VISIT PARlIAMENT ONCE IN A WEEK, KHARGE TO PM
New Delhi: Congress leader in the lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi “should show his face in Parliament at least once a week”. “I do not expect him to come here every day”, he said adding it was expected that the Prime Minister would give a statement on his foreign tour (BRICS Conference) after his return about what had happened there. BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy retorted saying Modi is a ‘working’ Prime Minister and the Government will respond later.
ATTACKS ON N-E PEOplE DISCUSSED IN HOUSE
New Delhi: The issue of growing attacks and sexual assaults on people from the North-East in different parts of the country, especially in Delhi, was raised in the Parliament. Raising the matter during Zero Hour in the lok Sabha, Congress MP Ninong Ering referred to a Manipuri youth being beaten to death here on Monday and several other cases. He said these incidents amounted to “racial discrimination” which should be put to an end forthwith. The issue also had its echo in Rajya Sabha with members demanding immediate steps to curb the menace and a statement from the Home Minister. Tarun Vijay (BJP) pointed to the Manipuri youth beaten to death. Sukhendu Sekhar Roy (AITC) demanded a statement from the Home Minister on the issue.
PEOPlE HAD BECOME nomadic tribes: BJD MP
New Delhi: The delay in allocation of seats in the newly-elected lok Sabha came in for criticism on Tuesday with BJD MP Pinaki Misra saying the representatives of the people had become “nomadic tribes” in the absence of dedicated seats to them. He said it is surprising to see that a Government, even after winning such a huge mandate, could not allocate seats to MPs. “We are already halfway into the Budget session, but we are moving around like nomadic tribes,” said Misra, who is second-time member of the lok Sabha.
‘Hand over personal effects OF BADAUN VICTIMS’
New Delhi: The medical board has asked CBI to hand over to it the personal belongings of the alleged rape and murder victims of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh for forming an opinion. The medical board is trying to gather evidence from belongings of the victims as its attempts to exhume bodies for fresh autopsy failed because of the rising water level of river Ganga which engulfed the graves of the two victims.
Govt to construct national war memorial
New Delhi: There are around 120 regional war memorials built by various formations of the Army across the country and Government was considering a proposal to construct a national war memorial in the country’s capital.”Approximately, 120 regional war memorial including individual memorials exist under various regional commands,” Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh said in reply to a written query in the Rajya Sabha.