c m y k c m y k TABLOID Malaika’s a pathaka 19 HE SIAN GE this T NEWA DELHI SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER 2019 A Diwali NATION| Controversy NEWSMAKERS | Wealth Ram temple construction Hawaiian heiress Abigail will start by Dec. 6, says Kawananakoa faces court BJP’s Sakshi Maharaj 2 test to control $215m trust 11 www.asianage.com RNI No. 57290/94, Regd No: DL-SW-05/4189/15-17 Vol. 26 No. 251 | 48 PAGES | `5.00 WINDOWS THE TALE OF TWO THRONES No govt till we get in writing ■ Khattar to stay CM, Chautala to be dy CM CM post will be shared: Sena Haryana’s new govt AGE CORRESPONDENT WRITING ON THE WALL THE 1995 FORMULA MUMBAI, OCT. 26 to be sworn-in today Q Q Q The BJP is considering Newly-elected Shiv Sena The Shiv Sena has said On Saturday, a AGE CORRESPONDENT returning to the 1995 MLAs on Saturday that it has not yet been poster appeared NEW DELHI, OCT. 26 demanded written assur- finalised who will be its outside Matoshree, formula when the first ance from the Bharatiya CM candidate. However, party chief Uddhav Shiv Sena government The Bharatiya Janata Janata Party (BJP) on the party has demanded Thackeray’s resi- came to power in Party-Jannayak Janata sharing the chief minis- that the CM's post must dence, projects Maharashtra. Party coalition govern- ter’s post for two-and-a- be shared for 2.5 years Aaditya Thackeray Q The Sena had won 73 ment will take oath on half years each. The legis- between BJP and Shiv as Maharashtra’s seats and the BJP 65. Sunday, a day after BJP lators of Uddhav Sena. next CM. president Amit Shah Q BJP sources said that Writer and musician Our Lady Thackeray-led part also announced his party’s pushed for Aaditya Uddhavji wants it in writing from the top BJP at that time the BJP was alliance in Haryana with J. attends the 2019 GLSEN given the deputy CM’s Respect Awards in Beverly Thackeray as leadership, be it Amit Shah or Devendra the Jat-dominated party. Maharashtra next CM. Fadnavis, that BJP will stick to the 50:50 formula post and important port- Interim chief minister Hills, California, on Friday. folios like home. — AP Digging its heels in, the and that the CM's seat will be shared equally Manohar Lal Khattar will party has demanded that between the two parties Q But there was no 2/12- be sworn-in as the next the BJP gives the written chief minister of the state, Grenade attack on — Shiv Sena MLA Pratap year split of the chief Incumbent Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar assurance over “equal minister’s post. while JJP’s Dushyant sharing of power” before Chautala will be his being offered sweets by Union minister Ravi Shankar Uddhav Prasad after he was elected as the leader of BJP CRPF convoy in any further talks are held Thackeray deputy. Legislature party in Chandigarh on Saturday. — PTI on the formation of the held a meeting After facing severe criti- Srinagar, 6 Injured next government. with party MLAs at cism over seeking support Srinagar: Six security per- Sena chief Uddhav his residence, where of controversial leader sonnel were injured after Thackeray held a meeting the MLAs reiterated Gopal Kanda, the BJP was Dushyant’s dad granted terrorists threw a grenade with newly-elected party that Aaditya forced to clarify that it will at a CRPF team in MLAs at his residence, Thackeray be not take the support of the Srinagar’s Karannagar area Matoshree, on Saturday made CM Haryana Lokhit Party leg- on Saturday. The attack where the MLAs reiterat- islator. Mr Kanda is facing furlough for two weeks occurred while they were ed their demand that two abetment of suicide AGE CORRESPONDENT chief minister inspecting vehicles at a Aaditya Thackeray be cases, including that of a NEW DELHI, OCT. 26 Om Prakash checkpost. CRPF personnel made the chief minister. former female employee Chautala. After fired in the air in retaliation. “Uddhav Thackeray has and her mother. A majori- Immediately after being expelled Further information was taken a tough stand over Fadnavis likely to take oath ty section within the BJP’s Duhsyant Chautala extend- Ajay from INLD in awaited. sharing of power. He has Haryana unit was not in ed support to BJP, not Chautala 2018, Dushyant Full report on Page 3 demanded a written assur- favour of any sort of asso- merely he bagged the covet- Chautala along ance from the BJP on the ciation with Mr Kanda. ed post of deputy chief min- with his father Ajay same,” said party MLAs. on Nov. 2 or 3 at Wankhede Also, former Union minis- ister, Haryana, but his Chautala founded JJP. “We want the BJP to give ter and party’s national father, Ajay Chautala has The development comes THE ASIAN AGE us in writing on how SONU SHRIVASTAVA Shiv Sena president, BJP leaders, including vice president Uma Bharti been granted furlough for a on a day the BJP staked power would be shared. MUMBAI, OCT. 26 Uddhav Thackeray.” Sudhir Mungatiwar, had cautioned the party period of 14 days. He was claim to form the govern- wishes its readers As per earlier discussions, Interestingly, the BJP Chandrakant Patil, will leadership against taking lodged in Tihar jail after ment in Haryana after the it was decided that chief Even as the Shiv Sena is leader added that the accompany Amit Shah to Mr Kanda’s support. “I conviction in a teacher JJP offered support to the HAPPY DIWALI ministership would be mounting pressure on the party had earlier planned meet with the Sena chief want to clarify one thing recruitment scam along saffron party. shared equally. We want Bharatiya Janata Party to hold the swearing cere- after Diwali. However, ■ Turn to Page 4 with his father and former ■ More on Page 2 the chief minister’s post (BJP) to share the chief mony at Mahalakshmi only Mr Shah will speak for a period of two-and-a- minister’s post for two- Race Course if it had man- with Mr Thackeray,” the half years. Uddhav, how- and-a-half years each, the aged to get a majority on BJP leader said on the ever, will take the final later has started prepara- its own. condition of anonymity. Rahul’s silence on Haryana, Maha call. We have passed a one- tions for chief minister With the BJP short of 40 Meanwhile, the BJP has line resolution, giving Devendra Fadnavis’ seats to form the govern- also called for a legisla- As the offices of this him full powers to take swearing-in ceremony. ment on its own, it has to tive party meeting at the wins speaks of trouble in Congress newspaper will be closed decisions,” Mr Sarnaik A senior party leader take the Shiv Sena on Vidhan Bhavan on today, there will be no said. said on Saturday that Mr board. The Amit Shah-led October 30 to elect its AGE CORRESPONDENT elections. The early this year. edition on Monday According to Mr Fadnavis is likely to be party won 105 seats, while leader in the new legisla- NEW DELHI, OCT. 26 electioneer- Interestingly, when Mrs Sarnaik, Uddhav also sworn-in as the chief min- its ally, the Shiv Sena, tive Assembly. ing was han- Gandhi took over as the made it clear that he had ister for his second term won 56 seats in the recent- Mr Fadnavis would be Congress leader Rahul dled by interim chief of the party, “other options”, but is not on November 2 or 3 at ly-concluded elections. elected the BJP legislative Gandhi’s silence after the Congress the state unit chiefs of both TN kid falls into interested in exploring Wankhede Stadium. With the BJP register- party leader in the meet- election results in Haryana president Maharashtra and Haryana them since the BJP and The senior BJP leader ing a below-par perfor- ing before party observers and Maharashtra were Sonia were replaced. The leaders borewell, stuck the Sena are bound togeth- said, “The swearing-in mance, the Sena is report- sent by the Delhi leader- announced has become a Rahul Gandhi’s who were replaced were Chennai: Rescue operations er by the “Hindutva ideol- ceremony of the new gov- edly playing hardball and ship. topic of hot discussion Gandhi team which chosen by Mr Gandhi and, continued on Saturday to ogy”. ernment is likely to be batting for a 50-50 formula The BJP leader added behind closed doors at the ensured that the party even though there were pull out a three-year-old boy Mr Sarnaik and other completed by November (rotational chief minister- that this will be a mere party headquarters. comes up with respectable several complaints against who fell into an abandoned elected MLAs on Saturday 3. Meanwhile, the discus- ship and meatier portfo- formality since PM Exceeding all expectations, numbers in both the states them, they were neither borewell, even as authorities assembled at Matoshree to sion over sharing of port- lios). Narendra Modi and the the Congress did well in after the drubbing it got in pulled up nor replaced. suffered a setback as child ■ Turn to Page 4 folios would be held with “A team of senior state ■ Turn to Page 4 the recently-concluded the Lok Sabha elections ■ More on Page 2 slipped further inside. The child, who fell into the borewell while playing. Full report on Page 3 Sharif suffers Deepotsav in Ayodhya US lawmakers COUNTERPOINT ‘Bharat Ratna for angina pain seek answers, Bhagat Singh, in hospital assurances Lahore, Oct.