FP FREE PRESS The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms VOL. 13 NO. 323 | BHOPAL | SUNDAY | MAY 5, 2024 | PAGES 16 `4 - r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE NEWS BRIEF Woman throws acid on boyfriend, booked NAGPUR: A case has been registered against a woman for allegedly throwing acid on her 29-year-old boyfriend and injuring him after a fight in Maharashtra's Nagpur city, police said on Saturday. Based on a complaint, the police on Friday registered a case against the accused woman and two others involved in the attack that took place on April 25, an official from Kalamna police station said. The victim, Ganesh Laxman Bhoyer (29), sustained severe injuries and is undergoing treatment at a hospital, he said. CG cops arrest 26 persons from Pune RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh police have arrested 26 people from Maharashtra in connection with a racket involved in betting on IPL matches through online applications, including the Mahadev app, a senior police official said on Saturday. A team from the anti-crime and cyber unit (ACCU) arrested the accused from two apartments in Pune, Raipur senior superintendent of police Santosh Singh said. Woman thrashed after son elopes with girl HAVERI (KARNATAKA): A 50-year-old woman was allegedly tied to an electric pole and thrashed by a group of women in Aremallapur village in this district after her son eloped with a girl, police said on Saturday. Following the incident which happened on April 30 in Ranebennur Rural Police station limits -- six people, including three women have been arrested, they said. OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in FIR has been registered against Congress state president Jitu Patwari in Umri police station of Bhind district, said the police on Saturday. This is the third FIR registered against Patwari in past five days. SDOP Deepak Singh Tomar informed that the agent of BSP candidate from Devashish Jarariya, Ashok Gupta had filed the complaint to the police. Earlier he had submitted a complaint to the district returning officer against MAID IN MUMBAI 38.50c. 21.40c Sunrise : 05.53 Sunset : 06.54 Dismissing allegations, AICC Odisha in-charge Ajoy Kumar says Sucharita Mohanty decided to return her ticket as the party had requested the high command to change the candidate in Puri and in a few other consituencies Party candidates from Surat & Indore have already pulled out BHUBANESWAR all I have into my campaign in Puri," Mohanty wrote. Mohanty told media on Saturday that she had requested the leadership to change some of the candidates in the seven Assembly segments that come under the Puri Lok Sabha seat. But this too was not considered, she added. The Lok Sabha and Assembly polls are simultaneously held in Odisha. Sources in the state Congress said the party would discuss the issue with the high command. The last date for filing nominations in Puri is May 6. Meanwhile, Ajoy Kumar told reporters in Bhubaneswar, "There is no financial problem and the party has assured funding to candidates. On May 2, we wrote a letter to the high command to change the candidate in Puri and in a few other places. The new list will be issued today or tomorrow. She knew it. Hence she decided to return the ticket and made the communication viral." Puri is among the highprofile battles, with the BJP fielding its national spokesperson Sambit Patra for the second straight time and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's BJD fielding former Mumbai Police commissioner Arup Patnaik. In 2019, the Congress secured only 3.94% of the vote share (44,734 votes) in Puri. This was way down from 2014, when Mohanty secured 18.5% of the vote share and finished second. CONTD. ON P7 LOVELY MOVE: Ex-Cong chief in Delhi joins BJP Revanna held from Deve Gowda's home ‘An opportunist' Karnataka JD(S) MLA H D Revanna was arrested by sleuths of a Special Investigation Team on Saturday in a kidnapping case linked to sexual abuse allegations against his son Prajwal. He was arrested soon after a court here rejected his anticipatory bail plea, officials said. The former Minister was picked up from the Padmanabhanagar residence of his father, JD(S) supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda here, and brought to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) office. The case was registered against Revanna, a former minister and his confidant Sathish Babanna in Mysuru on Thursday night for allegedly abducting a woman. In a blow to the Congress in Odisha ahead of the elections in Odisha, its Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sucharita Mohanty has dropped out of the contest citing the alleged denial of funding by the party . This comes days after the party's candidate in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, Akshaya Kanti Bam, withdrew his nomination and joined the BJP and weeks after the nomination of its Surat candidate Nilesh Kumbhani was rejected, with the BJP winning the seat in Gujarat uncontested as all other candidates withdrew their nominations. Mohanty, who stood second from Puri in the 2014 polls, sent a mail to Congress general secretary for I WAS NOT GIVEN FUNDS BY PARTY organisation K C Venugopal on Friday night, saying that without the party's financial help, it will not be possible for her to campaign in Puri. The constituency currently held by , the Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) Pinaki Misra, votes in the sixth phase on May 25. "Our campaign in the Puri parliamentary constituency has been hit hard because the party has denied me funding. AICC Odisha in-charge Dr Ajoy Kumar ji categorically asked me to fend for myself. I was a salaried professional journalist who entered electoral politics 10 years ago. I have given AGENCIES New Delhi Former Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh Lovely joined the BJP on Saturday along with a few other leaders, including former MLAs Raj Kumar Chauhan, Neeraj Basoya and Naseeb Singh. All the former Congress leaders, who have publicly slammed the opposition party's alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi for the Lok Sabha polls, joined the BJP in the presence of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, party general secretary Vinod Tawde and its Rajya Sabha MP Anil Baluni. Lovely hailed the BJP leadership, including Third FIR against Patwari in 5 days This one in Bhind by BSP WEEKEND WEATHER Cong loses 3rd wicket as Puri candidate pulls out LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE ATTACKING BOWLING FROM SIRAJ, DAYAL: FLOWER SPORTS Patwari, in which it was stated that during a public meeting in Umri of Bhind Lok Sabha constituency, on April 27th, Patwari had leveled allegations against the BSP candidate. In the complaint it was alleged that Patwari had accused the BSP candidate of making secrete alliance with the BJP in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Earlier on April 29th an FIR was registered against Patwari for exposing the identity of the rape victim and her family in Jobat of district Alirajpur. On May 3rd, FIR has been registered against Patwari for using objectionable comment against former minister Imarti Devi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for giving him and his colleagues the opportunity to join the party when they felt lost. He asserted that Modi is set to retain power in the Lok Sabha polls and expressed confidence that the BJP's flag will fly high in Delhi as well. ED nabs man with Bitcoin worth ` 130 cr AGENCIES New Delhi The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday said it has seized cryptocurrency worth more than ? 130 crore and arrested a Uttarakhand-based man as part of a drugs trafficking-linked money laundering probe initiated on the request of US authorities. Parvinder Singh was taken into custody on April 27 from Haldwani in the state's Nainital district following a search of his premises. In a statement, the central probe agency said that the accused agreed to 'surrender' the proceeds earned through the sale of illegal drugs through the dark web. Most of the sales were made in European countries, it added. CONTD. ON P7 NEW DELHI: Delhi Congress' interim chief Devender Yadav on Saturday described former party unit president Arvinder Singh Lovely, who joined the BJP as an , "opportunist". The Congress does not care about such people. It was strong before and will remain strong in the future, he said. The seven parliamentary seats in the national capital will go to polls on May 25 in the sixth round of the seven-phase elections, voting for which began on April 19. Votes will be counted on June 4. CONTD. ON P7 BENGALURU HC TO GOVT: Clarify on OBC reservation issue in 2 weeks OUR STAFF REPORTER City.bhopal@fpj.co.in High Court, principal bench of Jabalpur, on Saturday has given last chance to state government for clarification within two weeks why it has withheld 13% OBC seats while declaring results under 87%-13% formula in any recruitment. Advocate Rameshwar Singh Thakur, who appeared on behalf of petitioners, said, "The advocate general's office was given a last chance to respond within a week. During the hearing of the petitions of the hold candidates in the recruitment of sub engineers before division bench, the court was told that the advocate general's office is taking time (last 8 months) in the said petitions. The office is neither filing Yoga makes an entry in Pakistan ISLAMABAD After making global headlines, the ancient Indian physical, mental and spiritual practice of yoga has officially arrived in neighbouring Pakistan. According to the official Facebook page of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), which is responsi- ble for the upkeep of Islamabad, the Metropolitan Corporation of Islamabad has launched "Free yoga classes in F-9 Park" in the capital. "Many people have already joined in to kickstart their journey towards health and wellness," the CDA said. It also posted pictures of people taking part in the yoga exercises. Recognising its universal appeal, the United Nations on 11 December 2014 proclaimed 21 June as the International Day of Yoga. A draft resolution establishing the International Day of Yoga was proposed by India and endorsed by a record 175 member states. Yoga is normally linked with India and there are not many formal institutions in Pakistan to teach yoga. Though privately people like the physical part of yoga exercises. Many residents appreciated the move to organise Yoga classes with several people inquiring about the programme. CONTD. ON P7 www.freepressjournal.in DUTCH DELIGHT CINEMA Canvassing for 3rd phase ends today OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in The high decibel campaigning in the nine parliamentary seats including Bhopal will come to an end at 6 pm on Sunday. The outsiders will be asked to leave the district without any delay. To ensure support of voters, political parties will leave no stone unturned in campaigning on Sunday. The voting for Lok Sabha seats including Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Guna, Sagar, Vidisha, Bhopal, Rajgarh and Betul will be held on May 7. The Betul Lok Sabha seat was supposed to go for polling in second phase but its polling date was postponed following the death of the BSP candidate and it was included in the third phase. Sources in election commission said that there are total 1.77 crores voters in the third phase and so far, 1.68 voter slips have been distributed. CONTD. ON P7 Like Aurangazeb Congress wants to impose jaziya: Yogi ‘Criminals in UP are cooling their heels in jails’ OUR STAFF REPORTER BHOPAL Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath has said that the Congress wants to impose property inheritance tax on the people of India the way Aurangzeb had enforced Jaziya tax. Adityanath made the statement at a public meeting in Ashoknagar, part of the Guna-Shivpuri parliamentary constituency, from where Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia is contesting the ongoing Lok Sabha election. Ram temple has been constructed in Ayodhya, and the criminals have been disposed of, he said. Ram temple has been built after 500 years of waiting, and there is a wave across the country that those who have brought Ramlala will be voted back to power, Yogi Adityanath said. On the one hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to preserve Indian culture, but on the other hand, the Congress is imposing property inheritance tax on the people, he said. The party is also trying to deprive the SC, ST and OPC people of reservation, he said, adding that it is because of the influence of Modi that if there is a cracker blast, Pakistan begins to clear its stand. The Chief Minister of UP said that people of his state decided to present a garland of 80 seats to Modi. Lotus will bloom in all 29 seats in MP, and it started from Indore and Khajuraho, he said. CONTD. ON P7 Bhopal sizzles at 41.80 cel; 400 cel at many places 42.2 deg at Khajuraho; 42.1 at Nowgong OUR STAFF REPORTER City .bhopal@fpj.co.in Bhopal sizzled on Saturday at 41.8 degree Celsius - the hottest day of current summer. There was rise of 2.7 degrees Celsius in day temperature and the night temperature was 23.0 degrees Celsius. However, there will be clouds on Monday and there will be relief on day of polling in Bhopal on May 7. Intense heat is being felt across the state with most of the places recording above 40 degrees Celsius day temperature on Satur- Congress leader's burnt body found in TN AGENCIES Chennai replies in the said petitions, nor is it taking any interest in getting the OBC reservation cases resolved. The AG is also not cooperating with the court in resolving the cases." Advocate general is not defending the laws of the Government related to the interests of the OBC category , and he is not filing reply within the time limit. He is presenting orders passed by the court which are not relevant to the issues raised in the petition. By highlighting them and misleading the court, a malicious act is being done to ruin the future of OBC youth, advocate Rameshar Thakur added. QUALITY AT VALUE r RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 The burnt body of a Tamil Nadu Congress leader. who had been missing for two days, has been found in farmland owned by him, prompting the police to form three special teams to investigate the death. The leader, whose body was found in Tirunelveli on Saturday, is KPK Jeyakumar. He was the president of the Tirunelveli East district unit of the Congress. Police said Jeyakumar had gone missing on Thursday and his son had filed a complaint the next day. A dying declaration has also been recovered and police are investigating whether it was written by him. It is not yet clear whether Jeyakumar was murdered or died by suicide. The Superintendent of Police for the district said three special teams have been set up to investigate the case from all angles. Relief likely on polling day in Bhopal day. Temperature is increasing because of western wind pattern. Indore recorded day tem- Places day temp (deg/cel) Khajuraho 42.2 Nowgong 42.1 Guna 42.0 Ujjain 42.0 Bhopal 41.8 Satna 41.7 Damoh 41.6 Khandwa 41.5 Sagar 41.5 Malajhkhand 41.5 Rewa 41.4 Mandla 41.2 Narsinghpur 41.2 Raisen 41.2 Gwalior 41.1 Khargone 41.0 Ratlam 41.0 Tikamgarh 41.0 perature 40.5 degrees Celsius while it recorded 24.0 degrees Celsius in night temperature. CONTD. ON P7 MP POLL SCENE CHANGES Digvijaya, Scindia not campaigning against each other Each is confined to his own constituency NITENDRA SHARMA BHOPAL Former chief minister Digvijaya Singh who took an aggressive stand after Jyotiraditya Scindia's defection to the BJP did not go to the Guna-Shivpuri constituency to campaign against him. Singh is contesting the parliamentary election from the Rajgarh constituency . Scindia who is contesting the Lok Sabha election from the Guna-Shivpuri seat also did not go to the Rajgarh constituency to canvass against Singh. Supporters of both the leaders said that they could not do so, since they were confined to their constituencies. It is said that Singh and Scindia had never been on good terms since their days in the Congress. After Scindia defected to the Congress, Singh opened a front against him. Not only that, Singh even wanted to contest the Lok Sabha election against Scindia. CONTD. ON P7 NATH ON FOREIGN TRIP After polls in Chhindwara former chief minister Kamal Nath has gone abroad in the middle of the parliamentary election. As soon as the election in the Chhindwara constituency from where his son Nakul Nath contested was over, Kamal Nath went out of the country. After the polling in Chhindwara, Nath campaigned for two days, but then he was not found anywhere. There are many questions over his relationship with the party high command. Only MPCC president Jitu Patwari and Leader of Opposition Umahg Singhar are seen campaign for the party candidates.