BJP predicts change of guard in Karnataka by Nov amid CM Siddaramaiah's full-term assertion
Bengaluru, July 2 (PTI): Notwithstanding Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s assertion that he would complete the full five-year term, Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka on Wednesday indicated that there will be a change of guard in the state in October or November.
Ashoka's comments come amid speculation about leadership change in the ruling Congress in the state.
The LoP said the Congress party is a divided house and the Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar is sending signals to seize power.
“The replacement of the Chief Minister is definite in October or November. The Congress party is like a house with three doors, with all MLAs aspiring to be CM,” the BJP leader said at a press conference here.
He wanted the Congress high command to clarify whether Siddaramaiah would remain the Chief Minister.
According to the opposition leader, Siddaramaiah’s repeated assertion that he would continue his five-year turn was out of fear of losing his position.
“Shivakumar is sending signals to seize power. I challenge him to declare that Siddaramaiah will remain CM until 2028. We (BJP) would accept it as a ‘sixth guarantee’ and stay silent,” Ashoka said.
He claimed that the state government lacked funds, MLAs are frustrated, and the public has lost confidence in it.
Ashoka termed the High Court assigning the CBI to probe the Valmiki Corporation scam case a victory for the BJP’s fight.
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SC slams WhatsApp, Meta over privacy policy, says will pass interim order on Feb 9
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on Meta Platforms Inc and WhatsApp while hearing their appeals against a Competition Commission of India order imposing a penalty of Rs 213.14 crore over the privacy policy, saying tech giants cannot “play with the right to privacy of citizens in the name of data sharing”.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said that it will pass an interim order on February 9. The top court ordered that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology be made a party to the petitions.
It was hearing appeals filed by Meta and WhatsApp against a National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) judgment that upheld the CCI’s findings of abuse of dominance, while granting limited relief on advertising-related data sharing.
"You can't play with the right of privacy of this country in the name of data sharing. We will not allow you to share a single word of the data, either you give an undertaking...you cannot violate the right of privacy of citizens,” the CJI said.
The bench said the right to privacy is zealously guarded in the country and noted that the privacy terms are “so cleverly crafted” that a common person cannot understand them.
“This is a decent way of committing theft of private information, we will not allow you to do that... You have to give an undertaking otherwise, we have to pass an order,” the CJI said.
