0 1 C*# " 2 " 2 2 (34/$(%)5678 & 01/2 ; (( <= >) ! / ) ./) '. +'(,- '()* $)1)+)15)%*1)%! -/*' #4$#/4 /@/! # 4+ /!! #)3 4 ?)&/ /!/*' ?)-0/* -*/)!B 6)-0/@ 4A/ ,$#3-$ !,$$- ),! )0-) -% ! /! + + 9:56;!6<6; ! "$% !& !()#)% *)!+,#) ! " # $ # ! ! %/( */01- adhya Pradesh, MChhattisgarh and Mizoram will go to polls in November, while Rajasthan and Telangana in December. The Election Commission (EC) Q #$ on Saturday announced the polling dates for the five States, the results of which will set the #& tone for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. # While Naxal-affected & Chhattisgarh will go to polls in ' two phases on November 12 ()*+ # (18 seats) and November 20 (72 Q seats), the Madhya Pradesh ! "#$ ! #, and Mizoram Assembly elec- & '()&('$) # tions will be held on November & #* - - 28. Polling in Rajasthan and # Telangana, whose Chief stituencies which will go to which is out to challenge the Minister K Chandrsekhar Rao polls in the first phase and the BJP’s rule in the States even # had dissolved the Assembly last remaining 72 constituencies while protecting its last bastion .Q month, will be held on will go to polls in the second in the North-East. Mizoram is - L December 7. The counting of phase. Life of each and every the only remaining State in the 0 L votes will be held across all the voter is precious for us, which North-East, which is not under five States on December 11. is why we are being cautious,” the rule of BJP-led NDA. The #& With the EC’s announce- the CEC said. eight North-East States togeth- ment, the model code of con- These five Assembly elec- er have 25 Lok Sabha seats. - . duct has come into effect in tions would be crucial for the Mizoram’s 50-member 0 four States. The code of con- BJP as it gears up for the Lok House expires on December 1# duct is already in place in Sabha election next year and is 15, 2018, Chhattisgarh’s Telangana since the Assembly in power in three of these Assembly, comprising 90 mem- was dissolved. The election States — Rajasthan, Madhya bers, ends on January 5, 2019, #& will be held using the latest Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. the tenure of the Madhya . # Mark III EVM, VVPAT While the Congress is in power Pradesh 230-member House 2 # machines in all the States. in Mizoram, Telangana Rashtra expires on January 7, 2019, and 3&4 Announcing the poll dates, Samithi ruled Telangana before the 200-member Rajasthan $ Chief Election Commissioner the Assembly was dissolved. House comes to an end on (CEC) OP Rawat said the elec- The BJP is trying for a January 20, 2019. tions in Chhattisgarh would be fourth term in Madhya Pradesh On September 6, KCR had #3 held in two phases because and Chhattisgarh and to retain dissolved the Telangana House -" $ 5 some areas in the State were power in Rajasthan. The three to avoid a possible clubbing of affected by Left-wing extrem- States also played a significant Assembly polls with the Lok # " . ism. “The Assembly con- role for the BJP in the 2014 Sabha elections. 56# # $ L M ! stituencies going to polls in the general elections when it had CEC Rawat said the elec- /& # " 1 - first phase of Assembly elec- won 62 out of the 65 Lok Sabha toral rolls for Telangana will be &/&9 tions in Chhattisgarh are affect- seats in these three States. published on October 12. L M ed by Left-wing extremism The elections also hold Turn to Page 4 + ! 56# L /&M 0 ) Q violence. There are 18 con- significance for the Congress, Related reports on P5 $%&' ! () &),$&-% / $ , #6 01' Q %& ' ( ) R #& # ! %/( */01-20,&3%4( ! *" 1 ! #3 lose on the heels of the # CBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) " + ! Mumbai: NCP president 1 announcing to go it alone + + Sharad Pawar will not contest instead of forging an alliance the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, -#& Q with the Congress in Madhya party leader Jitendra Ahwad , Pradesh and Rajasthan, the said here on Saturday. 7 Samajwati Party (SP) too on Putting to rest speculation ' #1 Saturday said it has “waited for running discussion among the that Pawar will contest from N O N too long” for the grand old Opposition parties for striking Pune Lok Sabha seat, Ahwad party to respond and would a grand national alliance told reporters that Pawar had Q look at the non-Congress out- against the BJP-led-NDA could already made it clear in 2014 #O fits in Madhya Pradesh, includ- only help inspire an “opti- that he will not contest the Lok & N O5 # ing the BSP, for a pre-poll seat mism” in the ranks of the BJP Sabha polls again. #$ sharing deal. in the run up to the 2019 Lok + # & , # “Pawar has told the party SP president and former Sabha polls. BJP insiders are ( #* not to consider his name as he NCP chief had opposed the #& UP Chief Minister Akhilesh happy at party’s prospects in will not be a candidate. In candidature of Parth Pawar, son 5: 4Q ;N Yadav said his party will now MP after Akhilesh’s announce- Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh, and Mayawati, today’s meeting, Pawar said he of senior leader Ajit Pawar, for #O ()*< consult the Gondwana ment. Assembly elections. The BSP could also upset the poll cal- is not in the (LS) race and the Mawal Lok Sabha seat. Gantantra Party (GGP), with The SP’s distancing from has gone ahead with forging a culations of the Congress in the nobody should propose his “Preliminary discussions 51 which it had an alliance, and the Congress comes just days seat-sharing pre-poll deal with State where just over one per name,” said the NCP MLA are on. The name will be 0 the BSP, for an alliance in MP. after Mayawati shut the door former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi cent vote had decided the out- from Mumbra-Kalwa, in finalised after discussions with 1 & Q The announcement of the on any BSP alliance with the in Chhattisgarh. The coming come of the last Assembly poll. neighbouring Thane district. party workers,” Ahwad said. #& SP against the backdrop of a principal Opposition party for together of Jogi, the first CM of Turn to Page 4 Awhad also denied that the Turn to Page 4 Q # -()*< L # 1 2 ! " # = ()*+ - - #1 $ R & Q New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi - ! %/( */01- on Saturday disagreed with a suggestion by the - #$ apex bar body to lift a 16-year-old ban on strikes oor to moderate” air on National by lawyers, wondering why there should be a #&2 PAmbient Air quality (NAAQI) strike at all. = scale has enveloped Delhi as wind is Justice Gogoi’s response came after Bar ! " flowing in from the stubble burning Council of India Chairman Manan Kumar # Q areas. Values of Particulate Matter Mishra raised the issue of lifting the ban at a #& - (PM) 10 and PM 25 were at 191 BCI event to felicitate the new CJI. Micro cubic Par Gram (μgm-3) and The CJI’s view was also shared by apex # $ % >3 - - 94 μgm-3 respectively on Saturday, court’s Justice Arun Mishra, who reminded the $ & # triggering a response from Delhi lawyers that their absence in court will affect ' & # Pollution Control Committee people’s liberty and deny many of their rights. 3 (DPCC) that deployed marshals in Detailed report on P5 " L 272 municipal wards in the nation- # al Capital. 1 # The overall air quality index Q ()*+ (AQI) of 245 was recorded at 10 am * ( ( + L on Saturday which is the poor cate- # gory. Ghaziabad and Gurugram " ! %/( */01- a fit of rage, the accused stabbed the vic- & recorded “very poor” air quality Environment Pollution Control this time. tim and his elder brother. # with PM values at 302 and 336, Authority said. “This tends to increase pollution n a fight over a pet dog being hit by “Rana was declared brought dead according the Central Pollution The drop in the air quality is due level. The impact of local transport Ia vehicle, the driver was stabbed to at a local hospital and his elder, Rajesh 0#761 0 Control Board (CPCB) data. to change in direction of wind, is insignificant so far,” said the death and another person sustained life Rana, (45) sustained injuries. He was ? On Friday, the AQI of Delhi was which is now flowing from areas in Project Director at the Centre-run threatening injuries in the attack that later referred to Deen Dayal Upadhyay # registered at 259. Earlier, it was pre- Haryana and Punjab where stubble System of Air Quality and Weather took place in Dwarka’s Uttam Nagar Hospital,” a senior police official said. & ()*< dicted that a dust storm will hit the burning is taking place, a CPCB offi- Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), area on Saturday around 12.50 am. Police said prime suspects are one # national Capital which would further cial said. Gufran