Jammu, April 1 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Legislators, cutting across party lines on Wednesday, protested the absence of senior bureaucrats in the Legislative Assembly during the Question Hour as BJP MLAs called for deferring business of departments whose administrative secretaries were absent from the House.During the Question Hour in J&K Assembly on Wednesday, MLAs belonging to different political parties expressed serious concern over the absence of senior bureaucrats in the Legislative Ass…
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Shimla, March 31 (IANS) Leaders of the BJP on Tuesday criticised the Karnataka government’s decision to provide complimentary IPL tickets to legislators, terming it an example of ‘VIP culture.’Speaking to IANS, BJP MLA Randhir Sharma said the move reflects a governance approach that prioritises privileges over equality.“The Bharatiya Janata Party is against this kind of VIP culture, whereas in the Indian National Congress, it is fully entrenched. That’s why in Karnataka, where the Congress…
Bhubaneswar, March 13 (IANS) Amid growing concerns over possible horse-trading ahead of the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, the Opposition Congress party in Odisha has shifted nine of its total 14 MLAs to Bengaluru in Karnataka.Meanwhile, only five Congress MLAs, including CLP leader Rama Chandra Kadam, senior MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati, MLA Sofia Firdous, MLA Ramesh Jena, and Dasarathi Gamango, were present in the House during the proceedings on Friday.According to Congress party sources, six C…
Bengaluru, March 9 (IANS) The Karnataka government on Monday stated that it has not imposed any restrictions on the media in Vidhana Soudha. The government also defended its earlier order in this regard, which asked the media to take bytes and reactions only at the West Gate of Vidhana Soudha.A statement in this regard was issued by K.G. Jagadeesha, Secretary to Government, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR), in response to a letter written by Leader of the Opposition in t…
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) As the initial process of selection of party candidates from the 294 constituencies in West Bengal for the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state this year has already started, the Trinamool Congress leadership is considering changing the constituencies of some heavyweight members of the state cabinet and some veteran party legislators.Party sources said that already two rounds of closed-door meetings involving very few select leaders in the topmost structure of the p…
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) Amid the crucial Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled later this year, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to come for a two-day visit to the state in the third week of this month. A state committee member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that the Union Home Minister is likely to arrive in Kolkata either on the night of February 17 or the morning of February 18 and will be returning to New Delhi on February 19.However, unlike his last month-end visit …