Established 1864 RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2019-21 Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Late City Vol. 155 Issue 129 Published From *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable LANDMARK 5 WORLD 7 SPORT 11 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL IAF RECEIVES APACHE 4 KILLED AS TERRORISTS BHUBANESWAR RANCHI CSK FACE MI RAIPUR CHANDIGARH ATTACK HELICOPTER STORM HOTEL IN PAK IN IPL FINAL DEHRADUN HYDERABAD VIJAYWADA LUCKNOW, SUNDAY MAY 12, 2019; PAGES 12+4 `3 www.dailypioneer.com USUALSUSPECTS Stage set for sixth phase SWAPAN DASGUPTA Bigwigs face poll test poll in UP today Digvijaya, Jyotiraditya, Union Mins Maneka, RK Singh, Tomar & Akhilesh in fray PNS n LUCKNOW been directed to ensure drink- May 23 will prove if DEEPAK K UPRETI n NEW DELHI of the controversial comments ing water, shade and other before Punjab, Chandigarh s 14 Lok Sabha con- basic facilities for the polling he penultimate round of and Delhi votes. Astituencies of Uttar parties and the voters in the Tthe fast and furious seven- The 6th round goes to the Pradesh go to polls in the sixth districts going to polls. phase Lok Sabha poll on floor with the eye-catching phase on Sunday, the spotlight He said the state govern- Opp gambit worked Sunday would witness 59 con- contest between former will be on Azamgarh and ment had deployed over 200 stituencies voting in Uttar Madhya Pradesh Chief Sultanpur where former chief companies of central forces n excruciatingly long election campaign, coupled with Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Minister Digvijaya and minister and Samajwadi Party besides PAC and district police Athe scorching summer heat, invariably results in fatigue Pradesh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Malegaon terror accused president Akhilesh Yadav and to provide security to all the and weariness. As the country approaches the final two Haryana and West Bengal Pragya in Bhopal which has Union minister Maneka polling booths. To instil confi- rounds of voting, this is becoming painfully apparent. At this with heavyweights like been a BJP stronghold and won Gandhi are in the fray. dence among the voters, the stage of the campaign, the leading players have more or Digvijaya Singh and by it previously. The poll bout The other prominent can- paramilitary forces conducted less said their lines, positioned their campaigns and Jyotiraditya Scindia between the two has also been didates in this phase of polls are flag marches in vulnerable prepared the ground for voters to exercise their choice. What (Congress), Union Ministers seen as a litmus test for BJP’s UP cabinet minister Rita areas. is being witnessed now are local embellishments that are Maneka Gandhi, Narendra assertion that Digvijaya was Bahuguna Joshi (Allahabad), The Election Commission aimed at either further motivating the committed or Singh Tomar and RK Singh acting against the interests of Bhojpuri actor Dinesh Lal has made special security confusing the other side. (BJP) and former Chief the majority community and Yadav alias Nirahua of BJP who arrangements in Pratapgarh, The past week has witnessed the election campaign Minister Akhilesh Yadav (SP) tainting it with a “terror tag”. is pitted against Akhilesh Yadav Sultanpur and Bhadohi in view being driven by events, both real and contrived. Take the testing their ballot popularity. Digvijaya has matched Pragya’s in Azamgarh, and Congress’ of their previous history of vio- case of the rally of sadhus following an elaborate yagna for Much is at stake for the saffron credibility with his own old war-horse Sanjay Singh lence during the polls. Congress leader Digvijaya Singh hosted by the colourful BJP-led National Democratic by organising a ‘havan’ of ‘sad- who is contesting against There are 174 candidates in Computer Baba in Bhopal. The event, quite predictably, Alliance (NDA) which had hus’ in Bhopal. Maneka Gandhi in Sultanpur. the fray in this phase and their attracted a great deal of media attention that the former won 45 of these 59 Lok Sabha Besides Bhopal, Guna in Over 1.5 lakh security per- fate would be decided by 2.53 Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh desperately needed after seats in the 2014 elections, Madhya Pradesh has Scindia sonnel have been deployed to voters — 1.36 crore males and the sustained limelight on his BJP opponent Sadhvi Pragya pocketing all eight seats from seeking re-election and Union conduct free and fair polls in 1.17 crore females – in 29,076 Thakur of “Hindu terror” fame. By suggesting that he was no Bihar and winning 13 of 14 Minister Narendra Singh Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, booths. Among the electorate, less a Hindu than his opponent, Singh may have been a little seats in Uttar Pradesh. Of the two and the Samajwadi Party Aiyar did with his ‘neech’ com- Tomar from Morena are other Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, 3,63,220 are first time voters in out of tune with his national leadership but it suited him 59 seats, 14 are in UP, 10 seats and the LJP one seat each in ment before the 2014 polls, contestants from a total of Shrawasti, Dumariyaganj, Basti, the age group of 18-19 years locally. in Haryana, eight each in Bihar, this round five years ago. Pitroda seems to have stirred eight seats going to poll on Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj, while 5,63,671 voters are above Then take the controversy over Rajiv Gandhi’s grand Madhya Pradesh and West After the sixth round, anoth- the poll pot this time round in Sunday in the State. Jaunpur, Machhlishahr, the age of 80 years. holiday in Lakshadweep in 1988, some 31 years ago. That Bengal, seven seats in Delhi er 59 seats would go to polls favour of Prime Minister In Haryana, of the 10 Lok Bhadohi and Azamgarh con- In the 2014 Lok Sabha this issue, stemming from one of Prime Minister Narendra and four in Jharkhand. in the last phase on May 19. Narendra Modi and the BJP Sabha seats voting BJP had stituencies in the Purvanchal polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party Modi’s asides in a campaign speech should have attracted The Trinamool Congress, As things stand, Sam with his “hua to hua” (so what) contested eight seats in 204 and region of the state. had won 13 of these 14 seats national attention and been transformed into an almighty which is locked in a eyeball- Pitroda, a close associate of comment for the Sikh riots of won seven, INLD two and UP’s Chief Electoral except Azamgarh from where controversy may seem bewildering. No doubt it was to-eyeball poll confrontation Congress president Rahul 1984. Modi and the BJP have Congress one. Union Ministers Officer L Vekanteshwarlu said Samajwadi Party founder delightful reliving an issue that had attracted attention three with the BJP, had lifted all 8 Gandhi, has given a handle to since then came down heavi- Krishan Pal Gurjar and Rao here on Saturday that polling Mulayam Singh Yadav was decades ago. However, without delving into the archives seats from Bengal in this the BJP to beat the Congress ly on the Congress by saying Inderjt Singh (BJP) too are in parties were being dispatched elected, defeating BJP’s and the hazy reminiscences of those who were involved in phase in 2014 poll. The TMC with seven seats of Delhi, 13 of that these words are the “char- the fray. Former Chief Minister to their respective booths from Ramakant Yadav. However, in either instructing the Gandhi children in deep sea diving or too will have to put its best Punjab and one of Chandigarh acter and mentality and inten- Bhupinder Singh Hooda Saturday morning. the bypoll to Phulpur parlia- helping the then Prime Minister rescue a dolphin, some foot forward in this round to having a sizeable population of tions of the Congress”. Though (Congress) is trying to enter the He said in view of the mentary seat in March 2018 , points become clear. retain its tight grip in the Sikhs are going for polls. Pitroda later apologised, the lower house from Sonepat ongoing heat wave conditions, the BJP was defeated by the SP First, it was clear that Modi’s references to the dodgy State. The Congress had won Just like Mani Shankar BJP seems to have made most Turn to Page 6 the district authorities had Turn to Page 6 AFTER THE VOTES ARE record of Rajiv Gandhi was a COUNTED ON MAY 23, WE crafty decoy aimed at provoking his Congress WILL KNOW WHETHER THIS opponents. Secondly, the EXERCISE HAS SUCCEEDED Congress fell into the trap, Capital battle-ready I belong to caste of poor: Modi OR NOT. IN A LARGER SENSE, with both Rahul and Priyanka WHETHER AAP WINS EAST protesting too much and the PM asks people DELHI OR NOT MATTERS Congress ecosystem rushing for 3-cornered fight LITTLE SINCE THE PARTY IS in with clean chits that in turn to not vote for NOT A SERIOUS CLAIMANT provoked a debate centred STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI male and 64,42,762 female, FOR POWER NATIONALLY. on dynastic entitlement. while 669 belong to the third ‘mahamilawati’ HOWEVER, THE BATTLE Thirdly, it took almost four s many as 164 candidates, gender. days before the Congress Aincluding 18 women, are in While 2,54,723 voters are gathbandhan SEEMS TO BE OF realised that it had been the fray for the seven Lok in the age group of 18 and 19, PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE tricked into debating dynastic Sabha seats in Delhi which goes there are 40,532 electorate with TO THE LEFT-LIBERAL politics rather than anything to polls on Sunday. It is expect- disability who would be pro- PTI n SONEBHADRA/GHAZIPUR ESTABLISHMENT.