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BJP fields Sushma, Rudy, Shahnawaz

March 14, 2014

New Delhi, Mar 14: The BJP on Thursday announced its third list of candidates for nine states for the April-May Lok Sabha elections.

The list of 100 candidates included prominent leaders like Sushma Swaraj, Shahnawaz Hussain and Rajiv Pratap Rudy.

Sushma__HussainThe party, however, decided to delay announcement of candidates from Uttar Pradesh owing to lack of unanimity on Varanasi and Lucknow constituencies from where Modi and president Rajnath Singh are expected to contest.

The BJP has also decided to give electoral space to children of two leaders, Yashwant Sinha and the late Pramod Mahajan. With former finance minister Sinha deciding not to contest elections, the party has given the ticket to his son Jayant Sinha to contest from his father’s Hazaribagh constituency in Jharkhand. Late Pramod Mahajan’s daughter Poonam Mahajan has been pitched against sitting Congress MP Priya Dutt from Mumbai North-Central constituency.

The 19-member central election committee (CEC) headed by president Rajnath Singh cleared the names of 100 candidates–Bihar (25), MP (24), Karnataka (5), Assam (6), Jharkhand (13), Kerala (14), Maharashtra (2), West Bengal (7) and Lakshwadeep (1), said BJP leader Ananth Kumar.

The CEC will meet again on Saturday and immediately after Holi to decide on the remaining candidates. Prior to the meeting, the parliamentary board decided not to merge the BSR Congress with the BJP, given strong opposition from senior leader Sushma Swaraj.

Due to electoral compulsions, the BJP has opted for a safer route by allowing BSR party founder B Sriramulu back into the saffron fold as he is not facing any case.

Party sources said that he may join the BJP on Friday and will be given the ticket to contest from Bellary. The party top brass also could not take a call on two other seats-Bidar and Hassan–both in Karnataka, due to strong differences against the proposed candidates.

The party, however, has accommodated former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa’s close confidante Shoba Karandlaje from Udupi-Chikmagalur and Basavaraju from Tumkur.

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January 7,2020

New Delhi, Jan 7: The government has asked public sector undertakings to dissuade their employees from participating in the 'Bharat Bandh' called on Wednesday and advised them to prepare a contingency plan to ensure smooth functioning of the enterprises.

Ten central trade unions have said around 25 crore people will participate in the nationwide strike to protest against the government's "anti-people" policies.

Trade unions INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF, UTUC along with various sectoral independent federations and associations had adopted a declaration in September last to go on the nationwide strike on January 8.

"Any employee going on strike in any form, including protest, would face the consequences which, besides deduction of wages, may also include appropriate disciplinary action," said an office memorandum issued by the government.

"Suitable contingency plan may also be worked out to carry out the various functions of the ministry/department," it added.

It also issued instructions not to sanction casual leave or other kind of leave to employees if applied for during the period of the proposed protest or strike and ensure that the willing employees are allowed hindrance-free entry into the office premises.

The instructions issued by the Department of Personnel & Training prohibit the government servants from participating in any form of strike, including mass casual leave, go-slow and sit-down, or any action that abet any form of strike.

Besides, pay and allowances are not admissible to an employee for his absence from duty without any authority.

The central trade unions are protesting against labour reforms, FDI, disinvestment, corporatisation and privatisation policies and to press for a 12-point common demands of the working class relating to minimum wage and social security, among others.

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February 10,2020

New Delhi, Feb 10: After an hour-long standoff between the security forces and the students on Monday, the police resorted to a lathi-charge on the protesters near Holy Family hospital which is within walking distance of Jamia Millia Islamia.

A scuffle ensued when police confronted the protesters who tried to push forward towards Parliament. The lathi-charge was made to push back the protesters.

In the melee that ensued, many from both sides fainted.

Some security forces personnel resorted to the lathi-charge while others pushed back the protesters when they threw water pouches at the security forces and abused them.

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August 7,2020

New Delhi, Aug 7: The Congress on Thursday demanded the removal of Karnataka minister KS Eshwarappa from the cabinet and his arrest for his statement that grand Krishna and Vishwanath temples would come up in Mathura and Kashi respectively after "liberating" them.

Mr Eshwarappa made the statement while reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying the foundation of the Ram temple in Ayodhya yesterday.

"By asking kar sevaks (volunteers) to launch a similar campaign, the minister (Eshwarappa) is trying to disturb peace in the society," Congress Karnataka unit chief DK Shivakumar said at a press conference in Ballari today.

"Such people should be arrested immediately, police officials should register a case against him and the Chief Minister should remove him from the cabinet,"he said.

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj minister Eshwarappa had said on Wednesday that he was of the firm opinion that "if not today, tomorrow, Mathura and Kashi temples will be liberated and grand temples would be built there."

"A place of devotion has to be built in both Kashi and Mathura. There too, grand temples have to be constructed. The mosques have to be removed from there," he said.

Mr Eshwarappa, a former BJP state president, said the centres of Hindu belief, Ayodhya, Kashi and Mathura were a kind of a symbol of "slavery" as "temples of our Rama, Krishna and Vishwanath were destroyed and mosques built."

Stating that Mr Eshwarappa is not an individual but a minister who represents the government, Mr Shivakumar on Thursday sought to know from the Chief Minister whether this was his government's stand.

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