Chennai, April 15 (IANS) Tamil Nadu is set to witness widespread protests on Thursday after Chief Minister M. K. Stalin called for a statewide black flag demonstration against the Centre’s proposed delimitation exercise and constitutional amendments.Urging people to express their dissent, Stalin appealed to citizens across the state to hoist black flags in their homes and public spaces. “Let black flags rise! Tamil Nadu will fight, and Tamil Nadu will win,” he declared in a strongly worded soc…
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New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday intensified its attack on the Centre over the Women’s Reservation Bill and the proposed delimitation exercise, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of being “anti-women” and acting without adequate consultation on key constitutional changes.Congress spokesperson Surendra Rajput criticised the government for delaying the implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill, stating, “The Bharatiya Janata Party’s anti-women face has been …
Hyderabad, April 15 (IANS) Telangana Jagruthi president K. Kavitha on Wednesday warned of a movement on the scale of the Telangana agitation if the BJP-led Centre attempts to weaken the state’s democratic representation under the guise of delimitation.The former MP said that the South, which led the nation in economic growth and family planning for decades, should be rewarded and not punished.“The voice of the people of Telangana cannot be diluted under the guise of delimitation. Our positio…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) JD(U) MP, Sanjay Kumar Jha, on Monday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Sonia Gandhi over her remarks on delimitation and the Women’s Reservation Bill, questioning why such measures were not implemented during the Congress-led UPA government.Speaking to IANS, Jha said, “If it was already planned earlier, then why wasn’t it implemented when they were in power? Who stopped them?”He further added that during the UPA regime, when the Bill came up, “Nitis…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday backed party chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s concerns regarding the Special Session of the Parliament on Women’s Reservation (Amendment) Bill on April 16, calling it a “clear breach of the Model of Conduct” as the Assembly election campaign will still be underway. Congress has sought an all-party meeting regarding the delimitation before conducting a special session. The party has demanded that all this be done after April …
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge, in his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has criticised the Centre for “hurrying” the implementation of the Women’s Reservation (Amendment) Bill to “gain political mileage” rather than women’s empowerment. A Special Session has been convened next week to deliberate on and pass the Women’s Reservation (Amendment) Bill.PM Modi has written to floor leaders of all parties in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, seeki…
Davanagere, April 6 (IANS) Responding to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s criticism against the Centre, Union Minister for Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Monday accused the Congress of trying to create divisions by raising a “North-South states” narrative over the issue of Lok Sabha constituency delimitation, and launched a sharp attack on the Chief Minister. Addressing a press conference in Davanagere, Joshi rejected Siddaramaiah’s allegation that the BJ…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Former long jumper and Athletics Federation of India senior vice-president Anju Bobby George has welcomed the renewed push for the Women’s Reservation Bill, terming it a significant step towards strengthening women’s representation in policymaking, while also highlighting its potential benefits for the sporting ecosystem.Her remarks come as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament to expedite steps to implement…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Congress on Friday intensified its attack on the Centre over the proposed three-day special session of Parliament from April 16 to 18, alleging that the government’s intent behind bringing amendments to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam bill or Women Reservation Bill is questionable and politically motivated.Addressing the media, Congress General Secretary, Communications, Jairam Ramesh, outlined a detailed sequence of events, citing correspondence between Union Mi…
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday criticised the Election Commission of India over the alleged gross errors in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state. Speaking at a meeting of booth-level agents of her party, Trinamool Congress, at the Netaji Indoor Stadium, in Kolkata, Banerjee also claimed that the poll panel appointed observers without informing the state government.”The Election Commission is working as per the directions of the B…