B.K. Hariprasad slams PM Modi over approach towards China
Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader B.K. Hariprasad has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of changing his stance towards China, saying that instead of showing the Chinese the “red eye”, he has rolled out the “red carpet”.
In a sharp post shared on social media platform X, Hariprasad questioned the Prime Minister for shaking hands with the Chinese President without remembering the sacrifice of the 20 Indian soldiers who were killed by Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley. “Did the faces of those martyrs not come to your mind? Did the 56-inch chest not find the courage to demand justice for our soldiers’ deaths?” he asked.
He also pointed out that despite Arunachal Pradesh BJP MP Tapir Gao raising concerns in Parliament that China had built villages and roads deep inside Indian territory, up to 60-70 km within the border, Modi did not confront the Chinese leadership on the issue.
Hariprasad further reminded that former Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan had admitted in Parliament that China had occupied 38,000 square kilometres of Indian land. “Why didn’t you demand the Chinese President to vacate our territory?” he questioned.
Linking China’s role in supporting Pakistan with arms supplies that were later used in attacks like Pulwama and against innocent tourists in Pahalgam, the Congress leader asked what kind of brotherhood Modi expected with such a nation.
Criticising the government’s foreign policy, Hariprasad said what was once a model for the world has now been reduced to just foreign tours. According to him, this has damaged India’s global respect and forced the country to pay a heavy price. “A recent example is the heavy tariffs imposed on India by your friend, US President Trump,” he said.
Concluding his remarks, Hariprasad alleged that Modi was fooling the people of the country and warned that “your masks are slowly coming off.”
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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.
