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Uddhav targets Modi and BJP over demonetization, GST

DHNS
July 23, 2017

Mumbai, Jul 23: Saying that the “acche din” was limited to government advertisements, Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday targeted the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on multiple grounds including the demonetization drive and introduction of Goods and Service Tax.udav

Thackeray, who is one of the oldest and important allies of the BJP, said everything is being centralised. “The ‘achhe din’ are only in advertisements. Do we have true democracy in the country? It appears all affairs are going to be run as per the wishes of the Prime Minister? He is centralising power at the Centre, instead of decentralising it,” Thackeray, who turns 57 on 27 July, said in an interview to Saamana, the party mouthpiece, on the eve of his birthday.

To a question on what else is going on in the country, Thackeray shot back: “Fogg chal raha hai (referring to a perfume ad). According to him, the GST and demonetization are a mess and the common man had been affected.

This is the first attack by Thackeray on the government after last week’s Presidential elections – in which BJP-NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind was elected defeated Congress-led Opposition candidate Meira Kumar.

“We won't keep quiet. We were the first to point out how GST will hit the people. Now, they must decide whether to bear it beat it. See, in Gujarat small traders took to the streets opposing GST and they were mercilessly beaten up,” the Shiv Sena President said in the interview to Rajya Sabha member and Saamana Executive Editor Sanjay Raut.

“Is this a true democracy? Unlike the former Prime Minister, the late Rajiv Gandhi, who implemented Panchayati Raj right at the grassroots level," Thackeray said, adding: “I read today that 1.50 million people lost jobs directly due to demonetization, meaning six million (dependents) will suffer a hit. Who will provide for these six million their daily 'dal-roti'?"

When pointed out that if he speaks the truth, he would be branded as a traitor, he shot back: “….ask the people losing their jobs who the real 'traitor' is. I am not talking about Modi, but the government machinery. Whenever Shiv Sena speaks anything, it's considered 'anti-government'. But that is wrong, we are always with the people.”

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January 2,2020

Perambalur, Jan 2: Veteran Tamil writer Nellai Kannan was arrested in Perambalur for criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah during a protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

The Tirunelveli Police had registered the FIR against the writer for the speech delivered at a meeting, which was called by the Social Democratic Party of India on December 29 last year.

The police have booked him on the basis of multiple complaints filed by BJP leaders.

Kannan has been booked under Sections 504, 505(1) and 505(2) of the Indian Penal Code.

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January 23,2020

Patna, Jan 23: "They should go wherever they want," Bihar Chief Minister and JDU supremo Nitish Kumar said on Thursday when asked of Prashant Kishor and Pavan Verma's repeated questions about the party's stand's on the newly enacted Citizenship Act.

"It is their personal decision. They should go wherever they want. We don't have an objection. Don't look at JDU in the context of statements by some people. JDU works with determination. We have a clear stand and don't have any confusion," the Chief Minister told reporters here.

"If they have something to tell, they should come and discuss it within the party. They should go wherever they want. They have my good wishes," he said.

JDU spokesperson and national general secretary Pavan Verma has questioned his party's alliance with the BJP in Delhi Assembly polls while Kishor has more than once made his differences with the party known on the issue of the amended Citizenship Act, and National Register of Citizens.

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Agencies
January 5,2020

Bikaner, Jan 5: A government-run hospital in Bikaner saw the death of at least 162 children, higher than the number of deaths in Kota's JK Lon Hospital in December.

"In December, we received 2,219 children from different hospitals out of which 162 children died in the Intensive Care Unit here. None of them was born at the hospital," said Dr HS Kumar, Principal, Sardar Patel Medical College, PBM Hospital.

He, however, denied any negligence on the part of the hospital and said that all efforts were made to save every single life.

The official said that all the deceased children had taken birth at the Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) and the Community Health Centres (CHC) and were referred to the PBM Hospital in a critical condition.

"Their condition was critical and they breathed their last during treatment," he said.

At least 110 children have lost their lives at JK Lon government hospital in Kota, Rajasthan.

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