DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2024, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 22 PAGES SINCE 1932 ‘WILL GO TO COURT TO RUN GOVT FROM JAIL’ Sensex, Nifty If I quit as CM, Mamata, Pinarayi govts will be toppled next: Kejriwal Says institutions being demolished, judiciary openly threatened MALLICA JOSHI & RAHUL SABHARWAL NEW DELHI, MAY 23 RESIGNING AS Chief Minister of Delhi willseta dangerousprecedent that will allow the BJP to topple governments in states where they are not in power, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said P10 THE EXPRESS INTERVIEW ARVIND KEJRIWAL DELHI CHIEF MINISTER Thursday. In an interview to The Indian Express,Kejriwal,respondingtoa question on why he hadn’t re- signed as Chief Minister despite his arrest in the Delhi excise policy case, said, “Let me explain why I am not resigning. People accuse me of being stuck to my chair. I have never been greedy for a chair or a post. When I was Income Tax commissioner, I quit to work in slums for 10 years. WhenIbecameCM,Iresignedin 49 days without any provocation. I did it for my principles. This time I am not resigning because it is part of my struggle. They (the BJP) understand they cannot defeat the AAP in Delhi, so they frame Kejriwal in a false CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 at new highs after dividend payout move HITESH VYAS MUMBAI, MAY 23 BENCHMARK STOCK market indicesSensexandNiftysurged1.6 per cent to end at record high Thursday after the RBI announced a record surplus transfer of Rs 2.11 lakh crore and on heavyinflowsfromforeignportfolio investors (FPIs). The BSE’s Sensex scaled 1196.98 points, or 1.61 per cent to end at a record high of 75,418.04. The Nifty climbed 369.85 points, or 1.64 per cent, to close at an all-time high of 22,967.65. According to some market analysts, the higher dividend payout by the RBI to the government is also because of the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Unlike first 4 phases, Battle for Allahabad is women turnout more BJP scion vs SP-Cong than men in Phase 5 scion, no holds barred DAMINI NATH NEW DELHI, MAY 23 FOR THE first time this election, the turnout of women voters was higher than the turnout of men voters in the fifth phase on May 20, when polling was held in 49 Lok Sabha constituencies acrosseightstatesandUnionterritories (UTs), according to data released by the Election Commission on Thursday. Reversing past trends, the overall turnout of women voters CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY SHYAMLAL YADAV PRAYAGRAJ, MAY 23 INANelectionwheretheBJPleadership has consistently used the term “do shehzade (two princes)” to attack Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh, the battle for the Allahabad Lok Sabhaseatisbetweentwoscions aswell—theBJP’sNeerajTripathi andUjjwalRamanSinghcontesting on the Congress symbol. Neeraj is the son of former state Assembly Speaker and exWest Bengal Governor Kesari VOTE SHARE (%) IN ALLAHABAD Party 2014 2019 BJP 35.19 55.62 SP 28.24 34.89 BSP 18.18 — Cong 11.49 3.59 Note: SP and BSP were allies in 2019; Source: Election Commission Nath Tripathi, who passed away last year, while Ujjwal’s father CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 `7.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM