6 !# * # * * SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' !"#$%&'( .(,(., 8 5.'0) 67 .' 69 ,($)97 "'$(%)"(7$ % + 1'):% ' ! " # ""#$!#% %#%#% +3'' 3$ N)7 %') 113)%9 :$1%)$1' #&#%%# ' 1 .; 5< = 7 % ) * )%+*,-%./ %', R $%&%'() in the first list. “Talks on anoth- is yet to make his choice er 4-5 seats, including those 1%1 between the Congress and ! fter both the NDA and that the BJP could not win in $1 O RJD. A Lok Sabha member AOpposition parties nearly 2014, are still going on. If they +, + from Patna Shahib con- formalised their respective are not finalised by then, those ./ ! stituency, the Shotgun has alliance for the Lok Sabha names would be announced .0 2 ! 3 repeatedly asserted he would polls, the focus has now shift- later,” the leader said. ! contest from his old seat. ed on selection of candidates The State BJP core com- ./ .5 Sinha may have kept sus- amid intense lobbying by the mittee meeting was held in pense over his choice of party, aspirants. Mumbai here on Thursday, but there are enough indica- The central election com- where names of probable can- tions that he will seek re-elec- mittee (CEC) of the BJP is didates were recommended to CEC. announced its candi- tion on the ticket of either of expected to meet on March 16 the BJP’s national parliamen- Meanwhile, the date for the contentious them. However, Azad will and 18 to decide the names of tary committee. NCP announced its Ahmednagar and have to wait for the outcome candidates for the seats going “Once the national com- first list of candidates Madha seats. Pawar of talk between the Congress to the polls in the first phase of mittee finalises the nominees, on Thursday. Party chief Gulabrao Devkar from Jalgaon, was expected to contest from and RJD before he knows his the Lok Sabha polls, beginning the final list will be announced Sharad Pawar’s daughter Udyanraje Bhosale from Satara, Madha but recently declared fate. on April 11. on March 16,” another senior Supriya Sule figures in the first Dhananjay Mhadik from he won’t do so. RJD reportedly is plan- 7',/'!'+.'& (&&!,!! !8 The CEC may announce its BJP leader said. With 48 seats, list of 12 candidates. The list Kolhapur, Sanjay Dina Patil The Opposition ning to field Md Ali /&/!&'('*'+ *!'&(8!'!9''!9+% ! 8 first list of candidates for Maharashtra sends the second does not include the name of (Mumbai North East) and Mahagathbandhan in Bihar is Ashraf Fatmi, who has been a Maharashtra, Karnataka and highest number of Pawar’s grand nephew Parth Anand Paranjpe from Thane. also likely to announce the longtime associate of Lalu urged them to allow the visit of Uttar Pradesh on March 16. Parliamentarians after Uttar Pawar, as it does not mention Others in the list include seat-sharing arrangement on Prasad Yadav. pilgrims for all seven days a Names of some candidates for Pradesh, which has total 80 Maval constituency from where Rajendra Shingane from March 17 in Patna. There the Meanwhile, BSP chief week without any break,” he other States going to polls in constituencies. Presently, BJP the young politician is likely to Buldhana, Rajesh Vitekar constituents of the grand Mayawati on Thursday gave said after the meeting. the first phase on April 11 also has 21 Lok Sabha members be fielded. from Parbhani and Babaji alliance will waste no time in final touches to the list of can- India emphasised that the may be announced on that day. from Maharashtra, followed Sule has been renominat- Balaram Patil from the Kalyan releasing their list of candi- didates for the Lok Sabha corridor should be absolutely Names of more candidates will by Shiv Sena’s. The Central ed from the Pawar family turf seat. The NCP has left the dates, which are nearly ready. elections and discussed other $%&%'()* ) visa-free, Das said. “There be announced on March 18. leadership is also expected to Baramati, which she repre- Hatkanangale seat for Suspense remains on the important electoral issues at a should not be any additional BJP chief Amit Shah on release the list of 22 of 28 sents in the outgoing Lok Swabhimani Shetkari candidature of suspended BJP party meeting in Lucknow. ndia on Thursday sought encumbrances in the form of Wednesday had personally met Karnataka Lok Sabha seats on Sabha. Sanghatna chief Raju Shetti. MP Kirti Azad and BJP MP The BSP president held a Ivisa-free access from any documentation or proce- ticket aspirants and received March 16. The State core com- Prominent among those The Pawar-led party has field- Shatrughan Sinha. Azad, who meeting with important dis- Pakistan for 5,000 pilgrims per dure,” he added. their credentials. mittee will meet on March 15 named are former Irrigation ed Mohammad Faizal from represents Darbhanga in Lok trict and division-level leaders day to the historic Sikh shrine India also wants Pakistan Around 18 candidates of to finalise the names of candi- Minister Sunil Tatkare from Lakshadweep. Sabha, formally joined in Uttar Pradesh, a party in Kartarpur. This was con- to allow devotees who want to Maharashtra will be announced dates which will be sent to the Raigad, former State Minister The party has so far not Congress last week, but Sinha release issued here said. veyed to the Pakistani delega- travel on foot to the shrine tion at a meeting here to dis- across the border. cuss the opening of a planned A statement earlier said the corridor for pilgrims between first meeting between officials +%*!9+ +!*'' 7!' Punjab’s Gurdaspur district of India and Pakistan to discuss and Kartarpur Sahib across the modalities for opening the the border. Kartarpur corridor was held in " 'R #1 Q" 3R licity committee of the BJP for “From our side, we have a “cordial environment”. the ensuing general elections, pressed for at least 5,000 pil- The Indian delegation was 1 -, has quoted a part of the letter. grims per day to be allowed to led by SCL Das, Joint Secretary “Pt Nehru’s infamous letter to visit the holy Sikh shrine in the in the Ministry of Home $%&%'() $%&%'() inal sinner” who favoured Chief Ministers’ dated August 2, initial phase,” SCL Das, Joint Affairs. The Pakistani team China over India for permanent 1955, states ‘informally, sugges- Secretary in the Ministry of was headed by Mohammad he flip-flop on the alliance ar of words erupted membership into the United tions have been made by the Home Affairs, told the media. Faisal, Director General (SA & Twith the AAP in Delhi, the Wbetween the Congress Nation Security Council. United States that China should This was the first meeting SAARC) of its Ministry of latest being Congress asking its and the BJP on Thursday after “Weak Modi is scared of be taken into the United Nations between an Indian and a Foreign Affairs, the statement workers views on the party’s China blocked the United Xi. Not a word comes out of his but not in the Security Council, Pakistani delegation since ten- said. Shakti app regarding stitching Nation Security Council move mouth when China acts against global terrorist, the question on & that India should take her sions between the two coun- “Both sides held detailed tie-up with Arvind Kejriwal has to designate Jaish-e India. NoMo’s China every Indian’s mind is, what place in the Security Council.” tries spiked after the terror and constructive discussions on led to differences within the Mohammad chief Masood Diplomacy: 1. Swing with Xi in was the use of all the swinging Addressing a Press confer- attack in Pulwama, followed by various aspects and provisions Delhi Congress. Azhar as a global terrorist. Gujarat 2. Hug Xi in Delhi 3. with Modi and President Xi,” ence Union Minister Ravi retaliatory air strikes on of the proposed agreement Sheila Dikshit and Ajay While Congress president Bow to Xi in China,” read the Congress tweeted. Shankar Prasad also slammed Pakistan’s Balakot. and agreed to work towards Maken have taken heads on Rahul Gandhi hit out at Prime Rahul’s post on Twitter. Quoting a letter written by the Congress president. “Rahul Das said Delhi wanted expeditiously operationalising with the former expressing her Minster Narendra Modi, saying Congress used this to tar- Nehru to Chief Ministers on is in celebratory mood when access for both Indians and the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor,” desire to have no truck with the “This is Rahul’s decision. It he was weak and scared of get the BJP Government and August 2, 1955. Jaitley said, the country stands pained over people of Indian origin to the the statement said. AAP which uprooted the 15- is under the direction of Rahul Chinese President Xi Jinping, termed Modi’s foreign policy “a “The original mistake, both on this attitude of China…What shrine, located where Sikhism’s Technical experts from year rule of Congress in Delhi. that this referendum, in a way, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley series of diplomatic disasters.” Kashmir and China, was com- has happened to you Rahul? founder Guru Nanak Dev both sides discussed the align- On the other hand, Maken is is being done. So, if anyone is said first Prime Minister “With China having blocked mitted by the same person.” Your tweet must be headline spent the last years of his life. ment and other details of the pushing for an alliance with the questioning in the Congress, Jawaharlal Nehru was the “orig- our bid to designate Masood a Jaitley, who heads the pub- news in Pakistan,” Prasad said. “We have also strongly proposed corridor. AAP to keep the BJP away on the decision of Rahul, I think seven Lok Sabha seats in the it’s wrong.