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Modi govt keeping public under illusion through political gimmicks: UTK

CD Network | Sumedha V
July 3, 2017

Mangaluru, Jul 3: Congress leader U T Khader on Sunday came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government for resorting to “political gimmicks” and keeping the public under illusion for past three years.UTK

“The NDA government at the center seldom thinks of the welfare of the people of the country. For the past three years, it has kept the public in an illusion. The poor and the middle class have hardly benefitted from any of the Center’s policies”, Mr Khader said in a press meet here.

Mr Khader questioned the need for a mid night session of the parliament for the launch of GST, which was earlier proposed by the UPA government and vehemently rejected by BJP leaders including Mr Modi. “The previous UPA government has brought in several historic legislations. It introduced the landmark Right to Information Act, Right to Education, National Food Security Act and NREGA. The historic economic reforms of the 90s happened due to the efforts of Manmohan Singh,” he said.

He also said that GST is just a uniform tax and not ‘one nation, one tax’ as projected by the BJP.

“It was UPA’s finance minister P Chidambaram who proposed GST in 2006-07 union budget. However, BJP opposed its implementation,” he said adding that Congress always supports progressive steps and therefore it did not oppose the implementation of GST now.

Mr Khader also said that the present government launched GST in a half-baked way as it is now applicable only for indirect taxes. He also criticized the government for failing to make it comprehensive and bring excise, petrol etc too under its ambit.

He said that the central government is answerable to the public as the poor people of the country are going to be the ones who will be most affected because of its policies. “If they make policies for the welfare of all in the country, we also will promote them,” he said.

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June 30,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 30: The judicial, non-judicial and administrative functions of the Karnataka High Court has been suspended for Tuesday, for sanitisation of the entire court complex due to "unavoidable circumstances".

The High Court in a notice informed about the decision on Monday.

"It is hereby notified to the litigant public/learned advocates/party-in-person/officers and staff of the High Court of Karnataka, Principal Bench, Bengaluru that, the judicial/non-judicial/administrative functions of the High Court is hereby suspended for one day -- on June 30, 2020, for sanitisation of entire High Court complex, due to unavoidable circumstances," the notice read.

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February 26,2020

Hubballi/Vijayapura, Feb 26: A 40-year-old resident of Talikoti town in Vijayapura was arrested on Tuesday and charged with sedition for allegedly saying 'I Love Pak Army' on a social media page and sharing a video of a song, 'Pakistan Zindabad'.

Police said they registered an FIR against Meru alias Merusab Hasansab Byagwat on a complaint filed by a contractor, Ashok Rathod of Nebgiri Tanda.

Byagwat has been booked under IPC sections pertaining to sedition (124A), promoting enmity between communities and making assertions prejudicial to national integration (153 A & B), among others.

In his complaint, Rathod said Meru had posted the video on his social media account on February 22. Rathod said he took a screenshot of the video and made some inquiries before approaching police.

Police said Meru would be produced in court soon.

Police said they are keeping a watch on pro-Pakistan activities. On Monday, slogans praising Pakistan surfaced on the walls of a government primary school in Budarsinghi. In the third week of February, three Kashmiri students shot a video hailing Pakistan and circulated it on social media in Hubballi.

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January 16,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 16: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad is holding rallies and meetings and distributing booklets across the country in support of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, said ABVP National Secretary Harsha Narayan here on Thursday.

Speaking to media persons, he said that the CAA, which provides citizenship to Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Parsis, Jains and Christians persecuted in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, was among the things that the ABVP was fighting for.

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