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  • Third eye: Not so impactful after all & name calling being called out

    What is there in caste?So far, not many people bothered to know about Karnataka Governor Thawarchand Gehlot’s caste. But his ‘Dalit’ background has come to the fore ever since he permitted prosecution of chief minister Siddaramaiah. The Congress party’s attacks on him as BJP’s puppet has not gone down well with the saffron party, which finds the comment insulting to a Dalit governor. The Congress, far from being defensive, is asking the BJP why then Gehlot has not been made a Union minister. Not so impactful after allRecently at a Nagpur tour, MNS president Raj Thackeray said if he becomes the chief minister after the upcoming assembly polls, he would “clean up the state” in just a few hours. But it looks like Thackeray forgot to say this to his own cadres. Barely minutes after he left a party meeting in Chandrapur, two groups of his cadres came to blows and began assaulting each other in the same venue over who gets an assembly ticket. Also, the meeting also saw the wallets of many senior cadres stolen in Chandrapur. Name calling being called out Recent action of BJP Rajasthan incharge Radha Mohan Das Agarwal has irked some party leaders in the state. During a recent meeting of a membership drive, senior state BJP leader Rajendra Rathor left the meeting midway. Later, when Agarwal came to address the meeting, he took on Rathor for leaving the meeting early and sought a report of all the leaders who were not present in the meeting or left early. Now some state leaders are not very happy with the public name call.

  • Must decide on CM face, need not reveal it: Uddhav Thackeray

    Continuing to put pressure on his allies, Uddhav Thackeray, who leads his own faction of the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Sena, has asked Congress and Nationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar that the Chief Minister’s face be decided among the allies prior to the assembly elections, even if the name is not publicly announced.

    Uddhav Thackeray has communicated this to the Congress and NCP leaderships. Thackeray is attempting to push the two parties to either select a candidate for the Chief Minister’s job or simply accept his name for the position by continually bringing it up in meetings with them and reiterating it publicly.

    “I don’t want our experience with the BJP to be repeated. We had been together for 2530 years, and we agreed that the party with the most seats would become Chief Minister. By this logic, if you obtain more seats, Therefore, I will pull you down (to prevent the ally from winning) and the other party will pull me down?” Thackeray mentioned this in a combined meeting with NCPSP, Congress, and UBT Sena cadres last week.

  • Don’t create anarchy, instability: BJP to Congress on Hindenburg case

    New Delhi: The BJP on Monday rejected the Congress’ demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into Hindenburg’s allegations and said the Opposition party was conspiring to bring about “economic anarchy and instability” in India. The Congress has been demanding Buch’s resignation and that a JPC investigation be ordered to assess the full extent of what it described as the “Modani Mega Scam”.

    Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters, senior party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad reiterated the party line that the shortselling firm’s charge and the Opposition’s criticism of the Sebi chairperson were part of a wider conspiracy. He claimed that billionaire investor George Soros is an investor in Hindenburg and is known for running a propaganda against the Narendra Modiled government.

    “While India is being seen globally as a safe, stable and promising market, the Congress party wants to project that the Indian investment scenario is not safe,” he alleged, and claimed that the Opposition party was making use of the “chits” provided. by foreign entities to damage the economy.”The Congress wants the stock market, which has given good returns to crores of small investors, to crash,” he said. He, however, asserted that investors have come to realize the “conspiracy” and rejected the attempts to jolt the market.

    “After being rebuffed by the people, the Congress, its allies and its closest ally in the toolkit gang have conspired together to usher in economic anarchy and instability in India,” he told reporters.

    The Congress rule between 2004 and 2014 was marked by several alleged scams, Prasad noted, as he questioned why such critical reports were not brought out then.”In its pathological hatred for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi and his toolkit friends, have developed a hatred for India,” he said.

  • Third eye: Congress’ media club, condition for return gift and Mama Banavla

    Condition for return gift: BJP MP and diamond tycoon Govind Dholakia found himself cornered by the party’s women MPs. After Rajya Sabha was adjourned on Friday, some women MPs led by BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh, Kavita Patidar, spoke to Dholakia and reminded him about the upcoming Raksha Bandhan. Also, each of them demanded one carat diamond for tying him rakhi. A smiling Dholakia assured them a return gift if they could make a trip to Surat on Raksha Bandhan.

    ‘Mama Banavla’: Uddhav Thackeray, in New Delhi recently, used a word play to slam BJP’s central leadership. Claiming that it was insecure of top BJP leaders like UP CM Yogi Adityanath, he said the leadership was trying to cut him down to size. He added former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chouhan has been shunted out to the Center as it doesn’t want him to become big. Thackeray said BJP leadership made a ‘mama’ out of Chouhan. While Chouhan is called ‘mama’ in MP circles, in Marathi ‘mama banavla’ means someone being fooled or duped.

    Congress’ Media Club: At a meeting of Congress Lok Sabha MPs presided over by LoP Rahul Gandhi, many were amused by an advisory from the party’s deputy leader in Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi. With Gandhi sitting next to him, Gogoi said the leadership has noticed that many MPs talk to media persons on Parliament premises. He cautioned them against it by saying that “journalists are nobody’s friends” and they “are there only to get news”. After the meeting, some MPs wondered why Gogoi, who misses no opportunity to give soundbites before TV cameras in Parliament complex and who has his own WhatsApp media group, wanted others to shun the media. They concluded that his advice was perhaps aimed at limiting media interaction to, what they call, a “particular club within Congress”.

  • BJP Draws ‘BBC Documentary’ Parallel, Accuses Opposition Of Creating ‘Chaos’ Over Hindenburg Report |

    Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sudhanshu Trivedi slammed the opposition on Sunday for its attacks on the Narendra Modi government in response to the new Hindenburg report. Minutes within the report went public the opposition reaction started pouring in, Congress hit out at the Modi-led Central government and called for a joint parliamentary committee investigation into the allegations against Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch.

    The BJP Rajya Sabha MP cited the controversial BBC documentary and suspected the timing of its release.

    #WATCH | Delhi: BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi says, “For the past few years, whenever the Parliament session commences, a foreign report gets released. BBC documentary was released just before the Parliament session. The Hindenberg report came in January just before the Parliament… pic. twitter.com/ueOyC9DvRs — ANI (@ANI) August 11, 2024

    The US-based Hindenburg Research claimed that Buch and her husband were involved in little-known offshore funds that were allegedly part of the alleged Adani money siphoning scandal.

    In a conversation with news agency ANI, Trivedi accused the opposition of trying to create “economic chaos in India” by spreading confusion. Trivedi said, “BBC documentary was released just before the Parliament session. The Hindenburg report came in January just before the Parliament session. All these sequences happen during the Parliament session.”

    He asserted, “Why does Congress always stand with foreign companies for the past 30-40 years? For the past few years, whenever the Parliament session commences, a foreign report gets released.”

    SEBI has defended its chairperson on Sunday, stating that Buch consistently made the necessary disclosures and stepped aside from matters that could have led to conflicts of interest.

  • ‘No Creamy Layer Provision In SC/STs’: Modi Government Makes Stand Clear After Top Court’s Quota Order |

    Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met a delegation of SC/ST MPs, the NDA government has decided not to go for creating a separate creamy layer within the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) just like the OBCs.

    Information Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today said that a detailed discussion took place during the cabinet meeting over the Supreme Court judgment that made certain suggestions on the reservation for the SCs and STs. Vaishnaw said that the cabinet is of the view that the NDA government is committed towards the provisions of the Constitution.

    Met a delegation of SC/ST MPs today. Reiterated our commitment and resolve for the welfare and empowerment of the SC/ST communities. pic.twitter.com/6iLQkaOumI — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 9, 2024

    “Supreme Court had pronounced a judgment regarding the reservation and a suggestion regarding SC and ST reservation. Today a detailed discussion took place during Cabinet…NDA govt is bound to the Constitution formed by BR Ambedkar. According to BR Ambedkar’s Constitution, in SC and ST’s reservation, there is no provision for creamy layer,” said Vaishnaw.

    When asked whether the matter was brought up by the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment or Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mr. Vaishnaw responded that it reflected the unanimous consensus of the cabinet.

    Earlier today, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal urged the Opposition not to “mislead” the public regarding a Supreme Court judge’s remarks about the exclusion of a creamy layer from SC/ST reservations.

    Addressing the Lok Sabha, Meghwal clarified that the mention of a creamy layer in the sub-categorization of SC/STs was merely an observation by a Supreme Court judge and not an official part of the ruling. He advised members against attempting to mislead the public on this issue.

    In a majority verdict last week, the Supreme Court ruled that states have the authority to create sub-classifications within the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes categories. This allows states to allocate quotas within the reserved category specifically aimed at uplifting the most underprivileged castes.

  • All out on reservation: Akhilesh attacks Anupriya, says- those who are worried about saving reservation should leave BJP immediately

    Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has targeted Union Minister Anupriya Patel over reservation. He said that he will remain in the government and will also talk about reservation. The backward, Dalit, minority people who are worried about saving reservation, whether they are in Delhi or Lucknow, should immediately leave the BJP.

    Akhilesh Yadav said that BJP wants to conspire before the assembly by-elections. Their aim is to snatch the rights of Muslims. How to defame the socialists. BJP’s thinking about Muslims is undemocratic and unconstitutional.

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    Apart from this, Akhilesh reiterated the demand for DNA test of the accused in the Ayodhya rape case and said what is wrong in this. The new law of the Central Government itself says that DNA test should be done in cases where there is a provision of punishment of more than seven years.

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  • reservation: Fourth generation should not be entitled to quota: ExBJP SC unit chief

    Former BJP Scheduled Caste Morch chief Sanjay Paswan has welcomed the Supreme Court verdict allowing subgroups in the 15% reservation for SCs but called for a discussion on certain aspects of the issue so that distributive justice is ensured. This is a reiteration of his view that there should be “quota within quota” which has faced objection from other Dalit leaders in the party.

    Asked if the SC verdict is a vindication of his longheld opinion, Paswan told ET, “Subcategorisation in reservation for Dalits will ensure distributive justice. But I believe this should come with the rider that this should be done on the basis of family and not any Dalit caste as a whole.”

    He maintains that any Dalit caste should not be kept out just because a sizable number of people from it clear the top government examinations. This should be applicable to those Dalit families which have benefited from reservations in the last three generations.

    “I gave the slogan ‘no more (than) four (generations)’. If three generations in a family have got reservations, the fourth generation should not be entitled to it. Since Independence, we have seen more than three generations. In my Case, my father was an engineer, I became a minister and my son is a professor,” Paswan said.

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    Paswan was a member of the 13th Lok Sabha and served as a minister of state in the Human Resource Development ministry.Subcategorisation of SC where some castes are removed from the list as their members have got into the civil services and other creamy government jobs will harm those families from the same caste whose members did not make it due to various socioeconomic disadvantages.

  • AAP blames Center over fund crunch

    New Delhi: A day after rains caused waterlogging and traffic snarls across the capital, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sought to shift the blame on the Center for not providing ample funds to Delhi to refurbish the storm water drainage system, sanitation and road construction. .

    The AAP, which controls both the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and Delhi government, fielded mayor Shelly Oberoi and senior minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Thursday to put up its defence. Oberoi said she had written to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman right before she presented the Union budget on July 23 and sought ₹10,000 crore for Delhi. “We need this money for better infrastructure in the capital. We need ₹5,000 crore for sanitation, ₹3,000 crore for road construction and ₹2,000 crore for parks and greening.” Oberoi said Delhi had not got anything in the budget. “But this step motherly treatment is a regular feature. The people of Delhi pay the maximum taxes. We pay ₹25,000 crore in CGST (central goods and services tax)… You can see the monsoon season is on and it is essential to We need ₹5,000 crore for refurbishing the system.

    Having wrested the MCD from the BJP with a decisive mandate in December 2024, the AAP is now directly responsible for the municipal and civic governance. However, a number of budget proposals, including refurbishing and cleanup of main and arterial roads, remain, according to people familiar with the matter. Delhi has not even tapped into central schemes, such as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and Swachh Bharat Mission, to get funds for specific projects, they said. Even as it sought to blame the Center for not giving funds, though, the MCD took steps to Address illegal encroachments and illegal use of basements. Oberoi said the municipal commissioner had given instructions to the staff to work roundtheclock in shifts to address the problem of waterlogging in the city.

  • PM Modi: Ensure maximum reach of government schemes: PM Modi to BJP CMs

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday gave several suggestions to the chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of BJPruled states on further improving the governance in their respective states, emphasizing on messaging of the welfare schemes for their better delivery.PM Modi, in the two day meeting of the BJP Chief Ministers’ Council that concluded on Sunday, also suggested that the centrallysponsored schemes are very carefully designed and tampering with them during implementation in states should be avoided, sources said.The meeting was attended by the BJP chief. JP Nadda and senior party leaders Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah.

    CMs and deputy CMs gave presentations on various development schemes going on in their states. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath gave a presentation on UP government’s Rural Secretariats scheme while Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma gave a presentation on his state’s recruitment drive for filling vacancies in the state government.

    Similarly, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel gave a presentation on accelerating the solar power generation and Bihar deputy CMs shared their state government practices in checking illegal mining. In his remarks, Modi emphasized on the need to ensure saturation coverage of welfare schemes going on in the BJP. ruled states, saying they should be seen as an example of good governance, senior party leader Vinay Sahasrabuddhe told reporters after the meeting.Sahasrabuddhe heads the party’s good governance cell and was coordinating these meetings.

    Modi also talked about making efforts to take the country’s economy to $5 trillion, by laying more emphasis on public participation in development programs and other efforts.

    The Prime Minister also talked about expanding the reach of various welfare schemes of the government using social media, the BJP said in a press statement.

    The “Mukhyamantri Parishad” organized by the BJP at regular intervals is aimed at reviewing key schemes in states, following the best governance practices and the delivery of central government welfare initiatives.

    The leaders at times also take stock of the political situation.

    The meeting comes in the wake of the presentation of the Union budget, with the opposition targeting the government for allegedly ignoring other states at the expense of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh.

    It is also the first meeting following the Lok Sabha polls in which the BJP’s performance was underwhelming as the party lost its majority in the Lower House of Parliament.

    Party leaders, though, added that governance issues were at the center of the discussions at the meeting. The last such meeting was held in February.