eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE THE WOKE PEOPLE KOLKATA,LATECITY NOVEMBER24,2024 More Indians across ages are catching fewer hours of sleep than ever before 16+4 PAGES,`7.00 (`12 IN NORTH EAST STATES & `17 IN ANDAMAN) DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM FOUR-PAGE PULLOUT A WIN FOR DEVELOPMENT, GOOD GOVERNANCE: PM; MAHARASHTRA RESULTS UNEXPECTED, WILL ANALYSE: RAHUL BJPMahabounceback,OppkeepsJharkhand MAHARASHTRA Mahayuti back with BJP just 13 short of majority JHARKHAND Hemant Soren set to return as CM: ‘passed exam of democracy’ Maharashtra’s message With strike rate almost 90%, BJP washes out Sharad Pawar, Uddhav ‘ek hain toh safe hain’ now mantra of India: PM ZEESHAN SHAIKH, SANDEEP SINGH & LIZ MATHEW MUMBAI, NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 23 VIKAS PATHAK AFTER BEING reduced to single digits in the Lok Sabha elections justfivemonthsback,theBJP-led Mahayuti staged a resounding comeback,winning230ofthetotal288seatsintheAssemblypolls inMaharashtra,thestatewiththe highest GDP in the country. Comingasitdoesontheback of a surprise win in Haryana in October, it was the scale of BJP’s PRIMEMINISTERNarendraModi on Saturday hailed the Maharashtra verdict as an endorsementof his“ekhaintohsafe hain” (together, we are safe) call for unity, and a defeat of “those whosoughttodivideoncaste,religion,languageandregion”lines. Addressing party workers at the BJP office in the evening, he said:“AfterHaryana,themessage NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 23 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar celebrate in Mumbai. Sankhadeep Banerjee BENGAL ASSEMBLY BYPOLLS In clean sweep, TMC wins all 6 seats, wrests Madarihat from BJP with an increased margin while wresting the Madarihat seat from the BJP. In Madarihat, a seat which the BJP had won by over 22,000 votes in 2016 and 29,685 votes RAVIK BHATTACHARYA KOLKATA, NOVEMBER 23 INAclearsignthatissueslikethe rape-and-murder case at the R G Kar Hospital had little impact, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday swept the Assembly bypolls in West Bengal, winning all six seats TMC supporters celebrate after the results, in Sitai on Saturday. Express CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 VERDICT 2024 PAGES 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY EMERGING THE single largest party with 132 seats out of 288, there’s a strong feeling in the BJP 288 MAJORITY MARK 145 BJP 132 (+27) 26.8% SS NCP 12.4% 9% 57 41 SS Others (UBT) Vote share in% 20 10% INC 16 (-28) 12.4% NCP (SP) 10 11.3% 2019 UndividedNCP UndividedSena Fadnavis front-runner, coalition dharma puts Shinde in CM race too MUMBAI, NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 23 MAHARASHTRA ASSEMBLY SEATS 12 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 SHUBHANGI KHAPRE, VALLABH OZARKAR, ALOK DESHPANDE & LIZ MATHEW VERDICT 2024 cadrethatthepartyshouldstake claim for the Chief Minister’s post in Maharashtra with Devendra Fadnavis the obvious front-runner. The BJP’s tally, leaders say, has ensured its leadership role – its partners, Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde and NCP led by Ajit Pawar, have won 57 and CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 54(16.7%) 56(16.4%) JHARKHAND ASSEMBLY SEATS 81 MAJORITY MARK 41 JMM INC RJD (+4) 23.4% 15.6% (+3) 3.4% 34 Others 16 4 BJP 21 (-4)33.2% Back from jail, Soren scripts win in face of BJP’s infiltration pitch less than the last Assembly elections. With a vote share of 33.18 per cent in the RANCHI, NOV 23 68 seats it contested, it managed HEMANT SOREN is to win only one set to return as the tribal reserved seat. Jharkhand Chief HEMANT SOREN With its allies Minister after the JHARKHAND CM AJSU winning one INDIA bloc, powPAGE 6 seat out of the 10 it ered by his Jharkhcontested, the LJP and Mukti Morcha (JMM), took the lead in 56 of the (Ram Vilas) winning the only 81 Assembly constituencies in seat where it fought, and the JD(U) winning one of the two the state. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 The BJP won 21 seats — four ABHISHEK ANGAD THE EXPRESS INTERVIEW Vote share in% 4 Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren with his sons as the Assembly poll results were announced in Ranchi on Saturday. PTI CPI (ML)(L) 2 (+1) 1.9% +/-: Change in seats from 2019 Assembly elections; Source: ECI PUT YOUR FACE ON GRAB YOUR CHANCE TO WIN US$1 MILLION AND BE AMONG THE LUCKY 5,000. BUY YOUR TICKET AT DUBAIDUTYFREE.COM Kolkata