- . D9 & *+!*#,-./ SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&# > > > S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' + , () ;.** # @ *"+, %"&'() !"#$ A( % ( 958"95%(9%! #(!?8!$'!,(++ '595$?% ?$2$#%(9+$!:!& !(9$'!(+%"%56%!,C '!-(!B1<%53$,%"(C#%$9 '&$%(+'&$%5$% 0 " 012-34 .5.. ! "$% !& 2((!&(689( P !%2&%+$ Yadav and non-Jatav winning "8"#($ combination by way of wooing he BJP’s nightmare of fac- non-Jatav Dalits and Other bsconding liquor baron Ting strong regional alliances Backward Classes (other than AVijay Mallya on Saturday L in different States in the Yadavs) to sail through in the became the first person to be L upcoming Lok Sabha polls is electorally most important state charged under the Fugitive !" P Q seemingly turning true with which also happens to have the Economic Offenders Act some clarity reaching in at home constituency of Prime (FEOA), 2018, as a special % % & least two major States — Uttar Minister Narendra Modi in Prevention of Money '% " % Pradesh (80) and Maharashtra Varanasi. Laundering Act (PMLA) court % % (48) — accounting for 128 For the Congress though, it declared him as a “fugitive %" Lok Sabha seats. does not seem to be part of the economic offender” under the Formidable regional tie- SP-BSP alliance with the new anti-fraud law. In its plea filed before the ups against the ruling BJP have regional powerhouses report- In a significant develop- Special PMLA court on June 22 ") taken some shape in the last edly keeping 37-37 LS seats for ment that came on the heels of last year, the Enforcement * +,-.+/ % two days with the Samajwadi themselves and leaving barely the Westminster Magistrates Directorate (ED) had urged the & * Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj six seats for the rest, including Court in London ordering court to declare Mallya as 0* Party (BSP) almost set to seal would be up against a fatal its own stable from the likes of the Congress and the Rashtriya Mallya’s extradition to India, “fugitive economic offender” % % " a pact in Uttar Pradesh even as NCP-Congress combine. This Anupriya Patel’s Apna Dal and Lok Dal. In such a scenario, if the special PMLA court and allow it to confiscate all his %% the Nationalist Congress Party even as a taciturn Shiv Sena Omprakash Rajbhar’s Suheldev the Congress goes alone in the declared him a “fugitive eco- properties, estimated to be % " (NCP) has gone ahead forging continues to remain belligerent, Bharatiya Samaj Party. State, it may provide a marginal nomic offender” under the around 12,500-crore, mak- 1 % a 20-20 seat sharing deal so far demanding a clear upper hand Though the SP has sound- relief to the BJP, albeit indi- Fugitive Economic Offenders ing it the first such case of its % 0 with the Congress in in the assembly polls also due ed on the seat sharing alliance, rectly. Act, 2018, a law that provides kind registered under the new % "-.+/ Maharashtra. this year. there is no word yet from BSP Congress Rajya Sabha for confiscation of all his prop- FEOA law. 00* 0 The BJP will also be up The Congress and NCP chief Mayawati who has been member PL Punia said his erties. The ED had earlier filed 2-.+3 % against a massive challenge in have left eight seats for others unpredictable in the past. party is preparing to contest Though the two proceed- two complaints for investiga- 4 " the national Capital if the rul- that would be finalised later. The BJP, which had won a alone in UP. “A coalition is not ings are independent of each tion into alleged money laun- Q% % ing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Like in UP, it would again be a record 71 Lok Sabha seats ( 73 important... Our workers are other, the authorities expect dering against Mallya, & Q% enters into a tie-up with the massive political challenge to with NDA allies) in UP in 2104 ready... We have not spoken to that the declaration of Mallya Kingfisher Airlines Limited, % %* "' Congress, an announcement the BJP which had posted its riding on the Modi wave, has anyone about an alliance,” he as a “fugitive economic offend- and United Breweries Holdings % for which could be made in the best performance in the 2014 in recent times faced major said. er” will come in handy to press Limited and others for the % 0* -.+5"6 coming weeks. Delhi has seven Lok Sabha polls. reverses losing in Gorakhpur, However, senior for his early extradition from loan default and money laun- % % Lok Sabha seats. The political scene in UP Phulpur and Kairana Lok Samajwadi Party leader and the UK, where the absconding dering scams. % * The BJP, which alone won would get shriller for the BJP- Sabha by-elections where BSP uncle of SP head Akhilesh, businessman is appealing The PMLA court had sum- "6 *"1 22 seats in Maharashtra and led- National Democratic had backed SP candidates. Ram Gopal Yadav tried to against the extradition order moned Mallya to appear before %% 7 % together with Shiv Sena (which Alliance (NDA) if the finality In the eventuality of SP- downplay the reports saying passed by Westminster it on August 27 last year. Q % " Q pocketed 18 seats) had swept 40 of SP-BSP alliance is BSP announcing an official talks of sidelining the Congress Magistrates’ Court Chief However, Mallaya failed to % % of the 48 LS seats in the State announced this month amid seat-sharing pact, the BJP are “imaginary”. Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot appear before the court. $7 % "' in the 2014 Lok Sabha poll, growing voices of dissent from would need to search for a non- Turn to Page 4 on December 10, 2018. Turn to Page 4 :0;< % Q 8 8 :0;= % ! !" # , "9 : % * " $ ; <6 " O " % % ?(!!85> P 9$583(!(!9(85(" ! 2 $ " iolence involving BJP-RSS ! " Q Vand ruling CPI(M) work- !%2&%+$>+8,?!'2 !# #-O " ers rocked politically volatile 1 '% Kannur district in north Kerala he CBI is likely to examine $ % on Saturday with a number of Tformer UP Chief Minister 7 houses and shops of rival lead- and Samajwadi Party chief " ers and workers being attacked Akhilesh Yadav in the multi- " O : % Q % L over the Sabarimala issue. crore illegal sand mining scam. %& 9 = %L Q Bombs were hurled at sev- Besides Akhilesh, the CBI is eral places, including at the also likely to question another : %" houses of CPI(M) MLA AN SP leader and former Minister % ' () %'(* % % Shamseer in Madapeedikayil, Gayatri Prajapati, who is in jail % "& Q BJP leader and Rajya Sabha in a rape case. #$% "+( member V Muraleedharan at The agency’s contempla- ' " ()% *"% % Vadiyil Peedikia and former tion followed its raids on 7 "1 Kannur district secretary of Saturday at 12 locations in 2017 following a complaint of Nagar and Kaushambi districts " % CPI(M) P Sasi at Thalassery Kerala has been rocked by Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, rape by a woman residing in as part of its seven Preliminary ## (& " past midnight, police said. violent protests by BJP-RSS including the residence of 2008 Chitrakoot, was also Mining Enquiries (PEs) registered in # " No one was injured in the and right wing outfits after two batch IAS officer B. Minister during the SP regime. 2017 on the order of Allahabad , - " % % % % attacks. women of menstruating age Chandrakala, SP MLC Ramesh From the residence of Adil High Court out of which three ./001 0% The BJP MP’s ancestral offered prayers at the Lord Mishra, BSP leader Satyadev Khan, the agency collected the FIRs have been registered now. ( 2 33$ home was attacked hours after Ayyappa temple on January 2. Dikshit and premises of red documents related to mining. CBI’s FIR, registered on 4 % " > L bombs were thrown at the Besides Kannur, Perambra stone contractors in connection “We found that the mining January 2, stated, “The role of L % 7 homes of Shamseer and Sasi in neighbouring Kozhikode, with illegal sand mining during licence to him was provided on then Mining Ministers con- % " %-.+/% when leaders of the Marxist Malappuram and Adoor in the tenure of Akhilesh as Chief the recommendations of the cerned during the relevant % -.+3 8 " party and BJP-RSS were attend- Pathanamthitta, where the Minister. then Mining Minister period may be looked into ## , 0;?@ ing a peace meeting here. Ayyappa shrine is located, also According to the CBI, Prajapati,” a CBI spokesperson during the course of the inves- 5 6 ;?@% % 0 0 0 %" The attacks, which dis- witnessed a series of similar Akhilesh’s role is likely to be said. tigation of the case”. Sources $ " rupted normal life, marked attacks and vandalism Friday examined by the agency as he The agency has been prob- said Akhilesh and Prajapati ! " " % *-.+/" return of political violence on night and in the early hours of was the Mining Minister ing illegal mining in UP’s held the portfolios between 7 % large-scale after a gap of over Saturday. between 2012 and 2013. Shamli,