‘Tie bomb around Rahul Gandhi and throw him out of country’
BJP leader Pankaja Munde’s SHOCKER!
Mumbai: Controversial comments continue to emerge with campaigning gaining momentum ahead of the third phase of polling on Tuesday. The latest in series is Maharashtra Minister of Rural Development Panakaja Munde's crude comment against Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
Addressing a rally at Jalna parliamentary constituency, Munde said that a bomb should be tied around Congress president's neck and he should be sent to other countries. Munde was taking an aim at Rahul in response to several Congress leaders questioning the Balakot air strikes.
"They questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he tried to make this country terror-free. When our soldiers were attacked, it was us who responded them with surgical strike. Rahul Gandhi asked us to furnish proof. I would say tie a bomb around his neck and throw him in some other country. Nowadays anyone questions us on surgical strike to grab headlines," Munde said.
Interestingly, Munde made the comments in presence of Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and BJP state unit chief Danve Raosaheb Dadarao who's seeking re-election from the seat.
Congress has condemned Munde's remarks calling it cheap politics of the BJP. "The cheap thoughts of BJP leaders are being proved once again. We don’t expect anything less than that from them. Those who label a martyr (Karkare) as anti-national are capable of going to any extent. We condemn Munde’s statement,” said Sachin Sawant, Congress spokesperson.
Jalna has been BJP's stronghold since the 1996 elections and in 2014, Dadarao, who defeated Congress’s Autade Vilas Keshavrao by over two lakh votes.
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Oracle lays off around 12,000 employees in India, another round likely within a month
New Delhi (PTI): US-based IT firm Oracle is believed to have laid off approximately 12,000 staff in India, with another round of layoffs expected within a month, impacted employees said on Tuesday.
Globally, the company has fired around 30,000 employees.
"In India, around 12,000 employees have been laid off. The company is planning another mass layoff within a month," said two people impacted by the retrenchment, including one from the company's human resource department.
The company has approximately 30,000 employees in India, including those affected by the layoffs.
Oracle declined to comment on the development.
Oracle, in an email sent to staff, said the employees were informed about certain organisational changes and "because of these changes, a decision has been taken to streamline the operations, and as a result, unfortunately, the position you currently hold will become redundant".
The company has offered 15 days' salary to each employee who has completed a year of service in India, in addition to one month of unpaid wages till termination date, leave encashment, gratuity based on eligibility and pay for a one-month notice period.
Oracle has also offered a two-month salary as a top-up.
However, the severance package is available for those who voluntarily and amicably resign from the company.
An ex-employee of Oracle, Merugu Sridhar, said that he was laid off in September for protesting against the 16-hour work shift that the company has in India.
"I contacted my friends and those who are in human resources. They shared that most of the Indians working in the US with the company have been impacted because the local laws there are very strict when it comes to the retrenchment of their citizens," Sridhar said.
