Owaisi opposes constitutional amendment bill
New Delhi, Jan 8: AIMIM member Asaduddin Owaisi Tuesday opposed the constitutional amendment bill in the Lok Sabha saying the bill is fraud on the constitution.
The Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill 2019 seeks to amend the Constitution by introducing provisions for reservation for economically weaker sections, he said, adding it presently mentions only social and educational backwardness as the criteria for quota.
"I oppose this bill. This is a fraud on the constitution," he said.
He said the constitution does not recognise economic backwardness.
He said: "this exercise is fraud since there is no empirical data and evidence".
"This is a burden on states. May I know from the government that what will happen to Maratha reservation," he asked.
Owaisi also said that the bill could be stuck in the Supreme Court.
Participating in the debate, Union Minister Anupriya Patel said reservation was provided based on population to the OBC category but not in such a manner to SCs and STs.
She said the government has stated that caste based census will be carried out in 2021.
She also asked whether the government would consider reservation in private sector.
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Man slits wife’s throat on road in Kalaburagi, flees
Kalaburagi (Karnataka) (PTI): A 28-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her husband, who slit her throat in the middle of a road following a family dispute in this district on Thursday, police said.
The deceased was identified as Saanvi, a native of Maharashtra, they said.
Videos of the incident, recorded by locals on mobile phones, have been widely circulated online, purportedly showing the accused, Akshay, attacking her in public.
The incident occurred near Ballurgi village in Afzalpur taluk of Kalaburagi district, police said.
According to police, the man allegedly brought his wife in a car, forced her to get down onto the road, and slit her throat.
Saanvi, who was heard screaming in the videos, died on the spot. The accused fled the scene in the vehicle.
A case of murder has been registered at Afzalpur police station, and efforts are underway to apprehend the accused, police added.
