4 NEW DELHI 22 JANUARY 2017 NATIONAL MAYA WELCOMES MULAYAMS KEY AIDE WITH PHEPHNA TICKET, CRITICISES FATHER-SON FEUD Four MLAs quit SP, Ambika joins BSP sns & pti ed him with a election ticket from when his petition was pending with the Phephna in Ballia district. Escorted by Election Commission, confirmed that LUCKNOW, 21 JAN: In a jolt to the rul- BSP general secretary and Rajya Sabha these MLAs will be fielded by his party. ing Samajwadi Party, four of its legisla- MP, Satish Chandra Mishra, Chaudhary Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports said tors including senior leader and party entered the the party headquarters Mulayam Singh Yadav was upset over founder, Mulayam Singh Yadavs long- where Mayawati was addressing a Press Ambika Chaudharys decision to join time associate Ambika Chaudhary, today conference. the BSP. Reports also said that the for- resigned from the ruling party. Having held several important posi- mer chief minister may not canvass for Chaudhary a MLC today arrived at the tions in the government and in the the Samajwadi Party as he had reported- BSP headquarters and announced that party, Chaudharys decision to join the ly not taken kindly to his close aides he has left the SP to join the BSP for a BSP is a huge setback for the SP in the being given the short shrift by Akhilesh. decisive battle against the BJP in the politically crucial Purvanchal (eastern The seven phase Uttar Pradesh state. The former minister, who has Uttar Pradesh) region of the state. Assembly elections begin on 11 been associated with the SP since its Though Chaudhary lost the 2012 February. inception in 1993, also told newsmen Assembly polls from Phephna to the BJP that he had been compelled to take this candidate and was later made an MLC, Mayawati slams BJP: step after seeing UP chief minister he is still considered influential. party said that he will contest as ered close to Shivpal Yadav and had Latching onto RSS leader Manmohan Akhilesh Yadavs behavior towards his Addressing the Press conference, the Independent against the SP nominee openly criticised Ram Gopal Yadav dur- Vaidyas remarks advocating review of father, Mulayam Singh Yadav. BSP president attacked Mulayam for after his name did not figure in the list ing the internal feud. reservation policy, Miss Mayawati while Chaudhary slammed Akhilesh for finish- staging a political drama to help his son. of 210 candidates announced by the Two other SP MLAs who resigned addressing the Press meet today claimed ing Mulayam politically. Chaudhary had Stating that the BSPs doors were open party yesterday. today are Rampal Yadav from Biswan that a victory for BJP in the UP Assembly been a Cabinet minister in all the SP for Shivpal, Mayawati accused Mulayam SP had yesterday announced the can- (Sitapur) and Ramveer Singh from polls will embolden the Modi govern- governments in the state. for denigrating his brother. didature of former district Panchayat Jasrana (Firozabad). Lok Dal chief Sunil ment to end reservations and asked Chaudhary was inducted into the BSP Meanwhile, SP MLA from Etah dis- chairman Jogendra Singh Yadav in Singh, who had offered his partys sym- Dalits, tribals and other backward class- by Mayawati, who immediately reward- trict, Ashish Yadav, who also quit the Ashish Yadavs place. Ashish is consid- bol and name to Mulayam Singh Yadav es to teach BJP a lesson as in Bihar. !P"Con# tie"up$$$ Continued from page 1 Crores take part in Nitish’s human chain I will blame Congress for manoj chaurasia sex workers. Around 2,000 sex The 11,292 km-long human this...they have helped the BJP. workers from Muzaffarpurs chain, spread across all 38 dis- However, we made every effort to PATNA, 21 JAN: History of sorts Chaturbhujsthan, known as tricts of Bihar, remained in force forge an alliance but they have was created today when more Indias one of the biggest red for full 45 minutes to allow three been very stubborn... he said. than two crore people came out light district, also took to streets ISRO satellites, four trainer air- On the other hand, Congress to form worlds longest human and joined hands together as a crafts, helicopters and 40 drone Central Election Committee met chain against alcohol consump- show of solidarity to the govern- cameras to properly shoot the in Delhi and finalised candidates tion. People from all walks of life, entire government, ministers, ments campaign, although this entire event and present a strong for 140 seats which will go to age-group, sex, and profession legislators, leaders and foot particular area was not marked proof of peoples support for polls in the first two phases. participated in the biggest-ever soldiers joined the human for human chain route. prohibition, which the state However, the party did not campaign and stood in queues chain at designated places to The chief minister thanked imposed in April last year. declare these candidates, leaving for about an hour, shedding per- make the historic event a the masses for lending their sup- However, a major chunk of scope for possible alliance for sonal egos and busy day sched- grand success. The Opposition port and be a guiding force for a support came from students which talks were still underway. ule for a social cause. parties, except for former chief social change. By their huge from over 70,000 schools. Led by We had a meeting of CEC for Bihar chief minister Nitish minister Jitan Ram Manjhis presence, the masses have deliv- their principals, they took posi- first and second phase, Congress Kumar, who is the man behind Hindustani Awam Morcha, too ered a very strong message tions on the designated routes general secretary and incharge of this idea, himself joined one showed a rare kind of eagerness against alcoholism and addic- and joined hands to give a boost Uttar Pradesh Ghulam Nabi Azad such queue at Patnas Gandhi to participate in the event. tion, Mr Kumar who reached to the entire campaign. In fact, told reporters, adding partys Maidan along with RJD chief Lalu But, a major support came the venue well ahead of time to the education department was candidates for 140 seats were Prasad and others. Almost the from unexpected quarters, the kick off the programme, said. the organiser of the programme. finalised in this meeting. Asked if the alliance with SP was on, he said, Let us see, You will know by tomorrow morning PM vows to fulfill cultural when the announcement is Jallikattu returns$$$ made. Continued from page 1 UP Congress chief Raj Babbar aspirations of Tamils effort to end the protests. Rao, who is Governor of Maharashtra, holds claimed that the party will fight statesman news service Tamil Nadu as additional charge and reached Chennai in the evening the first two phases of elections to give his approval. Jallikattu remained banned following a Supreme in Uttar Pradesh with full NEW DELHI, 21 JAN: In a bid to Court order in May 2014. I urge the youths, students and the general strength. Keeping the suspense assuage the frayed tempers of public to make the jallikattu events across Tamil Nadu a grand success over the proposed alliance with protesters across Tamil Nadu by participating in large numbers, said the chief minister, who also the SP, Babbar said, There are no demanding withdrawal of a ban thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his support. roadblocks in the talks. on Jallikattu ~ a bull taming Panneerselvam said the assent of President Pranab Mukherjee to Sources said while SP does not sport ~ Prime Minister amend the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 by Tamil Nadu want to give more than 100 seats, Narendra Modi today under- was received last night. The assent for the ordinance (amending the the Congress which initially put lined his governments resolve Nadu government earlier decks PCA Act) has been obtained from Govenor also, Panneerselvam said, forth the demand of 150 seats to fulfill the cultural aspirations were cleared for excluding bulls adding, our dream to conduct jallikattu this year has come true. under the alliance, has scaled of the Tamil people. from the ambit of the Panneerselvam wrote a letter to the prime minister thanking him for down considerably but is not The Prime Ministers reac- Prevention of Cruelty to his support. On behalf of the Government and people of Tamil Nadu, ready to accept the figure SP is tion came amid rising outcry in Animals Act that termed bull- I thank you for all your support and assistance in enabling Jallikattu to adamant on. Tamil Nadu and among taming or fighting illegal be held in Tamil Nadu once again during the Pongal season upholding Congress is also learnt to be Tamilians across India and other Today, Mr Modi tweeted in a the culture and tradition of the people of Tamil Nadu, he said in the demanding that its candidates parts of the world over the ban bid to cool down frayed tem- letter. Panneerselvam also spoke to Modi over telephone and con- should be fielded in Amethi and on Jallikattu that is alleged to pers. He said all efforts are veyed his gratitude for getting the ordinance approved. The chief min- Rae Bareli segments of the Lok involve cruelty to the animal. being made to fulfil the cultural ister maintained that even the ordinance route is a permanent solu- Sabha constituencies represented Against the backdrop of pro- aspirations. tion. Recalling his earlier interaction with Prime Minister on January 19 by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul tracted protests over the last We are very proud of the to enable conduct of jallikattu, Panneerselvam said the Tamil Nadu Gandhi.