Mangaluru: 59.67% voters turn out recorded for MCC Election
Mangaluru: Mangaluru City Coporation (MCC) Elections on Tuesday witnessed a 59.67% voter turnout during the polling for 60 wards of the MCC’s jurisdiction.
Of 3,94,894 registered voters 2,35,628 voters casted their vote on Tuesday. 1,12,084 male voters turned out to vote while 1,22,527 women also casted their votes.
The MCC has 1,199,989 registered male voters along with 1,87,465 women voters. It also has 63 voters in ‘others’ category.
The election of the result is scheduled to be announced on November 14. 180 candidates were in the fray to contest the election from 60 wards.
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How can govt move amendments to women law before notifying principal Act: Opposition in LS
New Delhi (PTI): Opposition members in the Lok Sabha on Friday questioned the government's decision to move a bill to amend the 2023 women quota law before bringing the principal Act into force.
Soon after laying of parliamentary papers, K C Venugopal rose to point out a law ministry notification issued last night around 10 pm to bring into force the 2023 women's reservation law with effect from April 16, much after a bill to amend the Act was introduced and discussed in the House.
DMK's Kanimozhi also flagged the issue, wondering the logic in discussing an amendment after notifying the principal Act.
Opposition members sought a clarification from law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal who was present in the Lok Sabha.
"The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam passed in September 2023 has come into force with being published in the Gazette only at 9.55 pm last night.
"It is shocking that the government brought amendments to a Constitutional provision that was not even published in the gazette! This shows the government’s unprepared and lackadaisical approach to serious lawmaking," Venugopal later posted on X.
He said this is also yet another evidence that the treasury benches look at the Parliament as no more than a rubber stamp, not bothered about the procedures and protocol necessary for a fair legislative process.
An official has earlier explained that bringing the law into force was essential as its proposed amendment will not have come into effect without that.
The constitution amendment Bill became a law but did not become part of the Constitution as the government did not bring it into force.
If a law does not come into force, how can its proposed amendment be implemented. Hence, it was brought into force with effect from April 16, the official explained.
