As Karnataka CM readies to present budget, Congressmen attend Assembly wearing flowers on ears
Bengaluru: Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah and Congress leaders attended the Assembly session on Friday, when Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai was to present the budget for the next financial year, wearing flowers on their ears, allegedly symbolizing the failure of the government to fulfil promises.
The Congress members said that the BJP government has failed to fulfil the promises made in the 2018 manifesto and last year’s budget.
In response to the Congress members’ move, the chief minister said, “The Opposition leaders had been placing flowers on the ears of the people so far; this year, however, we will watch the citizens placing flowers on the ears of the Congress members.”
This led to a minor verbal duel between the ruling and Opposition party members, after which, the chief minister presented the budget.
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Plea in Delhi HC against circulation of deepfake videos during LS polls
New Delhi (PTI): A plea was mentioned before the Delhi High Court on Wednesday against circulation of deepfake videos during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
A bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora agreed to list the matter for hearing on Thursday, if the petition is in order.
Senior advocate Jayant Mehta, while mentioning the plea for an urgent hearing, said it was being filed by a lawyers' body seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to stop the circulation of deepfake videos during elections.
Explaining the urgency, the lawyer said general elections are going on and deepfake videos are being circulated and they have also given a representation to the ECI.
The bench said social media platforms now have grievance redressal officers and sought to know whether the petitioners have approached them.
The counsel said they have done whatever they could.
He said by the time action is taken and such videos are removed, the damage is already done as the response time is between 24 and 48 hours.
The bench said it will examine the issue and hear it on Thursday.
