Terming anti-terrorism body NCTC as a “Constitutionally vulnerable” instrument which went against the country’s federal structure, the BJP on Sunday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as to why the fight against terror through POTA was “compromised” for vote-bank politics.
The stage is set for a renewed Centre-state conflict over the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chairs a meeting on Saturday with chief ministers of ten states, including that of West Bengal, over the contentious issue in a bid to break the deadlock over it.
Over 6000 villages in 15 districts of Maharashtra are drought affected, and while the state government has announced extra funds for the areas, the government’s plan to send 25 MLAs on the annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Board tour to Europe at such a time has met with severe criticism, particularly from MNS Chief Raj Thackeray, whose party sent out a letter requesting the MLAs to cancel the planned trip.
Trinamool Congress Chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to meet UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday to discuss who she will be backing for the President’s post. The UPA has been reaching out to its allies over the past few days to build a consensus on the matter.
Elections to the Rajya Sabha will be held in Jharkhand on Thursday. The elections will decide the fate of three candidates including the BJP’s SS Ahluwalia.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to hold a meeting on Wednesday to discuss supply of about 15 million tonnes of extra foodgrains to ration card holders that will help the government to create more storage space for new crops before monsoon.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday arrived on a three-day visit of his Parliamentary constituency Amethi, the first after his party’s dismal show in the Uttar Pradesh assembly election.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting on Monday to deliberate on the objections raised by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar over export of farm commodities such as sugar and cotton.
The RSS on Sunday attacked past governments, not even sparing the BJP-led NDA for the Bofors cover-up. An editorial in the RSS mouthpiece ‘Organiser’ read, “Successive governments of India knew who the culprits were and yet chose to look the other way.
Taking a dig at Congress President Sonia Gandhi visiting the Siddaganga mutt, Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Saturday said there were accusations that BJP leaders court religious mutts but now Congress leaders also do the same.
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