The Ideas Page: Pakistan’s double game with China and America is its ticket to disaster P9 ThURSDaY, NoVEMBER 6, 2025 JournaliSM of CouraGe AHmEDABAD, LAtE CIty, 20 pAGEs ₹5.00 l www.indianexpress.com DA I Ly F r O m : A H m E DA B A D , C H A N D I GA r H , D E L H I , J A I p U r , kO L k AtA , L U C k N O W , m U m B A I , N AG p U r , pAt N A , p U N E , VA D O DA r A Vote-theft allegations again Haryana vote chori, claims Rahul; BJP says he’s lost Bihar Congress leader cites example of Brazilian model with 22 votes at 10 booths Congratulations asad rehman Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the World Cup-winning Indian women's cricket team at his residence in New Delhi on Wednesday. ANI StEPPING UP his “vote chori” offensive against the Election commission and the BJP over alleged irregularities in electoral rolls, Leader of opposition and congress leader rahul Gandhi alleged Wednesday that the Assembly elections in Haryana last year in which his party was defeated had been “stolen”, and that 25 lakh fake votes had been cast in the state. Briefing the press at the congress headquarters in New Delhi, Gandhi, who had earlier levelled allegations of “vote chori” in constituencies of Karnataka and Maharashtra, presented details of what he called the “H files”. Stating that there were a total of 2 crore voters in Haryana, he alleged that one in eight votes polled in the Haryana elections was fake. He said five methods were used: fake photographs; voters with affiliation to the BJP in UP voting in the Haryana elections;blurredphotographs;deletedvoters;andhousenumber zero shown as the address. Maintaining that his allegations were “100 per cent the truth”, he said, “this is about how an entire state has been happening today l the two-day leaders’ suMMit in beleM, brazil, begins thursday, ahead of the COp30 climate conference which starts next week. Fifty-seven heads of states or governments, and 39 ministers are expected to make country statements. India is scheduled to be represented by its Ambassador in Brazil. lthe t20 series between india and australia, finely poised at 1-1, goes into the fourth game at Gold Coast on thursday. With home stars — pacer Josh Hazlewood and opener travis Head — being rested for the upcoming Ashes, India has a chance to take the lead before the fifth and final game at Brisbane on saturday. New Delhi, November 5 nehru’s tryst-with-destiny speech finds echo in Victory address Mamdani takes New York, tells Trump: ‘You are watching... turn the volume up’ business as usual Democrats take Virginia, New Jersey; Trump rails against election losses By EP UNNY Joseph ax, Maria tsvetkova & tim reid Washington, November 5 DEMocrAtS SWEPt a trio of races tuesday (Wednesday morning India) in the first major US elections since Donald trump regained the presidency, elevating a new generation of leaders and giving the Zohran Mamdani with his wife Rama Duwaji, mother Mira Nair and father Mahmood Mamdani after his victory. rEUtErs beleagueredpartyashotofmomentum ahead of next year’s congressional elections. In New York city, Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old demo- cratic socialist, won the mayoralrace,cappingameteoricand unlikely rise from an anonymous state lawmaker to one of »continued on page 2 More reports pages 8, 9, 15, 16, 17 »continued on page 2 Rahul Gandhi at the press conference on Wednesday. ANIL sHArmA EC says no appeal filed; didn’t abuse poll panel after 2004 loss: Rijiju express news service New Delhi, November 5 tHE BJP hit back at congress leader rahul Gandhi over his “vote chori” allegations in the Haryana Assembly elections last year, calling them “pointless” and said it was a bid to divert attention from Bihar where defeat of the congress and its allies was certain. the Election commission also responded to Gandhi’s allegations, saying no appeal was filed against the revision of electoral rolls in Haryana. Union Minister and BJP leader Kiren rijiju accused Gandhi of insulting the country’s democratic frameworkandinstitutions,claiming E. ExPlainEd after karnataka, maharashtra Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote chori’ allegations about the Haryana poll outcome follow similar charges he made in constituencies of Karnataka and Maharashtra. He has used this to target the EC and BJP, a charge both have rejected. it was being done as part of a conspiracy hatched with antinational forces operating from »continued on page 2 PK frames an angry relief package to be announced soon: Minister Corruption cloud: Skill Ministry Bihari campaign but 42 lakh ha farm land in over blacklists 178 training partners on the ground, is aam 16,000 villages affected by unseasonal rain: Gujarat govt aadmi that angry? Penalties imposed, FIRs being coMes after ceo ouster, staff clean-up ritu sarin New Delhi, November 5 lodged, UP heads list of defaulting states, followed by Delhi, MP ABSENtEE StUDENtS, fake documentation, non-existent centres – these are among the glaring irregularities found in the execution of l ThESPREadofThEiRREgulaRiTiES Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), the flagshiptrainingprogrammeof the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship allocated on blacklist, partners states (MSDE). 2024-25 and centres affected the scheme was launched in 2015 and under it, until June key allegations: missing students, fake papers, 2025,over1.64croreyouthhave non-existent centres received training and rs 1,538 crorewasallocated for the year have been com- training centres (tcs). trainExPRESS 2024-25. plaintsofinflated ing centres are where training following the bills; absentee is imparted, training partners upgraded version students; fake areorganisationsorindividulas of the scheme (PMKVY 4.0) documentation and non-exist- who run these centres. commencing in 2022, there enttrainingPartners(tPs)and »continued on page 2 ` 1538 cr 178 18 exclusive FULL REPORT On WWW.InDIAnEXPRESS.COM woRld Page 17 Gave content to politicians, now to State to begin voters, but many of them say let’s wait procurement of Vandita Mishra Purnea, Patna, November 5 oNE of the main curiosities aboutthisBiharelection—voting for the first phase takes place thursday — has a name that has newly entered conversations in this state of old and tangled challenges, across unequal and uneven political terrain: Prashant Kishor. the former poll strategist, who has worked with leaders of varied politicalhues,andhasbeendescribed and criticised as ideology-agnostic, has moved out of the backroom, climbed on to the political stage. He has been »continued on page 15 decision 2025 bihar Phase1today Results in 2020 Seats Voting party seats rJD 42 Candidates BJp 32 JD(U) 23 Left 11 Reserved Cong 8 VIp 4 2020 Turnout LJp(rV) 1 Others 0 121 1,314 19 SC 55.81% sOUrCE: EC Page 13 a new home for cheetahs in mP, but there’s a challenge EVEN AS the Gujarat government has ordered a survey to take stock of damages suffered by farmers owing to heavy unseasonal rain around Diwali, a primary estimate suggested that it has caused damage in more than 42 lakh hectare (ha) agriculture land in more than Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inspects damage to crops during a recent visit to Junagadh district. ExprEss 16000villagesinthestate,Agriculture Minister Jitu Vaghani said on Wednesday. Vaghani emphasised that the government would announce a relief package “at the earliest.” He was interacting with mediapersons while providing details about starting procurement of groundnut, soybean, moong and black beans at minimum support price (MSP) from November 9. »continued on page 2 Harmanpreet story begins with message on boy’s suit: ‘Good Batting’ imprinted that now reads like a prophecy: “Good Batting.” Harmandar, a former clerk LIKE tHEY do every year, Har- at a local court, recalled what mandar Bhullar and his wife madehimbuythesuitimmediSatwinder Kaur prayed at the ately after the birth of the first gurdwara in their of his three children. village in Punjab's “We wanted to tell PagE 1 Moga to mark the the world that birth anniversary of daughters are equal Guru Nanak Dev. to sons. that is why Yet, for the parents of women's we made her wear the suit after World cup-winning skipper she was born. Soon after that, Harampreet Kaur, this year's we took her to the gurdwara Gurpurab was extra special. sahib near our home. Maybe, it this time, Satwinder car- was the prophecy written on ried with her a yellow toddler- it...HarmanwontheWorldcup size “boy's suit”, which was on Sunday and became the bought on the day Harman- world's best captain. today we preet was born. It has a slogan went to the gurdwara sahib to Moga, November 5 naTion express news service Ahmedabad, November 5 l ‘WaNteD to tell WoRlD that DauGhteRS equal to SoNS... that IS Why We MaDe heR WeaR the SuIt afteR She WaS BoRN’ nitin sharma u.s. may ask un to mandate international force in gaza groundnut, soybean, moong and black beans at MSP from Nov 9 anchor harmandar Bhullar and Satwinder Kaur hold the ‘boy’s suit’ bought on the day their daughter harmanpreet Kaur was born. GUrmEEt sINGH seek Guru Nanak Dev ji’s blessings for Harman’s team. We felt we should take the suit with us,” Harmandar told The Indian Express. on Wednesday, there was a stream of visitors at Harmanpreet's home in Dunneke village along the Delhi-ferozepur highway, 3 km outside Moga town. An Alto hatchback, the first car that Harmanpreet had bought, was parked near the gate.Evenasavillageelderproposed that the housing colony be named after the women's captain,Harmandarwasonthe phonespeakingtowell-wishers and relatives, many of them keen to know when Moga's most famous daughter was coming home. then there was a group call with Harmanpreet'syoungersiblings—Adelaide-based Gurjinder Singh and Hemjit Kaur who is based in canada's calgary. for those who dropped in, thedrawingroomwasafavouritephotospotbecauseitislined with pictures of Harmanpreet with other cricketers. there is one with her and 1983 World cup-winning captain Kapil Dev, another with Sachin tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan is also in the gallery. When she was younger, Harmanpreet was hooked to Sehwag’s batting style, Satwinder said. “She was a fan of Virender Sehwag. She would gethispostersaswellaspicture cards.Shewantedtoimitatehis battingstyle.Sheusedtocollect photographs of Kapil Dev with the 1983 World cup trophy and Sachintendulkarwiththe2011 World cup trophy. It was so touching to see Sachin tendulkar clapping for Harman and her team (in the final on Sunday),” Satwinder said. the Bhullars “feel blessed” that they were able to experience the World cup-winning moment when Harmanpreet took a catch and celebrated »continued on page 2 Ahmedabad