CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI ■ ■ HYDERABAD l saturday l may 11, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 18 l LATE CITY EDITION Delhi court to frame charges against Brij Bhushan Singh | P9 war of words Although I have been talking about RR tax, I did not take anyone’s name. But Revanth gave clarification on it, which implies that he himself accepts it You [Modi] are talking about corruption, while keeping DK Aruna besides you. Do you not check who is a robber before coming to the state? A Revanth Reddy, Telangana CM Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering at the Bhagyanagar Jana Sabha meeting in Hyderabad on Friday| Vinay Madapu Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy waves to the crowd during his Jana Jatara public meeting at Makthal in Mahbubnagar on Friday PM: Cong wants CM: Modi helping to make Hindus Gujarat flourish, 2nd-class citizens fanning hate in TG N a v ya Pa r v at h y @ Hyderabad B k a r t h eek @ Hyderabad Claiming that the Congress is “anti-Hindu by mentality” and wants to make Hindus “second-class citizens” in their own country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi questioned, “Are they talking about vote jihad because of this?” Speaking in Mahbubnagar on Friday, Modi said that the ‘shehzada’ of Congress (Rahul Gandhi), who used to talk about ‘mohabbat ki dukaan’, is now busy dividing the nation and supporting the ‘tukde tukde gang’. The prime minister also later addressed a public meeting in Hyderabad. Referring to Congress aide Sam Pitroda’s recent comments, Modi said that ‘shehzada’s advisor’, who resides in the US, remarked that South Indians resemble Africans. He alleged that this suggests the people of Telangana look like Africans. “You know why, because he does not like your skin colour. Now Congress will decide based on skin colour who is African and who is Indian,” he said. Alleging that the hatred Congress harbours towards Hindus and their culture is being exposed daily, Modi said that the leader who advises ‘shehzada’ has also said that the Ram temple should not have been constructed at Ayodhya. He claimed that the Congress advisor has declared that the construction of the Ram temple and celebrating Ram Navami is against the idea of India. Addressing the gathering, he said, “He has given a certificate that even this is anti-national. Do you perform puja on Ram Navami? Do you wish to have a darshan in Ayodhya? Are you going to commit anti-nationContinued on P6 al activity? Modi questioned. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday alleged that while Prime Minister Narendra Modi is helping Gujarat flourish, he is provoking the people of Telangana to kill each other. The chief minister claimed that there were no investments due to violence in Uttar Pradesh, the state that Modi and other top guns of the BJP have been elected from. He alleged that companies would leave Telangana and land prices would plunge if the BJP promotes violence to come to power in the state. “Let’s assume that the BJP wins five to six seats in the Lok Sabha elections, and attempts to form the government by igniting hatred between religions and communities. There is a possibility of existing investments leaving the state and loss of employment. Should we ruin our lives for the sake of the BJP’s victory?” Revanth asked. Responding to Modi’s allegation that ‘RR tax’ was being collected in the state, Revanth advised the PM to look at the person sitting beside him (Mahbubnagar BJP candidate DK Aruna) when he was speaking about corruption. He sought to know whether the PM was not informed of the ‘antecedents’ of Aruna and her family. “Aruna’s family is into illegal businesses like arrack, stone crusher, contracts and commissions, tenders, wine shops, toddy, sand, land, and mines. They didn’t even leave air, dirt and water. Aruna is a weed in a tulasi garden,” Revanth remarked. He was addressing a street-corner meeting at Shadnagar. Continued on P6 Kejri gets 21 days to hit campaign trail S u c h i t r a K a lya n M o h a n t y @ New Delhi In a major relief to jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court on Friday granted him interim bail till June 1 to participate in the general election campaigns, while imposing certain conditions on him. He was in Tihar jail since March 21 for alleged money laundering tied to the Delhi excise policy scam. In its eight-page order, a two-judge bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna directed Kejriwal to surrender on June 2. Hours later, Kejriwal stepped out of Tihar and thanked the judges for their liberal order. “We have to save the country from dictatorship, I will fight with all my might but need the support of 140 crore people,” he told the media. While rejecting the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) stiff opposition to the bail, the court said, “Arvind E x p r e s s Re a d 12 Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh encounter, 2024 toll reaches 103 Raipur: Security forces on Friday gunned down 12 Maoists during an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, taking the number of Left-wing extremists eliminated so far this year in the state to 103. Two security personnel were also injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by the Naxalites during the operation, police officials said | P9 inside Phone-tapping: NBW issued against Prabhakar rao I P3 Battle lines drawn in Kannauj as Akhilesh strives to reclaim MSY’s legacy I P9 ED names KavithA in fresh LIQUOR SCAM chargesheet New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday filed a fresh chargesheet in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case naming BRS leader K Kavitha and four others as accused, sources said | P4 Kejriwal is the Chief Minister of Delhi and a leader of one of the national parties. No doubt, serious accusations have been made, but he has not been convicted. He does not have any criminal antecedents. He is not a threat to the society .” While the ED argued that the grant of interim bail would amount to placing politicians in a beneficial position compared to ordinary citizens, the bench said, “courts always take into consideration the peculiarities associated with the person in question and the surrounding circumstances.” voter turnout data Poll panel raps Kharge letter M U K E S H RAN J AN @ New Delhi Taking strong exception to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge writing to leaders of the INDIA bloc over the voter turnout data, the ECI on Friday accused him of obstructing the Lok Sabha elections and trying to push ‘a biased narrative’ under the guise of seeking clarifications. The ECI dismissed the charges of mismanagement and delay in the release of the voter turnout data. It also termed the allegations unwarranted and “reflective of a biased and deliberate attempt to spread confusion”. The poll panel said Kharge’s letter came to its notice as it was placed in the public domain in the middle of the electoral process. It found the missive “highly undesirable” and designed to create “confusion, and impediment to the conduct free and fair elections”. Justice at last as two sentenced to life for Dabholkar’s murder Rationalist, anti-superstition activist and founder of the MaharashClose to 11 years after rationalist tra Andhashraddha Nir moolan Dr Narendra Dabholkar was shot Samiti, Dr Dabholkar was shot dead dead in Pune, a special sesby two bike-borne assailants sion court on Friday senon the VR Shinde bridge on tenced two of the accused to August 20, 2013. The shocklife imprisonment while acing murder was initially quitting three others, includprobed by the Pune City Poing alleged key conspirator lice and was handed over the Dr Virendrasinh Tawde. CBI in 2014. All five accused were W h i l e D r Tawd e w a s linked to the Sanatan Sanchargesheeted in September Dr Narendra stha. Apart from Dr Tawde, 2016, Andure and Kalaskar Dabholkar an ENT surgeon, Mumbaiwere chargesheeted in Febbased lawyer Sanjeev Punalekar ruary 2019. The accused were booked and his aide Vikram Bhave were ac- under Indian Penal Code sections 34 quitted for lack of evidence. Sachin (common intention), 120 B (conspirAndure and Sharad Kalaskar, who acy), 302 (murder), relevant sections allegedly shot dead Dabholkar, were of the Arms Act, and Section 16 (terrorism) of the UAPA. convicted. S u d h i r S u r ya w a n s h i @ Mumbai and
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