Monday, September 2nd, 2019
Puducherry CM Narayanasamy Says Centre Flouted Sarkaria Norms on Governors
Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Monday accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of disregarding what the Sarkaria Commission recommended about choosing Governors and Lieutenant Governors. The allegation Speaking to reporters after offering prayers at the Manakula Vinayakar temple on Vinayaka Chaturthi, Narayanasamy said the commission had laid down that people who were political functionaries should not be appointed as Governors. He argued that the choice of the new Governors of Rajasthan, Telangana, Kerala, Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh revealed what he called a political motive on the part ofRead More
Amit Shah Meets Maharashtra BJP Leaders in Mumbai, Skips Shiv Sena Ahead of Polls
BJP president Amit Shah held a short meeting with Maharashtra party leaders, including Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, in Mumbai on Monday, but did not meet the BJP’s ally, the Shiv Sena. Shah’s Mumbai visit While in the city, Shah went to Varsha, the Chief Minister’s official residence in the Malabar Hill area. A party functionary said his meetings were limited to state BJP leaders and that he also visited the Siddhivinayak temple at Prabhadevi. He was also due to visit the Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesh pandal in central Mumbai. On SundayRead More
BJP Calls 12-Hour Barrackpore Bandh Over Alleged Attack on MP Arjun Singh
The BJP on Sunday called a 12-hour bandh in the Barrackpore constituency for Monday, protesting what it said was an attack on its MP Arjun Singh. Singh suffered head injuries on Sunday at Kankinara in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, where police allegedly used batons to clear a road blockade. The party’s protest plans The state unit said the bandh would begin at 6 am, with a protest march setting off from Shyambazar Crossing in Kolkata at 10:30 am. The party also planned a sit-in over political violence inRead More
Mamata Banerjee Says Values of India’s Founding Fathers Are Being Undermined
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that she was saddened to see the values championed by India’s founding fathers being undermined. What she said Banerjee made the remark in a post on Twitter marking the anniversary of the formation of the interim government of undivided India in 1946. She recalled that the interim government had been set up on this day and remained in office until August 1947, and added: “I am saddened to see that many of the values our founding fathers stood for are beingRead More
MP Minister Umang Singhar Says Digvijaya Singh Runs Govt ‘From Behind the Curtain’
Infighting in the Madhya Pradesh Congress came into the open when forest minister Umang Singhar, a member of Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s cabinet, accused senior party leader Digvijaya Singh of running the state government by proxy. The letter and the outburst Singhar’s remarks followed a letter that Singh reportedly sent to all 28 ministers, asking what had been done about his earlier letters recommending certain transfers. Singh asked the ministers to meet him by August 31 so that he could learn what action had been taken on applications he hadRead More