Bihar polls: BJP likely to fight 170 seats, offer 73 to allies

September 11, 2015

New Delhi, Sep 11: The BJP has decided to contest 170 seats in the Bihar assembly polls -- a major chunk in the 243-member house -- leaving 73 seats for its three allies -- LJP, HAM and RLSP, sources here said on Thursday.

Bihar polls A maximum of 40 seats was likely to go to Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party, followed by 20 seats to Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Samta Party, and 13 seats to former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), according to informed sources.

Sources said the offer has not gone down well with Kushwaha and Manjhi, though they have publicly refrained from conveying their unhappiness.

Union minister Ananth Kumar, who is election in-charge of Bihar, held meetings with Kushwaha and Manjhi separately at his official residence here on Thursday and discussed the seat-sharing formula.

The meetings were also attended by the Bharatiya Janata Party's general secretary in-charge of Bihar Bhupendra Yadav.

According to sources, the BJP has decided a broad formula in which each party will have 6-7 assembly seats in its share for every parliamentary constituency in its kitty.

However, this was opposed by Manjhi as his party has no parliament member, and pitched for seats as per numbers in the present assembly.

Manjhi has 13 MLAs whereas Paswan has no members in the assembly.

As per the formula, the BJP, which has 22 MPs in Bihar, was likely to get around 170 seats.

Paswan's LJP with six MPs was likely to get around 40 seats and Kushwaha's RLSP with three MPs was likely to get around 20 seats.

The BJP has offered 13 seats to Manjhi as his party has 13 MLAs.

Sources said Kushwaha and Manjhi on Thursday got irked with the number of seats offered to them. However, they avoided to air their views in public.

Meanwhile, the RLSP authorised BJP president Amit Shah to take a final call on seat sharing.

"A letter has been written to Amit Shah that he should decide the seat sharing at the earliest. We hope that the BJP would do justice to the seat sharing, keeping all the parties in view. We will accept the decision taken by the BJP," Kushwaha said, soon after meeting Ananth Kumar.

"Whenever such talks take place, it takes time," he added.

Manjhi also reposed confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shah.

"Whatever decision the prime minister and the BJP president take, it will be okay with us. We have decided that whatever is in favour of Bihar and the NDA, that route will be taken," said Manjhi.

Ananth Kumar said the decision over seat sharing between the BJP and its allies would be taken in the next 2-3 days.

"We are holding talks with our allies. The seat sharing will be very respectable. We will contest the elections together and will win it," he said.

According to sources, the seat sharing announcement will be made in Patna after convening a meeting of the NDA leaders in a day or two.

Polls to the 243-member Bihar assembly will be held in five phases starting on October 12 and ending on November 5. Counting of votes will take place on November 8.

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Tamil Nadu | Minister tests covid positive; 58 funeral attendees infected

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July 1,2020

Chennai, Jul 1: In a case of cluster infection, 58 of the 65 mourners who attended the funeral a Central government official, Selvam, 56, who had worked in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and who died in Coimbatore and was brought for burial at Pannavaadi near Kolathur near Mettur in Salem district, tested positive for Covid-19, after three of them initially tested positive as they neither wore face masks not observed social distancing during the funeral, sources said.

Even as Dr Vijayabaskar said AIADMK MLA from Sriperumbudur, K Palani who tested positive for Covid-19 has recovered and will be discharged from hospital in couple of days, the MIOT International Hospital in Chennai said that the State Higher Education Minister, K P Anbazhagan, who initially showed no symptoms of coronavirus, subsequently tested positive in his second sample. He was now under treatment, his condition very stable and all his vital parameters are normal, MIOT said in a statement.

In what continues to be an unrestrained run, Tamil Nadu added its biggest day-wise spike so far of 3,943 positive Covid-19 cases, while another 60 deaths due to the novel coronavirus confirmed on Tuesday took the total death toll in the state to 1,201.

Of the new positive cases, Chennai alone accounted for its highest per-day jump of 2,393 positives with the number of persons tested today across Tamil Nadu put at 30,053. The total number os Covid-19 positive cases in the State as a whole till date is racing towards the one lakh mark at 90,167.

However, these outcomes are all on anticipated lines with the ICMR's push for more aggressive testing, even if they want lockdown controls to be now more focused at the district level, and want the Chennai model to be taken to the districts.

In this backdrop, the Health minister, Dr C Vijayabaskar chaired a detailed Covid review meeting this evening through video conference with all the hospital deans and other top officials on different facets of the disease prevention and control measures and the state's overall preparedness.

Chief Minister, Mr. Edappadi K Palaniswami in a statement in Chennai assured that with the 'full lockdown' continuing in greater Chennai, parts of three neighbouring districts of Chengalpattu, Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram and parts of Madurai district till July 5, the free community kitchens for the elderly, disabled and destitute will continue to function in those places till July 5 and hygienically cooked food packets served to them.

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3 ships sent to evacuate stranded Indians from Maldives, UAE

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May 5,2020

Kochi, May 5: India has sent three naval ships to evacuate its citizens stranded in the Maldives and UAE due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a defence spokesperson said in the early hours on Tuesday.

INS Jalashwa deployed off Mumbai coast, along with INS Magar, diverted for Maldives on Monday night, he said.

While INS Shardul diverted to Dubai to evacuate the expatriates, the spokesperson added.

The three ships will return to Kochi, he said.

INS Magar and INS Shardul are Southern Naval Command ships, while INS Jalashwa is from Eastern Naval Command.

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You're a fighter, will overcome this challenge: Modi to UK PM who tests coronavirus positive

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March 27,2020

New Delhi, Mar 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday described British premier Boris Johnson as a "fighter" and hoped he recovers from coronavirus infection.

"Dear PM @BorisJohnson, you're a fighter and you will overcome this challenge as well," Modi tweeted.

He said he prays for his good health and extends best wishes in ensuring a healthy UK.

Johnson said on Friday that he has tested positive for coronavirus after experiencing mild symptoms and is now self-isolating at 10 Downing Street in line with the medical advice.

"I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government's response via video-conference as we fight this virus," he said.

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