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 12 SPORT 15 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL LAW OF PAK PM TO MEET IMF CHIEF IN BAYERN MUNICH BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR UNINTENDED RETURNS DUBAI FOR BAILOUT PACKAGE BEAT SCHALKE CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 155 Issue 40 LUCKNOW, MONDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable BALKI IS THE BEST DIRECTOR: SONAM} KAPOOR} 14 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com Gujjars hold Govt to ransom for quota Recuse from Protests turn violent in Dholpur; shots fired, police vehicles torched; trains cancelled Rafale audit: PTI n JAIPUR he Gujjar community agi- Ttation demanding five per cent quota in jobs and educa- Cong to CAG tional institutes turned violent in Dholpur district on Sunday PNS n NEW DELHI Party alleges CAG as shots were fired and three police vehicles torched. day before the Comptroller complicit in deal Unidentified miscreants Aand Auditor General fired 8-10 rounds in the air (CAG) is expected to submit to irregularity, cites while the blockade on the the President a much-awaited Agra-Morena Highway was in report on its audit of big-tick- conflict of interest place, Dholpur Superintendent et military procurements in the of Police (SP) Ajay Singh said. last few years, including the The agitators set afire three controversial Rafale deal, the police vehicles, including two Congress on Sunday accused jeeps and a bus, he added. Gujjar community members set afire police vehicles IANS CAG Rajiv Mehrishi of con- The SP said the protesters flict of interest. also pelted stones, injuring the protest. Administration neighbouring Karauli districts, violent in some areas and saw Addressing a Press four Army jawans, adding that and police will investigate the police said. rail and road traffic being conference, senior police had to lob tear gas shells reasons of the incident. Gujjar The agitation has affected disrupted — warning him Congress leader Kapil done, but how can to disperse the crowd. leader Kirori Singh Bainsla has the train movement in North against violation of court direc- Sibal questioned how Mehrishi CAG investigate himself Chief Minister Ashok appealed to maintain peace so Western Railway (NWR) and tives on agitation. could “investigate himself” when he was the Finance Gehlot called the stone pelting people should listen to him.” West Central Railway (WCR) On Saturday, a Gujjar community members block National Highway 58 in support of their demand since he had been the Union Secretary. There is a clear con- and the torching of vehicles Gujjars are holding a sit-in zones of the Indian Railways Government delegation had for reservation in Ajmer on Sunday PTI Finance (Economic Affairs) flict of interest.” unjustified. “Holding protest is protest on rail tracks in causing inconvenience to com- met Bainsla and his supporters Secretary when Prime Minister The CAG report on the justified but sitting on railway Malarna Dungar of Swai mon people. to hold talks, but no agreement and educational institutions ed that no public or private Narendra Modi announced the The President has to forward tracks is not. Protesters should Madhopur district from Friday The agitators have now could be reached. as promised by the State property should be damaged Rafale deal in April 2015. the CAG report to the Lok come forward for talks. The evening. The agitation started blocking highways con- Bainsla has said that the Government. and rail or railway traffic be dis- Accusing Mehrishi of being Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and the Government is open for dia- spread as Bainsla refused to call necting major cities. community will continue their In the notice pasted by the rupted during any agitation. “complicit” in the “irregulari- Government. The report could logue and has constituted a off the stir. The Rajasthan protest demanding five per Karauli district administration “If the Supreme Court and ties” in the deal, Sibal said there be tabled in Parliament before committee,” he said. As a precautionary mea- Government on Sunday past- cent reservation to the Gujjars, at Bainsla’s Hindaun residence, high court directives are not was no reason or occasion for Wednesday, the last day of the Referring to the violence in sure, authorities have imposed ed a notice at the residence of Raika-Rebari, Gadia Luhar, it has been stated that Supreme followed, you will be held you to audit the 36 Rafale air- Budget Session and the last day Dholpur, Gehlot said, “Anti- prohibitory orders under CrPc Gujjar leader Bainsla — who is Banjara and the Gadaria com- Court and different high courts responsible for contempt of craft deal. of sitting of Parliament before social elements have joined section 144 in Dholpur and leading the protests that turned munities in Government jobs have on several occasions direct- court,” the notice said. “Finance Ministry plays the Lok Sabha elections. an important role in these The Congress leader negotiations... Now it is clear alleged that CAG is going to that the Rafale deal happened completely save the under Rajiv Mehrishi. Now he Government in its report. Bengal Police book is CAG. We met him twice on “The whole deal was mate- Modi vs Naidu turns personal September 19 and October 4, rialised in the supervision of 2018. We told him about the Rajiv Mehrishi who was the BJP’s Mukul Roy for OMER FAROOQ n HYDERABAD Modi invokes NTR’s legacy, questions TDP’s love for Cong; scam. We told him that the deal then Finance Secretary. When should be probed because it is the negotiations started the he year-long bitter political Chandrababu retorts ‘son rise’ jibe with ‘estranged wife’ barb corrupt deal. But how can he Ministry of Finance were part Tfight between the BJP and initiate a probe against himself,” of it,” the Congress leader said. TMC MLA’s murder the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) “Naidu changes his friends measure and questioned the parties, including ruling TDP Sibal said. The Congress has sent a over “injustice” to Andhra before every election and falls treatment Modi had meted staging protest demonstrations, Demanding that Mehrishi memorandum to CAG Mamata’s former Pradesh reached a crescendo on their feet for political gains,” out to his wife Jasoda Ben. waiving black flags and releas- must recuse himself from the Mehrishi on the Rafale deal and on Sunday with Prime Minister Modi said. “You brought triple talaq ing black balloons in the air CAG report, Sibal alleged, reminded him about the ‘car- confidant calls FIR Narendra Modi and Andhra Also alluding to Naidu’s (Bill) but you can’t answer across the State. “This is the corrupt deal and dinal principle of law’. Chief Minister N Chandrababu repeated statements that he questions on those subjects in Continued on Page 4 fair investigation should be Continued on Page 4 politically motivated Naidu turning it into personal was senior to Modi in politics, your personal life,” said a bit- attacks on each other. Modi ridiculed his opponent. ter Naidu. “I am going to attack Yes he (Naidu) is senior You brought triple talaq SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA Taking exception to Modi “Yes he is senior to me in back- you because you attacked me to me in backstabbing his (Bill) but you can’t addressing him as “father of stabbing his father-in-law NT personally”, Naidu said giving father-in-law NT Rama answer questions on SIT to probe he Bengal Police has named Lokesh” at a rally in Guntur on Rama Rao and changing point-by-point rebuttal to the Rao and changing those subjects in your TMukul Roy — BJP leader Sunday, Naidu launched a alliances,” Modi said. other attacks of Modi. alliances personal life and former confidant of TMC counter-offensive by asking, Naidu on his part went bal- Modi’s visit to the State was hooch deaths chief Mamata Banerjee — in “You have estranged your wife. listic answering Modi in equal marred by protests by several NARENDRA MODI N CHANDRABABU NAIDU the murder of Satyajit Biswas, Do you have any respect in the PTI n LUCKNOW a Trinamool Congress MLA family system.” from Krishnaganj in In a reflection of the nadir he Uttar Pradesh govern- Nadia district. File Photo of Trinamool Congress MLA in the relations between the two Tment Sunday night Roy’s name figured among Satyajit Biswas sides, neither Chief Minister announced a probe by a special four accused two of whom Chandrababu Naidu nor any of investigation team (SIT) into the were arrested on Sunday and his Cabinet colleagues were deaths of over 40 people due to remanded in police custody. present at the Gannavaram air- consumption of spurious liquor Demanding an impartial port to receive the Prime in the state. probe into the matter, Roy, the Minister. Only the Chief An official spokesperson erstwhile TMC MP who joined Secretary and the Director said that the SIT has been con- the BJP following differences General of Police were present stituted to make an in-depth with Mamata, termed the FIR as to complete the formality. enquiry into the tragedy that “politically motivated, and said, In his first visit to the State struck Saharanpur and “In the entire State of Bengal since the TDP walked out of Kushinagar districts in the state whenever anybody is killed by the NDA over Centre not giv- last week. their (TMC’s) own people or by ing Special Category Status to The five-member SITis other miscreants, the TMC Andhra, Modi attacked the headed by ADG (Railways) Government tries to implicate Mukul Roy TDP Government in AP as Sanjay Singhal.