New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) In the aftermath of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill’s defeat in the Lok Sabha, Telangana Jagruthi President K. Kavitha on Saturday blamed both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying they are “playing a blame game” over the failure of the Women’s Reservation Bill.Speaking to IANS, Kavitha said, “In the history of India, yesterday will be remembered as the black day for women empowerment in this nation.”Holding both the ruling NDA alliance and …
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New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his alleged remarks against Congress president and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, calling the language used “abusive, shameful and unacceptable.” In a post on X, Gandhi strongly condemned the remarks, asserting that Kharge is a “senior, widely respected Dalit leader and mass representative” whose stature and experie…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has raised serious concerns over the inclusion of Dalit, Adivasi, and Other Backward Class (OBC) entrepreneurs in India’s public works and infrastructure contracts.Posting on Facebook, he asked, “Last year, out of Rs 16,500 crore worth of public works contracts, how many contracts were awarded to Dalit, Adivasi, and backward class businesses? Their response was deeply worrying—the government does not maintain any data on this.”The is…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, on Tuesday, welcomed the Supreme Court’s order that a person, who has converted to Christianity and continues to profess and practice the faith cannot claim the status of a Scheduled Caste. A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V. Anjaria said that “no person who professes a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism can be regarded as a member of the Scheduled Caste”, adding that conversion to any other religi…
Bengaluru, March 18 (IANS) The Karnataka Congress government will table the “Iva Nammava Iva Nammava (He is ours, he is ours)’ Bill in the Assembly on Wednesday, which aims to curb “honour killings” and violence arising from caste-based objections to inter-caste or inter-community marriages.It may be noted that the government decided to introduce the Bill following the rising incidents of violence related to inter-caste marriages, particularly the brutal killing of a pregnant woman, Manya …
Lucknow, March 14 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief, Mayawati, on Saturday came down heavily on the Congress over its proposal seeking the Bharat Ratna for Bahujan leader Kanshi Ram, accusing the party of attempting to “exploit his name” despite what she described as its long-standing “anti-Dalit” attitude.Her remarks came a day after Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha (LoP), Rahul Gandhi, said that if late Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru were alive today, Bahujan leader Kanshi Ram would…
Chandigarh, March 6 (IANS) Punjab Cabinet ministers Harpal Singh Cheema, Aman Arora and Harbhajan Singh ETO on Friday launched scathing attack on the Congress, condemning party’s decision to boycott the Governor’s Address, saying “it’s an insult to the House and to the 75-year-old parliamentary traditions of the state”. The ministers said the Opposition’s disruptive behaviour and sloganeering in the House were desperate attempts to divert public attention from the state’s developme…
Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) The BJP on Wednesday announced its four candidates from Maharashtra for the upcoming Rajya Sabha biennial elections. The party has strategically focussed on organizational influence and “social engineering.”The most notable name on the list is Vinod Tawde, the BJP National General Secretary and Bihar incharge. This nomination marks Tawde’s return to active parliamentary politics after being away from the legislative fray since 2019.Alongside Tawde, the party has renomina…
Jaipur, Feb 20 (IANS) Congress has appointed Vinod Jakhar as the new president of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI). Jakhar has served as the Rajasthan University Students’ Union (RUSU) state president for the last two years. In 2018, he became the first Dalit president of RUSU after contesting as an independent candidate. In the 55-year history of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), a student leader from Rajasthan’s desert region has been appointed as the organisation’s…
Gandhinagar, Feb 20 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Friday proposed changes to the Gujarat Registration of Marriages Act, 2006, that would make it mandatory for parents to be formally involved in the marriage registration process initiated by couples. The move has triggered debate across political lines. The proposal, presented in the Assembly, seeks amendments to provisions of the Gujarat Marriage Registration framework, requiring couples to disclose whether their parents have been informed an…