Three bills tabled in Karnataka assembly
Bengaluru, Jul 19: The Karnataka government on Friday tabled three bills in the legislative assembly including the Karnataka Legislature (Prevention of Disqualification) (Second Amendment) Bill, 2024.
The Prevention of Disqualification Amendment Bill has been introduced to exempt the office of the political secretary-one and two to the Chief Minister, Office of the Financial Advisor to the CM, Office of the Advisor (Policy and Planning) to the CM and Deputy Chairperson to Karnataka State Policy and Planning Commission from incurring disqualification for being a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly or the Member of the Karnataka Legislative Council on such appointment.
The Karnataka Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill aims to create a clear distinction between the input service distribution transactions requiring the transfer of input tax credit related to the invoices for receipt of services on behalf of distinct persons, and the actual supply of services from one distinct person to another, and make it compulsory to distribute the credit.
The bill is meant for enabling the levy of penalty for non-registration of machines used in the manufacture of tobacco products and paan masala.
The objective of the Karnataka Cine and Cultural Activists (Welfare) Bill is to constitute a welfare board and establish a fund for financial schemes to provide social security and welfare of cine and cultural activists in the state.
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HP Cong Minority Morcha delegation meets with party leader Venugopal over mosque row
Shimla (PTI): A delegation of the Himachal Congress Minority Morcha apprised the party's central leaders on Thursday of the atmosphere of fear created in the state by targeting a particular community and staging demonstrations near mosques.
The delegation led by Iqbal Mohammad, president of the state Congress Minority Morcha, also comprised imams of various mosques. It met with Congress general secretary K C Venugopal and its Minority Morcha national president Imran Pratapgarhi in New Delhi.
In a statement here, the state Congress Minority Morcha said the situation has become tense due to demonstrations by Hindu outfits in front of mosques and efforts were being made to vitiate the atmosphere and instill fear among Muslims.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu is trying to take people of all religions along but some elements are trying to spoil the atmosphere and malign the government, it added.
According to the statement, Venugopal spoke to the chief minister over the phone over the issue.
Ten people were injured during a protest demanding the demolition of a portion of a mosque in Shimla's Sanjauli area last week. In Mandi, police used water cannons on protestors demanding the demolition of an unauthorised portion of a mosque in the town.
On Tuesday, residents of Kasumpti in Shimla submitted a memorandum to demolish a mosque in the area and similar demands are also coming in from Sunni and other areas in the state.
A dispute between a barber from the minority community and a local businessman in the Malyana area in the suburbs of Shimla on August 30 turned into a communal issue with Hindu groups demanding the demolition of unauthorised mosques and residents calling for the identification and verification of outsiders coming in the state.
