Bihar CM Nitish Kumar claps during Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary event
Stops after Assembly Speaker signals him
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar clapped during an event marking Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary in Patna on Thursday, leaving other leaders and officials in an awkward situation.
A video of Nitish Kumar clapping at the Gandhi Maidan event, where tributes were being paid to Mahatma Gandhi, has gone viral on social media. Bihar Assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav and Minister Vijay Kumar Mishra were also present at the gathering. The incident took place as leaders stood in line to offer floral tributes to Gandhi’s statue in front of a large audience.
As police personnel sounded a siren and lowered their weapons in honour of Mahatma Gandhi, Nitish Kumar began clapping. This left his cabinet colleague Sinha and Speaker Yadav visibly embarrassed. Yadav quickly signalled Kumar to stop clapping, which he did upon realising the mistake. However, by then, images and videos of the incident had already been captured.
This is not the first time Nitish Kumar has found himself in such an awkward situation. During the last general elections, he had claimed that the NDA would win 400 seats and had also pulled Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hand during a campaign rally.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar starts clapping after paying tributes to MK Gandhi.
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Assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav signals him to stop. pic.twitter.com/PeQvlrAW6f
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Trump says EU has until July 4 to approve last year's trade deal or it will face higher tariffs
Washington (AP): President Donald Trump has said in a social media post that goods from the European Union would face higher tariff rates if the 27-member bloc fails to approve last year's trade framework by July 4.
The announcement on Thursday appeared to be a deadline extension after the president said last Friday that EU autos would face a higher 25 per cent tariff starting this week. Trump made the updated announcement after what he described as a "great call" with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Still, the US president was displeased that the European Parliament had yet to finalize the trade arrangement reached last year, which was further complicated in February by the US Supreme Court ruling that Trump lacked the legal authority to declare an economic emergency to impose the initial tariffs used to pressure the EU into talks.
"A promise was made that the EU would deliver their side of the Deal and, as per Agreement, cut their Tariffs to ZERO!" Trump posted. "I agreed to give her until our Country's 250th Birthday or, unfortunately, their Tariffs would immediately jump to much higher levels."
It was unclear from the post whether Trump was implying that the tariff rates would jump on all EU goods or the increase would only apply to autos.
His latest statement indicates he might be backing away from his earlier threat on EU autos by giving the European Parliament several more weeks to approve the agreement.
Under the original terms of the framework, the US would charge a 15 per cent tax on most goods imported from the EU.
But since the Supreme Court ruling, the administration has levied a 10 per cent tariff while investigating trade imbalances and national security issues, aiming to put in new tariffs to make up for lost revenues.
