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Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on year. that they will not have any In an interview to PTI on ,/ +,")$ Tuesday announced it is open In case, the front falls short truck with the BJP,” he said. the sidelines of a poll meeting to taking support from the of number to form the The TRS spokesperson said in East Midnapore district's enior Congress leader Mani Congress to form a Federal Government, the option of the parties such as SP, BSP, YSRCP, Haldia in support of TMC SShankar Aiyar kicked up Front Government at the Congress supporting it from DMK and TRS would do well candidates, he claimed the BJP another row by justifying his Centre if the latter don’t ask for outside would be explored, in the elections, but the is on its way out “Neech” jibe against Prime the driver’s seat. However, the said the TRS spokesman. Congress would not cross the On whether a coalition of Minister Narendra Modi, invit- TRS made it clear that it is not “The Government would 100-seat mark. If the Congress regional parties will include the ing acrimonious war of words going to align in any way with be of the federal front and the does not win 180-200 seats on Congress in Government for- between the Congress and the BJP. Congress will have to extend its own, its allies like the DMK mation or keep it out if such an the BJP. “We are open to talk to support from outside. We are would see “no fun” in being opportunity arises, he said, The Congress first defend- them (Congress), and see very firm that regional parties with it and would come to the “You cannot have such restric- ed Aiyar but later condemned whether they support us to should be in the driver’s seat. Federal Front, Khan said. tions. You need the magic fig- his comments in an apparent form a Government. If they do, The Prime Minister’s post “JD(S) will have an upper ure (272 seats) to form the gov- damage control exercise. The regional parties are not averse should go to one of the con- hand in Karnataka. We have ernment. Restrictions will ulti- party also accused the PM of tion, rage and revenge has as long as they (Congress) stituents of the Federal Front. started speaking to Communist mately break the unity.” lowering the political discourse blinded Narendra Modi in don’t come into the driver’s The Prime Ministerial candi- parties, expecting they will do “All of us will sit together by using “downright insult- using completely unacceptable, seat. KCR is very firm that a date will be a consensus can- well in Kerala and some other and reach a consensus to build ing” and “abusive language” downright insulting, abusive Federal Front constituent didate from among the con- places,” he said. the future of this country,” against his political opponents. language for his political oppo- should be in the driver’s seat stituents (of the Federal Front),” Meanwhile, TDP supremo Naidu said. “We completely reject and nents,” Surjewala said. and run the Government,” TRS president MK Stalin in urged him to support the Khan said. and Andhra Pradesh Chief The TDP president, who condemn the remarks of the The “truth” is that Modi spokesman Abid Rasool Khan Chennai and sought his sup- Congress in forming the However, the proposed Minister N Chandrababu was the convener of the United likes of Mani Shankar Aiyar has seriously lowered the pres- said on Tuesday. port in forging a non-Congress, Government at the Centre. Federal Front is not going to Naidu on Monday termed Front Government from 1996- and every other person who is tige of the office of the Prime The development comes a non-BJP Federal Front. The new stand of the TRS align in any way with the BJP, Rahul Gandhi a “good leader 1998, said that time the exper- violating the time-tested prin- Minister by his choice of words, day after TRS chief and However, according to sources, is seen as a big change in Khan said. “We are averse to who has concerns for the iment failed because the ciple of self-discipline in polit- anger, uncontrollable rage, and Telangana Chief Minister K Stalin rejected KCR’s request to KCR’s attempt to forge a the BJP. We do not want to have nation” and asserted that unlike Congress was kept out of the ical discourse, of mutual by his quest to seek revenge Chandrasekhar Rao met DMK join Federal Front and instead Federal Front minus the anything with the BJP, neither 1996, non-BJP parties won’t Government. respect and adherence to ideas against every Opposition and ideology, and not to ver- leader, particularly Congress bally abuse while fighting an president Rahul and his fami- election, to give due regard ly, he claimed. even to your worst political Surjewala’s reaction came $ % enemy as was shown by Rahul hours after Congress Gandhi on the floor of spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill Parliament,” Congress’ chief said his party is not on the back % ! '( spokesperson Randeep foot regarding Aiyar’s remarks. Surjewala said. Instead, it should be Modi ) He alleged that hatred, vio- who should be ashamed of his lence and abuse are the modus remarks on former Prime * operandi of the BJP and not of Minister Rajiv Gandhi and the Congress. “We have seen UPA chairperson Sonia ! ! 0" how in the last five years, Gandhi, he said. including in the current elec- Continued on Page 4 JP and TMC supporters Bon Tuesday fought pitched battles on the streets of Kolkata Q during a massive roadshow by ! Amit Shah, who was forced to cut short the jamboree and had "#$%# R to be escorted to safety by police. Violence broke out after & && Shah’s convoy approached the hostel of Vidyasagar College 1- $ where he was greeted by stone pelters. Furious BJP supporters n top level exodus at ground- ,/ +,")$ retaliated and were seen Ied Jet Airways, four senior New Delhi: WhatsApp has against potential targeted exchanging blows with their executives, including chief he Supreme Court on urged its 1.5 billion users glob- exploits designed to compro- TMC rivals outside the college executive Vinay Dube and his TTuesday directed immediate ally to update their app to pro- mise information stored on entrance. P deputy (CFO) Amit Agarwal, release of BJP’s youth wing tect against “potential targeted mobile devices. We are con- Several motorcycles parked ! !" have quit the ailing airline. leader Priyanka Sharma on bail, exploits” after it discovered a stantly working alongside outside the college campus Amid lenders scrambling days after she was arrested by the vulnerability that allows spyware industry partners to provide were vandalised and set ablaze. “They (police) deviated Kolkata, Shah led a saffron Even as artistes — clad as to find a suitor, the cash- West Bengal Police for alleged- to be installed on users’ phone. the latest security enhance- Shards of broken glass littered from the planned route and surge in parts of the city as Ram, Hanuman and other gods starved carrier on Tuesday ly posting a morphed image of The Facebook-owned com- ments to help protect our the lobby of the college where took us away to where there chants of “Jai Shri Ram” alter- — and dancers, possibly from announced the exit of three Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee pany said it had, earlier this users,” the spokesperson added. a bust of Ishwar Chandra were traffic jams. I was not nated with frenzied chorus of Rajasthan and Gujarat, hit the executives — Dube, Agarwal on social media. month, identified and prompt- According to reports, the Vidyasagar, a noted philoso- allowed to reach Swami “Modi! Modi!”. streets performing eye-catching and Company Secretary The top court directed ly fixed a vulnerability that spyware was allegedly devel- pher and a key figure of Bengal Vivekananda’s house to pay More than 15,000 kg of north-Indian ballet, loads of Kuldeep Sharma — while a Sharma to tender a “written could enable an attacker to oped by Israeli cyber intelligence Renaissance, was smashed to tributes and I am saddened by flower worth 2 lakh, hundreds flowers were showered on them source said the carrier’s Chief apology” at the time of her insert and execute code on company NSO Group. The vul- smithereens. Police were seen it,” Shah claimed. of vividly dressed artistes from from neighbouring houses. People Officer Rahul Taneja release from jail for sharing the mobile devices. It has also nerability allowed installation of trying to douse the fire with Mamata hit right back, outside Bengal and thousands “Look at the flowers falling too has put in his papers. meme on Mamata saying that made changes to its infrastruc- spyware on the device through buckets filled with water. calling Shah a “goonda”. of “visiting” saffron cadres from above. Do you think they Except for Agarwal, who freedom of speech of an indi- ture to deny the ability for this a WhatsApp voice call — irre- Contingents of the Kolkata “If you lay your hands on from neighbouring districts are BJP workers? They are all quit on Monday, the rest vidual ends when it infringes attack to take place, it added.
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