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A ,-033.." ;06 F ? 4 % ) &'%&(#$5#26 Q R ->* s Shiv Sena and Congress Astruggled to keep their flock together on the day two of the formation of a BJP-led Government in Maharashtra, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday rubbished the “mis- leading” claims by his nephew Ajit Pawar that he is still with the parent party and said the breakaway group leader was trying to create “confusion” #?@.?A * and “false perception” in the minds of the people. he Supreme Court on On a day when both the TSunday asked the Centre to BJP-led Government and Shiv place before it on Monday Sena-led front claimed that morning the letters of they had adequate numbers Maharashtra Governor Bhagat with them to prove a majority Singh Koshyari and Devendra $ ( ( in the 288-member Assembly, ! # $ % !&' ($ Fadnavis about the * $ ( * breakaway group leader Ajit ') Government formation exer- began to play mind games cise in the State that saw revo- Congress combine to direct the support to the BJP-NCP with Sr Pawar, only to be Chief Minister in the Fadnavis- NCP and claiming that “our is our leader. Our BJP-NCP with the Sena and the Congress cation of the President rule in Fadnavis Government to under- Government or Ajit tagged silenced by the NCP chief who led Government, Ajit put out a BJP-NCP alliance” will provide alliance shall provide a stable was intact and the question of a midnight coup and swearing take floor test within 24 hours their signatures obtained for denied that his party had no series of tweets thanking Prime a stable Government in Government in Maharashtra aligning with the BJP did not in of Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar and rather said this issue would different purpose with a cov- plans to align with the BJP. Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Maharashtra for next five years. for the next five years which arise. early morning of last Friday. be dealt with only after perus- ering letter for the More than 30 hours after Shah and other BJP leaders for Ajit tweeted, “I am in the will work sincerely for the wel- “There is no question of While the court asked the ing the two letters on Monday. Government formation? he threw his weight behind the their best wishes to him, main- NCP and shall always be in the fare of the State and its peo- forming an alliance with Centre to place before it the With nearly 50 MLAs The court hearing made it BJP and became the Deputy taining that he is still with the NCP and @PawarSpeaksSaheb ple....There is absolutely no @BJP4Maharashtra. NCP has letters of Koshyari inviting reportedly endorsing the clear that the BJP wanted to need to worry, all is well. unanimously decided to ally Fadnavis to take oath as Chief removal of Ajit as NCP legisla- buy time for the floor test. As However, a little patience is with @ShivSena & Minister, it also asked for the ture party leader and signing a part of this strategy no lawyers required. Thank you very much @INCMaharashtra to form the BJP leader’s letter to the letter to the Governor appoint- appeared on behalf of the State for all your support.” Government. Shri Ajit Pawar’s Governor staking claim to ing Jayant Patil as the new CLP Government and Solicitor Less than an hour after Ajit statement is false and mis- form the Government, along leader, it will be interesting to General Tushar Mehta, who linked his party to the BJP-led leading in order to create con- with the letter of support from see what view the SC takes of appeared for the Centre, kept ->* Government through his fusion and false perception the NCP MLAs. Ajit’s claim that he enjoyed the pleading for more time to tweets, the NCP chief dubbed among the people,” Sr Pawar The SC, however, did not support of these MLAs. submit the documents asked iven the indications that his nephew’s claim as “false” tweeted. grant any interim relief to the This will decide whether by the court. Gthe Supreme Court may and said his party’s alliance Continued on Page 4 Shiv Sena, the NCP and the these MLAs indeed lend their Continued on Page 4 order an early floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly, the Opposition Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress on Sunday inten- !"!R sified their efforts to prevent the BJP-led ruling alliance from “poaching” MLAs in bid + #?@.?A * NTCA would not allow shifting favour of females-one male to prove its majority in the 288- of any new tiger in the STR. tiger for nine tigress. member House. he National Tiger “Key problems like distur- Overall, there are 16 big Though senior BJP leader TConservation Authority bance from the villagers living cats in the protected area-nine Ashish Shelar said his party, (NTCA) has turned down in the STR and acute shortage tigress, three cubs and four with the help of the “Ajit # $ ') Rajasthan Government’s pro- of forest staff continue to exist. male tigers of which only one Pawar-led NCP” would be able posal seeking translocation of There is question of allowing is in the reproduction bracket. to prove its majority in the Karnataka, the Sena-led and Congress have lodged two big cats from Madhya relocation of more tigers in the Three others are sub-adults, not Assembly, the Sena-led Opposition went overdrive in their MLAs in three different Pradesh to Sariska Tiger Reserve big cat habitat,” said Anup capable of breeding. Opposition was confident that protecting its MLAs, particu- hotels — Renaissance Hotel, (STR) in Alwar, saying it has Kumar Nayak, head of the Chief Wildlife Warden of it would defeat the Devendra larly the ones belonging to the Lalit and JW Marriot respec- done nothing to curb ‘human NTCA. Rajasthan, Arindam Tomar Fadanvis Government in the Sharad Pawar-led party, from tively for the past two days. disturbance’ which negatively The stinging observation said that as some of the tigress confidence vote on the floor of being poached by the ruling In a late night develop- influenced tigers’ breeding in came at a review meeting recent- are infertile, the reserve needs the House. party and breakaway group ment on Sunday, MLAs of the the protected area. ly with the State officials when area. There are around 26 vil- In the span of two years a tigress and a male from Amid speculation that the leader Ajit. NCP were shifted from a sub- The tiger watchdog has the NTCA, much to its annoy- lages in the STR spread over since 2018, the reserve has Madhya Pradesh to inject fresh BJP had already launched In their effort to guard urban resort to another hotel made it clear to Rajasthan that ance found that not enough was 1,200 sq km while staff shortage lost three fully grown tigers. gene pool in the predator “Operation Kamal” along the their MLAs from being in Mumbai, sources said. unless it addresses the ‘irritants’ done to ensure conducive habi- particularly forest guards is as Presently, the tiger population family. lines of the one executed in poached, the NCP, Shiv Sena Continued on Page 4 to ensure tiger conservation, the tat to the tigers in the protected high as fifty per cent. in the STR is hugely skewed in Continued on Page 4 $% & ' O () L M ! "# New Delhi (PTI): The Centre $#% has extended the ban on Assam- & ' based Bodo insurgent group NDFB ) by another five years, saying the out- lawed outfit has continued to indulge in violent activities, including killing and extortion, and undermine the * country’s territorial integrity in col- " lusion with anti-India forces. The * * National Democratic Front of + Bodoland (NDFB) has been ", # indulging in illegal and violent activ- ) ities, intending to undermine the sov- ereignty and territorial integrity of O India in furtherance of its objective P of achieving a separate Bodoland, !" -. said Union Home Ministry in a noti- '/ fication, extending the ban on the north east militant group. The min- istry extended the ban on NDBF L M' ) under the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Unlawful #$%&'( Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The ) ministry said by its unlawful and vio- # 01"234 lent activities, the NDFB has been “undermining the authority of the 5 government, spreading terror and " panic among people, causing car- 361 " nage and ethnic violence, resulting ) in killings and destruction of prop- erties of non-Bodos, inhabiting the Bodo-dominated areas in Assam”. * “For the aforesaid reasons”, the , notification said “the central gov- . !#' ernment is of the opinion that the NDFB’s activities are detrimental to )7 the sovereignty and integrity of India 8 $:*% and that it is an unlawful associa- 2;<< tion”. The MHA notification said " ;02< the NDFB has been involved in 62 ) ;= 8 violent incidents since January 2015, . resulting in killings of 19 civilians :* L M and 55 extremists, besides the arrest ) of 450 ultras and confiscation of 444 arms from them. !"#!$%& -! 0 ! Lucknow (PNS): Bahujan Samaj Party chief headed by Mayawati (2002-03). A-G#D@ Mayawati on Sunday expelled senior party leader The former MLAs expelled by the BSP are and former minister Ram Prasad Chaudhary Rajendra Chaudhary, Jitendra alias Nandu and tressing that improvement and three former MLA from the party. Doodhram. in crime control reflected Chaudhary is the five term MLA from Basti district president of the BSP Sanjay Sin the increase in industri- Kaptanganj assembly constituency in Basti dis- Dhusia said the leaders had been expelled from al activities in the state, Uttar trict.