Will be forced to call Modi by his various popular nicknames: Congress
New Delhi, July 14 : Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his calling Congress President Rahul Gandhi as "naamdar" in a public speech in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress on Saturday said it too would be forced to call him by various nicknames if he did not mend his ways.
"If we start calling you (Modi) by your various nicknames popular among the public as well as on social media, you will not feel good. So please think before you call senior leaders of other parties names. We will have to forget the dignity of your post the way you have done," said Congress spokesman Pramod Tiwari.
"We would have to rake up all the names by which the common people call a person who does not fulfil his promises, who is all words and little action," he added.
The Congress leader said that while the Prime Minister in his speech at Azamgarh claimed that his government is fighting for the rights of Muslim women, he forgot to touch upon rapes in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Uttar Pradesh and to tell people about his party MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar who has been charge sheeted by CBI for rape.
"The Prime Minister could have announced in the same breath that he was expelling Sengar from the party. He forgot to speak on the rampant rapes in Uttar Pradesh in BJP rule," Tiwari said.
He said that Modi sounded like a tired commander who was staring at the defeat.
"After giving 73 Lok Sabha and 323 assembly seats to BJP, the public had been expecting to hear from the Prime Minister about the jobs, employment, about farmers' dues, about the reopening of shut down factories and mills. But he spoke none of that because he has nothing to show on the ground," Tiwari added.
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J-K Assembly proceedings adjourned for the day amid uproar over resolution on special status
Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Assembly proceedings were adjourned for the day on Wednesday amidst uproar after the House passed a resolution seeking a dialogue between the Centre and elected representatives for restoration of special status of the erstwhile state.
Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather adjourned the House till Thursday as ruckus continued in the assembly over the resolution.
After the House passed the resolution through voice vote, the assembly witnessed noisy scenes as the BJP members stormed its well to protest the resolution.
The Speaker had first adjourned the proceedings for 15 minutes.
However, as soon as the House met again, the BJP members continued with their protest and raised slogans against the Speaker.
BJP MLA and Leader of the Opposition, Sunil Sharma, said, "We have reports that you (Speaker) called a meeting of ministers yesterday and drafted the resolution yourself".
However, Rather told the protesting BJP members to take their seats, saying "enough is enough".
Amidst the din, the Speaker then adjourned the proceedings again for an hour.
Even as the House met again at 12:20 pm, the ruckus continued, with the BJP members raising slogans "Go back Go back, Speaker go back", and "take back illegal resolution".
The Speaker repeatedly asked the BJP MLAs to take their seats, saying, "this does not behove you".
The NC members also took to their feet and both the sides hurled barbs at each other.
"If you don't have confidence in me, bring a no confidence motion," the Speaker dared the BJP members, and adjourned the House till Thursday.
Earlier, amidst an uproar, the assembly passed the resolution through voice vote, prompting protests by BJP members.
J-K Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary moved the resolution for restoring the special status of J-K, which was revoked by the Centre on August 5, 2019.
"That This Legislative Assembly reaffirms the importance of the special status and constitutional guarantees, which safeguarded the identity, culture, and rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, and expresses concern over their unilateral removal," the resolution moved by Choudhary said.
It said this Assembly calls upon the Government of India to initiate dialogue with elected representatives of people of Jammu and Kashmir for restoration of special status, constitutional guarantees and to workout constitutional mechanisms for restoring these provisions.
"This Assembly emphasises that any process for restoration must safeguard both national unity and the legitimate aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.," the resolution added.
However, the BJP members, opposed the resolution, saying it was not part of the listed business.
"We reject the resolution. The Business given to us was that the discussion is on the Lieutenant governor's address," Sharma said.
The members of the PDP, Peoples' Conference and CPI(M) also supported the resolution during the voice vote.
