All senior leaders must step down as ministers after 2.5 years, KH Muniyappa at KPCC meeting
Bengaluru: ‘All the senior leaders should resign from their respective posts within two years, giving opportunity to the other candidates’ said K.H Muniyappa, Minister of Food and Civil supplies, suggesting his personal opinion. He was speaking at the KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) meeting held in the city on Monday August 14.
Meanwhile, Muniyappa’s remarks at the KPCC general body meeting have garnered a lot of attention and created a lot of discussion in the state’s political arena, especially in the Karnataka Congress circle.
Muniyappa acknowledged that, "The selection of the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister is a high-command’s decision. However, it would be good to give other candidates a chance after two and a half years, " he added.
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He proposed that, with the exception of first-time ministers, senior members of the cabinet should consider stepping down, paving the way for new faces. "Through this, we initiate a new tradition in the country. This is my personal suggestion, " Muniyappa stated.
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Waqf Bill anti-secular, will snatch rights of Muslims: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday described the Waqf (Amendment) Bill as “anti-secular”, claiming that it would snatch the rights of Muslims.
Banerjee, speaking in the assembly, also said the Centre did not consult with states over the matter.
“The bill is anti-federal and anti-secular; it is a deliberate attempt to malign a particular section. It will snatch the rights of Muslims... The Centre did not consult with us on the Waqf Bill,” she said.
The chief minister added that “if any religion was attacked”, she would wholeheartedly condemn it.
Opposition parties have stridently criticised the amendments proposed by the bill in the existing Waqf Act, alleging that they violate the religious rights of Muslims.
The ruling BJP has asserted that the amendments will bring transparency in the functioning of the Waqf boards and make them accountable.
A parliamentary committee has been constituted to scrutinise the contentious bill.
