!! $ C$ !% #D" ( #% #D" D -/0-$%1&2 RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 =- (, .>--. ?.? = (3 "" ! 1)B3 $7; 6)$ 3*77 1*-3 * 7; 79$& ;1 *3$ &1;)$7 $376) & &78819;3; 9 $;-11)$@A %134%15 " 161@ ! "$% !& 6) 89$ R )363-&1 portraying herself as Goddess ! Annapurna which hurt Hindu " # t is as interesting as it gets. sentiments. Soon after a con- $ ## IManvendra Singh, ex-BJP troversy broke out that at a get- % MP and son of the saffron together in Jaswant’s house party’s veteran Jaswant Singh, opium-laced milk was served will take on Rajasthan Chief to the guests and an FIR was Q Minister Vasundhara Raje as filed and an enquiry was ! &! the candidate of arch-rival ordered by the Raje adminis- " " !" # Congress — the party that he tration. ( ( $ joined last month — for the Manvendra and the BJP (! P Q ! December 7 Assembly polls sought to reconcile over a peri- # # %$ ! from Jhalrapatan constituency. od with the party also revoking ( # & Q The contest between the his suspension but he was kept "#"( ! ( ( two will be one of the most on the sidelines and not given !)# )* keenly observed ones given the importance that the 54- ! $ ! their acrimonious past as year-old Rajput expected from # (% & Manvendra sees Raje as the rea- the party. His father, mean- ! son for his father’s image fall in while, has been in coma for last Q the party. Whether the son will four years. "# ! avenge the insult meted out to Manvendra quit the BJP on $ ! * ( + , + his father, the BJP old guard September 22 after taking the " ( " , -., ! who is in coma for the last four 2 % 13 + 5 % Rajput community in confi- * years, will only be known on % 3 6" dence and coining the tagline -( (./0. ! December 11 when the results “Kamal Ka Phool, Hamaari 12 " + ! will be out. Raje has won Jhalrapatan Manvendra’s choice by the revenge on the BJP for insult- Bhool” (lotus was my mistake). % The Congress hopes to pin since 2003, when the Congress Congress is seen as an attempt ing Rajput leader Jaswant. His name was released by down the Chief Minister in her fielded Rama Pilot, mother of to use the lineage and heritage Jaswant was expelled by the the Congress on Saturday in its %&' ' constituency and also seeks to current Rajasthan Congress of BJP’s war horse Jaswant to BJP for contesting 2014 Lok second list of 32 candidates for ! L cash in on the perceived Rajput president Sachin Pilot. In 2013, further rattle the opponent Sabha poll from Barmer after the Rajasthan Assembly elec- ($! 3("" L sentiments against her. But Congress fielded a woman and its Chief Ministerial can- he was denied ticket by the tions for 200 Assembly seats. (.4 " ! Raje looked unperturbed as she Rajput candidate Meenakshi didate. Manvendra, who is a sit- party. Manvendra, who cam- The Congress had released said, “The Congress could not Chandrawat hoping to get ting MLA from Sheo (Barmer), paigned for his father then, was its first list of 152 candidate on "( P * Q find any candidate and he some Rajput votes but lost the had also won Barmer Lok also suspended. Thursday. Ahead of its rivals, ! " ! P Q (Manvendra) was to be given seat with Raje retaining the seat Sabha seat in 2004. He had accused Raje and a the BJP released the third list " % ticket from somewhere and with a margin of 60,896 votes Manvendra played out the few central leaders of the BJP of 8 candidates for upcoming ! therefore, he was sent here by securing 63.14 per cent of emotional card of “self-respect” for denying his father a Lok Rajasthan Assembly elections. O # ) !- (Jhalrapatan). But they should total 2,28,977 votes. of the Rajput community to put Sabha ticket. Earlier, the BJP had released its # P 0 ! know that it is not a fight of one The BJP, which is feeling a his erstwhile party in the defen- The rift with Raje goes first list of 131 and second of (+! person, this is a contest fought little edgy in Rajasthan with the sive. “I’m ready for the chal- back to 2007 when Jaswant’s 31 candidates for Rajasthan 5 O" # P Q P Q by Jhalawar and Rajasthan, State’s history of not repeating lenge,” he said and claimed that wife Sheetal Kanwar had filed Assembly. which is a family.” a Government twice, people of Rajasthan will take a case against the former for Turn to Page 4 *1% #!! ! ! " " 1O L ! Q ""% L 1! ;( P Q # ! ! 1 "! ( + 7 &1 opened only at the sanctum), was arrested by the police when ! hatever hopes the com- she entered the Pathanamthitta Q Wmon man had about the district and was taken to the ! ! law and order situation in police station at Ranni. This led !2 Kerala becoming normal fol- to widespread condemnation lowing the Friday decision of and hundreds of devotees the Travancore Devaswom rushed to the police station ! Board to approach the Supreme singing hymns in praise of Court with a plea seeking more Lord Ayyappa. !) time to implement the Sasikala was released on September 28 verdict of the bail by the sub-divisional mag- Constitution Bench on istrate of Thiruvalla on * !3 Sabarimala Temple diminished Saturday evening. Speaking to as the police took into preven- the media, she said the ! tive custody KP Sasikala, leader Government has unleashed an ! of the Hindu Aikya Vedi — an unprecedented violation of ) umbrella organisation of all human rights. 0 ! Hindu outfits — which is “The Kerala Government 4 * protesting against the SC judg- and Travancore Devaswom 56 ! ment on Sabarimala. Board have failed to provide Q Sasikala — a widely even basic amenities like toilet ! respected woman activist who and resting places to the devo- is in the forefront of the agita- tees. The authorities want to tion against the apex court cover up these shortcomings,” ! verdict allowing entry of said Sasikala. women of all ages to Sabarimala The arrest of Sasikala led & Temple — who was on her way the Hindu organisations in the " $ % & '( to the temple with Irumudi (the State declaring a dawn to dusk ) % ) 4 ! sacred bag containing offerings hartal on Saturday and it % $ " ) * + ) . ) to the deity which could be turned out to be total. ,- . /0 "1 0 + # # ) ! ( P 9 3 + ( & + 7686! *&7- would prosecute offenders in " retaining their P Q ! these particular states if CBI is )363-&1 innate Indianness. 4 laiming that State cannot not allowed to enter.” And concretise Q * ! Chave its sovereignty on Turning to West Bengal, lyque Padamsee wishful thinking * corruption, Union Finance Jaitley said Sharda-Nardaa Abecame India’s with home-grown ! . Minister Arun Jaitley said those (scams) won’t end if CBI is kept greatest story-teller at products. - who have a lot to hide are dis- away, alleging Trinamool top a time when we were In that sense, he allowing CBI entry in their leadership was involved in still coming to terms sold us our first 2 2 9 ! domain. these scams. with our self-worth as a nation, global dream. No wonder, till 4 * Finance Minister Arun Besides, Andhra Pradesh is idealistic to the core but yet date he is considered the only :) Jaitley on Saturday flayed the averse to the CBI fearing what apologetic, fumbling, bare- god of Indian advertising and : P Q Andhra Pradesh and West would happen after the footed and unsure about sales. ! Bengal Governments for with- probe, added the Finance screaming out loud on the So by the time 1970s hap- ) drawing general consent to Minister. world stage. pened and the angry young *) ! the CBI for raids and investi- Cornered on the high Films were the only expres- man was taking shape on the 0 gations in their States saying petro-diesel prices, the finance sion of our aspiration or wish big screen with Big B, his ! scams cannot be wiped off by minister claimed high crude oil fulfillment and incredible female counterpart exploded in ; 4 2 such a decision. 7 * 3 & 13 prices was a cause of concern though we may have been, the form of the Liril girl, soap “We have a federal struc- 13 8 1 globally and whenever crude there was no concept of Brand suds gliding down her green 0 ture and under it the CBI was $ 13 & oil prices come down fuel rates India, ambassadors and adver- bikini as she splashed about 3 created initially for employees are