Veteran Gujarat Congress MLA resigns, joins BJP
Gandhinagar, July 3 : Senior Gujarat Congress MLA and prominent Koli community leader Kunwarji Bawalia on Tuesday tendered his resignation as a legislator as well as from the party. He then reached the BJP's state headquarters "Shree Kamalam" and met the party's state President Jitu Vaghani and two other cabinet ministers.
Bawalia, a four-time MLA from Jasdan constituency in Rajkot district, handed over his papers to Gujarat Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi.
Bawalia was elected to the Lok Sabha from Rajkot during the 2009 elections.
The Koli community leader, who has been sulking ever since the December 2017 elections for being ignored for any key party position, is likely to join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and, sources believe, could be inducted into the Vijay Rupani cabinet.
His resignation comes days after another leader from Rajkot, former legislator Indranil Rajyaguru, quit alleging that the Congress leadership ignored the aspirations of several party seniors.
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75% of UPI users may abandon service if transaction fees are introduced: Survey
New Delhi: A recent survey by Localcircles reveals that approximately 75% of UPI users would cease using the service if transaction fees are implemented. The survey, which gathered 42,000 responses from 308 districts, indicates that 38% of users conduct over 50% of their transactions through UPI.
Only 22% of respondents are willing to accept any transaction fee, with a significant majority stating they would stop using UPI altogether. The survey also noted that UPI transactions soared to 131 billion in the fiscal year 2023-24, marking a 57% increase in volume and a 44% increase in value, totaling Rs 199.89 trillion.
Localcircles plans to present these findings to the Ministry of Finance and the Reserve Bank of India to advocate against the imposition of transaction charges. The survey was conducted online between July 15 and September 20, with 15,598 responses specifically addressing transaction fees.
