* ( RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 ' "'./01 ,-,- . /!0 $$ , ,12 $3 #+,)'./*0 0+-/* .)*#(0+'/%+ -+/*' +',.#/,)+ 0#+)'-++7+*8(-+*+ % =%";12 '' 13 4 5+ 234 .1256.789.5:1.;<6 !" #$%&! %# '( ! "$% !& R ! " #%&'( said, “The Congress workers the Congress and the BJP, she are not at all disappointed on had said while the former had day after it was left high being left out of the alliance. imposed Emergency in the )* Aand dry by the Samajwadi On the contrary, they are say- country, the latter was respon- Party (SP) and the Bahujan ing that the party would have sible for the current state of n a clear indication that the Samaj Party (BSP) forging an had to contest on 25 Lok Sabha “undeclared Emergency”. IBJP is now ready to accom- alliance, the Congress on seats, but now they would be Azad on Sunday accused modate leaders in 75-year age Sunday announced it will con- contesting on all the 80 seats of the BJP of dividing the coun- category in important posi- test all the 80 Lok Sabha seats the State.” On possibilities of an try for power and claimed that tions, the party on Sunday in Uttar Pradesh on its own alliance with the Rashtriya Lok the saffron party had failed to appointed senior legislator strength. However, the Dal, Azad said that he would fulfil any of its poll promises. Gulab Chand Kataria as the Congress has kept the doors of not like to speak to the media “The coming Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition in the a possible alliance open saying on this issue. election is a battle to unite India Rajasthan Assembly. The 74- the Congress would accom- Announcing that very and safeguard the democratic year-old Kataria was also select- modate any secular force capa- soon party president Rahul values,” he said. ed as the leader of the BJP leg- ble of taking on the ruling Gandhi will launch rallies at Attacking Prime Minister islature party while seven-time Bharatiya Janata Party in the different places in the State on Narendra Modi, the Congress MLA Rajendra Rathore was Lok Sabha election. support of the party candidates, leader said, “Modi is not con- chosen as his deputy. The Congress has not been Azad, who is the Leader of the cerned about the country, he is Former Chief Minister ! ! in power in Uttar Pradesh Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, bothered about his own chair. Vasundhara Raje, who has now #! $% since the Babri Masjid demo- said that some regional parties One of the biggest scams has been completely marginalised # lition in 1992. The State has can too join them in the State taken place during the tenure in the BJP scheme of things, been governed alternately by thus predicting the inclusion of of this Government. The proposed the name of Kataria & ! Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav’s Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) in Government has not gone for as the leader of BJP legislature $%! #! Samajwadi Party. their fold. Claiming that there a probe. Not going for a probe party, which was seconded by But the Congress plan to is issue of leadership among the does not mean that the scam the party MLAs unanimously. contest the bulk of Lok Sabha anti-BJP parties and the issue has not been committed.” “There was only one pro- seats is expected to cut into the of the next Prime Minister Stating that the Congress posal for the post,” the party’s ! votes of the alliance. It is also will be decided after the elec- had always put the country national general secretary Arun expected to irk Mayawati and tions. before everything else, he cited Singh told reporters after the in the former Vasundhara Raje Akhilesh, who have lent sup- ! On Saturday, BSP chief the examples of the party sac- meeting. He said Rathore was Government. port to the Congress "! $% Mayawati and SP president rificing power in Jammu and chosen as the deputy leader by Kataria was first elected as Governments in Madhya Akhilesh Singh Yadav Kashmir to strengthen Sheikh Kataria. MLA in 1977, then in 1980. He Pradesh. modate some secular political Congress will double its tally of out of the SP-BSP alliance, the announced their parties would Abdullah and how it had sac- Kataria’s elevation shows has won all Assembly elections After a brainstorming ses- parties in their alliance in UP, seats, which it had secured in Congress general secretary contest 38 seats each and leave rificed power to put an end to that the BJP has decided to since 1993, remaining a mem- sion with senior party leaders, it said that very soon the lead- the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. said: “We wanted that Congress out two seats — Amethi and terrorism in Mizoram. downsize Raje, who is not on ber of the House. Governor Congress general secretary and ership will start selecting the During the 2009 Lok Sabha should have been a part of the Rae Bareily — for the Congress. “The Congress has been the best terms with the Central Kalyan Singh will administer incharge of UP Ghulam Nabi candidates and party presi- elections, the Congress had grand alliance (against the BJP) Mayawati said her party never fighting for the rights of the leaders. Though Raje herself him oath of office on Monday. Azad, said, “There was a dent Rahul Gandhi will address bagged 21 seats. in UP. But, if someone does not gained from an alliance with poor, farmers, backward castes proposed the name of Kataria, Rathore has earlier served demand from the party rank public rallies at different parts To a question whether his want to walk along, then noth- the Congress and held it and Dalits since even before it’s well known that Kataria has as the Parliamentary Affairs and file for contesting the elec- of the State. party will not forge a coalition ing could be done.” On the responsible for the plight of Independence and after been her nemesis in the Minister in the State. tions alone in UP, which had Addressing a Press confer- with any political party, Azad post-poll alliance with the SP backward castes. Independence, it is following Rajasthan politics for a long Union HRD Minister and been accepted by the leader- ence here on Sunday Ghulam said, “If any political party is and BSP, Azad said that at the “We do not gain from an the same ideology,” he said. time. party’s poll incharge in the ship and now the party will Nabi Azad said, “The Congress willing to join hands, and the national level, the Congress alliance with the Congress, On the possibilities of an Kataria will also be the pro- State Prakash Javadekar, contest the elections with full will contest on all the 80 Lok Congress feels that it can fight welcomes all the secular whereas the vote transfer is per- alliance with the Ajit Singh-led tem speaker to conduct the first national spokesperson strength.” Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP, then it will be definitely regional parties. fect in an SP-BSP tie-up,” Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Azad meeting of the newly elected Sudhanshu Trivedi and party’s Announcing that the and defeat the BJP.” Azad also be accommodated.” Replying to another ques- Mayawati had said. said he would not like to speak Assembly. He is an eight-time State president Madan Lal Saini Congress is ready to accom- expressed hope that the On the Congress being left tion on SP-BSP alliance, Azad Drawing a parallel between to the media about it. MLA and was Home Minister were present in the meeting. / &' " ( ! ! !%% R ) ! * P '+(,+#-) Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) $%&' ( ) !"##$#%$ " that Chopra was comments questioning the seek the removal, the depar- '%' !"'$*%+, he Rajasthan police on a Pakistani agent who had '+(,+#-) Singh, Modi also came down credibility of Justice Sikri for ture, the exit of the collabora- -''*%%#$ % TFriday night arrested an honey-trapped not just Singh on the Congress for the 1984 supporting Prime Minister for tor for violating the $ Army jawan posted in many other fellow soldiers as rime Minister Narendra riots that took place removing Verma as the CBI Constitution -- the CVC (chief Jaisalmer after he was alleged- well. Singh who is married PModi on Sunday attacked following the assassination of director within 24 hours of vigilance commissioner). He )' ly honey-trapped by a Pakistan- claimed that he did not know the previous Congress the then Prime Minister Indira being reinstated by the must go. It is irrelevant whether based ISI operative whom he of Chopra’s antecedents till she Government for its inability to Gandhi. Referring to the ! Supreme Court. he resigns or is sacked, but he civil surgeon posted in met on the Facebook. started blackmailing him. bring Kartarpur Sahib under Kartapur Sahib corridor, he Retired Justice AK must go,” Congress spokesper- AUjjain district hospital has The jawan has been Singh had met Anika on India during partition. said now devotees do not have '+(,+#-) Patnaik’s revelations that the no son Abhishek Manu Singhvi been removed after a video accused of passing crucial Facebook in 2016 shortly after Releasing a commemora- to look at the shrine in Pakistan corruption charges were found said at AICC Press confer- purportedly showing him inti- information to the Pakistani being commissioned into the tive coin as part of the 350th using binoculars and they he controversy surrounding against Verma was also being ence. mated with a nurse in an oper- agent. Army. birth anniversary celebrations could visit the place without Tthe unceremonious flagged in the social media. The Congress alleged that ation theatre went viral on The Pakistani agent under Singh, who hails from of 10th Sikh guru Guru Gobind visa using the corridor.