Indian Horizon National English Daily [email protected] www.indianhorizon.org RNI No: Deleng/2013/51507 In memory of Dr Asima Kemal and Prof. Dr. Salim W Kemal [email protected] Volume Price: 3.00 No: 6 Issue No: 285 Published from New Delhi & Hyderabad New Delhi, Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Pages 12 + 4 pull out (P16) Assam bypolls: Over Japan to celebrate Naruhito’s One of the biggest: Murray on 74% polling till 5 pm, enthronement on Tuesday 1st singles title since surgery likely to rise P-5 P-8 P-11 Briefs Maharashtra: BJP-led NDA looks set to win big UP bypolls record low voter New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The turnout at 44.4% BJP-led NDA was on Monday Lucknow, Oct 21 (IANS) Poll- bly, the BJP currently has 302 predicted to retain power in Ma- ing in the by-elections to 11 As- members, the Samajwadi Party harashtra with a huge majority, sembly seats in Uttar Pradesh on 47 and the Bahujan Samaj Party with IANS-C-Voter Exit Poll giving Monday recorded a low turnout 18. The BJP’s ally Apna Dal (Son- it between 192 and 216 seats in the of 44.47 per cent at 5 p.m. elal) has eight legislators, while 288-member Assembly. Gangoh in Saharanpur re- the Congress has seven MLAs in The BJP-Shiv Sena combine corded the highest polling per- the House. had bagged 185 seats in the last centage of 57.8, while the Luc- The by-elections were rela- Assembly elections held in 2014, know Cantt seat recorded the tively peaceful and the release after which a government head- lowest at 27.1 per cent. issued by the Chief Electoral ed by Devendra Fadnavis was The polling percentage in Officer of the state claimed that formed. per cent of votes, which is a dip Maharashtra, 44.6 per cent in Rampur that witnessed a high- there were no cases of violence, According to the exit poll, the from the 38.3 per cent it managed Vidarbha, 44.5 per cent in West powered campaign remained bogus voting, impersonation or Congress-Nationalist Congress last time. Maharashtra and 42.4 per cent in at 39.3, which is comparatively booth capturing. Party combine seemed to be way Region wise, the NDA seems to Marathvada. low. The by-elections to 11 As- behind with 55-81 seats. In the be getting the maximum of 47-51 The UPA is predicted to bag 25 Experts attribute the poor poll- sembly segments were held in last Assembly elections, the Con- seats in Vidarbha and the lowest seats in the West Maharashtra ing percentage, despite pleasant Gangoh, Rampur, Iglas (SC), Actor Aamir Khan shows his inked finger after gress-NCP-Maharashtra Navnir- of 21-25 seats in North Maharash- region, 14 in Marathvada, 13 in weather throughout the state, to Lucknow Cantonment, Govind casting his vote for Maharashtra Assembly man Sena coalition had bagged tra. The Mumbai region appears North Maharashtra, 8 in Vidarb- the growing indifference of vot- Nagar, Manikpur, Pratapgarh, elections, at a Bandra polling station in Mumbai 84 seats. to be giving the ruling coalition ha, 5 in Konkan and the least 4 in ers towards the political system. Zaidpur (SC), Jalalpur, Balha on Oct 21, 2019. In the elections held on Mon- 29-33 seats, Konkan 30-34 seats, Mumbai. “The results of the by-elec- (SC) and Ghosi. 30 world leaders to attend day, the vote share of the NDA Marathvada 25-29 seats and West In terms of vote share, the UPA tions will not change the com- Of the 11 seats, the BJP and its seems to have suffered a slight Maharashtra 40-44 seats. appeared to have got the maxi- plexion of the state Assembly ally Apna Dal had won 9 seats Naruhito’s enthronement dip. It is predicted to get 46.4 per In terms of vote share, the BJP- mum of 42.4 per cent in Marath- and this could be a reason for while the Samajwadi Party and Tokyo, Oct 21 (IANS) Around 30 heads of cent of votes, whereas it had got led coalition seems to be getting vada, followed by 41.7 per cent in the low voter turnout,” said a the Bahujan Samaj Party had state and government, among other promi- 47.2 per cent last time. 55.3 per cent in Mumbai, 49.1 in North Maharashtra, 41.5 per cent BJP functionary. won one seat each in the previ- nent personalities, will on Tuesday attend The UPA is predicted to get 36.9 Konkan, 48.3 per cent in North in West Maharashtra, 33.7 per In the UP Legislative Assem- ous elections. the public enthronement ceremony of Japa- nese Emperor Naruhito, according to official sources. Emperor Naruhito, 59, ascended to the Landslide win predicted for BJP No money to pay September throne on May 1, 2018, after the abdication of his father Akihito, and his enthronement will be marked by public ceremonies to which in Haryana with 68-72 seats salaries, TSRTC tells HC representatives from more than 190 coun- Hyderabad, Oct 21 told the court that the Rs 4,882 crore while the tries have been invited, reports Efe news. New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) in the state by bagging 47 In terms of vote share, the (IANS) State-owned Telan- strike has resulted in loss expenditure was Rs 5,811 According to data from official sources, The ruling BJP looks set for a seats with a vote share of BJP appears to have cor- gana State Road Transport of Rs 125 crore during the crore. It had outstanding the list of foreign dignitaries from Europe in- landslide victory in Haryana, 33.2 per cent. nered 44.1 per cent while the Corporation (TSRTC) told Dasara season. loans of Rs 4,709 crore and cludes King Felipe VI of Spain, King Philippe with IANS-CVoter Exit Poll In the last Assembly elec- Congress seems to have got the Telangana High Court The court was told the arrears to the tune of Rs of Belgium, King Willem-Alexander of the on Monday predicting 68-76 tions, the Congress had got 27.7 per cent. The Jannayak that it has no money to pay TSRTC was running in 1,660 crore were payable Netherlands, King Carl lXVI Gustaf of Swe- seats for the saffron party in 15 seats with a vote share of Janata Party (JJP), a break- salaries for September to losses and dependent on to the employees. den, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and the 90-member Assembly. 20.6 per cent. away group of the Indian the employees, whose in- the government to pay The court was also in- Prince Albert II of Monaco. The Congress is way be- Region wise, the BJP this National Lok Dal (INLD), definite strike continued salaries to the staff. formed that the salaries of hind as it is projected to time seems to be scoring the seems to have got a substan- on 17th day on Monday. The organisation sub- the employees were hiked 72% voter turnout in Bijepur bypoll manage only between 3 and highest in Ahirwal, which tial chunk of 16.6 per cent The TSRTC informed mitted this during the by 67 per cent since the in Odisha 12 seats. Others may get be- appears to be giving the rul- votes. Justice Abhinand Kumar hearing on a petition by formation of Telangana tween 5 and 14 seats, the exit ing party 22-24 seats. Kuruk- The region wise break-up Shavili that the public util- National Mazdoor Union, state. They were given 44 Bhubaneswar, Oct 21 (IANS) By-elec- poll shows. shetra comes second, as this shows that the BJP got the ity requires Rs 239 crore seeking direction to the per cent fitment in June tion to Bijepur Assembly constituency The projected perfor- region appears to be giving highest percentage of 47.1 to pay the salaries to over TSRTC and the state gov- 2015, which imposed a in Odisha’s Bargarh district recorded a mance by the BJP in Hary- the BJP 21-23 seats. per cent in Kurukshetra, 48,000 employees while it ernment to pay salaries for burden of Rs 900 crore voter turnout of 72 per cent on Monday. ana is much better than the Among other regions, followed by 46.1 per cent in currently has only Rs 7.49 the month of September to annually. In July 2018, 16 The Chief Electoral Office (CEO) previous elections in 2014, BJP is projected to bag 12- Ahirwal, 40 per cent in Bagar crore. all the employees. per cent interim relief was sources said polling in Bijepur recorded when the party for the first 14 seats in Bagar and 13-15 and 39.9 per cent in Jatland, TSRTC incharge Manag- According to the affi- provided to the employees 72 per cent by 5 p.m. time formed a government seats in Jatland. according to the exit poll. ing Director Sunil Sharma, davit, the company’s an- at an additional cost of Rs The CEO sources also said that this is in his counter-affidavit, nual income last year was 200 crore. a tentative figure and it may increase when the final figure comes out. Rajasthan: 55.66% voting in 61% voting in “Voting was held peacefully and no vi- No money to pay September olence has been reported at any booth. Mandava till 3 pm Punjab bypolls After polling began, glitches were de- Jaipur, Oct 21 (IANS) A elections will be declared.