Nitish Kumar should sack social welfare minister: Chidambaram
New Delhi, Aug 4 : Hitting out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Saturday said it was not enough for him to say that he was ashamed of the incidents of rape at a state-run shelter home in Muzzaffarpur. "He should sack his social welfare minister Manju Verma," he said.
"It is not enough for Bihar CM Nitish Kumarji to say he is ashamed. He should be appalled and should sack his Social Welfare Minister," said Chidambaram on Twitter.
"This demand is because it is the Social Welfare Department which has administrative responsibility for shelter homes," he added.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said he was ashamed of the incident. He also said that the guilty would be brought to book.
After another man was beaten to death in Behrola village of Haryana's Palwal district on suspicion of cow theft, Chidambaram said: "Lynching for alleged cattle theft continues. Is central government so helpless that it can do nothing to stop such outrage by self-appointed protectors of the cow?"
"Or is it because the Central government tacitly approves the actions of the vigilantes and is unwilling to apprehend and punish the culprits?" he asked.
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LS passes bill to open up nuclear sector for private participation
New Delhi (PTI): Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the nuclear energy bill with Union minister Jitendra Singh asserting that it would help India achieve its target of 100 GW atomic energy generation by 2047.
The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, which seeks to open the tightly-controlled civil nuclear sector for private participation, was passed by voice vote amid a walkout by the opposition.
Singh termed the bill a "milestone legislation" that will give a new direction to the country's developmental journey.
"India's role in geopolitics is increasing. If we have to be a global player, we have to follow global benchmarks and global strategies. The world is moving towards clean energy. We too have set a target of 100 GW of nuclear energy capacity by 2047," he said.
The opposition contended that the bill diluted provisions of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 that passed on the liability for a nuclear incident on to the suppliers of nuclear equipment.
