Friday, August 2nd, 2019
BSP Tickets Go to the Highest Bidder, Alleges Party MLA in Rajasthan
A Bahujan Samaj Party legislator in Rajasthan alleged on Thursday that the party gives election tickets in exchange for money, with the ticket going to whoever pays the most. MLA Rajendra Gudha made the claim at a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) seminar held in the state assembly in Jaipur. What Gudha said “In our BSP party, tickets are given in lieu of money,” Gudha said. He went on to describe how a ticket would be given to one person if he paid more, and then to a third person ifRead More
Economy Has Ground to a Halt, Ruling Party Promotes Social Disharmony: CPI(M)
On Friday, Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the CPI(M), accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of bringing the economy to a standstill, saying all indicators showed it had “ground to a halt”. He was reacting to news reports pointing to an economic slowdown. Yechury’s charges In posts on Twitter, Yechury blamed the government’s policies and actions for the situation and said that no amount of manipulation of figures, bluffing or public relations could now hide the hardship people were facing. He argued that the economy cannot be separated fromRead More
Jagan Government Shuts TDP-Era Anna Canteens ‘Temporarily’; Rajanna Name Considered
The Anna canteens in Andhra Pradesh, which serve meals for Rs 5 to poor and middle-class people, have been closed by the state government because its contract with the Akshaya Patra Foundation was not renewed. The agreement with the food supplier expired on July 31, 2019. A TDP-era scheme The canteens were launched last year by the government of N Chandrababu Naidu, which opened around 300 of them and named them after Telugu Desam Party founder and former Chief Minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR). After taking office, the YSRCPRead More
Priyanka Gandhi Calls Supreme Court Decision a Stamp on ‘Jungle Raj’ in UP
On Friday, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra welcomed what the Supreme Court had decided in the Unnao rape case, saying it exposed the failure of governance in Uttar Pradesh. Her comments followed a string of tweets in which she had criticised the BJP over its handling of Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the BJP legislator facing the main charges in the case. What she said “The decision by Supreme Court is a stamp on the failure and ‘Jungle Raj’ prevalent in Uttar Pradesh,” Priyanka Gandhi wrote on Twitter. She said theRead More
UAPA Amendment Unconstitutional, Congress Will Move Supreme Court: Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday strongly opposed the new provision in the anti-terror law UAPA that lets the government label an individual a “terrorist”, calling it unconstitutional and warning that the power could be abused. Addressing the Rajya Sabha, Chidambaram, a former Union minister, said his party would go to the Supreme Court if the bill was passed. Bill passes Upper House The Rajya Sabha passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019 roughly an hour after his speech. The Lok Sabha had approved it on July 29.Read More