Cong leaders, workers take out Raj Bhavan chalo against Gov
Bengaluru, May 18: Congress leaders and thousands of party workers took out a Raj Bhavan chalo protest here on Friday alleging that Governor Vajubhai Vala has invited the BJP to form the government which is unconstitutional and against the democratic values.
Senior leaders Mallikarjuna Kharge, Gulam Nabi Azad, former chief minister Siddaramaiah and others along with thousands of party workers took out a protest march from KPCC office on Queen’s Road towards the Raj Bhavan, shouting slogans against the Governor.
Workers arrested
When the agitators tried to lay siege the Raj Bhavan, the police stopped them at Coffee Board office and when they staged protest on the road, they were arrested.
Former minister Ramalinga Reddy said that in democracy, the number of MLAs is important. But, the Governor has thrown all norms to the wind and invited the BJP which does not have majority, which is condemnable, he said.
Both Congress and JDS workers are together. They do not have any differences. BJP leaders would not succeed in hijacking the Lingayat MLAs. Even independent MLAs are also with the Congress. The Supreme Court has given a big blow to all such unconstitutional decisions. Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa should resign from his position to give respect to the values of democracy, he demanded.
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BJP using women's quota bill as front to pass Delimitation Bill that will break India: Mamata
Cooch Behar (WB) (PTI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre was using the proposed amendment to the women's quota law in Parliament as a front for the Delimitation Bill that would "break the country into pieces".
The TMC will fight this Central government's move at every step, she asserted at her party's poll rally here.
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill to tweak the women's quota law, along with the Delimitation Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, to implement the proposed amended women's quota law, in the Union territories of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir, were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
According to the Constitution amendment bill, Lok Sabha seats will be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
Seats will also be increased in state and Union territory assemblies to accommodate 33 per cent reservation for women.
Opposing the Centre's move, Banerjee alleged that "the BJP brought the Delimitation Bill while keeping the women's reservation bill at the front".
"The BJP is trying to increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha to nearly 850 through the Delimitation Bill. It will break the country into pieces," the TMC supremo said.
She also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not speaking the truth about the development of north Bengal at a BJP rally last week.
"The prime minister said nothing was done for the development of north Bengal. But we spent Rs 1.72 lakh crore on the development of the region," Banerjee said and asked Modi to cross-check data before making such remarks.
