Will Bhopaiah disqualify JDS rebel MLAs tomorrow?
Here is the answer
Bengaluru, May 18: Close on the heels of appointing KG Bhopaiah of BJP as Pro tem Speaker for the floor test, rumors are doing the rounds on the future of the JDS rebel MLAs. It is being discussed in the political circle that the BJP is trying to stop some JDS and Congress MLAs from exercising their votes through Bhopaiah.
The rumors are doing rounds in the social media that Bhopaiah would certainly disqualify some of the Congress and JDS MLAs citing any reasons. The High Court which heard the disqualification case of seven MLAs filed by the JDS, had directed the outgoing Speaker KB Koliwada to solve the issue by May 27. Out of seven MLAs, three were elected in this election on the Congress ticket. Now, the rumors are doing rounds that Bhopaiah may disqualify those MLAs to establish majority for BJP in the House.
But the Pro tem Speaker does not have the power to disqualify the rebel MLAs. Still KB Koliwada is the Speaker till Friday midnight. Interestingly, Koliwada has dismissed the JDS plea of disqualifying its rebel MLAs on Friday morning.
The Governor has appointed KG Bhopaiah as the Pro tem Speaker only for the floor test to be held on Saturday. This appointment was done only to implement the Supreme Court direction. His official duty will start from Friday midnight. Speaker Koliwada has conducted the final hearing on the issue on Friday and dismissed the case declaring that all the seven MLAs are innocent. Otherwise, the new Speaker should have handled the case.
As the 14th Assembly as its time till May 26, the Karnataka High Court has directed the Speaker to finalize the case by May 27. Based on this, Bhopaiah could have used disqualification weapon to avoid those MLAs from exercising their votes in the floor test tomorrow. But 14th Assembly Speaker KB Koliwada has solved the case. So, BJP could not use this weapon to stop them.
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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.
