Sitaram Yechury seeks early implementation of women's reservation
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Patna (PTI): CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury has asserted that early implementation of women's reservation in Parliament and state assemblies was needed.
Talking to reporters here on Wednesday, he said quotas for women have been awaited for 25 years and wondered if "it will be implemented by 2034".
Yechury, who will attend on Thursday the valedictory session of the CPI(M)'s state-level training camp, was approached with queries by journalists at the airport here upon arrival.
"Issues like separate quotas for SCs, STs and OBCs were raised when the Bill was last tabled before the Rajya Sabha. These remained unaddressed. It is the job of the government to squarely address these issues," said Yechury, a former member of the Upper House, reacting to the passing of the latest Bill in the Lok Sabha.
He also said, "The nation has been waiting for women's reservation for 25 years. Now, clauses like Census and delimitation make us wonder whether it will be implemented by 2034. The government owes an answer on that count, too."
The CPI(M) general secretary also said, in reply to a query, that before returning from Bihar, he will meet Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD president Lalu Prasad, both of whom are his partners in the opposition INDIA coalition.
He, however, declined to take queries on his party's decision to not nominate anyone from its ranks to INDIA's coordination committee.
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Udupi: Two men from Belthangady awarded life imprisonment for attempt to murder a woman in 2022
Udupi: Two men from Belthangady have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Udupi for attempting to murder a woman in Manchikumeri in 2022.
The sentenced men, Mithun and Nagesh Poojary, are learned to have attempted to murder Sumathi, wife of Ramanath Rai, a resident of Manchikumeri, who had a Nandini Milk Parlour at Tiger Circle, Manipal.
On February 18, 2022, Sumathi was reportedly alone at home when, at around 7 pm, Mithun, learned to be her nephew, and his friend Poojary came to the house. As Sumathi opened the door, the duo barged in and tried to strangulate her with an intention of murdering her. Sumathi reportedly lost consciousness under the attack.
The men packed her body in a sack and were then putting the sack into a suitcase to carry the body out, when they noticed that Rai and neighbours had arrived. They are learned to have opened the door when Rai knocked the door and then tried to escape. They were, however, caught by the neighbours and handed over to the police.
Further, Sumathi was found by the group in an unconscious state inside the suitcase in the house. She was rushed to the Manipal Hospital and learned to have recovered after a week of medical treatment.
A case had been registered at the Manipal Police Station.
The Udupi Principal District and Sessions Court judge Kiran S Gangannavar, who heard the case, has declared both Mithun and Poojary guilty in the case. He has awarded them life imprisonment, fined them Rs 20,000 each and, under Column 325, sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment of 5 years and fined them Rs 5,000 each.
Judge Gangannavar has directed that, of the fine, Rs 45,000 be handed to the attack victim Sumathi as relief.
Jayarama Shetty represented the government as Public Prosecutor.
