P Chidambaram lauded BJP's Yashwant Sinha for talking "truth to the power" in an article on the economy. The senior Congress leader asked the "clueless" Centre how long it would hide behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rhetoric and party slogans.
In an opinion piece for The Indian Express, Sinha wrote what the Congress had been saying for the past 18 months on "weaknesses in the economy", the Chidambaram told the reporters.
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Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, addressing the media, said that the court has said that right to privacy is not absolute and is subject to reasonable restrictions.
The government approved setting up of a commission to examine the sub categorisation of backward communities in the central list to ensure that the benefits extended to OBCs reach all the communities, Union Minister Arun Jaitley said here. Briefing reporters on the decisions taken by the Union cabinet, the minister said as many as 11 states, including Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Jharkhand, West Bengal and the Jammu region in Jammu and Kashmir already have such categorisation in state government jobs. There is no sub categorisation in the central list. The proposed commission will examine the extent of inequitable distribution of benefits of reservation among caste and communities, including the broad categories of OBCs included in the central list. It will submit its report in 12 weeks from the day it is set up The government also decided to set up an Alternative Mechanism to oversee the proposals for consolidation of public sector banks (PSBs) with a view to creating fewer but stronger lenders. The Alternative Mechanism will be decided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said after the Union Cabinet meeting.
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday heaped lavish praise on Chairman Hamid Ansari, who is all set to relinquish office after a decade, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior members lauding him for upholding constitutional norms. Commenting on the tenure of the outgoing VP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: You (VP Ansari) have been a career diplomat, I got to know from you what what it means to be one.
Income Tax officials on Wednesday raided 39 locations linked to Karnataka Energy Minister DK Shivakumar, including the Bangalore resort in which 40 Congress MLAs from Gujarat have been holed up. The raids triggered a massive words of words in the Parliament, where the Congress blamed the BJP for the sudden “timing and place” of raids.
Hitting out at the Modi Government over the Income Tax (I-T) raids against his senior minister, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday alleged it was a politically motivated move to silence voices against the BJP, and vowed not to bow down to such “intimidation.”
On Wednesday, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi entered the Lok Sabha, BJP MPs stood up and greeted their leader with the slogans of ‘Jai Shree Ram’. The MPs were supposedly congratulating the Prime Minister after BJP formed govt in Goa and Manipur despite not being the single largest party in the state. However, in Rajya Sabha, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad accused the Union government of misusing the powers of Governor to their advantage. Azad demanded that the current state governments in both Manipur and Goa be sacked and leaders of Congress MLAs be sworn in as the new Chief Minister. Arun Jaitley, the Leader of Upper House dismissed Azad’s charges. He said that the arguments of the opposition leader were put up in front of Supreme Court too and the apex court didn’t buy them. He further added that in 2005 in Jharkhand, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha who won lesser seats then BJP in the Assembly elections was invited by Governor to form government after they claimed majority with Congress’ support. Video: RSTV, LSTV Music: Big Bang Fuzz For more videos, subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/2aIcith Check out The Quint for more news: https://www.thequint.com
