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NEW DELHI: Congress President 

Rahul Gandhi

 on Tuesday raised slogans in Lok Sabha over the 

developments in Karnataka 

.

This is for the first time that Gandhi was seen raising slogans in the 17th Lok Sabha.

Gandhi arrived in the House at noon. At that time Congress leader 

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

 was raising the 

Karnataka issue

and accused the ruling party of “poaching” its MLAs in the state.

He was, however, disallowed by Speaker Om Birla saying, the matter was discussed in the House on Monday and Deputy Leader of Lok Sabha 

Rajnath Singh

 had responded to the charges.

“It is your duty to save democracy,” a Congress member said.

Unsatisfied with the Speaker’s response, Chowdhury again tried to raise the issue

Bengaluru: BJP in Karnataka has decided to stage a dharna here on Wednesday, demanding the resignation of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who it claimed, has lost majority after 14 MLAs of the ruling Congress-JD(S) quit.

The coalition has been rocked by the resignations of 14 MLAs — 11 of Congress and three of JDS. “I have held discussions with our legislators and we have decided to hold a protest in front of the Gandhi statue at 11 AM, demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Kumaraswamy who has lost majority,” party state unit Chief B S Yeddyurappa told reporters here.

The former Chief Minister has been holding a series of meetings with party leaders at his residence since morning on the ongoing political developments and BJP’s plan of action.

According to sources, Yeddyurappa is expected to meet Governor Vajubhai Vala at the Raj Bhavan on Wednesday. BJP’s protest comes a day after Congress leaders, including AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal and Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah staged a dharna in front of the Gandhi statue, accusing the party of trying to destabilize the government by undemocratic means, using money and political power.

In a blow to the Kumaraswamy led Congress-JD(S) government, the number of coalition MLAs who have resigned has increased to 14,with the addition of R Roshan Baig on Tuesday. Of the 14 MLAs, 11 are from Congress and three from JD(S).

The ruling coalition faces the threat of losing its majority if the resignations of the rebel MLAs are accepted. The JD(S)-Congress coalition’s total strength is 116 (Congress-78, JD(S)-37 and BSP-1), besides the Speaker.

With the support of the two independents, who Monday resigned from the ministry, the BJP has 107 MLAs in the 224 member House, where the half-way mark is 113. If the resignations of the 14 MLAs are accepted, the coalition’s tally will be reduced to 102. The Speaker also has a vote.

विगत दिनो उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार के सूचना राज्यमंत्री डा नीलकंठ तिवारी ने पत्रकार बंधुओं के साथ उनके व्यक्तिगत समस्याओं को लेकर बैठक की थी। उक्त बैठक में पत्रकार बंधुओं के हित को लेकर कई बिंदुओ को लेकर माननीय मंत्री जी ने आश्वस्त किया था। आज उसी क्रम में दैनिक जागरण में कार्यरत स्व० विजय उपाध्याय के परिजनों से मिलकर सरकार की तरफ़ से पाँच लाख रुपए की सहायता राशि का चेक सौंपा।

स्व०विजय उपाध्याय वाराणसी दैनिक जागरण के वरिष्ठ क्राइम रिपोर्टर थे। विगत १५ अक्तूबर २०१८ को पैंक्रीऐटिक इन्फ़ेक्शन की वजह से अल्प आयु में ही शहर के लोकप्रिय व ऊर्जावान पत्रकार की आकस्मिक मृत्यु हो गयी थी।

स्व० विजय उपाध्याय का परिवार मंत्री नीलकंठ जी के विधानसभा वाराणसी शहर दक्षिणी में काफ़ी तंगी से रहा था।

Union Budget 2019-20 Highlights: FM Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting one of the most crucial Budgets for Modi 2.0 as it will become a guide for upcoming reforms and policies in the next 5 years of the Modi Govt.

It has been a budget speech by FM Nirmala Sitharaman that has laid out the roadmap and announced measures to tackle several aspects of the economy. In the Direct and Indirect taxes proposals announced by her in the second part of her speech, she announced that corporate tax rate of 25% would be extended to companies that now have a turnover of upto Rs 400 crore. FM Sitharaman proposed a further thrust to Make in India and the setting up of an initiative to set up to facilitate setting up of mega plants in areas such semiconductors, laptops, solar products etc. In order encourage purchase of electric vehicles, a tax deduction of Rs 1.5 lakh was announced for those purchasing these automobiles. Lower GST on these vehicles was also proposed. The government announced a disinvestment target of over Rs 1 lakh crore and said that will continue to pursue strategic disinvestment of Air India and other PSEs. It also expressed willingness to go below 51% in non- financial PSEs. The government reiterated its intention to invest Rs 100 lakh crore in infrastructure and said an expert committee will be set up. A singly monthly return for GST was also introduced. Customs duties were altered on a number of items.

In addition to the proposals she announced earlier in her speech, the Narendra Modigovernment has announced its vision on several economic and social fronts. Measures have been announced for financial markets with the idea of attracting more capital – she has proposed to increase public shareholding in listed companies, improve KYC norms for FPIs, get retail investors into the government treasury bills market and provide for more foreign participation in insurance intermediaries, media, aviation and animation. She has also announced her intention to get more NRI investment into India.

Announcing key measures for common man, she reiterated the government’s promise to give power to all rural families by 2022. For the common man, gold could expensive. She said even farmers need to have ease of doing business and ease of living. Budget 2019 live streaming speech sought to replicate the success of the pulses production programme to oilseeds, another key import for India currently. Solid waste management and comprehensive water management at a local level were key points. On education, she coined the slogan of ‘Study in India’, promising to make India a hub for education and get foreign students into India. A new TV channel for startups and reform of labour laws is also on the agenda as per the speech of Budget 2019 live streamed from Lok Sabha.

As the Karnataka political crisis enters its third day on Monday, a resolution seems like a distant goal for Congress and Janata Dal (Secular). Late on Sunday night, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy went into a huddle with the coalition leaders in a last ditch attempt to save his 13-month-old alliance government.

According to sources, the meeting concluded without any favourable outcome. According to sources, the coalition leaders agreed to offer ministerial berths to former JD (S) state chief H Vishwanath and MLA Gopalaiah, and board chairman post to MLA Narayan Gowda, but they remained adamant.

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