Follow us on: facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2019-21 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 Published From WORLD 11 SPORT 15 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL A BEFITTING 81 PERISH IN ATLETICO BEAT JUVENTUS BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR REPLY DHAKA BLAZE 2-0 IN CL CLASH CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 155 Issue 51 LUCKNOW, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable RAVEENA TANDON HELPS MARTYRS’ CHILDREN} } 13 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com India to stop its water into Pak SP bags 37, sacrifices 1 Implementation may take six years as 100-m high dams need to be built for RLD, gives BSP 38 PNS/PTI n NEW DELHI Hon’ble PM Sri @naren- PNS n LUCKNOW while the SP will contest on 37 Akhilesh had said they would dramodi ji, Our Govt. Has seats, the BSP will fight on 38. contest 38 seats each and leave ndia has decided to stop the decided to stop our share of ver a month after Amethi and Rae Bareli — the four seats for other parties Iflow of its share of water to water which used to flow to Oannouncing an alliance pocket boroughs of the including two for Congress. But Pakistan from rivers under the Pakistan. We will divert water for the upcoming Lok Sabha Rahul family — have been left the SP sacrificed one seat from Indus Water Treaty, a move from Eastern rivers and supply polls, the Samajwadi Party (SP) for the Congress. its quota to pacify the RLD to seen as an immediate fallout of it to our people in Jammu & and the Bahujan Samaj Party The three other seats left by remain in the alliance. deadly terrorist attack that Kashmir and Punjab,” Gadkari (BSP) announced the allocation the BSP-SP alliance are As per the list, the SP will killed 40 paramilitary person- v Officials said the Government decision is in no way a violation of the said in a tweet. of seats to each partner on Baghpat, Muzaffarnagar and contest eight Lok Sabha seats in nel in south Kashmir. Indus Water Treaty and is only aimed at getting the rightful due to He further said, “The con- Thursday. Mathura for the RLD. west UP, 16 in east UP, nine in Water Resources Minister people of the country struction of dam has started at In a statement, SP presi- On January 12, when the central UP and two each in Nitin Gadkari tweeted to con- v Under the Indus Water Treaty signed in 1960, the waters of the western Shahpur-Kandi on the Ravi. dent Akhilesh Yadav and BSP SP and BSP announced their Terai and Bundelkhand region. vey the decision of the rivers — the Indus, the Jhelum, and the Chenab — was given to Moreover, UJH project will chief Mayawati announced that alliance, both Mayawati and Akhilesh is likely to contest Government to stop India’s Pakistan and those of the eastern rivers — the Ravi, the Beas, and the store our share of water for use from Kannauj and Mulayam share of water going to Sutlej — to India in J&K and the balance water from Mainpuri. Pakistan. will flow from 2nd Ravi-BEAS The SP has been given all But the actual implemen- v However, while about 95 per cent of the water is being used in India Link to provide water to other the five seats it had won in the tation of the decision may take after the construction of three main dams across the rivers, close to 5 basin States.” 2014 parliamentary elections - up to six years as dams as high per cent water flows to Pakistan Gadkari’s tweets have come Azamgarh, Kannauj, Mainpuri, as 100 metres will have to be barely a week after the grue- Budaun and Ferozabad. In the built to stop such flow, officials Chenab — was given to construction of three main back. Water to Pakistan from some Pulwama terror attack on Lok Sabha by-elections, the said insisting its decision was Pakistan and those of the east- dams across the rivers, close to the three rivers has been flow- February 14 in which as many SP had wrested the prized in no way a violation of the ern rivers — the Ravi, the 5 per cent water or 1.6 MAF ing for 60 years while the as 40 CRFP personnel were Gorakhpur and Kairana seats Treaty and was only aimed at Beas, and the Sutlej — to India. would flow to Pakistan. country needs the same to martyred when a terrorist from the BJP. getting the rightful due to peo- India’s share of water from To gain access to this water, meet needs of its citizens, they rammed an explosives laden Because of its sway in east- ple of the country. the Ravi, the Beas and the Sutlej India is now building more said insisting stopping of its vehicle into a bus carrying ern UP, the BSP will contest 17 Under the Indus Water came to 33 million acres feet dams which will be completed share of water from going to them. New Delhi believes the seats of the region, including Treaty signed in 1960, the (MAF). While about 95 per in six years, officials said. Pakistan is in no way a viola- attack was planned and sup- Ambedkar Nagar from waters of the western rivers — cent of the water was being Another official said the tion of the Treaty. ported by elements in Pakistan. where Mayawati is expected to the Indus, the Jhelum, and the used in the country after the decision was taken two months “Under the leadership of Continued on Page 6 contest. The BSP will contest 11 Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam seats of western UP, eight in CAPSULE Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav central UP and two in Akhilesh has destroyed half of SP address their party workers in Lucknow Bundelkhand region. EPFO FINALISES 8.65 PC UNSC ignores China on Thursday PTI Continued on Page 6 INTEREST FOR 2018-19 NEW DELHI: Retirement fund by giving BSP 38 seats: Mulayam body EPFO has decided to PNS n LUCKOW weakening the prospects of that even as the SP was forging Opp to meet on Feb 26 to provide 8.65 per cent interest on bid, hits out at JeM the party,” Mulayam said while alliances, the BJP was far ahead PF deposits for 2018-19 against xpressing annoyance over addressing party workers at SP in preparations and had already 8.55 per cent in the last year to Ethe Samajwadi Party (SP) State headquarters here in the sent its observers to different plan panel to draw up CMP its 6 crore subscribers, Labour joining hands with the Bahujan presence of media persons on constituencies. PNS n NEW DELHI Minister Santosh Gangwar said for Pulwama attack Samaj Party (BSP), SP patriarch Thursday. The remarks come days on Thursday. All members of the Mulayam Singh Yadav said This is the first time that after SP patriarch created a stir gainst the backdrop of political parties, including the BJP Central Board of Trustees (CBT) AP n UNITED NATIONS / the spokesperson said in a state- that Akhilesh Yadav had “fin- Mulayam has come out open- in Parliament, saying he wished Aand the Congress, making alliance partners for the Lok of EPFO at a meeting here ISLAMABAD ment. ished” the party by deciding to ly against his son and SP chief that Prime Minister Narendra Sabha polls scheduled for next couple of months, the agreed to give a higher interest “It was further decided that contest only 50 per cent of the after the party stitched an Modi returns to power. Opposition leaders are all set to meet on February 26 to dis- for subscribers for the current he United Nations Security Jamat-ud-Dawa and Falah-e- Lok Sabha seats in Uttar alliance with the BSP. The SP patriarch urged the cuss the strategy and formation of a sub-committee for evolv- fiscal, the minister added. The TCouncil on Thursday con- Insaniat Foundation be notified Pradesh. “The fight of the SP is with party workers to approach him ing a common minimum programme (CMP). The meeting to proposal would now go to the demned in strongest terms as proscribed organizations by “By contesting just 40 of the BJP. The party workers if they want a party ticket to be held at Mohali in Punjab is to be attended by top leaders Finance Ministry for approval, “heinous and cowardly” suicide the Ministry of Interior,” he the total 80 seats in the State, should pull up their socks to contest the parliamentary polls like Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Gangwar said after the CBT attack in Pulwama by Jaish-e- added. Akhilesh has finished half the fight and win majority of the and suggested that he could West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, TDP supremo meeting Mohammed. However, it remains to be party. Delaying the announce- seats that the party is contest- “change” any decision taken by N Chandrababu Naidu among others. China had been abortively seen how effective the latest ban ment of candidates is further ing,” he said while conceding Akhilesh. Detailed report on P5 TRIPLE TALAQ ORDINANCE trying to block any reference to would be on the two groups, PROMULGATED AGAIN Jaish-e-Mohammad — the which have the tacit backing of NEW DELHI: The ordinance Pakistan-based terror group the political leaders and the making the practice of instant which has accepted responsibil- security agencies. Surgical strike brains to head DMRC set to open its Govt allows triple talaq a penal offence for ity for the attack — in the state- Earlier, the two outfits were Muslim men was issued for the ment.