Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No. APENG/2018/764698 Established 1864 Published From VIJAYAWADA DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN HYDERABAD ` *Late City Vol. 2 Issue 61 VIJAYAWADA, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 1, 2020; PAGES 12 3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable www.dailypioneer.com UTTAR PRADESH BJP MLA BOOKED SAINTS SLAM PRIYANKA ‘NO GOVT PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE CM JAGANMOHAN REDDY EXTENDS FOR BEATING COP WITH SHOES GANDHI'S SAFFRON STATEMENT LIQUOR AT CHEAP RATES’ NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS LA, Kishan Lal Rajpoot, from Uttar Pradesh's Barkhera constituency, ongress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's statement on ith his purported comments on plans to provide poor consumers hief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Malong with his 15 identified and more than 35 unidentified Csaffron has reportedly irked the saints and seers in Ayodhya. Wquality liquor at cheap rates drawing flak, Karnataka Excise Minister CTuesday greeted the people of Andhra supporters, have been booked for allegedly beating a Mahant Raju Das of the Hanuman Garhi temple H Nagesh on Tuesday clarified there was no such proposal before the Pradesh, wishing them and the State a police constable with shoes at a police post and said: "Targeting saffron is not right. Why should government. "It is true that there is a demand for supply of good quality happy and prosperous New Year. He wished robbing him of a gold chain and wallet. This comes the chief minister not wear saffron? The liquor at low price. There was also a that the new decade will usher in happiness after a court ordered that the FIR be registered. Congress has been trying to wipe out saffron proposal in this regard since 2013, but in every family and the State will progress According to reports, the constable, Mohit Gurjar, had from the country, but has not succeeded and after becoming Excise Minister, no towards development. Leaders across conflict over the refund of a bike that he had bought never will. Priyanka is now trying to turn such proposal has been submitted party lines also extended New Year for Rs 50,000, but the seller, Rahul, allegedly Muslims into anti-nationals. This will bring bad before the government," he said in a greetings to the people of the state did not have valid registration documents. news for the Congress." statement. and wished them well. Pawan Kalyan: Committed to AP government clears decks for Ramayapatnam port State capital at Amaravati n PNS VIJAYAWADA AP witnessed PNS n GUNTUR With the State government spurt in spending cancelling the special permits Jana Sena president Pawan for Krishnapatnam port on on welfare Kalyan on Tuesday stated that Tuesday, decks have been schemes in his party was committed to cleared the Ramayapatnam 2019 Amaravati being the location of port. 4 the state capital. It may be noted that when Pledging support to protest- the Krishnapatnam port was ing farmers in Mandadam, the established during the TDP actor-turned politician said government, there were stric- that the Jana Sena would tures against setting up of There were allegations that However, the government extend support to the farmers ports on a stretch of 30 km on the TDP government had gone relaxed this clause in 2004 say- of the capital region on the either side of the major port. out of way to help the ing that only the same lines that it extended sup- An agreement was reached Krishnapatnam port manage- Krishnapatnam Port Company port to the tomato farmers of between the then government ment by agreeing not to set up Ltd could build another port in Rayalaseema region. and the port authorities not to any other port in its vicinity. its neighbourhood. He exhorted the protesters construct any other port in a In 1994, the order issued for However, the then Union not to be cowed down by the stretch of 30 km. This was the construction of the government had raised an threats of the police that cases main clause that governed the Krishnapatnam port clearly objection to this saying that a would be filed against them. agreement, and the govern- mentioned that the govern- port had no right to stop any Pawan Kalyan reminded the Jana Sena leader Pawan Kalyan addresses farmers at Mandadam in the Amaravati Capital region on Tuesday. ment had issued an order lim- ment would not allow any other port from coming up in YSRCP government that the iting the area of the other port to be set up on a its neighbourhoood. farmers had given their lands Pawan said that the Krishnapatnam port. stretch of 30 km on either side. Continued on Page 3 Nitish says ‘all is and Prime Minister Narendra farmers had given ‘Pawan is a Tughlaq: Jogi Ramesh well’ even as Modi had laid the foundation stone for the state capital at their lands and the PNS n AMARAVATI PK slams Amaravati. PM had laid the fou- SuMo The State Government had ndation stone for the YSRCP leaders came down CBI books ex-MP 5 assured the people that it was heavily on Jana Sena president committed to having the state capital at Amaravati Pawan Kalyan, who staged a capital at Amarvati, the Jana dharna on Tuesday, expressing Sena chief said, and exhorted solidarity with the cause of the Rayapati, others in people to remain committed to the state capital location clear, agitating farmers of the Capital the Constitution of India. the people would not have give Region. "Unanimous decision is their consent, Pawan Kalyan Targeting Pawan for per- Rs 3,822 cr scam needed to change the location said, adding that the state by sonal criticism, MLA Jogi gathering wool during the of the state capital," he said. this time would have a stable Ramesh made sensational Chandrababu's regime. PNS n HYDERABAD Had Jaganmohan Reddy capital. remarks accusing Pawan of Continued on Page 3 made his intention of changing Continued on Page 3 Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) authorities have booked a case of cheat- Ganta denies SMALL SAVINGS SCHEMES ing and criminal misappropri- ation against Transstroy pro- reports of FM unveils Andhra IAS Somesh Kumar moter-Chairman and TDP Rs 102L cr infra Govt keeps ex-MP Rayapati Sambasiva quitting TDP projects for Rao and others for diverting next 5 years interest rates and siphoning off around Rs PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM is new TS Chief Secretary 3,822 crore out of loans 8 unchanged obtained from various banks Former minister Ganta L VENKAT RAM REDDY for executing a portion of the Rayapati Sambasiva Rao Srinivasa Rao on Tuesday n HYDERABAD PNS n NEW DELHI Polavaram project. dismissed rumours that he The cases were booked fol- n Transstroy diverted massive planned to desert the TDP. As predicted in these columns The government on Tuesday lowing searches conducted at loans obtained for Polavaram He categorically said that he recently, senior IAS officer kept the interest rates on the offices of Transstroy India harboured no intentions of and special Chief Secretary small savings schemes, inc- Limited and at the residences n Consortium of banks led by UBI changing the party. Somesh Kumar was on luding NSC and PPF, unch- of Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, files complaint, triggering raids Talking to the media here, Tuesday appointed as the new anged for the fourth quarter MD of Transstroy Sridhar n TDP ex-MP donated diamond- Ganta said that he wel- Chief Secretary of Telangana of 2019-20 despite moderat- Cherukuri and several other comed the YSRCP govern- State. ing bank deposit rates. accused. studded gold saree worth Rs 5 ment's proposal on the exec- Chief Minister K PPF and NSC will contin- The previous TDP govern- crore to Goddess Padmavathi utive capital in Chandrasekhar Rao issued ue to carry an annual inter- ment in Andhra Pradesh had Devi of Tiruchanoor with loan Visakhapatnam, but the orders to this effect, following est rate of 7.9 per cent, while initially given the Polavaram amount, finds CBI government must ensure the retirement of Chief Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) will project contract to Transstroy. justice to the farmers who Secretary SK Joshi on Tuesday. give a yield of 7.6 per cent and Later, a part of the project was had pooled their lands for KCR appointed SK Joshi as mature in 113 months. given to Navayuga. Polavaram banks, a consortium of banks, the state capital at Sonia in saddle, Advisor to state government Interest rates for small sav- irrigation project is also led by Union Bank, has filed Amaravati. on irrigation matters consider- ings schemes are notified on Centre-funded. the complaint with CBI. Ganta wanted the govern- Cong breaks ing his vast experience as sec- a quarterly basis. Searches were conducted Apart from Transstroy India ment to dispel fears of dete- fresh ground retary of irrigation depart- Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao greets new Chief Secretary "The rates of interest on va- in Hyderabad, Vishakapatnam Limited, the company MD riorating law and order sit- in 2019 ment, the department over Somesh Kumar in Hyderabad on Tuesday. rious small savings schemes and several other places in Cherukuri Sridhar, promoter- uation in the state provided 5 which he presided even after the present term of the TRS Since KCR has another four for the fourth quarter of the Telugu states and in New Chairman Rayapati Sambasiva the state capital is located at becoming CS in 2015. government in December years' term left and wants to financial year 2019-20 start- Delhi. Rao, independent non-execu- Visakhapatnam. Although there were sever- 2023. implement various develop- ing January 1, 2020, and end- The accused had obtained tive additional director He said that he was com- al IAS officers senior to Somesh has four years of mental and welfare schemes ing on March 31, 2020, shall loans from Canara Bank, Suryadevar Srinivasa Babji mitted to TDP supremo N TODAY Somesh, the CM chose service left until December without any hitch, he wanted remain unchanged from th- Union Bank of India and sev- and unknown public servants Chandrababu Naidu's deci- ALMANAC Somesh, as the senior IAS 2023; while some of his seniors as CS an officer with four more ose notified for the third qu- eral other banks, officials said.