Rs.1,000 crore scam behind government collapse: UT Khadar levels serious allegation
Mangaluru: In a serious allegation, Minister UT Khader has said that there was a Rs 1,000 crore scam behind the collapse of the state's alliance government.
Speaking to Vartha Bharathi, he said that the democratically elected government was dislodged by misusing constitutional institutions and holing up MLAs. "It is a scam of around Rs 1,000 and a democratic carnage," Khader alleged.
"We have received information that everyone was paid Rs 60-70 crores. They say that black money was reduced following note ban. But what we can call the money which is being offered now. Isn't it black money," he asked.
We are not behind the power. Rather, we are for the people of the assembly. I have submitted my resignation letter to the party president long before this.
While resigning for a party, I was just as happy as I was during the swearing-in at the Rajbhavan. I would once again get the ministerial berth if I get people's blessings. It is very rare to get an opportunity to sacrifice for the sake of the party when it is in trouble," he said.
I will continue development work as an MLA of the Ullal Assembly Constituency. We will be in the opposition and face the BJP government effectively. I would like to thank the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, members of the Cabinet, members of my constituency, activists, people of the district, officials of my department and media friends for assisting me in development work and cooperating me to uplift the Someshwara Gram Panchayat,” Minister UT Khader 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.
