eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE THE WOKE PEOPLE NEWDELHI,LATECITY NOVEMBER24,2024 More Indians across ages are catching fewer hours of sleep than ever before 22+4PAGES,`7.00 (`8 BIHAR &RAIPUR, ` 12 SRINAGAR) 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 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 Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar celebrate in Mumbai. Sankhadeep Banerjee 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 Fadnavis front-runner, coalition dharma puts Shinde in CM race too Inexplicable, manipulation: Its Lok Sabha gains gone, Cong sees plot behind rout CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CAT 2024 A RED initiative appears in today’s edition of The Indian Express. These pages are an initiative of the marketing solutions team of The Indian Express Group and contain content paid for by advertisers. These pages should be read as an advertisement. VERDICT 2024 PAGES 9, 10, 11, 12 SHUBHANGI KHAPRE, VALLABH OZARKAR, ALOK DESHPANDE & LIZ MATHEW MUMBAI, NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 23 EMERGING THE single largest party with 132 seats out of 288, there’s a strong feeling in the BJP 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 NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 23 STUNG HARD by its defeat in Maharashtra, close on the heels of the setback in Assembly elections in Haryana, the Congress Saturday once again questioned the integrity of the electoral process, invoking Electronic 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 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY ASSEMBLY SEATS 288 MAJORITY MARK 145 132 (+27) 26.8% Others 12 SS NCP 12.4% 9% 57 SS 20 10% INC 16 (-28) 12.4% 10 11.3% 2019 UndividedNCP UndividedSena Voting Machines (EVMs) and alleging “manipulation” and a “conspiracy” behind its rout. After the defeat in Haryana last month, the Congress had, in an unprecedented move, declared that it would not accept the verdict, alleging there was a “conspiracy” hatched through “manipulation” of EVMs, a CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 41 (UBT) Vote share in% NCP (SP) CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 LALMANI VERMA MAHARASHTRA BJP MUMBAI, NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 23 NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 23 VERDICT 2024 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 RANCHI, NOV 23 33.18 per cent in the 68 seats it conHEMANT SOREN is tested, it managed set to return as the to win only one Jharkhand Chief tribal reserved seat. HEMANT SOREN Minister after the With its allies JHARKHAND CM INDIA bloc, powAJSU winning one PAGE 9 ered by his Jharkhseat out of the 10 it and Mukti Morcha contested, the LJP (JMM), took the lead in 56 of the (Ram Vilas) winning the only 81 Assembly constituencies in seat where it fought, and the the state. JD(U) winning one of the two The BJP won 21 seats — four CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 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