DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 BIHAR &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM Publichealth priority GOVT-FARMER TALKS RESUME TODAY Massive BJP surge in will decide vaccine ReportsofdisquietinPunjab;Govt Hyderabad civic poll, cost, PM tells parties looksatMSP,redressalassurances says Telangana next LIZMATHEW&MANOJCG ED SREENIVASJANYALA FINAL COUNT APMC, pvt mandi TRS BJP AIMIM NEWDELHI,DECEMBER4 Focuson HYDERABAD,DECEMBER4 44 PLAIN parity, court 55 48 PRIME MINISTER Narendra E MARKINGAstunning perform- (0) ● roadmap EX (-44) (+44) Modi on Fridaytoldleaders of all processwill need ance in the Greater Hyderabad parties that experts had said vac- THE FIRST shots will be re- Municipal Corporation (GHMC) cines againstCovid-19would be ceivedbyhealthcareand amendments elections, the BJP on Friday 150 ready in the next fewweeks, and frontline workers, but not emergedasthe second-largest TOTAL that theywould be manufac- manymoredetailsare avail- party,dislodging the ruling SEATS tured on alarge scale in the able –eventhough the PM HARIKISHANSHARMA, Telangana RashtraSamithi (TRS) country. The inoculation willbe- has said that India would be MANRAJGREWAL from half the seatsithad held. Recount Congress gin as soon as scientists give the ready to roll out the vaccina- SHARMA While the BJP tallywent up from 1 2 (0) go-ahead, the PM said. tion programme as soon as &RAAKHIJAGGA four in 2016 to 48,the TRS num- Figures in brackets indicate change Opposition leaders, particu- scientists give the go-ahead. NEWDELHI,CHANDIGARH, bers went down from 99 to 55. from 2016 larly Sharad PawarofNCP,de- DECEMBER4 With onlyone result in the mandedthat the vaccine should 150-memberGHMC still pend- be distributed free.Withall par- wasintalkswith stategovern- HAVINGANNOUNCED itsinten- ing following theorder forare- BUSINESSASUSUAL ties suggesting that the vaccine ments, and that the largerpub- tion to address keyconcernsof count, the TRS will finish well should be at least pricednomi- lic healthwould be thepriority farmers suchaslevelling the shortofthe markofatleast65 BY UNNY nally,Modi said that the Centre CONTINUEDONPAGE2 playingfield between APMC Farmers at the Singhu border in NewDelhionFriday. Praveen Khanna MOREREPORTS,PAGES4,6 seatstoget themayor's post. mandis and private markets, reg- While the AIMIM retainedits istration of traders, and allowing tallyof44seats, while contest- farmers’ recourse to civil courts ing 51 seatsinstead of 60 last Jharkhand HC takes note fordisputeresolution, the On table now, issues which Opp time, the blowofending up be- Central government Fridayinter- hind the BJP will hurt. The GHMC of reports, asks govt to nallydiscussedoptions on how pollswereaprestigebattle for to incorporate these changes. raised in House, Govt dismissed AIMIM president Asaduddin Union AgricultureMinister Owaisi on his home turf, and the file ‘detailed affidavit’ NarendraTomar metsenior of- of talkswill be heldSaturday— forParliamentaryscrutinygiven BJP that ranahigh-pitchcam- ficialsinKrishi Bhawanand went MANOJCG arearerunofthe concerns raised the sweep, intent and implica- paign rolling out itsbig guns had through the 10-pagenote mailed NEWDELHI,DECEMBER4 in Parliament thisSeptember tions.FromMSP to mandi sys- principallytargetedit. Among THE by farmers’ unions on Thursday over the three farm Bills, and tem, contract farming to dispute CONTINUEDONPAGE2 morning and the substance of IT WASacrisis foretold. suggestions whichthe govern- resolution mechanism, these SCHOLARSHIP the talksduring the seven-hour The farmer protests on the ment chose to ignore. concerns of the farmers had SCAM discussion later that day. borders of Delhi and their dis- The Opposition had urged been flaggedbyMPs,evenfrom Citing inflation concern, Hopeful of breaking the cussions withthe government at the government nottopassthe parties suchasAIADMK and BJD CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Vigyan Bhavan—another round Bills in ahurry,but to send them CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ABHISHEKANGAD RBIholds key rate;says RANCHI,DECEMBER4 EXPRESS NETWORK recovery needs support THE JHARKHAND High Courton Wedding stopped in UP, groom says, Fridaytook suo motu cognizance The IndianExpress reporton MAHARASHTRA MLC in thelasttwo quarters, showing of The Indian Express investiga- November 1 ‘no talk of conversion... love enough’ KHUSHBOONARAYAN signs of an early recovery. tion intothe sprawling Pre- POLLS: MVASCORES &GEORGEMATHEW The six-member Monetary Matric Scholarshipscamand newanti-conversion lawsaid wedding wasplannedbeforethe OVER BJP PAGE 6 MUMBAI,DECEMBER4 Policy Committee (MPC) de- asked the statetofile a“detailed cognizance of the findings of The ASADREHMAN neither of them plannedtocon- lawcame intoforce, on ANVAY NAIK SUICIDE: cidedtomaintain status quoon affidavit” in the matter. Indian Express.The court turned LUCKNOW,DECEMBER4 vert.Pointing out that the two November 28, and theywould THE RESERVE Bank of India (RBI) the policy rate and to continue The courthad listedthe mat- the letter intoaPIL,stating this had known eachother forfive have sought permission if they POLICE DROP KEY on Fridayleftkey policy ratesun- with the accommodative stance terafter Ranchi-basedlawyer wasprima facie a“scandal”. THEMUSLIMyouth whosewed- years, the mother of the woman knewitwas required. 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