India sends relief materials to quake-hit Nepal
New Delhi, Nov 5: India on Sunday sent medicines and other relief materials to Nepal for its earthquake-affected people.
Over 150 people have been killed and more than 160 injured after an earthquake struck several areas in western Nepal on Friday.
India sent the relief materials in a military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
"Providing emergency relief assistance to earthquake-affected areas of Nepal. As a first responder, India delivers medicines and relief material. PM @narendramodi's Neighbourhood First policy in action," External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on X.
The relief consignments were handed over to Nepalese authorities by Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava.
Providing emergency relief assistance to earthquake affected areas of Nepal.
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) November 5, 2023
As a first responder, India delivers medicines and relief material.
PM @narendramodi’s Neighbourhood First policy in action. pic.twitter.com/FJuErXd5s4
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TN CM accuses BJP-led Centre of 'secretively' working on delimitation
Ranipet (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday accused the BJP-led Centre of "secretively" working towards delimitation and alleged that there was a conspiracy behind the move.
While there were several issues affecting the people, such as LPG shortage, amid elections in states, in order to divert people, the BJP-led Centre is desperate to implement delimitation right now, he said.
According to him, the proposal involving key constitutional amendments would be transformative in nature and is set to change Indian politics.
"However, how are they going to do it? What kind of amendments? The union government does not provide an explanation on how it proposed to do it. Also, it has not responded to any of the questions," he said.
Addressing a poll rally here, he alleged, "As they secretively work on this matter, it is clear that there is a conspiracy to it."
Now they are claiming "deceptively" that for Tamil Nadu, there shall be an increase in constituencies.
"A big danger is hiding in that claim," he said.
Citing an example of a sweet dish in which several ingredients are concealed, he said, "the danger is hidden inside the delimitation."
"Right now, TN has 39 LS seats and UP has 80, which is 41 more. If delimitation is introduced, the difference will become 61."
Hence, the gap in seats between southern and northern states will rise and through this, the BJP-led centre is trying to "muffle our voice" in the Parliament, he added.
The CM further alleged: "This is a move that would impact the whole of India. However, they are trying to implement this without holding any consultations with state governments or opposition parties."
Moreover, this was the season of elections and when ordinary people themselves face restrictions, why does the Centre not have any such restriction? he asked.
"Why this hurry?" he questioned and wondered why the initiative could not be considered after April 29, following completion of polls.
Stalin quoted Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's article in an English daily on this issue and said he concurred with her.
Sonia Gandhi has said Tamil Nadu must not be affected --the line of the DMK-- and has opposed BJP.
He said if late AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa had been alive, she would have taken a tough stance, like the DMK, on issues that compromised the state's rights.
Jayalalithaa strongly opposed GST and NEET.
Following her demise, Palaniswami has made the AIADMK "dummy" and that party could not oppose the BJP on such an important issue that would affect Tamil Nadu, he claimed.
He claimed that the Centre mandated "Hindi learning" if Rs 2,000 cr education fund was to be released.
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