NCP MP Udayanraje Bhosale joins BJP
New Delhi, Sep 14: NCP MP Udayanraje Bhosale joined the Bharatiya Janata Party here on Saturday in the presence of top saffron party leaders, including its president Amit Shah and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, with Shah asserting that the BJP-led alliance will come back to power in the state with three-fourths majority.
Bhosale, who draws his political influence due to his descendance from Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji's family, said he agreed with the policies pursued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will work for Maharashtra as a BJP leader.
The Satara MP has quit his Lok Sabha membership to join the BJP.
Shah said it was a matter of happiness for his party that a descendent of the Maratha king has joined it and asserted that Bhosale's presence will help it in the upcoming assembly elections.
The BJP, which had won 122 of the total 288 seats in the 2014 elections, will emerge stronger and its alliance will win three-fourths seats this time, he said.
The Shiv Sena and a few smaller parties are part of the saffron alliance in the state.
The Fadnavis government has worked for the state's all-round development and "restored" its pride in its five-year rule, Shah added.
Shah said the BJP and its alliance will receive even bigger support in the Assembly polls after it had decimated the Congress-NCP alliance in the recent Lok Sabha polls.
On the occasion, Fadnavis also voiced his party's happiness at Bhosale's decision to join it.
He noted that Bhosale had lauded the Modi government's move to nullify Article 370, which accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
BJP working president J P Nadda and general secretary Bhupender Yadav, who is his party's in-charge for the state polls, were also present on the occasion.
भारतीय जनता पार्टी राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष श्री.@AmitShah, पार्टीचे कार्यकारी अध्यक्ष @JPNadda, मुख्यमंत्री @Dev_Fadnavis, केंद्रीय मंत्री @RamdasAthawale, प्रदेशाध्यक्ष चंद्रकांत दादा पाटील, मंत्री गिरीश महाजन या मान्यवरांच्या प्रमुख उपस्थितीत जनता पार्टी मध्ये जाहीर प्रवेश. pic.twitter.com/UcmhfwWl3v
— Chhatrapati Udayanraje Bhonsle (@Chh_Udayanraje) September 14, 2019
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Cabinet to discuss internal reservation while filling govt vacancies: Karnataka minister
Bengaluru(PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Thursday that the state cabinet is likely to discuss the issue of providing internal reservation while filling vacancies in the government sector.
There is a rift between SC (Right) and SC (Left) factions within the ruling Congress over providing internal reservation during the recruitment that has been announced.
The state government decided to conduct recruitment for 56,432 vacant jobs based on the reservation order in force before December 28, 2022 (15 per cent for SCs and 3 per cent for STs), due to the stay on the enhanced quota and internal reservation, while continuing to pursue its case in court.
The previous BJP government had increased the reservation quota for SCs from 15 per cent to 17 per cent and for Scheduled Tribes from 3 per cent to 7 per cent, raising the state’s total reservation to 56 per cent, exceeding the Supreme Court-mandated 50 per cent ceiling.
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While this is still under litigation, the Congress government decided to provide internal reservation within the 17 per cent quota for SCs based on the 6:6:5 formula.
According to sources, the SC (Left)/Madiga community, which has fought for internal reservation for decades, opposed the decision to recruit 56,432 jobs without providing internal reservation.
The SC (Right)/Holeya community, however, favoured recruitment without internal reservation.
“The government has already taken a decision to provide internal reservation. There are issues with the classification, stating that one section receives priority while preparing the roster. It will be discussed again in the cabinet and decided. Since the cabinet made the earlier decision, any amendment to it should be made in the cabinet itself,” Parameshwara told reporters.
Responding to a question regarding the demand from SC (Left) for internal reservation within the 15 per cent SC quota during recruitment, he said, “This needs to be discussed in the cabinet.”
Asked about differences within the cabinet on internal reservation, Parameshwara said, “There will always be differences of opinion, and all ministers will share their views in the cabinet. But the cabinet will take a decision in the larger interest.”
Responding to a question about the BJP demanding that the government fill vacancies under the overall 56 per cent reservation while considering internal reservation among SCs, Parameshwara said: “The BJP is playing politics.”
“They are also aware that a 56 per cent reservation cannot be provided currently. For political reasons, they are instigating. It is politics. Everyone knows they are doing politics,” he said, adding that the government will act consciously within the framework of law.
Some senior SC ministers and leaders met with AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday to discuss the internal reservation issue.
Replying to a question on this, Parameshwara said, “We have brought the matter to his notice as he is the AICC President, not as a leader representing us (SC community).”
He also clarified that no other matters were discussed during the meeting with Kharge.
