10% reservation for upper castes is Modi's election gimmick: Binoy Viswam
Mangaluru, Jan 12: National Secretary of State for Communist Party of India (CPI) and Rajya Sabha Member Binoy Viswam has said that the ten per cent reservation for upper castes was an election gimmick of PM Modi.
Addressing a press conference in the City, he said "earlier also such kind of attempts were made, but the Supreme Court had not given its node. Besides, such efforts were made by the governments of Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu; but did not succeed. The BJP, which opposes the Mandal Commission, is planning to set up such policies without considering the constitutional rules.
CPI national commission member PV Lokesh, state secretary Sati Sundaresh, CPI leaders HV Rao, CPI DK and Udupi District Secretary V. Kukian and others were present.
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Pak cancels nearly 184 international flights to West Asia after Iran attack
Karachi (PTI): At least 184 international flights of different airlines from Pakistan to the West Asia have been cancelled since Saturday owing to the escalating situation after the US and Israel attacked Iran.
A spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Muscat, Sharjah, Riyadh, Jeddah from Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, Sialkot, Peshawar, Faisalabad had all been cancelled.
“The flights were on the schedule of different airlines,” Hafeez Khan said.
International flights in the West Asia have all been badly disrupted or suspended after the closure of the Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports which serve as a major hub for connecting flights to Europe, USA, Canada, South America etc.
Airline authorities have suspended all air traffic in the region because of the increase in missile and drone attacks by Iran on the US bases in the region.
The spokesperson said at least 40 flights were cancelled from Islamabad and another 46 from Lahore.
The Pakistan airspace remains open for domestic flights, he said.
The attack on Iran by the US and Israel disrupted flights across the West Asia and beyond as countries around the region closed their airspace and key airports that connect Europe, Africa and the West to Asia were directly hit by strikes.
