Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma on Wednesday said the state government will soon propose two separate Bills to enhance the reservation for backward classes to 42 per cent, and introduce sub categorization of Scheduled Castes to correct the historical underrepresentation of the communities and ensure balanced distribution of reservation benefits.
The main Opposition Congress in Haryana is set to be wiped out in the civic polls as early leads in the underway counting of ballots indicated that the state ruling BJP is leading on nine out of 10 posts of mayor.
On the second day of the ongoing budget session in Bhopal, Congress MLAs, led by Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar, staged a protest near Mahatma Gandhi’s statue within the Assembly premises.
Singhar said that the Opposition wants debates on the issues of corruption, farmers’ woes, and other public welfare matters during the budget session. He alleged that the BJP does not want to discuss these issues.
Congress seemed to have decided to honour its promises made during the Assembly polls and allot an MLC seat to CPI.
The opposition Congress on Monday staged a massive ‘Vidhan Sabha Gherao’ at Bhopal against the BJP state government over the issues of crimes against women, fertilizer crisis, unemployment, price rise and atrocities against SC/ST in the state.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal accused the Centre of failing to ensure the safety of women in Delhi and maintain law and order.
The Opposition Congress on Monday walked out from the Madhya Pradesh Assembly on the first day of the winter session in protest against non-availability of fertilizers to farmers of the state, hampering their sowing of crops.
The PMML kicked up a political row by urging Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to return the letters removed from the museum in 2008 at the instance of her mother and Congress Legislative Party (CLP) leader Sonia Gandhi.
The Rajya Sabha on Monday took up a two-day debate on the Constitution with the government fielding Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to blame the Congress for amending the Constitution from time to time for the sake of a 'family.'
