RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2019-21 Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 WORLD 12 SPORT 15 Published From CONGRESS’ CUP FACE VEIL BAN TAKES VIRGIL VAN DIJK WINS PFA DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL BHUBANESWAR EFFECT IN LANKA RANCHI RAIPUR CHANDIGARH OF SORROWS PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD DEHRADUN HYDERABAD VIJAYWADA Late City Vol. 155 Issue 117 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable LUCKNOW, TUESDAY APRIL 30, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 BE A PART OF THE CHANGE: ARJUN} } 14 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com Bengal hogs limelight; Ph-IV sees 64% turnout Stakes high for NDA to retain seats; CRPF opens fire in Bengal booth; Babul booked for threatening officials PNS n NEW DELHI Odisha, five in Bihar, three in poll, BJP-Shiv Sena have high Minister Jaswant Singh’s son Jharkhand and a part of stakes as in 2014 general elec- and former MLA Manvendra he voting for the 72 Lok Anantnag constituency in tions the National Democratic Singh (Barmer LS), erstwhile TSabha seats in Phase IV Jammu & Kashmir. Alliance (NDA) won 41 out of Jaipur royal family member across nine States saw a turnout The scorching summer the 48 seats in the State. The Diya Kumari, Union Minister of 64 per cent and sporadic vio- heat with temperature as high BJP and the Shiv Sena bagged PP Chaudhary will also be lence in West Bengal. over 43 degrees Celsius in 23 and 18 seats, respectively. decided in the polling. The prominent candidates some States did come in the The phase four thus holds In Madhya Pradesh bypoll whose fate is now locked in way of high turnout in the maximum importance for the to Chhindwara Assembly seat, EVMs include Giriraj Singh, afternoon with most people NDA in its bid to repeat man- where Chief Minister Kamal Babul Supriyo, Baijayant Panda preferring to cast their votes in date at the Centre in 2019. Nath is seeking election, was (BJP), Urmila Matondkar, the morning or just before Jodhpur in Rajathan is one held simultaneously with Lok Salman Khurshid, Milind evening. of the most talked about seats Sabha poll on Monday. Deora (Congress), Dimple Sun was most punishable where Chief Minister Ashok Six Lok Sabha constituen- Yadav (SP) and Kanhaiya in 13 Lok Sabha seats of Gehlot’s son Vaibhav is pitted cies of Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Kumar (CPI). The stakes are Rajasthan including the border against Union Minister of State Mandla, Balaghat and high for the ruling BJP and its Lok Sabha seat of Barmer. The and MP Gajendra Singh Chhindwara went to polls in allies as it as it had won 56 of constituencies in Rajasthan Shekhwat. Madhya Pradesh. these seats in 2014. which went to poll in this The fate of former Union Continued on Page 7 West Bengal recorded a phase are Tonk- high turnout at 76.47 in the Sawaimadhopur, Ajmer, Pali, eight seats as against a turnout Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, of 84 per cent last year. In Udaipur, Banswara, Barabani, BJP candidate from Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Asansol and Union Minister Bhilwara, Kota and Jhalawar- Babul Supriyo’s vehicle was Baran. vandalised allegedly by TMC The Congress, which has workers outside a polling sta- formed Government in the tion, while in Dubrajpur area State, is upbeat this time as it Central security forces per- had scored a duck in 2014 LS sonnel reportedly opened fire poll with the BJP winning all 25 in the air to disperse irate peo- seats in the State. The BJP ple who attacked them when would like to retain as many of they were barred from entering its seats as possible to consol- the booths with mobile phones. idate its all India tally. An FIR was registered Voters sail on an overloaded boat to reach their polling booths for casting votes during the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Darbhanga on Monday PTI Similarly in Madhya against Supriyo for allegedly Pradesh with 29 seats, the BJP threatening polling officials. supporters of rival parties in per cent turnout in 2014. ing was recorded in A total of about 12.79 had pocketed 26 of the 29 seats The ruling Trinamool Congress Nanoor, Rampurhat, Nalhati Polling was peaceful in Maharashtra (17 seats), 68 per crore voters were enlisted to with the Congress winning and the BJP accused each other and Suri areas of Birbhum Rajasthan, with tribal domi- cent in Odisha (6 seats), 58.92 exercise their franchise in the only three seats. Like Rajasthan, of intimidating voters in the seat, leaving several people nated seat of Banswara record- per cent in Bihar (five seats), fourth phase polling. the Congress has formed State, which has seen violence injured. ing the highest voting per- 63.39 per cent in Jharkhand (3 Voting took place in 17 Government in MP too and in all previous three phases Anantnag recorded 10.5 centage at 72.34, followed by seats), 57.58 per cent in UP, seats in Maharashtra, 13 each hopes to increase its LS count despite stepped up Central per cent, the lowest polling in Barmer, which recorded 72.21 65.5 per cent in Madhya in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, significantly. forces deployment. the phase four polling. per cent voting. Pradesh, and 64.5 per cent in eight in West Bengal, six each In Maharashtra too where TMC MP Shanta Chhetri and party leader Chandan Mitra speak after meeting the Clashes broke out between Anantnag had recorded 36.34 Nearly 58.23 per cent vot- Rajasthan. in Madhya Pradesh and on Monday 17 LS seats went to Election Commission in New Delhi on Monday Ranjan Dimri | Pioneer Chowkidar versus ousted BSF jawan 40 TMC MLAs ready to in Varanasi: SP picks Tej Bahadur join BJP after polls: Modi chose the Vikas Panthis — or PNS n LUCKNOW Didi wonders how those who have come to eman- cipate Bengal from the Daam and t is going to be former jawan Prime Minister Daman Panthis and develop it. Iversus chowkidar in Varanasi In a slant attack on Mamata Lok Sabha constituency from for “losing her nerves at the sight where dismissed Border could indulge in of saffron wave”, Modi said, Security Force constable Tej “Didi is losing temper very fre- Bahadur Yadav will be horse trading quently these days. She is attack- Samajwadi Party (SP) candi- ing not only me or the BJP but date against Prime Minister SAUGAR SENGUPTA n everyone around her. Her own Narendra Modi. BAHARAMPUR workers are so scared of her that The SP, in a tactical move, they are evading her sight appar- has changed its Varanasi can- rime Minister Narendra Prime Minister Narendra Modi during ently to evade a slap or two.” didate Shalini Yadav and has PModi’s claim on Monday that an election campaign rally for ongoing Saying that Mamata’s aspi- fielded Tej Bahadur Yadav to at least 40 Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha polls at Jilebi in North 24 rations to become the PM would take on the Prime Minister. legislators are waiting in the Parganas district of West Bengal on remain a pipedream as “no one After the Congress refused wings to join the BJP drew Monday PTI can become a PM with a hand- to field Priyanka Gandhi Vadra prompt counter-attack from West ful of seats,” Modi said the “rea- against Modi, the SP turned the Bengal Chief Minister Mamata results of the general elections will son she is raising ‘Delhi chalo’ slo- battle into an ex-jawan versus Banerjee. be declared, at least 40 TMC gan is because she wants to chowkidar contest. Mamata wondered how a MLAs will join the BJP.” This is establish her nephew (Abhishek After filing his nomination person as high as the Prime the first that such a claim has Banerjee) firmly in Bengal.” paper, Tej said, “The issues of Minister could indulge in horse come from the Prime Minister On the NRC, the Prime Samajwadi Party are mine and trading, ruling out any possibil- himself. Hours later, the TMC Minister spoke out in Bengali now I am the candidate of the ity of a split in her party as “the lodged a complaint with the saying if his party came to power party as I have filed my nom- people of Bengal would never ECI while senior party leader in the State it would invoke ination on the party’s symbol. side with a person whose hands Derek O’Brien accused the PM NRC, an issue that had received We are fighting for farmers and were stained with blood of of “indulging in horse-trading.” sustained opposition from soldiers of the country.” Gujarat riots.” Claiming that India had wit- Mamata. Tej was dismissed from Modi, who was addressing nessed four streams of politics — The Chief Minister hit back BSF in 2017 after he released a an election rally in Serampore Naam Panthi, Waam Panthi, hard saying the BJP was a party video of the alleged poor food constituency, said, “Ground Daam and Daman Panthi — of thieves and a number of its served to jawans in J&K. beneath Didi’s feat is moving fast Modi said a time has come leaders were tainted. Continued on Page 7 as anytime after May 23 when the when the people wouldfinally Continued on Page 7 CAPSULE Rahul refuses to budge, just regrets BAGHDADI RESURRECTS AFTER FIVE YEARS Baghdad: The elusive chief of misquoting apex court in chor jibe the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has appeared for the PNS n NEW DELHI “Chowkidar chor hai” slogan first time in five years in a attacking the Prime Minister.