public discourse and Purvanchali and Baniya com- 34 won. As the Purvanchali The ruling Aam Aadmi poll outcome in the past, now munity while one candidate population is growing, one Party (AAP) has 13 MLAs stand relegated to play the sec- each from Jat, Punjabi and leader is not sufficient to rep- from Purvanchal background. ond fiddle to the domineering Dalit communities will be field- resent the community,” said a Gopal Rai, AAP’ Delhi con- Purvanchalis. ed,” said sources. BJP leader. vener and a Minister in the The situation has propelled When asked about anoth- If one considers voters’ Delhi Cabinet, hails from east- regional parties to select more er Purvanchali leader part from calculations in Delhi, the sig- ern Uttar Pradesh while leaders, representing Delhi BJP party president nificance of Purvanchali voters Deputy Chief Minister Manish Purvanchalis. The BJP is like- Manoj Tiwari, the party sources in Delhi can be measured by Sisodia belongs to neighbour- ly to field at least two candi- hinted at former Congress MP the fact that they form nearly ing Ghaziabad.

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