Nadda slams opposition for fielding K Suresh against NDA's Om Birla for LS Speaker's post
New Delhi (PTI): BJP president J P Nadda launched a vitriolic attack on the Congress, reminding it of the "dark days of Emergency", as he also slammed the opposition for fielding its MP K Suresh against the NDA's Om Birla for election to the office of the Lok Sabha Speaker.
Addressing an event organised here at the BJP headquarters, on the 49th anniversary of the the Emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi government in 1975, Nadda accused the Congress of "hypocrisy and double speak" on the issue of the Lok Sabha Speaker's election and said there is no space for democracy in the "mindset" of the main opposition party.
"Has there been any election for the Lok Sabha Speaker conditional where (opposition says) first you (treasurer benches) decide the Deputy Speaker then we will support you in the election of Speaker?" he asked.
Nadda said the Congress, which was vying for the Deputy Speaker's post in the name of tradition, has itself not followed it in the states ruled by it.
The Congress has its Speaker and Deputy Speaker in the state assemblies of Telangana and Karnataka while the INDIA bloc constituents TMC and Left parties have their own Speaker and Deputy Speaker in West Bengal and Kerala assemblies respectively, he said.
Nadda said it was the Congress government under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi which had "throttled" the country's democracy by imposing Emergency on June 25, 1975 and carried out immense atrocities on those who protested.
"Those who insulted and ignored the Constitution several times have declared themselves as protectors of the Constitution," he charged.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
