I feel neither happy nor unhappy if my son becomes CM: Gowda
Bengaluru, May 18: “Even I am also curious about the process of floor test in the Assembly being conducted by Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on May 19,” said former prime minister and JDS supremo HD Deve Gowda.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday after SC order, Gowda said that he would welcome the Supreme Court decision. Based on the tomorrow’s developments, the JDS would take its decision. Till now, the JDS has never formed its government with full majority. Though Janata Dal had won 113 seats in 1994, it was not possible to form the government because of internal bickering. Still he is repenting for that, he said.
“I would feel neither happy nor unhappy if my son HD Kumaraswamy became the chief minister. I would be calm. Future course of action would be decided only after floor test”, Gowda said.
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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.
