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https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2019 ELECTION 2019 13 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE [IN FOCUS: BAREILLY] POLL POURRI CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC A marquee fight 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 different 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 Officer 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 influential Barelvi cleric Jaya Prada for allegedly giving inflammatory 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 finally going to be breached. The tactical voting seems against her rival and Samajwadi Party Kurmi (OBC), who despite fin 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% floating 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 office 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 fivetime MLA and former Seva Trust office 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 fight 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 flouting 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. five Assembly constituencies, box manufacturing factories to uphold the its own sanctity. He has flagged 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 five 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 officials Janata Party government in Officer 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 diffe 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, five 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 flash 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