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Time of India
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- Time of India
Assembly loses morning session after ruckus during SIR discussion
1 2 3 Patna: The state assembly lost its morning session on Wednesday, when an all-party discussion on the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, initiated by the leader of the opposition, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav , ended with speaker Nand Kishore Yadav adjourning the House after some members of the treasury benches didn't pay heed to an order. The House was adjourned within 24 minutes of the start of the morning session following a heated exchange of words between deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha, and urban development and housing minister Jibesh Kumar, and senior RJD member Bhai Birendra over an unsavoury remark against CM Nitish Kumar . The Wednesday's session, however, started on a positive note, as CM Nitish and the speaker met in the latter's chamber before the start of the morning session, and decided an all-party discussion on the SIR. Like Tuesday, the opposition continued with its black dress code and a dharna under the portico of the assembly building before the House met. The morning session started with the speaker criticising Tuesday's ruckus. "A few assembly employees were hurt. Ensuring security and 'samman (dignity)' to the employees of the House is the responsibility of all of us," the speaker said, and asked Tejashwi to first make his statement to initiate the discussion on the SIR exercise. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Villas Prices In Dubai Might Be More Affordable Than You Think Villas In Dubai | Search Ads Get Quote Undo However, after a while, the CM interrupted Tejashwi, saying the coming assembly elections were going to be tough for the opposition, especially Tejashwi, whom he described as a "bachcha (child)" who did not know how bad the situation was in the state when his father Lalu Prasad and mother Rabri Devi had ruled before 2005. When the CM had taken his seat, senior RJD member Bhai Birendra, seated in the front row with Tejashwi, made an unsavoury remark in a muffled voice, irritating deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha, also a former speaker of the House, seated in the front row of the treasury benches with the CM. He stood up and asked the speaker to seek apology from Birendra, and take action against him. Birendra shot back: "The House does not belong to anyone's father." It exacerbated the situation, as more members from the ruling NDA demanded action against the RJD member. Tejashwi later stood up and apologised on his party member's behalf: "It was not meant to hurt anyone. If anyone is hurt, I apologise, but the matter is not so big as is being made." But Sinha, minister Jibesh and some others on the treasury benches were not convinced, and demanded apology directly from Birendra, while the speaker asked them to be silent and sit down. His orders, however, fell on deaf ears, and he adjourned the House to meet again for the post-lunch session.
Indian Express
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
June 21, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Nepal Bomb Blast
At least seven people, including a member of Parliament, were killed and over 20 injured in five bomb explosions which rocked the Nepalese capital. The bombs went off at the west and south gates of King Birendra's palace, in the lobby of the Parliament building and the central secretariat and a five star hotel, Annapoorna, partly owned by the royal family. The first batch of Mirage-2000, the multi role French fighter aircraft that has been acquired by the Indian Air Force, will be flown to India by IAF pilots who have completed flying training in France. India has purchased 40 of these versatile fighter jets under a contract signed in 1983 but the exact number of planes that will constitute the first batch is not known. Some reports have indicated that the batch would consist of five to 10 planes. Shiite Muslim leader Nabih Bern said that he accepted an offer from Switzerland to use its territory to hold any exchange of US hostages seized aboard a hijacked plane for Lebanese prisoners held by Israel. Bern's remarks came after his office said Pope John Paul II had joined diplomatic efforts to resolve the ordeal of 40 American hostages seized aboard the plane. The UN Security Council has issued a 'strong warning' to South Africa that failure to co-operate in speeding up the independence of Namibia could force the world body to adopt punitive measures under the UN charter, including mandatory sanctions. Only Britain and the United States abstained as the council voted 13 to nil for a non-aligned resolution which, among other things, condemned the racist regime in Pretoria for its installation of a so-called interim government in Namibia.
India Gazette
16-06-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
"Sent to lap of China": BJP's Nishikant Dubey 'blames' Congress for overthrow of Nepal monarchy
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nishikant Dubey on Monday held the Congress responsible for ending the monarchy in Nepal, calling it the 'only Hindu nation in the world.' Dubey repeated a claim by a former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) intelligence officer, Amar Bhushan, who was tasked with unseating King Birendra and helping former Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, to come to power. 'Congress's foreign policy is nepotistic, and India is suffering the consequences of this. The only Hindu nation in the world ended today,' Dubey said in a post on X. Dubey claimed that in the 1980s, India sent Nepal on the 'lap of China,' by imposing customs duty and imposing sanctions on goods going to Nepal. He said that the economic pressures increased after former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi visited the Pashupatinath temple in the country, but his family was refused entry by the temple management. 'Entry of any non-Muslim is prohibited in Mecca Masjid or the city; similarly, entry of non-Hindus is prohibited in the Pashupatinath temple of Nepal. In 1988, the then-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi went to Nepal; he wanted to visit the temple, but the temple management refused. India increased customs duty on all goods going to Nepal against the religious sentiments of King Birendra,' Dubey's post read. Citing a news article which quoted former RAW officer Amar Bhushan, Dubey said that the officer was given the responsibility of dethroning King Birendra and making 'China-backed' Prachanda as the PM. 'Due to fear of war, King Birendra made an agreement with China for arms and food items, meaning Nepal went into the lap of China. Under the guise of this agreement, India imposed an economic blockade against Nepal in 1989. The matter did not end here. RAW intelligence officer Amar Bhushan, who is still alive, was given the responsibility of removing King Birendra and making Prachanda, the leader of the China-backed party, the Prime Minister. Nepal is no longer a Hindu nation,' he added. Former PM Rajiv Gandhi visited Nepal in December 1988 with his daughter and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, where she was denied entry into the temple. Following his visit, Nepal's External Affairs Minister also visited Delhi in January 1990, and later an official-level delegation visit comprising of the Nepalese Foreign Secretary and the Defence and Commerce Secretaries in February of the same year. Notably, there have been multiple protests in Nepal which are demanding the reinstatement of the royalty, with the royalists launching a new round of the protest on May 30. Nepal transitioned from a monarchy to a republic just 17 years ago, on May 28, 2008. Encouraged by rising frustration with the incumbent system, the royalist group of about 40 different factions has been demanding restoration of the Hindu kingdom, abolition of federalism, and a directly elected prime ministerial system, among other things. Restoration of the constitutional monarchy has been their main demand. The royalist group claims to have started a 'joint people's movement' had formed a committee and attempting to block the roadways for the parading cadres of the ruling parties, and the police held the royalists on the side until the ruling party's parade passed by. The royalist right-wing Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), the fifth largest party in the lower house of parliament, claimed that it would bring 25000 people onto the streets. As per the Nepal Police estimate, about 3000 protestors hit the streets of Kathmandu. Countering the protests, the ruling CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal--Unified Marxist Leninist) held a march on the streets of Kathmandu in defence of the republic. The PM KP Sharma Oli-led party organised a march in Kathmandu on Republic Day, entitled 'Republic Mahotsav.' (ANI)
Time of India
15-06-2025
- Time of India
West Bengal: Fear lingers in Maheshtala amid return to fragile normalcy after violence
Kolkata: Fear still looms large among the residents of Maheshtala even as normalcy slowly returns to violence affected areas amid huge deployment of police and RAF, following the communal violence on Wednesday. The incident started over a "Tulsi Manch" and then several hundred people assembled, turning into a communal violence, with stone pelting, loot, arson and vandalism, including setting ablaze several police vehicles, motorbikes and autos and injury of several police personnel and senior officers. Meanwhile, three days after communal violence broke out in Maheshtala, the West Bengal Police Saturday, transferred the sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) and IC of Rabindranagar Police Station in the area. People in the area, said on Sunday that the locals are still under the grip of fear, though some shops have started opening in the Akra Fatak market. However, the crowd in the market place is missing. "The shops in the Akra Fatak market are opening but very few in numbers. Hindi Sarvodaya Vidyalaya though opened on Friday, but the parents did not send their children. Mid-day meal of 150students got wasted. There are five schools in the locality but parents are fearing to send their children after the violence," a local Birendra told ET. Birendra said there is a sense of fear despite the presence of police. People have never witnessed such violence earlier, he pointed out. "The day incident happened, I went to my elder sister's house. Today, I have returned to Maheshtala. There is police picket everywhere in the area. Still the, there is a fear among the people. We have never seen such a riot since 1994," Amitabha Dasgupta, said. "People are worried what will happen and if fresh violence erupts after June 16. The BNS 163, which was imposed on the day of violence, is imposed till June 16," Dasgupta added. On Saturday, Maheshtala SDPO Kamrujjaman Molla has been transferred as assistant commandant of the State Armed Police (SAP) 3rd Battalion. Molla has been replaced by Syed Rezual Kabir, who was the inspector-in-charge of Rajarhat police station in the North 24 Parganas. Mukul Mia, Inspector-in-Charge, Rabindranagar police station, Diamond Harbour Police District, has been transferred to Darjeeling. Meanwhile, West Bengal BJP calls for Hindu unity over Maheshtala incident. BJP State President Sukanta Majumdar said, "After Malda and Murshidabad incidents, Hindus are deliberately targeted in South 24 Parganas district also. A Tulsi tree and temple was asmita (sentiments) has been hurt in Maheshtala. Does Hindus don't have any sentiments?"
