"BJP-mukt Bharat could be reality if we don’t get economy straight"
Subramanian Swamy warns post Jharkhand loss
New Delhi: A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party lost in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Elections 2019, senior party leader Subramanian Swamy has sounded a warning for the top leadership.
Swamy warned that the Indian economy was in a dire state and BJP-mukt Bharat could become a reality if something substantial was not done. He hit out at the advisors of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for keeping him in the dark about the economy.
“BJP-mukt Bharat – it might soon become a reality if we don’t do anything to do get the economy straight. I don’t know who are the advisors of PM, but they are not telling him the truth,” Swamy was quoted as saying.
In the Jharkhand election results announced on Monday, the incumbent BJP lost, winning just 25 of the 81 seats that went to polls. The opposition JMM-Congress-RJD alliance won 47 seats. JMM working president Hemant Soren is expected to be the next state chief minister.
The loss in Jharkhand has come in the wake of setbacks in Maharashtra and Haryana. In Haryana, the BJP returned to power in alliance with JJP after falling short of the majority. In Maharashtra, its pre-poll alliance partner Shiv Sena changed sides to form the government with NCP and Congress.
It may be recalled that the BJP had earlier given a call for Congress-mukt Bharat. And it had marched forward on the path, removing the Congress party from power in many states, including in the Northeast.
The BJP leader, meanwhile, hit out at the Congress party for protesting against the CAA. Swamy pointed out that the Congress itself had pitched the idea for CAA and NRC.
“If it’s a law brought by the Centre, then every state has to follow it. Congress has been talking about CAA and NRC for long. If we look at the speeches of (former PM) Manmohan Singh, it is clear that they wanted NRC and now they are protesting against it,” Swamy said.
Commenting on the chorus in the Congress party for bringing back Rahul Gandhi as its president, Swamy said if the move happens, “it will be good for us”.
Courtesy: www.timesnownews.com
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Women's reservation must be implemented without being made contingent on delimitation: CM
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said that the Women's Reservation Bill is a long-overdue reform that must be implemented immediately within the existing framework, without being made contingent on delimitation.
Terming the delimitation as the political re-engineering at the cost of southern states, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said that these states will stand united, speak in one voice, and defend the true spirit of federalism.
The leaders' statements came a day before the Constitutional Amendment Bill with provisions on women's reservation implementation and delimitation was tabled in the Lok Sabha.
"You are right in highlighting the larger implications of the proposed delimitation approach and the concerns it raises for southern states. We wholeheartedly support the Women's Reservation Bill - it is a long-overdue reform that must be implemented immediately within the existing framework, without being made contingent on delimitation," Siddaramaiah said in a post on 'X'.
He was replying to his Telangana counterpart A Revanth Reddy's post on 'X' with a letter, urging the former to unitedly resist moves to push a pro rata model to increase Lok Sabha seats, which would be highly detrimental and inimical to the interests of southern states.
"Any exercise that reshapes political representation must be undertaken with utmost care. The Union Government must engage all states in a transparent and consultative process, and ensure that fairness, federal balance, and consensus guide this critical decision," Siddaramaiah added.
Shivakumar said that this is not a delimitation, but political re-engineering "at the cost of southern states".
"The proposal to increase Lok Sabha seats from 543 to 850 will systematically reduce the voice of the South, while rewarding unchecked population growth elsewhere. This is nothing but punishing progress and good governance," he posted on 'X'.
Clarifying that Congress fully supports women's reservation and in fact, it was party's top leader Sonia Gandhi's vision and commitment that brought this dream to the national agenda, the Deputy CM said, "We demand that it be implemented without linking it to delimitation or seat expansion."
"I urge the Union Govt to not hide behind women's empowerment to push a deely unfair political agenda. Rushing such a massive restructuring of India's democracy during elections, without transparency or consultation, is deeply suspicious and unacceptable," he said.
Asserting that India's strength lies in balance not domination, and in fairness, not manipulation, Shivakumar said, "The Southern states will stand united, speak in one voice, and defend the true spirit of federalism."
"We will not allow the South to be politically marginalised."
