KOZHIKODE l MONday l may 13, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 14 l city EDITION With a neighbour like China, India must learn to compete: Jaishankar Boosting domestic manufacturing will help India grow its influence and compete with China, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said ‘Diplomacy is a work of patience’ Speaking to PTI on the border dispute, he reiterated that there cannot be a normal relationship between India and China, as long as there is no peace and tranquillity at the border. “If somebody is at your front door in an unfriendly manner, you are not going to go out there and act as though everything is normal,” he said, adding that diplomacy is a work of patience ■ 12.87% adding muscle to India’s foreign policy ■ On boosting domestic manufacturing, Jaishankar said building strength at home will allow India to pursue a strong foreign policy “If I can build up my manufacturing... I think you are going to find the foreign policy has much more resources and much more tools in its toolkit to actually influence the world,” the external affairs minister explained Average yearly growth of India-China bilateral trade between 2015 and 2022 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 Close contests expected in Bihar’s Begusarai and Ujiyarpur, Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj R A J E SH KUMA R THAKU R Phase 4 factoids Sabha seats going 96 Lokpolls in 10 States/UTs to 17.7 crore 1,717 eligible topeople vote, @ New Delhi The electoral fate of Union minister Giriraj Singh, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi, and TMC’s firebrand leader Mohua Moitra will be decided on Monday as the fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls will be held across 10 states and Union territories. This phase of polling is keenly watched because a number of political heavyweights, including four Union ministers, are seeking re-election. Giriraj Singh and MoS Home Affairs Nityanand Rai are fighting from Bihar’s Begusarai and Ujiyarpur, respectively, while MoS Ajay Mishra Teni, whose son is an accused in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, is eyeing a hat-trick from the Uttar Pradesh constituency. Another Union minister, Arjun Munda, is looking to keep his seat from Jharkhand’s Khunti. Nityanand Rai, considered to be right-hand of top BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, is pitted against RJD candidate Alok Kumar Mehta in the Kushwaha-Yadav-dominated Ujiyarpur LS seat in Bihar for a third consecutive term. Among the other prominent candidates are actor-turned politicians Shatrughan Sinha (TMC), who is contesting from West Bengal’s Asansol, Asadud- candidates of which 8.73 in the fray are women All 25 seats in Andhra, 17 in Telangana, 13 in UP, 11 in Maharashtra, 8 each in MP and West Bengal, 5 in Bihar, 4 in Jharkhand, 4 in Odisha, and 1 in Jammu & Kashmir going to polls Andhra Assembly polls Voting to take place for all 175 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, which is facing a triangular contest involving YSRC, Congress-led INDIA bloc, and the NDA comprising BJP, TDP, and Jana Sena Party. Twenty-eight Assembly seats of Odisha are also going to polls din Owaisi who is pitted against BJP’s Madhavi Latha in Hyderabad, and Andhra Congress chief Y S Sharmila (Kadapa). Akhilesh Yadav, who entered the fray at the last minute by replacing his nephew Tej Pratap, is seeking to wrest SP family bastion Kannauj from the BJP TMC’s Mahua Moitra, . who was expelled from the Lok Sabha over the cash-for-query allegations, is seeking re-election from Krishnanagar. The fifth phase of polls will be held on May 20. RMP leader’s ‘porn speech’ lands UDF in trouble, front begins damage control E x p re s s N e w s Ser v i c e @Kozhikode Sensing trouble after RMP leader K S Hariharan’s sexist remarks against former health minister K K Shailaja and actor Manju War rier evoked strong criticism from all corners, the UDF leadership swung into damage-control mode on Sunday . “Will anyone make a porn video of the teacher (Shailaja)? If it’s of Manju Warrier, one could understand it,” Hariharan had said in the presence of Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan and the UDF Vadakara candidate Shafi Parambil on Saturday He was ad. dressing an anti-communal rally organised by the opposition front. After drawing flak from all corners, Hariharan regretted his statement in a Facebook post last evening. However, the UDF leadership realised by Sunday morning that a mere expression of regret was not enough to douse the flames of rage sparked by the insensitive remarks, and the front Hariharan’s house attacked Kozhikode: An explosive device was thrown at K S Hariharan’s house near Calicut University, triggering panic. The police said preliminary probe indicated the explosive was similar to firecrackers. Witnesses reported seeing two people on bikes near the spot. The exact motive behind the alleged attack is not known. leaders made a beeline for denouncing Hariharan’s statement. Terming the remark as “completely wrong”, Satheesan said the UDF ● More on P4 does not endorse it. Pawar vs Vikhe Patil clan joust in Ahmednagar SUDHI R SU R YAWA N SHI @ Mumbai When Maharashtra revenue minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil’s son Sujay failed to get the Congress ticket for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he joined the BJP and won the Ahmednagar seat by 2,77,597 votes against the NCP’s Sangram Jagtap. This time, Jagtap is on Sujay’s side since the former is part of the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP Yet, . Sujay is facing a tough contest as his challenger is Nilesh Lanke of Sharad Pawar's NCP. Lanke resigned as NCP MLA from Parner and joined the Sharad Pawar faction to enter the poll fray . The Ahmednagar LS seat has been a BJP bastion for the past 20 years. For the first time, it has been challenged by someone who is well connected at the grassroots level. Known for his simplicity, Lanke is just a phone call away for not just for party workers but the common citizen as well. Although the contest is between Sujay and Lanke, its roots lie in a decades-old feud between Sharad Pawar and the Vikhe Patil clan spanning three generations. Sujay’s grandfather Balasaheb Vikhe Patil and Sharad Pawar were locked in a tussle over controlling co-operative sugar factories in the region. In 1991, the then Congress leader Sharad Pawar denied Balasaheb the Ahmednagar ticket. Ahead of 2019 polls, Radhakrishna—who was then with the Congress—had lobbied hard for Sujay’s nomination from Ahmednagar. But Pawar refused to let the constituency go to the Congress and fielded Jagtap. Both Sujay and Radhakrishna then defected to the BJP . Sujay has a powerful family legacy His father is a minister, as was . his grandfather. His great grandfather Vithalrao started Asia’s first co-operative sugar factory at Illustration: Mandar Pardikar Poll fate of four ministers to be sealed today Nilesh Lanke (left) and Sujay Vikhe Patil Pravaranagar in Ahmednagar district. Besides, Sujay has a vast network of medical and engineering colleges in the district. The Ahmednagar Lok Sabha constituency has six assembly segments, two of which elected BJP MLAs, one is held by Ajit Pawar’s NCP and the rest by the Sharad Pawar faction of the NCP . For Sujay, his father Radhakrishna’s constituency Rahat falling in the Shirdi Lok Sabha seat is a disadvantage. He also committed the blunder of mocking Lanke’s lack of fluency in English and Hindi. It was seen as an affront by the Marathi speaking masses. Lanke craftily turned it into a rich versus common citizen narrative. Besides, Lanke’s free Covid relief centres at Parner have good recall value. Sujay is banking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charisma, the party’s electoral machinery and his own network for his reelection. When the poll verdict is announced on June 4, the Ahmednagar outcome would be keenly watched. Ahmednagar goes to polls on May 13. express read Mystery over death of tusker Chikkamagaluru: A lone tusker was found dead under mysterious circumstances near Kanchinakaldurga in Aldur forest range in Karnataka’s Chikkamagaluru district. It is suspected the jumbo might have been electrocuted. Boy suffers severe burns Kannur: A five-yearold boy with speech impairment suffered severe burns after being made to drink boiling milk at an anganwadi in Pinarayi, Kannur. The incident took place last Tuesday. The police have registered a case against anganwadi helper V Sheeba. P4 Nurse ensures dignified end for man, 5 months post death Surabhi Mohan and Salim did not know each other for long. The Kollam District Hospital, where Surabhi is a senior staff nurse, and where Salim was admitted last December, was the sole link between them. Yet, when Salim passed away in January and his body remained in the ICU, passed away in January . unclaimed for five months, Surab- The body was shifted to the mortuhi came forward and gave ary where it lay for months , Salim the dignified farewell with none coming forward he deserved. Her reason for to claim the mortal remains. doing it: Duty . On April 28, following a Salim was admitted to health department directhe hospital on December tive, arrangements were 12, 2023, with respiratory ismade to transfer his body to sues and after three weeks Surabhi Mohan the Kollam Medicity Hospi- tal where it would be used for anatomical study That’s when Surabhi . stepped forward. “On April 28, upon receiving orders for Salim’s transfer, I felt a sense of duty towards him. Having cared for him in his final days, I couldn’t bear the thought of him departing to anonymity Surabhi ,” ● More on P4 told TNIE. Alleged victim in HD Revanna case says she was not kidnapped E XP R E SS N E WS S E R VIC E @ Mysuru In a major twist in the sexual assault case in which JDS MLA HD Revanna was arrested, a video clip has surfaced on social media, in which a woman said to be the victim, says was not kidnapped and Revanna and his son Prajwal Revanna are innocent. The woman was a domestic help at Revanna’s house when she was allegedly sexually assaulted. The video comes a day ahead of Revanna’s bail plea is to be heard in a special court on Monday In the clip, the . woman says she had visited her relative’s house in Hunsur for a few days. But when she saw the news on TV channels that her son Raju had filed a police complaint against Revanna, his close aide Satish Babu and Prajwal, she was shocked, she claimed. “I was worried why my son had filed a complaint when I was not kidnapped by anybody I want . to clarify that Revanna, Prajwal Revanna and Babanna (Satish Babu) did not harm me. They have looked after me very well. I have no connection to the video (sleaze video of Prajwal Revanna) released on mobile phones. Nobody harmed me. I have not done anything wrong. I was shocked after news was aired regarding my son filing the police complaint,” she said. The woman also assured the family members she is fine and will return home soon. “Nobody should panic. I am in a safe place. I request the police not to harass my family members by visiting our house. As there are small children in our house, they will get scared. As we are labourers, our neighbours will see our family in low light if the police regularly visit our house. Leave us alone. If we face any problem, we will approach the police station. But right now, we have no problem. If my family members suffer any problem, then the police will be responsible. My son had filed a complaint in panic as I was away in a relative’s house,” she said. 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