Reservation Bill is BJP’s election gimmick: Siddaramaiah
Mysuru, Jan 9: “It’s not possible to discuss the issue of appointment to boards and corporations on streets. It will be discussed in the Coordination Committee meeting and solve it”, said former chief minister Siddaramaiah.
He told reporters here on Wednesday when he was asked about Minister HD Revanna’s displeasure over appointment to boards and corporation, that he would not speak about the issue on streets. He would convene a meeting of the Coordination Committee shortly and discuss the issue in detail, he added.
Seat sharing in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election would also be discussed in the Coordination Committee meeting, Siddaramaiah said.
Election gimmick
Blasting at the BJP leaders, Siddaramaiah said that presenting a Bill on giving 10 per cent reservation to upper general castes was just an election gimmick. He would welcome the move of giving reservation to the poor in the upper castes.
It was the BJP which has been opposing the reservation. But now, they have presented the Bill on reservation which is an election gimmick, he said.
Except the BJP backed organizations, all other labour organisations have participated in the Bharat Bandh called by the labour organizations. Their protest was justifiable. It was not Congress-sponsored. The central government should solve the problems of the labour sector, he said.
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Delhi wakes up to cloudy Thursday with light rain, minimum temp at 17.6 deg C
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi woke up to a cloudy Thursday morning, with parts of the city receiving up to 12.5 mm of rainfall, while the minimum temperature stood at 17.6 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The IMD stated that Safdarjung and Lodhi Road recorded 8.2 mm of rainfall each, while the Ridge station received 8.6 mm and Palam recorded 6.2 mm.
Ayanagar recorded 7.2 mm of rainfall, and Pitampura recorded 5.5 mm.
Additionally, Mayur Vihar recorded 3 mm of rainfall, while Janakpuri received 12.5 mm from 8.30 am on Wednesday till 8.30 am on Thursday.
The weather office noted that the minimum temperature was recorded at 17.6 degrees Celsius, which is 1.1 notches above the seasonal average, while the maximum temperature is expected to settle around 29 degrees Celsius.
According to the IMD, Delhi is under a yellow alert for very light to light rainfall, thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, and gusty winds with speeds of 30 to 40 kilometres per hour.
The AQI stood in the 'moderate' category at 9 am, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 153, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
According to the CPCB, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 to 100 'satisfactory', 101 to 200 'moderate', 201 to 300 'poor', 301 to 400 'very poor', and 401 to 500 'severe'.
