The Opposition BJP and Janata Dal (S) leaders have strongly criticized the Congress government in Karnataka for proposing a significant pay hike for legislators and spending large sums on luxury amenities in the assembly premises, including recliners and massagers.
The ongoing agitation by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers for fair remuneration, now in its 24th day, led to a major disruption in the Kerala Assembly on Tuesday.
He said the Chief Minister should ensure that Rs 2,500 is transferred to the accounts of every woman before the International Women’s Day on March 8.
Opposition is being “blacked out & censored” on Assembly TV, allege BJP and JD(S) MLAs as they raise the issue in the Karnataka assembly. They claim that visuals of Congress MLAs and ministers are displayed on giant TV screens inside and outside the assembly, while the opposition's visuals, views, and comments are ignored, not unlike the Congress-led opposition in Parliament
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of weakening the Right to Information (RTI) Act by bringing the data protection law.
Hitting out at the Congress, while addressing the party workers at the BJP headquarters here after the Delhi election results were announced, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said, "In the Delhi elections, the Congress has faced a disappointing streak, achieving a double hat-trick of zero."
Senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan has strongly opposed the LDF government's reported decision to collect tolls on roads funded by KIIFB (Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board).
The leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha also expressed gratitude to all the party workers for their dedication.
Leader of opposition in Himachal Pradesh, Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday congratulated his party for victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, saying that the AAP has been eliminated from the national capital and the Congress in the hill state will also face the same fate.
Reacting to Aam Aadmi Party’s massive defeat and the BJP’s thumping victory in Delhi, Congress's General Secretary and Wayanad’s MP, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that the people of Delhi were fed up and they voted for change. Congress failed to win any of the 70 seats in the Delhi assembly elections.
