* , 8 - 9 & 6 6 6 !"#$% 34#53678, !)1)!12 -!(.$/0 !("/3 9& 95'44 #925 2 "%2%$2 %'.%-24- - '4'3#50 "59%'"3"% 0%2 044'%'4?% 2%42%4932 %-4?%2 54'3A :%-%'4 3"0%7%45 - 2%-3 7- 2%"%-:4@%70%-% ;' *021<33- =)1 ;% % & * 77 +97:;&7,( ! "#!$%# &'($)" &' .3."%4 of a simple majority of 145 Kharge, former Chief Ministers MLAs in the 288-member State Sushil Kumar Shinde, & $ lose on the heels of the BJP Assembly. The BJP’s experience Prithiviraj Chavan and Ashok Cexpressing its inability to of Karnataka on May 19, 2018 Chavan, deliberated on issues form a Government in when BS Yediyurappa resigned relating to the party extending Maharashtra, Governor Bhagat as the Chief Minister without their support to the Sena. Singh Koshyari on Sunday facing a trust vote must have Now that the ball is in the night invited Shiv Sena’s Eknath been on Shah’s mind when he court of the Sena, which has a Shinde, the leader of the second asked the State BJP party lead- strength of 56 MLAs and single-largest party, to indicate ers not to have a go at the for- claims that it enjoys the support its “willingness and ability” to mation of the Government. of another eight MLAs, to form the next Government in Earlier in the afternoon, form a Government, it would the State. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav have to make all-out efforts to NCP chief spokesperson Thackeray in a meeting with reach out to both the NCP and Nawab Malik told reporters on the newly elected Sena MLAs, the Congress, which together Sunday evening, “Shiv Sena who have been lodged at Hotel have a strength of 98 MLAs and needs to first exit from the Retreat at Madh Island in north claim to enjoy support of at NDA as it has one Cabinet post Mumbai, expressed confidence least another 10 Independent (in the Narendra Modi that come what may, his party and smaller party MLAs. Government). Unless it leaves would install its Government. If they come together, the the NDA, we will wait and He had also told his party leg- combined strength of the Sena, +!,,- . watch the developments.” islators that the Sena would not the NCP and the Congress will + ! #() Malik said, “We have not compromise with the BJP on its have a combined strength of yet come to know of a formal core objective of installing its 172 MLAs. 0- '4 decision by the Congress (on man as the next Chief Minister Though Sena spokesper- the Government formation of Maharashtra. son Sanjay Raut has been meet- early 90 people have been issue). Our president Sharad ! "#$ # Minutes after the BJP con- ing Pawar on a regular basis in Narrested and action taken Pawar has said the NCP and % ! & ! #() veyed its lack of inclination in recent times, the Sena had not against over 8,000 social media Congress will take a combined formation of a Government in made the first approach to posts as authorities maintained decision in the matter. The in the State while Pawar met refused to extend its support to Bhavan said. the State, hectic activity and either the NCP or the Congress a tight vigil in the temple town Congress MLAs will convey some of his party leaders in its senior ally over the con- The party took the decision deliberations were witnessed in till late on Sunday night to seek and elsewhere in the country in their mood to their party lead- Mumbai. Later talking to tentious issue of rotational after its core group members the camps of the Sena, the NCP support to form the next the wake of the Ayodhya ver- 0- '4 ers who will in turn discuss reporters in Jaipur, Kharge Chief Ministership. held two rounds of discussions and the Congress about the Government. dict, while Hindu and Muslim with their Central party high reiterated his party’s stand of “On Saturday, Fadnavis and also confabulated with emerging political situation Though Pawar has been religious leaders exhorted peo- oon after the five-judge command. Similarly there will sitting in the Opposition in was called upon to express his party’s national president Amit that may lead to the formation maintaining that the NCP- ple to maintain communal SBench of the Supreme Court be discussions in our party. The Maharashtra, while Pawar said willingness and ability to form Shah on the party’s inability to of a Sena-led Government in Congress alliance was pre- harmony after a meeting with led by Chief Justice of India Central leaders of the two par- he would react only to an offi- the Government. However, form a Government without the State. pared to sit in the Opposition National Security Adviser Ajit (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi delivered ties will take a final decision in cial statement from the Sonia today, he has shown unwill- the Sena’s support. While Uddhav held meet- based on the mandate the two Doval on Sunday. an unanimous verdict in the the matter”. Gandhi-led party. ingness. The Governor has, Shah, through video-con- ings with senior party leaders, parties had received in the Action has been taken highly sensitive Ayodhya land Congress general secretary In a day of dramatic devel- therefore, asked the leader of ferencing from the national Pawar talked with his party col- Assembly polls, his party for- against 8,275 posts, including dispute case on Saturday, the Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday opments, the BJP leaders had elected members of the second Capital, is understood to have leagues at his “Silver Oak” res- mally indicated that it would 4,563 posts on Sunday, UP Centre has enhanced their met the party’s newly elected earlier in the evening called on largest party, Sena, to convey its advised the State BJP leaders idence all through the day. In not be averse to extending its police said, adding these had security by deploying addi- MLAs from Maharashtra, who the Governor and conveyed willingness and ability to form against accepting the invite for Jaipur where newly elected support to the Shiv Sena on been posted on Facebook, tional troops, barricades and are staying at a resort in Jaipur, their party’s inability to form a the Government to him,” a forming the Government at a Congress MLAs are putting up, certain conditions. Twitter and YouTube. mobile escort teams. to discuss the political situation Government after the Sena news release put out by Raj time when it is 25 MLAs short senior party leaders, including Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 R % '( # # ) '& &'1 0- '4 #5'#%%6 0- '4 ollution levels in the nation- ith swirling wind ram- P Pal Capital remained in the Wming at a speed of 135 !"#$#! “very poor” category again on km per hour, cyclone Bulbul " Sunday with officials claiming wreaked havoc in three districts # that acting on a slew of direc- of coastal Bengal killing at least $ tions from the Supreme Court, 10 people and affecting more % & implementing agencies have than 3 lakh on Sunday with taken “major action” at 13 pol- Prime Minister Narendra Modi ' $ lution hot spots, including and Home Minister Amit Shah &(( % closing 23 polluting industrial reviewing the situation. They units, over the last three days. spoke with West Bengal Chief & According to private Minister Mamata Banerjee, &' weather forecast agency assuring her all Central aid in ' )$)** Skymet, Delhi’s air quality the wake of the nature fury. plunged once again to the very “Reviewed the situation in + ,& poor level. On Saturday, Delhi’s the wake of cyclone conditions & air quality continued to remain and heavy rain in parts of $- in “moderate” category with a observed by the Monitoring Vihar, Surajmal Vihar, Eastern India. Assured all pos- . % #/ slight improvement since the Committee, the municipal cor- Mansarovar Park, Sultanpur sible assistance from the $ - day before. porations have lifted 400 met- Road, Mundka to Karala Road, Centre. I pray for everyone’s & ( After the apex court direct- ric tonnes of construction and Alipur Road among others. safety and well-being,” the PM ed a three-member Monitoring demolition waste, 1,200 metric The Traffic Police removed wrote on Twitter. Making a )') Committee to oversee the tonnes of garbage, 150 kg of bottlenecks from Vikash Marg, landfall near Sagar Islands, , !/0# P *+, implementation of pollution- plastic waste, and Malka Ganj, Vivekanand Marg, about 120 km from Kolkata at 1 ! #() -./"0 control measures, its chair- mitigated 10 incidents of RK Puram Sector-2 and others, 9 pm on Saturday, Bulbul took 0+ " man Bhure Lal visited the hot garbage burning. and issued 52 challans to vio- into its vortex three districts of Disaster Management Javed the Minister maintained. still not sure about their fate,” spots of Wazirpur, Ashok The Delhi Pollution lators. North 24 Parganas, South 24 Khan, adding at least 26,000 Unofficial sources said said a local. (, & Vihar, Punjabi Bagh, Dwarka Control Committee sealed 23 Currently, Delhi-NCR is Parganas and East Midnapore houses have been partially death toll could go further up Out of the dead people five + % & and RK Puram on November units in various industrial areas experiencing air quality in smashing thousands of houses. affected while about 4 thousand as a trawler had sunk near the were from Basirhat, two from 8 and Narela, Bawana, for violation of environmental “very poor” category. The same “We have information of were fully damaged and 1.8 lakh mudflat at Kakdwip. South 24 Parganas and one &1 Jahangirpuri, and Mundka on norms, the officials said. Roads air quality is likely to continue about seven deaths out of which people being evacuated.