- ;4 " -' & #$' & SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' (*&!()+,$- '$'$0 .'+/ '12 4 7 4: , ,< 4,),) ) 5 ) ! " # ""#$!#% %#%#% > 4< ) 4 5,/)=45:" 5 ) , 4O4 4 #&#%%# %&'2?(() 3 @,)%$ ,&& ./0 /1.23+45+$2 Q R Lucknow on Sunday. Yadav said. who took charge as Mining “The Samajwadi Party is The SP and the BSP have Minister in 2013 and was day after the CBI raided his making efforts to win maxi- decided to fight the upcoming arrested in 2017 following a Aparty leaders and an IAS mum Lok Sabha seats. Those national elections together and complaint of rape by a woman officer, former Uttar Pradesh who want to stop us have the have already worked out a residing in Chitrakoot. Chief Minister and Samajwadi CBI with them. Once the seat-sharing arrangement to This is the third FIR per- Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Congress did CBI probe, and I take on the BJP, which along taining to illegal mining cases Sunday hit out at the Bharatiya was questioned. If the BJP is with its allies won 73 seats from which were registered on Janata Party (BJP) for “showing doing all this, the CBI will the State in 2014. On possibil- January 2, 2019, nearly two- its true colours”. Claiming that question me, I will answer ity of the Congress joining the and-a-half year after it was the CBI raids were politically (them). But, the people are alliance, Akhilesh said a deci- directed by the Allahabad High motivated, he warned the BJP ready to give an answer to the sion will be taken by him and Court to probe the issue. of tit-for-tat, saying the party is BJP,” he added. Mayawati. The CBI was directed by leaving a “culture”, which may “Now we have to tell the The CBI carried out the High Court on July 28, be used against it in the future. CBI as to how many seats we searches at 14 locations on 2016 to probe illegal mining in “We have the formidable have distributed in the gath- Saturday in connection with its the State following which it had alliance while the BJP has the bandhan (alliance),” he said, FIR against 11 persons, includ- registered seven preliminary CBI and other agencies to adding, “I am happy that the ing IAS officer B Chandrakala, enquiries out of which two per- hound its political rivals. I BJP has shown its true colours.” Samajwadi Party MLC Ramesh taining to Shamli and want to warn the BJP that in Rejecting Akhilesh’s accu- Kumar Mishra, to probe illegal Kaushambi districts were con- future they could be the victim sation, the BJP demanded that !"# mining of minor minerals in verted into FIRs in 2017. of the legacy of vendetta they the CBI investigate Akhilesh for $#%#&#' !" Hamirpur district during 2012- The searches of the agency Apart from Jaitley, Union will leave behind,” he said. his alleged involvement in a %%%$ 16. Minor minerals are sand, took place on a day the SP and Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman, “I am ready to answer all mining scam, claiming his #)"&# gravel, among others. BSP gave contours of an elec- Ravi Shankar Prasad, Piyush the queries of the CBI. The BJP Government was “hand in !"O#))$##+%#$ “The role of the then toral alliance ahead of the 2019 Goyal and Mukhtar Abbas must know that the CBI cannot glove” with the accused. #,-##%##%.. Mining Ministers concerned Lok Sabha elections. Naqvi, and former Madhya win them the Lok Sabha elec- Rejecting the charge that &&%#/'. %&% during the relevant period may SP spokesperson Rajendra Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj tions as the investigating the CBI’s searches on Saturday -#%#.#$ # be looked into during the Chowdhary said the timings of Singh Chouhan, UP Deputy agency does not vote for any in connection with the alleged &$, $%& course of investigation of the the raids raises questions about Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad party. The actual voters are scam was politically motivated 0123 case,” the FIR said. the intentions of the Maurya, his Bihar counterpart farmers, labourers, workers, because of the alliance talks Akhilesh, who was the Government. “The party wel- he BJP on Sunday set in Sushil Modi, party general sec- traders and unemployed youth between the Samajwadi Party said, adding that those who are be announced within a week. Chief Minister of the State comes the CBI action but the Tmotion its preparation for retaries Bhupender Yadav and and they are waiting for the and the BSP, UP Government “langde-lulhe” (physically However, he maintained sus- between 2012 and 2017, held timings do raise questions. the forthcoming Lok Sabha Ram Madhav, former polling day to teach the BJP a Minister Sidharth Nath Singh handicapped) need “baisakhi” pense on accommodating the the mining portfolio during Especially since this is coming polls by appointing Home Maharashtra Chief Minister lesson for betraying on poll told reporters the BJP has no (crutches). Congress in the alliance, which 2012-13 apparently bringing right after the news of SP-BSP Minister Rajnath Singh as the Narayan Rane, former promises,” Yadav said while threat from them. On formal announcement also includes Ajit Singh’s RLD. his role under scanner, accord- alliance appeared in the media,” head of the all-important man- Jharkhand Chief Minister addressing the party cadre in The two Opposition par- of seat-sharing with Mayawati’s “You will come to know about ing to the FIR. He was suc- he said. ifesto committee. Finance Arjun Munda are among the the State office of the party ties are fighting for survival, he BSP, Akhilesh said it is likely to it (alliance) in a week or so,” ceeded by Gayatri Prajapati, Continued on Page 4 Minister Arun Jaitley will head other members of the mani- the publicity department and festo committee. Yadav will be will be assisted by Rajyavarthan a key member of the commit- Rathore, Piyush Goyal, Anil tee which will deal with matters $% & '!! Jain, and Mahesh Sharma. related to the Election BJP president Amit Shah Commission. announced the formation of 17 Union Minister Nitin committees and their members Gadkari will head a panel !" # $ % to prepare the party for the which will reach out to social ! electoral challenge. organisations while his Cabinet The choice of Rajnath to colleague Sushma Swaraj will !) said that they had objection to head the manifesto committee head a group that will produce the Bill which they alleged has obviously been taken with literature for the polls. Sushma * links religion to citizenship. a view to sending “right” mes- will be assisted by Parbhat Jha, fter backing the Congress’ “This is the basic objection. So, sage to the Uttar Pradesh elec- Mahesh Sharma, Anurag Ademand for a JPC probe delink religion from citizenship torate and underlines the key Thakur, Amit Malviya, and )% into the Rafale fighter jet deal, issue. This is against the spirit role the former UP Chief Sudhandshu Trivedi. the NDA Government major of our civilisation, culture and Minister could play in the Law Minister Ravi Shankar +, ally Shiv Sena has again joined of our Constitution. party affairs in the coming Prasad will look after the media the Opposition ranks in oppos- Citizenship can’t be linked with days. Over the years, Rajnath while Shyam Jaju will be ing the Citizenship State, religion, caste, creed and has cultivated a pro-farmer incharge of social media. Union (Amendment) Bill 2016. be country specific. It should be image and the BJP would hope Minister Prakash Javadekar will Sena’s decision to oppose universal,” said a dissenting to encash it at a time when lead the wing which will organ- ongress president Rahul the Bill comes amid reports member note. there is a great deal of unrest in ise meetings of intellectuals. CGandhi and Defence that the members of Congress, Continued on Page 4 the agriculture sector. Continued on Page 4 Minister Nirmala Sitharaman TMC, SP, and Left parties have on Sunday engaged in a bitter given note of dissent to the final and creed oppose the pro- war of words on the contro- report of the JPC on the posed legislation, Raut said. versial Rafale deal with both a single rupee of the said 1 “When you tell one lie, you Citizenship Amendment Bill, The Bill seeks to amend the accusing each other of lying lakh crore has come to HAL, need to keep spinning out which will be submitted in the Citizenship Act 1955 to provide over the claims on award of since not a single order, as more lies to cover up the first Lok Sabha on Monday. The citizenship to illegal migrants work orders to state-owned claimed, has been signed till one. In her eagerness to defend Sena has taken the decision from Afghanistan, Bangladesh Hindustan Aeronautic Limited now”. The media report cited the PM’s Rafale lie, the RM after the Asom Gana Parishad and Pakistan, who are of (HAL). Citing a media report, senior HAL management offi- (Raksha Mantri) lied to (AGP) appealed to it to oppose Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Rahul alleged the Defence cials in order to back its claim. Parliament. Tomorrow the legislation, party leader Parsi or Christian origin. Minister “lied” in Parliament The Defence Minister hit (Monday), RM must place Sanjay Raut said in a statement. The Assamese and other that the Government orders back at Rahul for his remarks, before Parliament documents “We are determined to indigenous groups in Assam worth 1 lakh crore were pro- asking him to read “the com- showing 1 lakh crore of oppose the Citizenship fear that the passage of the Bill vided to HAL, prompting plete report” to “which you are Government orders to HAL. Amendment Bill in would make the State a dump- Sitharaman to shoot back that referring”.