BJP MPs to observe day-long protest fasts against Parliament's disruption
New Delhi, April 6: Blaming the Congress for Parliamentary disruptions, Union Minister Ananth Kumar on Friday said ruling BJP MPs will sit on day-long fasts in their respective constituencies on April 12 to protest the washout of the second half of the budget session.
The Parliamentary Affairs Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader said it was for the first time that MPs of any party have foregone their salaries along with allowances because the two houses did not function.
"It is for the first time that both salaries and allowance have been foregone... but this is not the first time that Parliament has been disrupted... we have tried to raise the moral standard," he said.
The National Democratic Alliance MPs had announced they would forego salaries for 23 days due to the washout of the second half of the budget session due to opposition protests.
The budget session of Parliament started on January 29 and went into a break on February 9. The two houses met for the second half of the session on March 5, which concluded on Friday.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan admitted to Mumbai hospital
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan has been admitted to the ICU of Mumbai's Lilavati hospital on Tuesday, an insider said.
Khan is the writer of movie hits such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Zanjeer".
"He (Salim Khan) has been admitted to Lilavati hospital this morning. He is in the ICU," the insider told PTI.
Khan, who co-wrote the many Hindi cinema classics with Javed Akhtar in the 70s, celebrated his 90th birthday in November last year.
Salim Khan's son, superstar Salman Khan, was spotted outside the hospital by paparazzi.
