Three held with MDMA in coastal Karnataka
Mangaluru (Karnataka) (PTI): Three persons were arrested for allegedly possessing and attempting to sell banned narcotic substance MDMA in coastal Karnataka, police said on Friday.
Based on specific intelligence that drugs procured from Bengaluru were being supplied to the public and students in Ullal limits, a City Crime Branch team intercepted a car near Talapady on February 12, they said.
The accused -- Mustafa Seediyabba (34), Maiyaddi (28) and Mohammed Shifan (28), all residents of Ullal -- were taken into custody, police said.
Police seized 118.13 grams of MDMA valued at about Rs 11.9 lakh, four mobile phones and the car used for transport, taking the total value of seized property to Rs 17.95 lakh.
A case has been registered at Ullal police station under relevant provisions of narcotics law, police said, adding that an investigation is underway to identify others involved in the suspected supply network.
Police said Mustafa has a prior cattle theft case registered at Kankanady Town police station, while Maiyaddi faces an earlier assault case in Ullal jurisdiction.
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PM Modi a 'misleader', engaged in 'deliberate deceit' over delimitation: Congress
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New Delhi (PTI): The Congress on Wednesday said the bills circulated by the government for the Parliament's special sitting contradict all the "so-called assurances" given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and alleged that he has engaged in "deliberate deceit" with the nation over the question of delimitation.
A day after the government circulated among MPs bills related to the women's quota law and delimitation, the opposition party said the southern states will lose their strength in the Lok Sabha, and so will smaller states in northwest India and states in the east.
In a post on X, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, "The prime minister is a so-called leader whose only distinguishing feature is his unmatched ability to be a misleader."
"He is a habitual liar who cannot speak the truth, even by mistake. He has engaged in deliberate deceit with the nation over the question of delimitation," Ramesh said.
The bills that his government has circulated for the special session of the Parliament contradict all the so-called assurances that he has been giving, the Congress leader said.
The southern states will lose their strength in the Lok Sabha, and so will smaller states in northwest India and states in the east, he argued.
"What happened to the uniform proportionate increase of strength in the Lok Sabha for all states - that was promised by the PM and some of his colleagues? That has not happened," Ramesh said.
The PM's assurances cannot be trusted and he is unable to rise beyond his crude power-grabbing impulses and be a statesman, even on an issue as sensitive as delimitation, the Congress general secretary said.
"The bills were uploaded on Dr. Ambedkar's birth anniversary. The delimitation provisions are an insult to his legacy and a reflection of his warning - delivered in the Constituent Assembly on November 25, 1949 - about the dangers of a government that isn't guided by constitutional morality," Ramesh said.
Battle lines were drawn between the government and the opposition on Tuesday over the women's quota and delimitation bills to be taken up during the special Parliament sitting this week, with the Congress questioning the intent behind the move and the BJP accusing it of failing women in the past.
Two prominent non-BJP chief ministers from the south -- DMK's M K Stalin (Tamil Nadu) and Congress' A Revanth Reddy (Telangana) -- sharpened their attack on the Centre over the issue of delimitation, with the Tamil Nadu CM warning of "massive agitation" if the state was harmed and his Telangana counterpart flagging "injustice".
Reddy wrote an open letter to Modi, urging him to convene an all-party meeting to deliberate on the proposed delimitation, alleging that an increase in Lok Sabha seats based on pro rata, without considering economic contribution, would lead to a distortion in the country's federal balance.
The pro rata model will not be acceptable to people and governments of southern states, and any attempt to proceed without addressing their concerns will inevitably lead to widespread opposition and resistance, as it touches upon the fundamental principle of fair representation, Reddy said.
Therefore, a collective solution that is both just and sustainable must be found, he had said.
Reddy also wrote to his counterparts from Andhra Pradesh (Chandrababu Naidu), Karnataka (Siddaramaiah), Kerala (Pinarayi Vijayan), Puducherry (N Rangasamy) and Tamil Nadu, calling for collective engagement among southern states to ensure that their concerns are articulated effectively at the national level.
In a video message, Stalin warned of massive agitations that would bring Tamil Nadu to a standstill and "protests with full force" if anything was done to harm the state or if the political power of northern states was disproportionately increased in delimitation.
Lok Sabha seats will be increased to up to 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise to be carried out based on the last published census.
According to the draft Constitution amendment bill, which will be introduced in Parliament, seats would also be increased in state and Union territory assemblies to accommodate 33 per cent reservation for women.
As the government circulated among MPs bills related to the women's quota law and delimitation, the Congress said that when the intent behind a bill is mischievous, the damage to parliamentary democracy is enormous.
In a post on X, Ramesh had said, "When the intent behind a Bill is mischievous, and the content of it is devious, the extent of damage to parliamentary democracy is enormous."
The ruling NDA also closed ranks and rallied behind the prime minister, pitching the move for early implementation of the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam' as a "historic step".
The Budget Session of Parliament has been extended, and a special three-day sitting of the House has been convened, starting Thursday, during which amendments to the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam', more commonly known as the Women Reservation Act, will be brought for its implementation in 2029.
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