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" as predicted by the exit polls. $ % Pradesh through use of “cor- tions, BJP president Amit Shah On Monday, Leader of !( ! ) % ! & rupt practices” and said in will host a dinner for leaders of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh $ ' % doing so they are trying to the alliance partners on Assembly Gopal Bhargava said %*# ( negate the mandate of people Tuesday to discuss the the party will ask *# )* of the State. Government formation Governor Anandiben Patel to * $ Congress general secretary exercise at the Centre. Prime convene a special session of the "+, ! $+ " ,$ - incharge of Madhya Pradesh Minister Narendra Modi is State Assembly “to discuss Deepak Babariya said the peo- expected to be present at important issues and test the - )O ple of the State had rejected the the dinner. Congress Government’s &/*0 ! $ BJP and voted them out in the Bihar Chief Minister and strength”. Assembly elections. JD(U) president Nitish Kumar, MP Chief Minister Kamal Babariya said the people Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Nath on Monday said he is pre- !( had rejected the BJP Thackeray and Lok Janshakti pared to go for a floor test. Government’s policies and had Party head Ram Vilas Paswan At the same time, there are voted them out of power due to are likely to attend the meeting, apprehensions that the return instead of debating issues in the strategy for the floor test of the The exit polls also said the their “malgovernance”. which will take place two days of Modi “sarkar” will precipi- House, was dumping papers at Government, he said. There is BJP will win maximum num- The result of the Lok Sabha before the counting of votes for tate the ongoing politicial cri- former Chief Minister Shivraj a lot of confusion prevailing ber of Lok Sabha seats in elections on May 23 could also the Lok Sabha polls on May 23. sis in Karnataka, where the Singh Chouhan’s residence, over the stability of the Madhya Pradesh. determine the future of the A meeting of key BJP lead- Congress and its alliance party, claiming that loans of 21 lakh Congress-led Government in In elections for the 230- Congress-JD(S) Government ers, including Union Ministers, Janata Dal (S), have been at log- farmers in Madhya Pradesh MP, he added. member Assembly last year, the in Karnataka, which has been is also scheduled to be held at gerheads for months. have been waived. The BJP said the Kamal Congress won 114 seats and the subsisting on a wafer-thin the party headquarters before “I am writing a letter to the The Congress is skirting Nath-led Congress BJP come a close second with majority over the past year. the dinner meeting with allies. Governor for convening a spe- debate on important issues, Government should prove 109. The Bahujan Samaj Party At least half a dozen The BJP’s decision to start cial session of MP Assembly Bhargava said. During deci- majority in the Assembly. has two seats, the Samajwadi Congress MLAs are reported- the Government formation shortly. We want discussion on sions and financial matters, The BJP demand comes a Party one and the ly in touch with the BJP for exercise before the election important issues like the farm we are going to seek division to day after as many as six exit Independents four seats. weeks and post-May 23 Lok results stems from six exit polls loan waiver and (to) test test whether the weak Congress polls predicted a 300 plus seats The Congress had wrested Sabha poll results they could predicting 300 plus Lok Sabha the Government strength,” Government enjoys its support for the National Democratic power from the BJP in Madhya actively try, with the help of the seats for the NDA. Several BJP Bhargava told PTI. in the House, he said. Alliance (NDA) in the Lok Pradesh after 15 years of the BJP,to topple the State leaders asserted on Monday He said the Congress, We have not drawn up a Sabha elections. saffron rule. Two short of the Government, sources said. that the party will get a major- ity on its own, repeating the unprecedented feat it achieved in 2014 by winning 282 seats. ! ! Confident of winning the polls, Modi has reportedly asked the PMO to be ready with programmes for next !" # R " # $ 100 days. While the BJP leadership is after their 45-minute meet- ed exit polls’ prediction. # %&' Motors, Yes Bank, LT, HDFC, supremely confident of return- ing, but sources said they dis- Meanwhile, violence con- Maruti and ONGC emerged as ..,/+,/, ing to power, the Opposition cussed a whole lot of issues that tinued even after the conclu- ( the top gainers — surging as has not given up hopes despite could arise after the poll results. sion of the seventh phase of much as 8.64 per cent. Delhi police Sub-Inspector the fact that the exit polls has The two leaders also dis- general elections in Bengal "1"%2 Barring Bajaj Auto and A(SI) Raj Kumar was killed predicted a grim scenario for cussed issues that should find with voters from many villages Infosys, all Sensex scrips ended by a liquor Mafioso in East the Congress and other region- focus on a possible common making appeals to the Election purred by exit polls’ fore- in the green. Delhi on Sunday night. The SI, al parties. minimum programme “should Commission to delay the Scasts that the Modi After a big gap-up open- a resident of Delhi’s Kasturba As part of his ongoing a situation arise” where an departure of Central forces. Government would retain ing, the Sensex closed 1,421 Nagar, was filming illegal trade exercise to unite the Opposition Government “We want the CRPF to stay in power with a big majority, the points or 3.75 per cent higher of liquor in the area when he Opposition to keep alive the becomes a possibility. Bengal for another one month bulls took charge of Dalat at 39,352.67. During the day, was assaulted by a bootlegger prospect of dislodging the Sources said the leaders otherwise they will torch our Street on Monday and pushed the gauge hit a high of and earlier too he was threat- NDA if it fails to get the num- also discussed ways to keep all houses and loot our belong- the Sensex up by more than 39,412.56 and a low of ened by criminals for stopping +#, ! bers, Andhra Pradesh Chief the constituents of the grand ings,” said Sona Mondal of 1,400 points to enable it to reg- 38,570.04. The broader BSE illegal activities, Raj’s distraught Minister and TDP chief alliance united under one Mathurapur. ister its biggest one-day rise in midcap and smallcap indices family member said. ) * * 0 1, % Chandrababu Naidu on umbrella. “Our houses have been the last six years. ended in line with bench- Deputy Commissioner of % Monday met his West Naidu had met Congress looted and our men have been The market capitalisation marks, rallying up to 3.57 per Police (DCP) Shahdara district & Bengal counterpart Mamata president Rahul Gandhi, NCP badly beaten up by TMC men. of BSE-listed companies cent. Meghna Yaday said, “On May the deceased revealed a super- )$ * Banerjee at her Kalighat chief Sharad Pawar and other They have threatened to loot jumped by `5,33,463.04 crore “The domestic equity mar- 19 at 10.06 pm, a police control ficial cut injury below the chin %1 residence. leaders before discussion with and torch our houses after the on Monday. The NSE Nifty kets witnessed unprecedented room (PCR) call was received and a blunt injury mark on the The two leaders did not Mamata. The Bengal Chief Central forces leave the State,” surged over 421 points to log its and remarkable surge, across all regarding a quarrel at Vivek chest,” said the DCP. +$ make any official statement Minister had on Sunday reject- she said. best single day gains in over 10 sectors and segments, after the Vihar police station. Acting on “We have seen the CCTV 1, years. exit polls indicated a higher a call, a police team reached the footage and it has been found 1 The majority of exit polls probability for the current dis- spot, where on enquiry it was that no gruesome or continu- ( ' have predicted a clear majori- pensation to come back to revealed that at around 9.00 ous assault has taken place. 1 ty for the BJP-led National power with a clear majority,” pm, a quarrel had taken place There was fight and there is a 34 5 ( Q R ) , ,.,+!5 / Democratic Alliance (NDA), Joseph Thomas, head research between SI (Communication possibility that the deceased ! "%(4& which is expected to win over Emkay Wealth Management, Unit) Raj and one Vijay alias might have had some internal 300 seats in the Lok Sabha elec- told the PTI.