Congress should protest against Rahul Gandhi, says Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu
Jaipur (PTI): Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu on Monday defended his remarks against the Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, saying Congress should protest against Gandhi instead.
Responding to Gandhi's statements during his recent visit to the United States regarding reservations in India, Bittu had said, "Rahul Gandhi himself goes to Gurudwara Darbar Sahib so many times. Who stops him? Therefore, this is not a matter of the party, it is above the party."
Following this, the Congress party workers earlier on Monday staged a protest against Bittu at the CBI gate here for his statement. Police detained them and left them at a different location.
Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot said in a statement that the arrest of Rajasthan Congress workers protesting against the violent statement made by Union Minister Ravneet Bittu against the Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi is condemnable.
"In a democracy, showing black flags and raising slogans while following the security norms is a part of the democratic process. Ravneet Bittu should apologise to the entire country for his statement," Gehlot said.
Earlier today, talking to the reporters at the Jaipur airport, Bittu said, "Name a person who has stopped us from wearing a bracelet. Who has stopped us from wearing a turban? Who has stopped us from going to the Gurudwara? Therefore, if Congress has to protest, it should protest against Rahul Gandhi."
"It is not about Congress or BJP. It is about Punjab and Sikhs," he said.
Rahul Gandhi during his visit to the United States had said, "The fight (in India) is about whether a Sikh is going to be allowed to wear a turban...whether a Sikh will be allowed to wear a kada or go to the Gurudwara. That's what the fight is about, and it's not just for Sikhs, but for all religions".
Minister of State for Railways and Food Processing Industries Ravneet Singh Bittu had come to inaugurate the 57th Inter Railway Shooting Competition at Jagatpura Shooting.
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Nearly 70% cases in 'pension adalats' resolved since 2019: Govt
New Delhi (PTI): Over 8,300 cases were resolved in pension adalats held since 2019, Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
A total of 12,049 cases were taken up by pension adalats since 2019.
In a written reply, the minister said of the total cases, 8,373 (69.49 per cent) have been resolved.
"Pension adalat is an important administrative reform for improving pensioners’ welfare by timely and effective redressal of long-standing grievances of central government pensioners," he said.
There is substantial decrease in the number of pensioners’ grievances due to the pension adalat, Singh said.
He said since 2019, eight pension adalats have been held.
As many as 403 cases were taken up in two pension adalats held in 2024, of which 330 were resolved, according to the data shared by the minister.
A total of 603 (440 were resolved) and 1,732 (1,113 were resolved) cases were taken up in 2023 and 2022 respectively, it said.
Of the total of 3,692 cases taken up in 2021, 2,598 (70.36 per cent) were resolved.
There were 342 (319 were resolved) and 5,277 (3,573 were resolved) pension-related cases were taken up in 2020 and 2019 respectively, according to the data.
