Winter Session: Speak to groups about demands to prevent protests, Council Chairman tells K'taka CM
Bengaluru: Karnataka Legislative Council Chairperson Basavaraj S Horatti has written to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and some of the members of the Cabinet separately, asking the state government to ensure that the Winter Session of the Legislature, to be held in Belagavi in December faces no hitches and the time is not wasted in pacifying protesters.
The Winter Session of the Karnataka Legislature will be held for a period of 10 days at the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi from December 4 to 15.
In a press release, the office of the Council Chairperson said that Horatti has written separately to Siddaramaiah, Agriculture Minister Cheluvarayaswamy, Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda as well as Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Madhu Bangarappa, informing them that several people had complained to him that a lot of precious time was being wasted in repeated protests related to several issues. He also advised the Cabinet members to ensure that the Winter Session did not face this problem but was used fruitfully.
The Council Chairperson has written to the CM that, while it is common for people's organizations to stage protests to put forth their demands in relation to various departments like Agriculture, Education and Revenue, it would be advisable for the heads of the departments to hold discussions with the organizations regarding their demands well in advance of the Winter Session and also try to fulfill the demands of the groups. This would also give the government departments an opportunity to request the organizations not to stage protests outside the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi in coincidence with the Legislature Session, Horatti added, also asking Siddaramaiah to instruct his Cabinet ministers on the matter.
A reduction in the number of protests during the Session would give the government time and opportunity to hold discussions in the Legislature and find solutions to major issues and serious problems of the people. This, in turn, would prove the North Karnataka Session of the Legislature successful, with the government gaining the trust of the people in the region, Horatti reminded in his letter, said his office in the press release.
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Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 pm as BJP members protest slogans against PM Modi at Congress rally
New Delhi (PTI): Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 12 noon on Monday amid uproar from Treasury benches over slogans raised against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a Congress rally in Delhi on Sunday.
Immediately after papers were laid in the Upper House, Leader of the House and Union Minister J P Nadda condemned the Congress for the slogans, saying they reflected the party's thinking.
"With pain and an agitated heart, I want to share before the House that yesterday in the Congress party rally, slogans were shouted 'Modi teri kabr khudegi, aaj nahi to kal khudegi' (Modi's grave will be dug.. if not today, then tomorrow). This type of slogan reflects the Congress party's thinking and mindset," Nadda said.
Describing the slogans as "condemnable," Nadda said Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi should apologise to the nation.
"Congress has stooped to a low level in politics, and it is unimaginable," he added.
The remarks triggered an uproar in the House, prompting Deputy Chairman Harivansh to adjourn proceedings till 12 noon.
