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[IN FOCUS: BAREILLY] POLL POURRI CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC A marquee fight between BJP and SP­BSP Jaya Prada gets EC notice The combine is trying to breach the ruling party’s bastion using the Kurmi card, as Santosh Gangwar looks for eighth win

Omar Rashid once an aide to Mr. Santosh. In ruined his chances in 2009. BAREILLY fact, local Kurmis say they fa­ “The votes I got (73,549) were From 1989 to 2009, Santosh voured electing both as law­ of those who personally loved Gangwar of the BJP reigned in makers but in different me,” he says. Bareilly, a bustling city known spheres, Mr. Saran to the As­ The Muslim vote is once for its zari, manjha (kite sembly and Mr. Santosh to the again under focus as both the strings), furniture and kohl in­ Lok Sabha. In 2017, however, Congress and the SP are clai­ NEW DELHI dustries. Mr. Saran lost his seat to the mants. However, it appears The Rampur District Election Officer in Uttar The winning streak was bro­ BJP by 39,000 votes. tilted toward the alliance and Pradesh has served notice on BJP candidate ken in 2009 when the Con­ even influential Barelvi cleric Jaya Prada for allegedly giving inflammatory gress’s Praveen Aron defeated Vote math Tauqeer Raza Khan has put his speech on Sunday. A non­cognisable report him by just 9,338 votes. Bhag­ But that doesn’t stop him from weight behind the SP candi­ has been registered on the issue. It is alleged wat Saran Gangwar, the Samaj­ believing that his senior’s fort date. that Ms. Jaya Prada made personal comments wadi Party candidate, a fellow is finally going to be breached. The tactical voting seems against her rival and Samajwadi Party Kurmi (OBC), who despite fin­ The Modi wave is over, the 10­ clear in Rabri tola and Sailani candidate, Azam Khan, and Bahujan Samaj ishing fourth, ate into the com­ 12% floating voters the BJP got localities. Nasir Raza Khan, Party supremo Mayawati. The war of words munity’s votes with 73,549 in 2014 are now with the al­ who runs a zari store and a between both camps continues unabated votes. Another reason was the Back to the wall: The scene at the election campaign office of veteran BJP leader Santosh Kumar liance, whose combined vote tandoori tea stall, says the with Mr. Khan’s son on Sunday indulging in a departure of Lodh stalwart Ka­ Gangwar in Bareilly. * RAJEEV BHATT across Uttar Pradesh is com­ Muslims initially considered veiled attack on Ms. Jaya Prada. lyan Singh from the BJP. parable to that of the BJP’s, Mr. supporting Mr. Aron but after Mr. Santosh reclaimed his time, Bhagwat Saran, himself a ing, he is seated in his Bharat tension, leading to polarisa­ Saran says. the SP declared Mr. Saran they seat in 2014, but the story of five­time MLA and former Seva Trust office in Premna­ tion. However, Mr. Santosh al­ But what about the Kurmi changed their mind. “Only he Act against PM: Yechury the 2009 defeat still looms in State Minister, has the support gar, dispensing last­minute in­ so scores through his accessi­ voters in Bareilly? can give a fight to the BJP,” says New Delhi the current narrative. The of the BSP, bringing in crucial structions to supporters and bility and simple outlook. A “We both will get Kurmi Raza Khan, on the premise CPI(M) general secretary three candidates are back in Jatav votes and the potential to party workers. rickshaw puller and BWM votes ... but I will get 2­4% that the Kurmi vote will get Sitaram Yechury, in a letter the fray again: the two Gang­ consolidate the 4.5 lakh Mus­ “Bareilly voters love me. It driver can both have access to more,” says Mr. Saran as he split, a united Muslim vote to the Election Commission, has sought wars and Aron. lim votes. doesn’t depend on what work him, says one supporter, while campaigns door­to­door in the along with Jatavs and Yadavs immediate action against “It did [damage me] then. “My access is plenty. Bareil­ I am doing or not. I stay in per­ another claims that the MP Muslim neighbourhood of Sai­ could defeat the BJP. Prime Minister Narendra But the community [Kurmi] ly has 30% Muslim voters. But sonal touch and people trust responds to phone calls even lani. He says that despite his The Muslims here do not Modi for repeatedly worker understands now [that for me, it’s no problem. me,” he replies when asked to in the middle of the night and rapport in his community and have much good to say about flouting the poll panel’s Bhagwat Saran is not going to [Whether] they vote or not, list his achievements. often prepares tea himself for development work done by Mr. Santosh. They say several guidelines of not using the armed forces for win but will only split votes],” they are positive towards me,” Bareilly has an estimated 3­ workers visiting him in the him in Nawabganj, one of the rubber, sugar cane and match­ canvassing for votes if the Commission wants Mr. Santosh says. Mr. Gangwar says, dismissing 3.5 lakh Kurmi voters and is a morning. five Assembly constituencies, box manufacturing factories to uphold the its own sanctity. He has flagged With that message, the Un­ the threat of the new business hub. The Muslim vo­ Mr. Saran, who won three where he has been MLA five were shut down during his te­ Mr. Modi’s speeches in Gujarat and Barmer ion Minister is looking for his equation. ters are usually divided and Assembly elections with the times, internal opposition and nure but he did nothing to re­ where he spoke on Wing Commander eighth term as MP. But this Just back after campaign­ the city is prone to communal BJP before joining the SP, was desertion of Muslim voters vive them. Abhinandan and India’s nuclear capability.

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Gill, for assessing the head for villagers of Fateh­ stronger especially after the ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir and pur on March 29, Munesh­ attempted survey and in­ determine the feasibility for holding State war Singh Porte resolved principle environment clea­ Assembly elections there. The team has not to vote in the Lok Sabha rance to the mine in Janu­ submitted its report to the EC. election. ary. On April 9, they wrote As in any other morning, to the Collector announcing women were away in the the decision. forests to collect mahua “All the political parties Manipur repolling tomorrow fruit and the men engaged are corporate­friendly. We Imphal elsewhere under the voted against the Bharatiya Manipur Chief Electoral MGNREGA. Several officials Janata Party government in Officer Prasant Kumar accompanied by more than the State in 2018 as it didn’t Singh on Monday said 100 policemen descended stand by us. Now, the Con­ repolling in 12 polling on the village in the Surguja gress has been giving us as­ stations of the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency of Chhattis­ surances but to no avail. We constituency would be held garh that day, to survey land have lost faith in our leaders on Wednesday. Polling in to be acquired for the Parsa and democracy. What diffe­ the constituency was held on April 18. Some opencast coal mine. The rence will it make even if we candidates had demanded repolling in 28 constituency goes to the vote someone to power? polling stations alleging that the elections polls on Tuesday. Aren’t they all the same?” there were not free and fair. Out of the 12 “One of the children saw asks Sukhmaniya of Hari­ polling stations, five are in the Assembly them measure our land and harpur. constituency of Chief Minister N. Biren Singh houses with tapes, and “We’ve lost faith in the On a high: BJP supporters flash Modi masks during the Prime Minister’s campaign at Nandurbar in Maharashtra on Monday. Heena Gavit is and three others in the constituencies of two came running to us with the system. There is point of the BJP candidate in the constituency, which has a 65% tribal population comprising Pawras, Bhils and Gonds. * PRASHANT NAKWE Cabinet Ministers. The remaining four are in news. He told us that some even pressing NOTA,” she CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC the constituency of a ruling BJP MLA. of them had guns too,” Mr. says. Porte, 22, says. Her husband, a cleaner at the PEKB mines, says he will [BATTLEGROUND: BARAMATI] MLA held for attacking EC team <> What difference not vote until his two sons BHUBANESWAR will it make even if get the jobs promised by Pradeep Maharathy, six­ time Odisha MLA and a Biju we vote someone Adani Enterprises, which Pawars being tested in their stronghold operates the mines. Janata Dal (BJD) nominee, to power? was on Monday arrested on Hariharpur resident The Parsa mine is con­ trolled by Rajasthan Rajya Sitting MP Supriya Sule is seeking the mandate from the constituency for the third time charges of leading an Sensing another attempt Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd. attack on an Election Commission team, during a by officials to take over land and will be operated by Ra­ Shoumojit Banerjee ers aren’t addressing issues search at his farmhouse. On for the 841.5­ha mine, villag­ jasthan Collieries Ltd., a Baramati this election. My aim has been being informed of the ers made a dash back home subsidiary of Adani The bastion of Nationalist Con­ to address serious issues such distribution of cash and liquor to influence in a clearing of Hasdeo Enterprises. gress Party chief Sharad Pawar as unemployment. Whatever voters, flying squad members comprising of a Arand, one of the largest is under siege. The BJP top our detractors say, people here magistrate, a police official and others had contiguous forest stretches Water diverted brass has pulled out all the are aware of our work,” she gone to his farmhouse at Hunkeipur village in the country. “We drove “We don’t want another stops to wrest the Baramati Lok says. near Pipili in Puri district to ascertain facts them away with lathis,” he mine here. We’ve seen how Sabha seat, the stronghold of BJP Minister Chandrakant late on Sunday evening. says. Since 2018, residents the previous one has the Pawars since the NCP’s for­ Patil, in charge of Baramati, of six villages, already reel­ uprooted our lives. Water mation in 1999. The consti­ has an elaborate plan to storm ing under the operational from the only source tuency is going to the polls on the Pawar citadel. “We have 72-hour ban on Sidhu Parsa East and Kente Basan around has been diverted. Tuesday. aimed to increase our vote NEW DELHI mines nearby, have been re­ Despite having irrigated The BJP has launched a ma­ share in the Khadakwasla seg­ The Election Commission sisting inducements to give fields, we have to rely on jor blitz to topple Supriya Sule, ment from 65,000 to 1.15 lakh on Monday ordered a 72­ up their land. rain. Earlier, we used to sow Mr. Pawar’s daughter who is by ensuring that the youthful hour ban on Congress fields in both the seasons, seeking the mandate from Ba­ IT crowd steps out to vote. leader Navjot Singh Sidhu ‘Falsified consent’ but now it’s only kharif,” ramati for the third time. The Since we already hold Daund, from campaigning for During gram sabhas in 2018, says Sukhmaniya. constituency is at the centre of we expect a major boost there violating the model code of they say, officials falsified Villagers, however, say Mr. Pawar’s stronghold stretch­ as Ms. Kul hails from that part,” conduct by appealing for vote on religious lines. their consent for takeover, they will take part in the ing across Maharashtra’s “su­ he says. Reprimanding Mr. Sidhu for though it was not on the panchayat election in the gar belt”. The BJP has also been active his “objectionable” comments in Bihar’s agenda during any of the State later this year. “The In the struggle for suprema­ number of voters at 4.7 lakh. ment outside Baramati city. in attempting to cash in on the Katihar on April 15, the Commission also meetings. And now there is sarpanch listens to us. He cy in western Maharashtra, the The Shiv Sena holds Purandar But Ms. Sule has kept her resentment harboured by se­ restrained him from giving any statement in no one to heed their took our cause forward and fall of Baramati to the BJP could and Mr. Jankar’s party has calm throughout her cam­ nior Congress leader Harsha­ the media from 10 a.m. on Tuesday. complaints. has been fighting for us, signal the political twilight of Daund. paign. “Ms. Sule has begun her vardhan Patil towards Mr. Ajit Disgruntled at the politi­ whereas those in Parliament the Pawars, besides dealing a Vijay Shivtare, MLA for Pu­ campaign well in advance this Pawar. cal indifference to their mean nothing to us now,” massive blow to the NCP in the randar and member of the De­ time. Her gruelling, though In a humiliating defeat in the POCKET | VASINI VARADAN woes, villagers of Fatehpur says Balsai Korram, Fateh­ State. vendra Fadnavis Cabinet, has low­key campaigning, has fo­ 2014 Assembly election, Mr. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC and Hariharpur, facing dis­ pur janpad member. The BJP­Sena Mahayuti has vowed to defeats the Pawars. cussed on a door­to­door con­ Patil lost his stronghold Inda­ fielded Kanchan Kul, wife of The NCP holds the Indapur nect with her constituents,” a pur to the NCP’s Dattareya Rahul Kul, Daund MLA and and Baramati segments (Ms. local analyst says. Bharne, a protégé of Mr. Ajit member of the Rashtriya Samaj Sule’s cousin Ajit Pawar is the Pawar. At the time, the Con­ Paksha. Dhangar leader Maha­ MLA for Baramati). The Con­ Extensive campaign gress and the NCP fought the dev Jankar, who heads the gress hold the Bhor segment. She has held extensive meet­ polls separately. Paksha, lost to Ms. Sule by few­ It took the BJP a long time to ings not only in the rural parts It was after the 2014 As­ er than 70,000 votes in the name Ms. Kul, who has a strong of her constituency but has al­ sembly election that Mr. Kul 2014 Lok Sabha election. base in Daund and some rural so targeted housing societies in caught Chief Minister Deven­ pockets around Baramati but is the rapidly growing suburbs of dra Fadnavis’s attention after Evenly matched a political novice. She belongs Pune such as Khadakwasla and he won the Daund segment. It On paper, the BJP­Shiv Sena to a politically connected fami­ Dhayari. She has stayed away was Mr. Fadnavis who was in­ coalition and the NCP­Con­ ly, with her in­laws having been from personal attacks. Her pro­ strumental in restarting Mr. gress alliance appear evenly legislators in the past. She and mises include making Baramati Kul’s dysfunctional sugar facto­ matched. Of the six Assembly her Sena allies have been fre­ “tanker­free” by addressing the ry in Daund’s Bhima­Patas area segments, the rival camps hold netically campaigning to ex­ acute water shortage through with an eye on expanding the three each. The BJP holds the pose the allegedly “false” rejuvenating groundwater and NDA’s presence in Baramati

Boycott call: People of Fatehpur staging a protest. * SPECIAL crucial Khadakwasla Assembly claims of the Pawars by high­ focussing on child education. and thus threatening Mr. Pa­ ARRANGEMENT seat, which has the highest lighting the lack of develop­ “It is unfortunate that lead­ war’s backyard.

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