10% reservation for upper castes is Modi's election gimmick: Binoy Viswam
Mangaluru, Jan 12: National Secretary of State for Communist Party of India (CPI) and Rajya Sabha Member Binoy Viswam has said that the ten per cent reservation for upper castes was an election gimmick of PM Modi.
Addressing a press conference in the City, he said "earlier also such kind of attempts were made, but the Supreme Court had not given its node. Besides, such efforts were made by the governments of Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu; but did not succeed. The BJP, which opposes the Mandal Commission, is planning to set up such policies without considering the constitutional rules.
CPI national commission member PV Lokesh, state secretary Sati Sundaresh, CPI leaders HV Rao, CPI DK and Udupi District Secretary V. Kukian and others were present.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
