Disqualified MLAs are now on their own: Senior BJP leader Umesh Katti
Belagavi: Senior BJP leader in Karnataka, Umesh Katti on Sunday stirred controversy when he told reporters that the disqualified MLAs are on their own and that BJP will decide for itself as to who will contest the by-elections.
Speaking to reporters in Hukkeri on Sunday afternoon, Umesh added that all the three constituencies in the District which will go into by-elections will have BJP candidates contesting the election. Umesh also announced that Raju Kage, Laxman Savadi and Ashok Poojary will contest from Kagawad, Adani and Gokak constituencies, eliminating the possibility of disqualified MLAs contesting from BJP.
"Former Minister Raju Kage will not leave BJP. He will definitely be there in the party. He will contest by-elections and win on BJP ticket" Umesh further added.
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BJP using women's quota bill as front to pass Delimitation Bill that will break India: Mamata
Cooch Behar (WB) (PTI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre was using the proposed amendment to the women's quota law in Parliament as a front for the Delimitation Bill that would "break the country into pieces".
The TMC will fight this Central government's move at every step, she asserted at her party's poll rally here.
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill to tweak the women's quota law, along with the Delimitation Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, to implement the proposed amended women's quota law, in the Union territories of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir, were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
According to the Constitution amendment bill, Lok Sabha seats will be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
Seats will also be increased in state and Union territory assemblies to accommodate 33 per cent reservation for women.
Opposing the Centre's move, Banerjee alleged that "the BJP brought the Delimitation Bill while keeping the women's reservation bill at the front".
"The BJP is trying to increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha to nearly 850 through the Delimitation Bill. It will break the country into pieces," the TMC supremo said.
She also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not speaking the truth about the development of north Bengal at a BJP rally last week.
"The prime minister said nothing was done for the development of north Bengal. But we spent Rs 1.72 lakh crore on the development of the region," Banerjee said and asked Modi to cross-check data before making such remarks.
