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The BJP is con- Bhandari said all decisions &!' from Rae Bareli and well- fielded Union Minister Ravi showed the Narendra Modi testing three out of six seats in related to fielding candidates ( known Bhojpuri actor and Shankar Prasad against whom Government’s all-round Mumbai and sharing rest three are taken by the party’s Central singer Dinesh Lal Yadav, alias “Bihari Babu” Shatrughan acceptability. with the Sena. Parliamentary Board. O$ Nirahua, against Samajwadi Sinha, who quit BJP and like- Kotak’s candidature came “A lot of thought process Party chief Akhilesh Yadav ly to join Congress this week, as a big shock to Somiaya, who goes into selection of a candi- # from Azamgarh as the ruling is to re-contest. had already started gearing up date. Only our national presi- NDA and the Opposition par- Shiv Sena’s dogged oppo- for his poll campaign. In the dent can comment over why ties set their eyes on giving sition to the BJP’s sitting MP run-up to the 2017 BMC elec- Somaiyaji is not fielded this !" tough challenges to stalwarts of from Mumbai North-East Kirit tions, which the BJP and the time,” Bhandari said. #$#%#& + either sides. Somaiya, a known critic of Sena had contested separately, Senior BJP leader Vinod , Prem Singh Shakya of the Sena Chief Udhav Thackrey, Somaiya had talked about Tawde said the decision to BJP will take on SP patriarch compelled the BJP to drop “mafia of Bandra” which were deny ticket to Somaiya was - Mulayam Singh Yadav, who has him from the contest. The perceived to be directed at taken considering the “ground # shifted from Azamgarh to party fielded BMC corporator Sena president Uddhav realities”. ./& Mainpuri. Manoj Kotak in his place. The party ended long- Thackeray whose resident Out of the six Assembly - + ,O In another key contest, the The BJP, which released its pending suspense and con- “Matoshree” is located in sub- constituencies in Mumbai, & 0 # Congress has fielded leading 16th list, announced six can- ceded to Sena’s demand when urban Bandra. three segments are currently farmer leader Nana Patole didates which included one it dropped its articulate and a Interestingly, Kotak was held by the BJP, while the Sena '! against Union Minister Nitin from Maharashtra (North-East prominent face from Mumbai the first BJP leader reported to and the Samajwadi Party hold Gadkari from Nagpur. Mumbai) Kotak and five from North-East Somaiya and chose have raised his voice against an two seats and one seat, respec- #%(#$$)##% + While Congress heavy- UP including Chandra Sen a lesser face and BMC corpo- alleged multi-crore scam in tively. weight and former Chief Jadun (Firozabad), Prem Singh rator Kotak. the Sena-ruled BMC. The BJP has renominated - Minister Digvijay Singh has Shakya (Mainpuri), VP Saroj Kotak, who is the group Sena workers had threat- its MPs from Mumbai North been nominated from Bhopal, (Machhlishahr SC), Dinesh leader of the BJP in the civic ened not to campaign for the and Mumbai North Central - BJP sources said the contest Pratap Singh, and Dinesh Lal body, would take on Nationalist BJP if Somaiya was repeated seats but put delete button on - may become interesting in case Yadav. Congress Party (NCP) candi- from the constituency. Somaiya Somaiya’s candidature on Sena’s # *+ former Chief Minister Shivraj During the day, the BJP date and former MP Sanjay had won Mumbai North-East insistence. O P '' '31' '' '31' hot Wednesday noon saw , $( proposal was hanging fire for APrime Minister Narendra n a fierce counter-attack, (1 /20 /$ 3$ more than a decade. Given the Modi firing a broadside at IBengal Chief Minister urgent requirement, the Indian Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Mamata Banerjee on Thursday n a major boost to the Indian government last year gave the Banerjee and the Congress for called Narendra Modi a liar of INavy’s air prowess, the US nod for a government to gov- trying to “weaken and demean” the first order whose term in has approved the sale of 24 ernment deal with the US for the armed forces, trampling his office had already expired multi-role MH-60 ‘Romeo’ buying 24 helicopters in fly Bengal under dynastic rules, making him fit to be called an Seahawk helicopters worth away condition. and perpetrating a corrupt “expiry babu”. over 2.6 billion dollars. The The MH-60 helicopters are regimes. Modi called Mamata Mamata said, “If Modi and helicopters will replace the manufactured by US firm “speed breaker” in the path of his fascist party returned to ageing British manufactured Lockheed Martin. development. power, they will permanently Sea King helicopters now used The Government to Addressing two mammoth dismantle democracy from for anti-submarine operations. Government deal known as rallies — one at Siliguri in India.” Besides detecting and hit- Foreign Military Sale (FMS) North Bengal from where he Throwing an “open chal- ting submarines, the new heli- makes it duty bound for the US kick-started his election cam- lenge” and inviting the Prime copters can also attack warships government to stand guarantee paign for the State, and the sec- Minister in a nationally tele- and carry search and rescue for all the aspects of the con- ond under a sweltering-hot vised debate, Mamata said, missions. tract including timely delivery, sun at the Brigade Parade ! " # $ “You (PM) are a liar who ped- India had cleared the deal availability of spare parts and Ground in Kolkata — the % &' dles falsehood to win elec- ruin the country’s democratic fully forgetting about the last year. The US nod signifies other related issues. The Prime Minister said “India” and tions.” tradition if allowed to retain Deputy Chief Minister of growing strategic and defence approval on Tuesday came fol- more so “Bengal” have been strike at the heartland of terror er has to be removed. I am Wondering why the Prime power for the second time.” Assam whose name is also ties between the two nations. lowing India’s request to hasten trampled by dynastic rules. in Pakistan, or encouraging the waiting for this speed-breaker Minister was not being acted Returning fire on patrio- there in the list.” The Navy was in desperate the process keeping in mind its In an apparent reference to scientists to test the anti-satel- to go so that development can upon for breaking the electoral tism, she said, “Modi questions Attacking the Prime need for modern anti-subma- navy’s operational require- the Congress high command, lite system catapulting India gather speed and poverty is model code by raising issues our credentials but I ask you Minister for leading the party rine warfare capable multi- ments especially with China he said, “One dynasty is so among the most powerful eliminated. If poverty is elim- related to the armed forces, whose friends murdered of looters, she said, “All the chit role helicopters as the Sea increasing its maritime foot- much tainted by corruption nations of the world which has inated Didi’s policies will be Mamata asked, “Why the India Gandhiji adding “we will not fund wallas and criminals have Kings procured more than 35 prints in the strategically that the entire family has to be of late been watching us with scrapped.” Army should be called a Modi take lessons of nationalism crossed over to BJP.” years ago were in the last stages important Indian Ocean currently out on bail.” He went dismay?” On the ponzi scam he said, Sena. There an Army jawan from you.” She also pointed out that of their operational life. The region. on to add, “A dynasty of aunt- He wondered whether they “Didi’s Ministers, officials and sacrifices his life, gives his Addressing a massive elec- according to a CBI chargesheet, and-nephew (TMC MP are targeting him because his aides ran away with the money blood for the security of this tion rally at Dinhata in the BJP candidate of Abhishek Banerjee) has tram- Government gave homes, of my poor brothers and sisters. country and here a politician Coochbehar bordering Assam, Coochbehar Nishit pled Bengal like never before cooking gas, toilets to the poor They have looted uses that sacrifice for political she said, “If he (Modi) and his Pramanik (a former TMC which is why the people of this or made the dreams of com- the poor people,” adding every- purposes.” party (BJP) come to then they leader) was running multiple State have made up their mind mon Indians come true. one will finally be brought to She said, “Modi is trying to will devour democracy in cases of human trafficking,” to throw them out once and for Attacking Mamata for run- book. use air strike and surgical strike India.