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P Q seemingly turning true with electorally most important state Economic Offenders Act some clarity reaching in at which also happens to have the (FEOA), 2018, as a special % % & least two major States — Uttar home constituency of Prime Prevention of Money '% " % Pradesh (80) and Maharashtra Minister Narendra Modi in Laundering Act (PMLA) court % % (48) — accounting for 128 Varanasi. declared him as a “fugitive %" Lok Sabha seats. For the Congress though, it economic offender” under the Formidable regional tie- does not seem to be part of the new anti-fraud law. December 10, 2018. ups against the ruling BJP have SP-BSP alliance with the In a significant develop- In its plea filed before the ") taken some shape in the last regional powerhouses report- ment that came on the heels of Special PMLA court on June 22 * +,-.+/ % two days with the Samajwadi edly keeping 37-37 LS seats for the Westminster Magistrates last year, the Enforcement & * Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj themselves and leaving barely Court in London ordering Directorate (ED) had urged the 0* Party (BSP) almost set to seal would be up against a fatal its own stable from the likes of six seats for the rest, including Mallya’s extradition to India, court to declare Mallya as % % " a pact in Uttar Pradesh even as NCP-Congress combine. This Anupriya Patel’s Apna Dal and the Congress and the Rashtriya the special PMLA court “fugitive economic offender” %% the Nationalist Congress Party even as a taciturn Shiv Sena Omprakash Rajbhar’s Suheldev Lok Dal. In such a scenario, if declared him a “fugitive eco- and allow it to confiscate all his % " (NCP) has gone ahead forging continues to remain belligerent, Bharatiya Samaj Party. the Congress goes alone in the nomic offender” under the properties, estimated to be 1 % a 20-20 seat sharing deal so far demanding a clear upper hand Though the SP has sound- State, it may provide a marginal Fugitive Economic Offenders around 12,500-crore, mak- % 0 with the Congress in in the assembly polls also due ed on the seat sharing alliance, relief to the BJP, albeit indi- Act, 2018, a law that provides ing it the first such case of its % "-.+/ Maharashtra. this year. there is no word yet from BSP rectly. for confiscation of all his prop- kind registered under the new 00* 0 The BJP will also be up The Congress and NCP chief Mayawati who has been Congress Rajya Sabha erties. FEOA law. 2-.+3 % against a massive challenge in have left eight seats for others unpredictable in the past. member PL Punia said his Though the two proceed- The ED had earlier filed 4 " the national Capital if the rul- that would be finalised later. The BJP, which had won a party is preparing to contest ings are independent of each two complaints for investiga- Q% % ing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Like in UP, it would again be a record 71 Lok Sabha seats ( 73 alone in UP. “A coalition is not other, the authorities expect tion into alleged money laun- & Q% enters into a tie-up with the massive political challenge to with NDA allies) in UP important... Our workers are that the declaration of Mallya dering against Mallya, % %* "' Congress, an announcement the BJP which had posted its in 2104 riding on the Modi ready... We have not spoken as a “fugitive economic offend- Kingfisher Airlines Limited, % for which could be made in the best performance in the 2014 wave, has in recent times faced to anyone about an alliance,” he er” will come in handy and United Breweries Holdings % 0* -.+5"6 coming weeks. Delhi has seven Lok Sabha polls. major reverses losing in said. to press for his early extradition Limited and others for the % % Lok Sabha seats. The political scene in UP Gorakhpur, Phulpur and However, senior from the UK, where the loan default and money laun- % * The BJP, which alone won would get shriller for the BJP- Kairana Lok Sabha by-elections Samajwadi Party leader and absconding businessman is dering scams. "6 *"1 22 seats in Maharashtra and led- National Democratic where BSP had backed SP can- uncle of SP head Akhilesh, appealing against the extradi- The PMLA court had sum- %% 7 % together with Shiv Sena (which Alliance (NDA) if the finality didates. Ram Gopal Yadav tried to tion order passed by moned Mallya to appear before Q % " Q pocketed 18 seats) had swept 40 of SP-BSP alliance is In the eventuality of SP- downplay the reports saying Westminster Magistrates’ it on August 27 last year. % % of the 48 LS seats in the State announced this month amid BSP announcing an official talks of sidelining the Congress Court Chief Magistrate However, Mallaya failed to $7 % "' in the 2014 Lok Sabha poll, growing voices of dissent from seat-sharing pact, the BJP are “imaginary”. Emma Arbuthnot on appear before the court. :0;< % Q 8 8 :0;= % $ % , "9 : % * " &% " ; <6 " ,(!&$6(5 9 6 D O >(!!85? ' 4- )* 9$583(!(!9(85(" ith International shooter (:0;BD % % Wfrom Haryana Manu P iolence involving BJP-RSS Bhaker tweeting about not Vand ruling CPI(M) work- receiving the promised prize # !" 2 $ " ers rocked politically volatile money after winning gold at ! " Q Kannur district in north Kerala the 2018 Youth Olympics in !# #-O " on Saturday with a number of Buenos Aires, Haryana Sports 1 '% houses and shops of rival lead- Minister Anil Vij on Saturday $ % ers and workers being attacked demanded an apology 7 over the Sabarimala issue. from her, disapproving the " Bombs were hurled at sev- “manner” in which she " O : % Q % L eral places, including at the expressed her displeasure. %& 9 = %L Q houses of CPI(M) MLA AN The 16-year-old Bhaker, 9 Shamseer in Madapeedikayil, who won multiple gold in her )* # : %" BJP leader and Rajya Sabha maiden senior World Cup, % ' () %'(* % % member V Muraleedharan at Commonwealth Games, % "& Q Vadiyil Peedikia and former besides the top prize at the "+( Kannur district secretary of Youth Olympics last October, # *"% % CPI(M) P Sasi at Thalassery on Friday reminded the 7 "1 past midnight, police said. Haryana Sports Minister of the issue in public domain. “The correct… Or just Jumla (sic),” # % No one was injured in the promises made after her Youth language she used in her tweet Bhaker had written on Twitter. $$ (& " attacks. Olympic success. She said she is aimed at tarnishing the image “Someone in Haryana is # " The BJP MP’s ancestral did not receive the promised of the State and it is in bad really playing with Youth , - " % % % % home was attacked hours after and right wing outfits after two cash reward of 2 crore for win- taste.” Vij sought an apology Olympic games prize!!!!!.” The ./001 0% bombs were thrown at the women of menstruating age ning a gold at 2018 Youth from Bhaker, saying as per the Haryana Sports Minister said it ( 2 33$ homes of Shamseer and Sasi offered prayers at the Lord Olympics in Buenos Aires. policy of the Government the is disgusting to denounce a 4 % " > L when leaders of the Marxist Ayyappa temple on January 2. Bhaker had posted screen prize money of this year’s award state government which is giv- L % 7 party and BJP-RSS were attend- Besides Kannur, Perambra shots of Vij’s tweets on her twit- winner is given the next year. ing highest awards in the coun- % " %-.+/% ing a peace meeting here. in neighbouring Kozhikode, ter handle, in which he had “The Government has try. “There should be some & -.+3 8 " The attacks, which dis- Malappuram and Adoor in promised her cash award to the given all pending prize money sense of decipline (sic) in play- $$ , 0;?@ rupted normal life, marked Pathanamthitta, where the tune of 2 crore on behalf of the to sportsmen in August ers. Bhaker should feel sorry for 5 6 ;?@% % 0 0 0 %" return of political violence on Ayyappa shrine is located, also State Government. 2018…for those who are left creating this controversy. She $ " large-scale after a gap of over witnessed a series of similar Reacting to the tweets, Vij out a plan is under way and has a long way to go. She ! " " % *-.+/" a year in the sensitive district.