vijayawada l friday l june 07, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l late city EDITION the last dance: Thank you for the memories, sunil chhetri India’s one of the greatest strikers plays his final game against Kuwait. He is the fourth highest goal-scorer in international football FEET of GOAL: fourth-highest in the world gets a warm send-off in kolkata The 39-year-old Chhetri ended his glorious 19-year international career as the fourth-most prolific scorer in international football with 94 strikes, behind Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo (128), Iran legend Ali Daei (108) and Argentine wizard Lionel Messi (106). He will, however, continue playing club football for “two more years” ■ ■ His wife, Sonam Bhattacharya, and nine-month-old son, Dhurv, were there on the packed stands at the Salt Lake Stadium Chhetri had scored in his debut match against Pakistan on June 12, 2005 in Quetta. However, in his last match, he could not score and India managed a draw against Kuwait in a so-so match | P11 151 The number of matches he played for the national team CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Modi to take oath on Sunday New govt to consider spl financial package for AP, Bihar; NDA Parliamentary Party meet today RA J E S H K U M AR THA K U R @ New Delhi TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu interacted with newly-elected MPs during the TDPP meeting in Undavalli on Thrusday | Express Naidu to attend NDA meet in Delhi, clarity on portfolios may emerge today E x p r e ss N e w s S e r v i c e @ Vijayawada TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu left for New Delhi on Thursday to attend the NDA’s Parliamentary Party meeting on Friday It is expected that an. other round of talks will be held to discuss matters pertaining to the post of Lok Sabha speaker and Cabinet portfolios. Additionally, Naidu, who is likely to take oath as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on June 12, may invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the event during the meeting. While negotiations are going on with the TDP demanding for the Lok Sabha Speaker post and five minister berths, it ap- airport drama CISF constable ‘slaps’ Kangana for ryot stir jibe HAR P REET B A J WA @ Chandigarh Bollywood actor and BJP MP-elect Kangana Ranaut said on Thursday that she was slapped by a woman CISF constable during security check at the Chandigarh airport. Ranaut was at the boarding area to catch a Vistara flight to Delhi when CISF constable Kulwinder Kaur allegedly slapped her. Sources said an argument broke out between the two over the actor’s comments on the farmer protest. Kaur has been reportedly suspended and a case has been filed against her. “From what it appears, Kangana was slapped for her ‘Khalistani’ comments,” said her close aide. Sources said Ranaut is likely to file a complaint with the Ministry of Home Affairs. “A CISF constable hit me and abused me. She said she supports farmers’ protest. I am safe but the question is how do we handle terrorism in Punjab,” Ranaut said in a video. pears that the BJP is reluctant to give the Speaker post and may allocate the Deputy Speaker post to the yellow party, be- Swearing-in ceremony likely to be on June 12 Naidu, who is likely to take oath as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on June 12, may invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the event during the NDA meeting in New Delhi on Friday sides allotting the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Ministers of State for Urban Development and Finance. However, when contacted by TNIE, a senior TDP leader said talks are going on and the outcome is not known to others as discussions were held between top brass of the two parties. As of now, nothing has been finalised. Clarity may emerge after the talks on Friday . Meanwhile, it has been learnt that in case the TDP gets the Deputy Speaker post, Bapatla MP T Krishna Prasad, a retired IPS officer, may be the choice. If not, Amalapuram MP GM Harish, son of former Lok Sabha Speaker GMC Balayogi, might be chosen. Earlier in the day Naidu held , a meeting with the newly-elected MPs and made some interP4 esting comments.  Amid intense negotiations for Cabinet berths among the NDA partners, it became known that Narendra Modi will take his third consecutive oath as prime minister at a glittering ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday Over 800 guests, . including foreign dignitaries, will attend. Apart from Modi, about 25-30 ministers are expected to be sworn in. Though there was no official word, the BJP central office has already sent its list of invitees to Rashtrapati Bhavan. Significantly, the BJP leadership is learnt to have agreed in principle on the new govern- E x p r e ss N e w s S e r v i c e @ Vijayawada Operations of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) at the APCID (Andhra Pradesh State Crime Investigation Department) office in Kunchanapalli were suspended temporarily with immediate effect follow- P r e e t h a N a i r @ New Delhi way off projections, the markets crashed. “We are convinced this is a scam. Somebody has made crores of rupees at the cost of retail investors. This is a criminal act,” he alleged. Refuting the charges, BJP leader Piyush Goyal said it’s the wealthy foreign invetors who bought stocks at high rates while Indians sold and made profits. “The `30 lakh crore he is talking about refers to valuation. It’s notional and not about trading; he doesn’t understand,” Goyal said. Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference in New Delhi | PTI The PM told the country 3 times there would be a stock market boom. This is the 1st time that the PM commented on stock markets during elections Rahul Gandhi As Jawahar Reddy goes on leave, Vijayanand tipped to be next CS E x p r e ss N e w s S e r v i c e @ Vijayawada As Special Chief Secretary Dr KS Jawahar Reddy is going on leave on ‘personal grounds’, it is likely that Special Chief Secretary (Energy) K Vijayanand would be appointed in his place. Orders to this effect are likely to be issued soon, sources said. A 1992-batch officer, Vijayanand has earlier served as incharge Chief Secretary for a brief period in the previous government. Jawahar Reddy had on Wednesday called on TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu. It has been learnt that Naidu gave indications to the senior officer that it would be better for him to go on leave so that the new government can ap- KS Jawahar Reddy and K Vijayanand point a new Chief Secretary of its choice. It may be pointed out that Jawahar Reddy is due to retire at the end of June. He came under severe TDP criticism for his ‘acts’ after the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into force in the State. The yellow party accused the bureaucrat of favouring the YSRC in many instances, including during the distribution of social security pensions and while sending an empanelled list of IAS and IPS officers to the Election Commission for their appointment in the place of officials who were relieved from election duties. TDP leaders had sought the Election Commission to remove him from the top post. However, Reddy continued in the post till the counting of votes was completed on June 4. Later, he made a courtesy visit to Naidu as the TDP emerged victorious in the elections. Although it is not known what exactly transpired between Naidu and Jawahar Reddy during their brief meeting, the latter preferred to go on leave and sent a leave letter to the General Administration Department on Thursday . Meanwhile, an exercise to finalise officials for the Chief Minister’s Office has begun. Invites have been sent to the heads of neighbouring countries to attend the ceremony. Presidents Ranil Wickremesinghe (Sri Lanka), Mohamed Muizzu (Maldives), Wavel Ramkalawan (Seychelles) and prime ministers Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh), Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ (Nepal), Tshering Tobgay (Bhutan) and Pravind Jugnauth (Mauritius) are on the list of invitees ment considering the demand for special financial packages for both Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. The demand by the TDP’s Chandrababu Naidu and JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar was part of the negotiations on ministerial berths. Besides, a senior NDA source indicated that the TDP, which has 16 MPs, is likely to get one Cabinet and two ministers of state (MoS) in the Union ministry As for the JD(U), it is expect. ed to get one Cabinet and one or two MoS. As for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker, sources said the BJP will have its own nominee while the Deputy Speaker could be from the TDP The JD(U) already . has the post of vice-chairman in the Rajya Sabha. The NDA Parliamentary Party meet on Friday is expected to take the final call on quotas for allies in the Union ministry. “The final decision on the portfolios amongst the allies will be CID, FiberNet offices temporarily shut ‘Convinced’ of stock market scam, Rahul seeks JPC probe Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah, and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s role in the “biggest stock market scam” that wiped out retail investors’ wealth to the tune of `30 lakh crore. Addressing a press conference here, Gandhi asked why Modi, Shah, and Sitharaman made remarks to pump up stock markets. “The PM told the country three times that there would be a stock market boom. The HM asked people to buy stocks before June 4. The FM also gave the same message. This is the first time that the PM commented on the stock markets during elections,” Gandhi said. The Congress MP said the ‘fake’ exit polls led to massive stock buying on June 3, a day before the counting of votes. When the actual results were heads of seven neighbours get invites APSRTC MD likely to be DGP Sources said senior IPS officer & APSRTC MD Ch Dwaraka Tirumala Rao may be opted for the DGP post. Further, orders were given not to relieve officials working in the State on deputation. I&PR Commissioner T Vijay Kumar Reddy’s request for relief was rejected | P4 ing the orders issued by the Governor on Thursday Similar . instructions were given for AP FiberNet office, located at NTR Administration Block in Vijayawada. Additionally, the staff were directed not to shift any electronic gadgets, laptops and computers from the offices without permission from higher officials. The decision comes in the wake of complaints regarding irregularities at the two offices under the YSRC regime. It may be pointed out that the e-office wing in the AP State Secretariat was also closed on WednesP4 day  . taken at Friday’s meeting,” said a source. However, key ministries that are part of the Cabinet Committee on Security (defence, home, finance and corporate affairs, external affairs) are almost certain to remain with the BJP. The BJP is learnt to have decided to accommodate almost all potential allies with one Cabinet berth and one MoS to both Chirag Paswan’s LJP (RV) and Eknath Shinde’s Sena. Jitan Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha could get the ministry of social justice while the JD(U) may get rural development, water resources or agriculture ministry . Meanwhile, JD(U) leader K C Tyagi said his party has demanded for a review of the Agniveer scheme. e x p r e ss r e a d BJP & JSP likely to get 4-5 Cabinet berths Vijayawada: BJP &JSP are likely to get 4-5 berths in Chandrababu Naidu’s cabinet. With the TDP set to join the Union Cabinet, the BJP will also be part of the State Cabinet, party leaders said. TDP sources said, the party may offer two Cabinet berths to the BJP | P4