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The move is being seen as conciliatory, as the Assembly elections
in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan were held today,
and it is understood that people would be eager to follow the counting
day, and watch the outcome.
While most operators across UP started showing news channels since
early today, entertainment channels are expected to be shown by
tonight, agency reports from Lucknow stated.
UP cable operators' welfare association president Anil Upadhyaya
said that the decision to show news channels was taken to enable
the viewers watch the elections.
The breakthrough came yesterday when operators met Yadav at his
official residence. The CM had reportedly assured them that their
demands pertaining entertainment tax would be sorted out within
a month. ''He has assured that till that time the government or
the entertainment tax department would not take action against us,''
Upadhyaya was quoted by agencies as saying.
While the government was seeking entertainment tax of 30 per cent,
the operators were willing to pay only Rs 20 per connection to the
entertainment tax department.
Earlier, there were hopes that the cable strike would be called
off during prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's one-day visit to
his parliamentary constituency here on 27 November. Operators in
most of the 70 districts of UP had participated in the strike.
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