millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 4, ISSUE 133 | Thursday, 17 May 2018 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 10,741.10 (-60.75) qSENSEX 35,387.88 (-156.06) qDOW JONES 24,706.41 (+193.00) qNASDAQ 7351.63 (-59.69) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 67.80 (+0.27) qRUPEE/EURO 80.87 (-1.01) qGOLD/10GM 32,020 (-430) qSILVER/K 40,650 (-250) CM TO AWARD CBI FILES ECUADOR SPIED ‘DIDN’T THINK BANGA BIBHUSHAN CHARGESHEET AGAINST ON’ ASSANGE I’D FIT IN RACE TO ASHA BHOSLE CHOKSI, EX-PNB MD IN AT LONDON FRANCHISE’ ON MAY 21 PG3 $2 BN SCAME CASE PG5 EMBASSY PG11 PG16 BJP OFFERED OUR MLAs `100 CRORE EACH: KUMARASWAMY COMPLAINTS UNDER SEC SCANNER Governor invites BJP to form govt; Re-polling held peacefully democracy murdered, says Cong in 573 booths across state MPOST BUREAU ers to a resort. Senior BJP leader Prakash NEW DELHI: Karnataka Governor Javadekar has rubbished Kumaraswa- Vajubhai Vala has invited the BJP to my’s allegations. form the next government. The party’s After the scare over missing law- prospective Chief Minister BS Yeddy- makers in the morning, the Congress urappa will take oath at 9 am on Thurs- and the JD(S) tried to parade all their day. The party has been given 15 days lawmakers before the Governor, tak- to prove majority in the house. The ing them to the Congress office in a BJP has 105 lawmakers, including an luxury bus. But the Governor declined. Independent, in the 222-seat assembly Three BJP lawmakers from Kar- and is seven seats short of a majority. nataka, including Shobha Karandlaje, Re-Polling in West Bengal on Wednesday PIC/AMIT DUTTA An Independent lawmaker has have written to Lok Sabha Speaker offered support to the BJP, taking the Sumitra Mahajan, Home Minister OUR CORRESPONDENT Security arrangement was a restriction on the use of party’s tally from 104 to 105 in the 224- Rajnath Singh and two police chiefs, tightened in all the polling sta- mobile phone for the poll seat assembly. The Congress won in 78 alleging the Siddaramaiah government KOLKATA: Re-polling was tions on the day of re-polling. employees and the counting constituencies, the JD(S) and its pre- had been tapping their cellphones. conducted in as many as 573 In some places, the police per- agents of various political par- poll ally BSP have 38 seats. Bengal Chief Minister Mamata booths across the state on sonnel chased outsiders who ties. Apart from a few senior The letter from governor’s house Banerjee had a telephonic conver- Wednesday, with no major tried to intimidate the voters. SEC officials, nobody will be has been delivered to BS Yeddyurap- sation with HD Kumaraswamy on incident of violence being The SEC has been scrutinising allowed to enter the counting pa’s house. Wednesday morning and advised him reported. The polling percent- the complaints regarding some premises. Minutes after Karnataka Gover- to keep up the fight against BJP. age stood at 68 till 5 pm, an stray incidents. A senior official of the nor Vajubhai Vala invited BJP’s BS Banerjee also had a telephonic con- official of the State Election The SEC has assured that SEC said that there will be 2-3 Yeddyurappa to form the government versation with his father and national Commission (SEC) said. the counting will be conducted rounds of counting in each tier. on Wednesday evening; the Congress JD(S) President HD Kumaraswamy speaks to the media as KPCC President G president of Janata Dal (Secular) HD According to the official, in around 291 counting sta- The commission has issued rushed to Chief Justice of Dipak Misra Parameshwara and RV Deshpande look on, after meeting with Governor to stake claim Deve Gowda. This came after she gave the commission has received tions, amidst tight security instructions to all the District to ask him to cancel the governor’s to form the coalition government in the state in Bengaluru, on Wednesday PTI her reaction on Tuesday evening in some complaints regarding the on Thursday. The procedure Magistrates, asking them not invitation to the BJP. The Congress, connection with the formation of gov- re-poll, which they are verify- will start at around 8 am on to allow any procession dur- which has called the governor’s deci- dyurappa to form the government, ing horse-trading by BJP leaders, this ernment in Karnataka. She had stated ing. The SEC has also sought a Thursday. There will be 3 lay- ing the counting process. The sion an “encounter of the Constitu- and accused the Congress of trying to is unconstitutional. We will discuss that JDS performed well as a regional report from the District Mag- ers of security arrangement political parties will be allowed tion”, has asked Chief Justice Misra to “loot” the mandate. the plan.” party. istrate of North Dinajpur over in and around the counting to take out victory processions hold the hearing later on Wednesday Senior BJP leader and Union Law Earlier in the day, Kumaraswamy During the counting of Karnataka the mysterious death of a pre- centres. Section 144 CrPC only when the counting pro- night to ensure that Yeddyurappa isn’t Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad also hit alleged that the BJP promised people votes on Tuesday, as the BJP leads shot siding officer, whose body was has been imposed within 200 cess gets completed. sworn-in on Thursday. out at the Congress for “preaching” in his party 100 crores in cash and up, Banerjee had tweeted her disap- found beside a railway track meter radius of all the count- Meanwhile, it may be men- Addressing the media, Congress about the Constitution, saying its past cabinet posts and 32 of his lawmakers pointment about the lack of a pre-poll in Raiganj. ing stations. tioned that the Centre has writ- spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said, governments violated it the most by had been approached by the party. The alliance between the Congress and Polls were conducted in The inner portions of ten to the state government, “The governor has shamed his office.” imposing President’s rule in opposi- Congress said one of its lawmakers, the JD(S). The alliance materialised around 46,404 booths on Mon- the counting centres will be seeking another report on poll The BJP said Karnataka Gover- tion-ruled states. Anand Singh, is missing. He is said to three hours later. The TMC supremo day. Re-polls were conducted guarded by armed police. violence. According to sources, nor Vajubhai Vala has acted as per the JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy be close to Reddy brothers, the mining also said that the BJP and Congress after the commission received Counting stations have been the Centre was not happy over Constitution and the Supreme Court’s said, “By giving 15 days time (to prove barons from Bellary. The two parties needed to take regional parties more complaints of irregularities in set up at block offices, schools the earlier report, which it had orders by inviting its leader B S Yed- majority), the governor is encourag- are planning to move their lawmak- seriously. See P5 some booths. and colleges. SEC has imposed termed as “sketchy”. We will not let it Weeks ahead of Trump-Kim go...we will face it H D KUMARASWAMY meet, V K Singh visits N Korea MPOST BUREAU External Affairs said, the North Korean side In today’s NEW DELHI: In a first provided an “over- high-level visit to North view” of some of the paper Korea from India in two recent developments in decades, Minister of the Korean Peninsula CITY ... State for External Affairs while Singh conveyed General V K Singh was India’s concerns over BENGAL GOVT TO SET UP FILM ACADEMY 3 in Pyongyang on Wednesday where he proliferation linkages of North Korea held talks with several leaders including with India’s neighbourhood, seen as an NATION Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho on crucial apparent reference to Pakistan. FMs OF 5 STATES TO MEET PREZ TODAY 7 issues and raised New Delhi’s concerns The North Korean leaders empha- over nuclear proliferation. sised that as a friendly country, Pyong- EDIT The two-day visit came less than yang will never allow any action that a month before the proposed summit would create concerns for India’s secu- DILEMMAS OF SELF-RULE 8 between US President Donald Trump rity said the MEA. INTERNATIONAL and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un India has been consistently raising and is seen as an effort to reach out to the issue of North Korea’s possible pro- JAPAN POLITICS TO GET MORE WOMEN 10 Pyongyang. liferation linkages with Pakistan and In the meetings, the Ministry of had even demanded a probe into it. 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DURING RAMZAN Centre declares conditional ceasefire in J&K MPOST BUREAU The fasting month of Ramzan is likely to start tomorrow or Friday depending on NEW DELHI: Security forces will not the sighting of the moon and ends on Eid.