FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms QUALITY AT VALUE FREE PRESS VOL. 13 NO. 354 | BHOPAL | WEDNESDAY | JUNE 5, 2024 | PAGES 14 r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 `3 r RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 www.freepressjournal.in - NATION INDIA OPEN AGAINST GUTSY IRELAND IN RENEWED QUEST FOR WC GLORY SPORTS MODI WAVE BLOWN AWAY BY MAMATA MAGIC WEATHER EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE 40.60c. 25.60c Sunrise : 05.42 Sunset : 07.07 IT’S A GIRL! CINEMA UPSET AND MODIFIED A TOTAL fter 1962, for the first time a government has won the mandate for a third consecutive term W ith the NDA poised to form the government for a third consecutive time, bagging at least 290 seats, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called it a “historic feat”. “People have placed their faith in NDA, for a third consecutive time! This is a historical feat in India’s history. I bow to the Janata Janardan for this affection and assure them that we will continue the good work done in the last decade to keep fulfilling the aspirations of people,” he wrote. Further, while addressing party workers at the BJP headquarters, he said that the mandate was the victory of the biggest democracy of the world. As the INDIA bloc managed to halt the BJP’s march towards majority, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi came out to hit out at the BJP, saying that the mandate on Tuesday was a clear indication that the people of the country do not want to PM Modi and Amit Shah to run the country . The Opposition INDIA bloc has reversed all exit poll predictions, leading in at least 228 seats, according to the latest numbers. However, despite a stiff contest, the BJP-led NDA is inching closer towards the 300-mark, standing at 294 at the moment. As the BJP failed to reach the majority mark on its own, parleys began on their front with TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu getting calls from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. With counting over in 397 seats, EC's data at 10pm showed BJP had won 190 seats and Congress in 73. Samajwadi Party won in 30 and TMC in 20. The BJP was however ahead in 56 , Congress in 27, Samajwadi party in 7 and TMC in 9 more seats. This election was a fight to save the Constitution, said Rahul Gandhi. "The fight was to save the Constitution. In my mind, I knew the people of the country will fight together to save the Constitution. I want to thank the people from the bottom of my heart. Congress leaders did several things this elections: we respected the partners of the INDIA bloc and gave a new pro-poor vision to the country he said. "I am extremely ," proud of the people of the country who resisted this onslaught on the Constitution," he said, adding, "The nation has rejected PM Modi and Amit Shah." MAJOR LOSERS SMRITI IRANI AMETHI SEAT MANEKA GANDHI BLOODBATH ON D-STREET Investors lose Rs 30 L-cr in single day in biggest market fall in 4 years MUMBAI SULTANPUR SEAT OMAR ABDULLAH BARAMULLA SEAT MEHBOOBA MUFTI ANANTNAG-RAJOURI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY BAHARAMPUR SEAT Jitters of counting day led the Indian indices to experience their biggest fall in the last four years on Tuesday with the investors losing nearly Rs 30 lakh crore in a single season. Nifty Bank suffered a loss of over 4,051 points, or 7.95 per cent, to close at 46,928. As the counting for the Lok Sabha polls entered the final phase, Sensex closed 4,389 points down, or 5.74 per cent, at 72,079, while Nifty shed 1,379 points, or 5.93 per cent, to close at 21,884 on Tuesday. LEADERS SPEAK T hank you Odisha! It's a resounding victory for good governance and celebrating Odisha's unique culture. BJP will leave no stone unturned in fulfilling the dreams of people and taking Odisha to new heights of progress n PM NARENDRA MODI P M Modi has lost all credibility, he should immediately resign. India has won, Modi has lost. The PM broke many parties and now people have broken his morale. Modi is now falling at the feet of TDP and Nitish (Kumar) to form the government n MAMATA BANERJEE, WEST BENGAL CM W e took steps for the benefit of 53 lakh mothers and a good future for their children but we don't know what happened to the votes of these mothers and sisters n Y.S. JAGAN MOHAN REDDY, ANDHRA PRADESH CM As the NDA may form a government at the Centre, there are talks about the MPs from the state who are likely to get berths in the Union Cabinet. The name of former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who remained on the second position in terms of victory margin in the country, is doing the 19 TALLY AT 10:15PM Cong calls verdict a moral defeat for Modi AGENCIES / New Delhi T PATNAIK OUT he BJP was heading towards majority in the Odisha Assembly election as it won 51 seats and was leading in 27 other constituencies in the 147-member Odisha Assembly on Tuesday, according to the Election Commission of India. Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik was trailing BJP's Laxman Bag by 16,321 votes in the Kantabanji Assembly seat in Bolangir district. TDP RETURNS N Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is set for a comeback in Andhra Pradesh after a stunning victory in the state's Assembly polls show. The party contested the polls in alliance with BJP and Pawan Kalyan's JanaSena Party. The party has announced that Naidu will take oath as the Chief Minister on June 9 and PM Modi will attend the ceremony. State becomes fully saffronised n It has happened for the first time after Independence that the Congress has failed to open its account n By winning all the 29 seats, the BJP equals the record of Congress’s 40-seat win in 1984 n Shivraj, Shankar create records; Digvijaya loses again n BJP wins Chhindwara after 27 years OUR STAFF REPORTER BHOPAL The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may not have been able to get majority in the country on its own, but the party has dusted the state. It has won all the 29 seats. It has happened for the first time that the BJP has won 29 seats. In 1984, after the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the Congress won all the 40 seats in undivided MP. CONTD. ON P6 11 MPS ELECTED FOR 1ST TIME Out of 29 seats, 11 candidates contested the Lok Sabha election for the first time. They are Alok Sharma (Bhopal), Darshan Singh Choudhary (Hoshangabad), Lata Wankhede (Sagar), Anita Singh Chouhan (Ratlam), Bharti Pardhi (Balaghat), Ashish Dubey (Jabalpur), Bharat Singh Kushwaha (Gwalior), Shivmangal Singh Tomar (Morena), Vivek Sahu (Chhindwara), and Rahul Lodhi (Damoh). CONTD. ON P6 BJP’S 10TH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY IN INDORE INDORE : BJP continued its winning spree in the country’s cleanest city for the 10th consecutive time. This seat, which was wrested by BJP candidate SumitraMahajan from Prakash Chandra Sethi of Congress in 1989, turned into a bastion of the saffron party. Former LokSabha speaker, Mahajan won this seat for eight times in a row. In 2019, BJP replaced Mahajan with Shankar Lalwani who registered his second consecutive win with a record margin of 11,75,092 votes. New leadership of MP may be seen at the Centre rounds for a cabinet berth in the Union Government. Apart from Chouhan, the names of Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and president of BJP’s state unit VD Sharma are also doing the rounds for cabi- OTHERS Verdict scroll: Pg 2-7 Shivraj, Scindia, VD in Modi cabinet? OUR STAFF REPORTER Bhopal I.N.D.I.A 543 292 232 n PM NARENDRA MODI ONLINE REPORT NDA net berths. Besides Scindia, Veerendra Kumar and Faggan Kulaste are ministers in the Modi-led Union Cabinet. Rajya Sabha member Sumer Singh Solanki may also get a cabinet berth. Both Veerendra Kumar and Kulaste may not get a berth this time. Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Patel, who were ministers in the Union Government, have been sent to the state. Before this, there were five MPs from the state who were ministers in the Modiled government. The number of ministers from the state may be reduced this time. CONTD. ON P6 Rahul sweeps Wayanad, Rae Bareli C ongress leader Rahul Says ‘Haven't decided yet’ Gandhi, who registered massive on which seat to retain victories on the seats of Rae Bareli and Wayanad in the Lok Sabha elections, said he has not decided yet which of the two seats he would retain. He also thanked the voters of both constituencies for supporting him in the elections. "I have won from Rae Bareli and Wayanad and I thank the voters. I need to decide which seat I will retain. I haven't decided yet," Rahul said at the party's press conference on Tuesday. Rahul Gandhi won the seat of Rae Bareli by defeating BJP's Dinesh Pratap Singh by a margin of 3,90,030 votes. Gandhi had contested this seat aiming to save the lone bastion of the party in the state after he lost Amethi in 2019. The Lok Sabha poll outcome is a mandate against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and it is his "political and moral defeat", the Congress said on Tuesday while announcing it will consult the INDIA bloc allies on whether to approach old partners JD(U) and TDP for government formation. Addressing a joint press conference at the Congress headquarters here along with party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress Parliamentary Party leader Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi said the INDIA bloc allies would meet on Wednesday and take a call on its future course of action. CONTD. ON P6 WILL PAST ALLIES BE CONTACTED? A sked if the Congress and its allies will approach parties that have been with them in the past but are part of the NDA now in trying to form a government, he said, "We are going to have a meeting with our partners tomorrow. These questions will be raised and answered there." "We won't say anything without seeking the opinion of our allies. Our alliance will decide tomorrow and whatever they decide we will act on that," Rahul Gandhi said when prodded further.