RNI NO.-DELENG/2013/54397 www.divyadelhi.com Daring & Dynamic NATIONAL ENGLISH WEEKLY New Delhi Vol. 4 No. 9 23 to 29 May, 2016 `5 E-mail : [email protected] Modi, Sonia likely Sarbananda Sonowal to attend Didi’s oath ceremony While Trinamool Congress head honcho Mamata Banerjee is all set to to be Assam CM take over the chief ministerial berth, preparations are on full swing to in- well as chief ministers of all the northeast- vite some of the top political leaders, ern states to the event. industrialists and stars from the film It will be held at the Veterinary College fraternity to attend the swearing-in cer- ground at Khanapara area here. PM Modi emony Kolkata. Since close to 8,000 to is expected to address the meeting. 10,000 guests are expected to arrive on BJP leader and the party's key strategist the big day, the event will take place in in Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, made the Red Road instead of the usual Raj Bha- announcement after a meeting with most van. Topping the list is Prime Minister newly elected legislators. Narendra Modi and Congress Presi- The meeting was also attended by se- dent Sonia Gandhi. Others include Bi- nior BJP leaders like Mahendra Singh and har CM Nitish Kumar, Uttar Pradesh Ram Madhav. CM Akhilesh Yadav, Delhi CM "On Sunday, we (all elected members of Arvind Kejriwal, Maharash- BJP) are going to elect Sonowal as the lead- tra CM Deven- dra Fad- er of BJP Legislature Party," Mr Sarma said. navis and Tamil N a d u ' s "On Monday, we are going to have a meet- soon-to-be CM Jayalalithaa. ing with the elected members of our allies, Former Bi- Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland har CM and People's Front (BPF)," he added. RJD chief Lalu The BJP and its allies on Thursday dis- Prasad and lodged the Congress, which had been in GUWAHATI: BJP leader Sarbananda He will be administered the oath of of- son Tejaswi power in Assam for 15 years. The BJP won Sonowal will take oath as Assam's new fice and secrecy along with his council of Yadav are also 60 of the 126 assembly seats. The AGP and chief minister at a function here to be at- ministers, the Bharatiya Janata Party said. included on BPF secured 14 and 12 seats respectively, tended also by Prime Minister Narendra The BJP has invited all the chief ministers the guest list. Modi and BJP president Amit Shah. of states ruled by the BJP and its allies as taking their total strength to 86. Pinarayi Vijayan, 72, Will Amma Meets TN Governor, Be Kerala CM, Not VS, 92 Stakes Claim To Form Govt CHENNAI: AIADMK general secre- tration, rural development and implemen- THIRUVANAN- leaders Sitaram Yechury name in Kerala, but has tary and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa met tation of special programmes; and D Jaya- THAPURAM: VS and Prakash Karat, who also been seen as disrup- Governor K Rosaiah and formally staked kumar, minister for fisheries. Others are C Achuthanandan has left reached the Kerala capi- tive. He has been accused claim to form the next government in the Ve. Shanmugam, minister for law, courts the building. A formal an- tal this morning, held a of frequently breaching state. She will be sworn in as chief minis- and prisons; KP Anbazhagan, minister for nouncement on who will meeting to decide on the party discipline. Much of ter for a second term at noon on May 23 at higher education; V Saroja, minister for be Kerala's new Chief next Chief Minister. Achuthanandan's tenure the Madras University Centenary Audi- social welfare; KC Karuppannan, minis- Minister was made, but Pinyari Vijayan is seen as chief minister between torium in Chennai. An official statement ter for environment; MC Sampath, minis- the 92-year-old Marxist to have scored over star 2006 and 2011, saw him issued by the governor's principal secre- ter for industries; R Kamaraj, minister for veteran's abrupt depar- campaigner and former facing off with Vijayan, in tary said Jayalalithaa met Mr Rosaiah at food, civil supplies and Hindu religions ture from the CPM's office chief minister Achutha- much embarrassment for the Raj Bhavan and gave him a copy of and charitable endowments; and OS Ma- in Thiruvananthapuram. nanadan primarily be- the party. At one point, to the resolution passed by the party's newly nian, minister for handlooms and textiles. Pinarayi Vijayan, their cause he is 20 years young- cool tempers down, the elected legislators electing her as AIAD- The list includes Udumalai Radhakrish- party has decided, will be er at 72. Vijayan also has a party's national leader- MK legislative party leader. nan, minister for housing and urban de- the new chief minister at big majority in the party's ship had thrown both of As Rosaiah invited her to form the next velopment; C Vijaya Baskar, minister for the head of a Left Demo- state committee. A grass- them out of the politburo. government, Jayalalithaa gave him a list health and family welfare; SP Shanmu- cratic Front or LDF gov- roots leader, he is seen While Vijayan was rein- of 29 legislators who can be appointed as ganathan, minister for milk and dairy ernment in Kerala. as a man in sync with stated, Achuthanandan ministers in the state Cabinet. development; R Duraikannu, minister Vijayan was seen smil- party dynamics unlike only had the status of an for agriculture and animal husbandry; K ing at the party head- Achuthanandan who is a invitee to the central com- The proposed ministers and Kadambur Raju, minister for information quarters, where top CPM mass leader and a brand mittee. The CPM, which and publicity; RB Udhayakumar, minister leads the LDF, did their portfolios are: for revenue; and KT Rajenthra not project a face J Jayalalithaa, Chief Minister, (port- Balaji, minister for rural for chief minister in folios of public, IAS, IPS, Indian Forest industries. this year's election, Service, general administration, district maintaining that a revenue officers, police and home). decision would be O Panneerselvam, minister for fi- taken after results nance; Dindugal C Srinivasan, minister were announced. for forests; Edapaddi K Palaniswami, The LDF has wrest- minister for public works, ed the state back highways and from the Congress- minor ports; led UDF, winning 91 Sellur K Raju, min- of Kerala's 140 seats. ister for cooperation Oomen Chandy and labour; P Thangamani, of the Congress re- minister for electricity, signed this morning prohibition and excise; as chief minister. SP Velumani, minister for municipal adminis- 2 LEAD STORY 23 to 29 May, 2016 Anurag Thakur unanimously elected as Obama to lift US arms embargo new BCCI president, Shirke is secretary on Vietnam MUMBAI: Anurag Thakur even though the rules required Sunil Gavaskar had held the was unanimously elected as only one unit to nominate the post jointly with another Test the BCCI president, while name of the presidential can- cricketer Shivlal Yadav briefly, Ajay Shirke was chosen as didate. It was the East zone's specifically in charge of IPL secretary in a smooth change turn this time. affairs, that had been done at of guard at a time when the Maharashtra Cricket As- the direction of the Supreme world's richest Board is sailing sociation chief and business Court which ordered then through choppy waters. magnate Ajay Shirke, who was President N Srinivasan to step The 41-year-old Thakur top-contender for the post, aside in the wake of the 2013 replaced Shashank Mano- has also been unanimously IPL betting and spot-fixing har who quit the position to appointed as the secretary of scandal. take up the ICC chairman's the Board. While Dungarpur had President Barack Obama has announced job. The Maharashtra Cricket The BJP MP from Hamir- played 86 first-class matches the US is fully lifting its embargo on sales Association chief and busi- pur in Himachal Pradesh will for Rajasthan and the then of lethal weapons to Vietnam, its one-time ness magnate Shirke expect- be taking over the reins of Madhya Bharat as a medium enemy. edly filled in the secretary's Thakur, who resigned as the embattled Board in rather pacer and also claimed 206 Speaking during a visit to communist post which was left vacant the secretary of the Board, got tough times as the BCCI is wickets, Thakur has represent- Vietnam and talks with its leaders, Obama by Thakur's resignation. Se- the signatures of all six east facing heat from the Supreme ed HP in a lone Ranji Trophy said the move removed a "lingering vestige nior BCCI vice-president CK zone units in his BCCI presi- Court to implement the Justice game as a right-hand batsman of the Cold War". Khanna chaired the Special dential nomination form, pav- RM Lodha Committee's rec- and off break bowler in 2000- He said both sides had "developed a General Meeting (SGM) and ing the way for his unanimous ommendations for sweeping 11 season. Thakur is also the level of trust and co-operation". announced Thakur's name for choice as the 34th President of reforms. third person backed by East Obama's visit comes amid warming ties, the top job. the august cricket body. Thakur, incidentally, will Zone to be elected to the top as the US seeks to build its relationship with Manohar's exit from the top In a show of solidarity on go into the books as the first post during the 2014-1017 pe- its Pacific allies.Vietnam had been arguing post barely seven months into Saturday, all the six east units - first-class cricketer to turn riod.