wednesdAY 24 april, 2024 epaper.morningstandard.in facebook.com/TheMorningStandard X.com/TheMornStandard u n i t e d s tat e s Gaikwad’s hundred in CSK’s 210 vs Lucknow univ campuses on boil over Gaza Thousands of students — from Columbia to Stanford — rallied behind the people in Palestine Page 11 Kejriwal given insulin in Tihar, AAP says ‘Jai Bajrang Bali’ E X P R E SS N E WS S E R V I C E @ New Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was given a “low dose” of insulin after his blood sugar level increased, Tihar Jail officials said on Tuesday AAP commented that it was . because of the blessings of ‘Lord Hanuman’. Tuesday was celebrated as Hanuman Jayanti. Sources said Kejriwal was given two units of low-dose insulin on Monday evening on the advice of AIIMS doctors. His blood sugar level was found to be 217 around 7 pm, following which doctors at Tihar decided to give him insulin, the officials said. AIIMS specialists, during a video conference with the CM on April 20, advised Tihar doctors that insulin could be given to him if his sugar level crosses a certain level. Cabinet minister Atishi said in an ‘X’ post in Hindi, “Jai Bajrang Bali! The Tihar administration finally gave insulin to Kejriwal ji. This is the result of the blessings of Hanuman ji.” Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged officials were deliberately not giving insulin to Kejriwal. “Today it became clear that he needed insulin but the officials under the BJP-led Centre were deliberately not treating him,” he said. p3 A CAPITAL VIEW OF NEWS l New Delhi Cong plans to cut Dalit quota, give it to Muslims: PM R a j es h Asn a ni @ Jaipur Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday added another layer to his attack on the Congress over its proposed redistribution of wealth, alleging it intends to cut the quota for Dalits and backward classes so as to allocate them to the Muslims. He claimed that in 2004, shortly after it came to power, the Congress tried to provide reservation to Muslims in Andhra Pradesh by reducing the proportion of the SC-ST quota. Although it was a pilot project, the party was intent on rolling it out nationwide, he added. “Between 2004 and 2010, the Congress made four attempts to implement the Muslim quota in Andhra Pradesh. But because of legal roadblocks and an alert Supreme Court, they were unsuccessful in their designs,” Modi said. He made the allegations while addressing an election rally at Uniara in Tonk, Rajasthan. “Will the Congress at least now assure the nation that they will not redistribute the SC/ST and OBC quotas to benefit the Muslims?” In an apparent attempt to consolidate the Hindu votes, Modi recalled that a shopkeeper in Karnataka was beaten for listening to Hanuman Chalisa. “Under the Congress government, even listening to Hanuman Chalisa has become a crime,” he said. The Congress, he added, is hatching a conspiracy to snatch people’s property and distribute it among Muslims. “My previous revelations created panic within the Congress and the INDIA alliance,” he said. More reports on Page 5, 6, 7, 9 & 10 EC examining Complaints against PM Complaints against PM Modi’s speech in Banswara are under EC’s consideration, sources said. On April 21, Modi had said, “Congress manifesto says they will calculate the gold with mothers and sisters, and distribute that property... Manmohan Singh’s govt has said that Muslims have the first right to the country’s assets... It will be distributed to the infiltrators. Should your hardearned money go to the infiltrators?” l J8.00 Chennai: A scintillating unbeaten hundred by Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and a breezy Shivam Dube fifty helped team reach 210 for four against Lucknow Super Giants here on Tuesday. Gaikwad raced to his hundred off 53 balls and accumulated 108 off 60 with 12 fours and three sixes. Dube scored 66 off just 27 balls with seven sixes | ashwin prasath PAGES 14 l Renovation of Rahul’s Amethi house adds to candidature buzz N a m i ta B a j pa i @ Amethi Amid a strong buzz around former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s candidature from Amethi in the Lok Sabha elections, a viral video showing the cleaning and renovation of his dwelling in Gauriganj here has invigorated the party cadre. However, senior Congress leader Deepak Singh calls the renovation a routine exercise. While the Congress cadre are working silently on the ground, BJP workers along with the party candidate Smriti Irani are already engaged in an aggressive village-to-village campaign. Congress leaders claim that they want to keep it issue-based rather than falling for the BJP trap of making it a Smriti vs Rahul battle. Party insiders are confident that Rahul and his sister Priyanka would be fielded from Amethi and Rae Bareli respectively . A formal announcement on the two seats is expected after the second phase of polls on April 26 when Wayanad in Kerala, from where Rahul is a contestant, would vote. Both Amethi and Rae Bareli will vote in the fifth phase on May 20. Thrissur key to BJP’s bid to break Kerala jinx R AJ E S H R A V I @ Kochi The opening move for the battle for the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency was made on January 3, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a gathering of 2 lakh women and conducted a 1 km-long roadshow in the heart of the city . Two weeks later, on January 17, he visited Guruvayur temple for the wedding of actorturned-politician Suresh Gopi’s daughter Bhagya Suresh. In a rare and symbolic gesture, the PM presented wedding garland to the couple. During the same trip, Modi made an impromptu visit to Sree Rama temple in Illustration: Mandar Pardikar Triprayar in the constituency . Months later, Gopi was chosen as the NDA candidate for Thrissur. The PM made an ad- ditional visit to the area in April, dropping enough hints on how much importance the BJP gives to the region. The BJP’s main goal is to break the Kerala jinx. Once a key figure in Mollywood, Gopi captivated audiences with his roles as a good Samaritan battling sinister forces. Despite losses in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and the 2021 Kerala assembly polls, Gopi has remained active in the constituency, addressing neglected issues, which gained him huge popularity . The Left Democratic Front has fielded V S Sunil Kumar from the CPI in Thrissur. Kumar, from the district, transitioned from student leader to MLA and minister, earning the local community’s trust over the years. Continued on P5
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