DK Congress condemns Kathua, Unnao rape incidents; stages protest
Magnaluru: The South Assembly Constituency of Mangaluru Congress staged a protest in front of the DC office here on Tuesday, condemning the rape and murder case of an eight-year-old Kashmiri girl and the rape committed by an MLA in Uttar Pradesh.
Addressing the protestors, MLA JR Lobo said that the Uttar Pradesh government should tender resignation taking moral responsibility for the Unnao rape case. Besides, the government should submit the incident’s detailed report to the central government.
Harish Kumar, DK Congress district president, also spoke at the occasion and said ‘the government that was failed in Gujarat is now ruling on us.
Congress party’s district secretary Kallige Taranath, Mahabal Marla, Ibrahim Kodijal, Praveenchandra Alva, BG Suvarna, TK Sudheer, Vishwanath Kumar Das and others were present.
The protest was started with a silent prayer. Later, the protestors started raising slogans against the BJP.
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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.
