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You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 PATNA &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM Pranab Mukherjee MONTH AFTER REVOLT IN RAJASTHAN tests Covid positive, CongtruceafterPilot has surgery for clot meets Rahul&Priyanka, talonthe advice of doctors,and EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE had tested positivefor Covid-19 NEWDELHI,AUGUST10 before thesurgery,theysaid. The officialTwitter account Gehlotcarriestheday FORMER PRESIDENT Pranab of Rashtrapati Bhavansaid Mukherjee wasput on ventila- President RamNath Kovind had torsupportonMondayafter he spoken to Mukherjee’s daughter 3-member panel underwent surgery to remove a Sharmistha Mukherjee,and in- clotinhis brain, sources said. quired about his health. “The to lookintorebel Hours before thesurgery, President wished him aspeedy Mukherjee, 84,saidhehad also recovery and good health,”the grievances;Pilot tested positive forthe novel tweetsaid. to work in the coronavirus. Defence MinisterRajnath “On avisit to the hospital for Singh visited thehospital in the ‘interest of party’ aseparateprocedure, Ihave evening. Congress leader Rahul tested positivefor COVID 19 to- Gandhi postedonTwitter, day. Irequest the people who “Wishing former President Shri MANOJCG came in contact with me in the Pranab Mukherjee aspeedy re- NEWDELHI,AUGUST10 Sachin Pilotwith his supporters at ameeting withPriyanka lastweek, to please self isolate covery.” Gandhi Vadra, Ahmed Patel, KCVenugopal on Monday. ANI and gettestedfor COVID-19,” Mukherjee had undergone a EXACTLYAmonth afterSachin Mukherjee said in atweet. cardiac procedurein2014. Pilotraisedabanner of revolt Mukherjee is at theArmy’s Severalsenior leaders includ- againstChief MinisterAshok Research and Referral (R&R) ing Home MinisterAmitShah GehlotinRajasthan, plunging Pilot getsanassurance, Hospital in the capital, and his and the Chief Ministers of the Congress government into condition continuesto“remain Madhya Pradeshand Karnataka, turmoil,the firstsigns of apos- can kicked down the road critical”, the sources said. The Shivraj Singh Chouhan and BS Defence MinisterRajnath Singh visits formerPresident PranabMukherjee at R&R Hospital sible rapprochement emerged former President, who wasun- Yediyurappa,havetestedpositive in NewDelhi on Monday. ANI Monday. ment and dethrone him. He has well, had been movedtohospi- forCovid-19 in recent weeks. Pilotmet former Congress MANOJCG managed to retain the MLAs president Rahul Gandhi and NEWDELHI,AUGUST10 who were with him. Amaster AICC general secretaryPriyanka tactician withyears of political Gandhi Vadra, setting in motion THE MONTH-LONGcrisisinthe experience, he is firmlyinthe In custodyfor year,Shah Faesalquitspolitics, an exercise to resolve the crisis. RajasthanCongress mayhave saddle fornow. Partly leaders claimedPilothad ended today, butthe truceap- He ejected Pilotfromthe ameetingwith Priyanka two peared fragileand uneasy.And statecabinetand got him re- deletes his tweets, window open for IAS return weeksago as well. all indications arethat the tus- movedasstate Congress presi- TopCongress leaders told sle between Chief Minister dent. Pilot, sources said, is un- The IndianExpress that at least Ashok Gehlotand former likelytoget these posts back. It INTERVIEW: SHAH FAESAL Steps down as presidentofthe party thathehad founded 4-5MLAsfromthe Sachin camp Deputy Chief MinisterSachin is to be seen howGehlotconsol- were in touchwith Gehlot, and Pilotisfar from over. idates his position further in the cial said he waslikelytobe ‘A perception was built one of them, seven-time MLA Forthe moment, Gehlothas coming months. BASHAARATMASOOD postedinDelhi. BhanwarLal Sharma, has already emergedstronger,having foiled On the other hand, sources SRINAGAR,AUGUST10 “ShahFaesalhad informed CONTINUEDONPAGE2 an attempttotopple his govern- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 StateExecutive members that that Iamanti-national’ OVER AYEAR-and-a-half after he is notinaposition to con- he resignedfromgovernment tinue with political activities tional… due to some of my state- service to join politics, Shah andwants to be freedfromre- NAVEEDIQBAL ments, Ilet down alot of people Faesal, the firstKashmiritotop sponsibilities of the organisa- NEWDELHI,AUGUST10 who had immense goodwill for the Civil Services Examination in tion,” said an official release of me. Iwanttoundo that,” he said. Army to probe as Rajouri families 2009, quit politics as well. the JKPM. SHAH FAESAL, who resignedas According to Faesal, he re- On Monday,Faesalstepped Had resignedfromIAS in “It wasdecidedtoaccepthis President of J&K People’s alisedthatinpoliticsitwas re- down as the President of Jammu Januarylastyear requestsothathecan better Movement and quit politics,said allyhardtotell the truth to pub- say ‘encounter’ killed 3labourers and Kashmir People’s continue with hislifeand con- MondaythatKashmir faceda lic. “I did notwant to lead Movement (JKPM), apolitical tributewhicheverway he newpolitical reality,and he did Kashmiris down the garden path saythe youths were cousins, one onlyonSunday, amidstreports party he foundedafter resigning of hissocial media posts. The chooses,”the release said. notwant to show“quixotic and raise unrealistic expecta- BASHAARATMASOOD of them reportedly16years old, that three alleged militantskilled from the government and con- non-acceptance of hisresigna- On Sundaynight, Faesal had dreams” to people when he had tions,” he said. &ARUNSHARMA who had gone to Kashmir for by security forces in an en- firmedtoTheIndian Expresshe tion has kept thedooropen for droppedthe tagofPresident no powertochangeit. Avoiding adirect replytoa SRINAGAR,JAMMU,AUGUST10 work andnot been in touchwith counter in AmshiporaonJuly18 has quit politics. hisreturn to the old job. JKPM from his twitter bio. By In an interviewtoThe Indian question on whether he would them since July17night. The were labourers from Rajouri dis- Though Faesal resignedfrom Asenior official in the gov- Monday evening, he deletedall Express, Faesal also said apercep- considerreturningto government THREE WEEKSafter theArmy Armysaid it had ordered aprobe trict. Theygavethe namesas the civil services in Januarylast ernment, who did notwish to be hisearlier tweets,manyofwhich tionhad been built he wasan service, Faesal said he had alife claimed to have killed "unidenti- in thematter. Imtiyaz Ahmad, 20, and Ibrer year,his resignation had not named, said, "The door is open over the last18monthswere anti-national. “In the lastone aheadof himandwantedto move fied"militantsinan"encounter” The three families lodged a Ahmad, 16,ofDharsakri village, been acceptedbythe govern- forhim." He will,however, have critical of the government. year due to some of my prob- and “do something productive”. in South Kashmir’s Shopian, missing persons' complaint and MohammedIbrar,25, of ment –evenafter 19 months - to withdrawhis resignationfirst, With Faesal’sdeparture, the lematic utterances, aperception “I don't knowwhat'sstored three families in Jammu region's about them at the Peeri Police Tarkasi village--bothvillages in pending investigation intosome another officialsaid. 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