Mamata Writes to Jaitley to a Medieval Past: Rahul WASHINGTON DC: the OUR CORRESPONDENT Fringes
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millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 SUNDAY millenniumPUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 3, ISSUE 340 | Sunday, 17 December, 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 post NO HALF TRUTHS CITY PAGE 3 NATION PAGE 4 GAME ON PAGE 15 5 YEARS OF NIRBHAYA: CM CALLS COAL SCAM: EX-J’KHAND CM KODA, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOR MAKING SOCIETY SAFE FORMER COAL SECY GET 3 YEARS’ JAIL DRAWS Trump govt may ‘IT WILL STEAL MASSES’ LIFE SAVINGS TO BAIL OUT GIANT LOAN DEFAULTERS’ SONIA FORMALLY HANDS OVER 132-YR-OLD not let H-1B visa CONG’S PRESIDENTIAL BATON TO SON holders’ spouses ‘Roll back draconian FRDI Bill,’ BJP is taking India back work in USA LALIT K JHA Mamata writes to Jaitley to a medieval past: Rahul WASHINGTON DC: The OUR CORRESPONDENT fringes. He also assured them Trump administration is con- SOUMITRA NANDI that their voices would be sidering revoking an Obama- NEW DELHI: Almost one heard in the new set-up under era rule that extends work KOLKATA: Demanding a roll-back of hundred and thirty-two years him. authorisation to the spouses the proposed Financial Resolution and after Womesh Chunder Bon- “Today, the BJP people are of H-1B visa holders, a move Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill, Chief nerjee was sworn in as the trying to spread fire and vio- that could affect thousands of Minister Mamata Banerjee has written first president of the Indian lence in the entire country Indian workers and their fam- to Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley National Congress (INC) on and only the force of lovable ilies. Since 2015, the spouses raising objections on the provisions of the December 28, 1885, Nehru- Congress workers and leaders of H-1B, or high-skilled, visa bill. She has termed the bill as the “big- Gandhi family scion Rahul can stop them. They break, we holders waiting for green gest assault” on the financial security of Gandhi took the party baton unite. They ignite fire, we douse cards have been eligible to the poor and middle class of the country. from his mother — Italian it. They get angry, we love. This work in the US on H-4 depen- “It appears that that this Bill will forc- born Sonia Gandhi —on Sat- is the difference between them dent visas, under a rule intro- ibly take away the hard earned life savings urday. And he got straight into and us,” he said. “Once you duced by the previous Obama of the common people entrusted to the action… ignite fire in the country, it will administration. banks, for bailing one section of vested In his first speech to party be very difficult to douse it,” he In 2016, more than 41,000 interests, who have siphoned off the loans workers as their newly minted pointed out. of H-4 visa holders were issued given to them by the banking system. This President, he launched an all- Attacking Modi, he said work authorisation. This year is tantamounting to cheating of deposi- out attack on the ruling BJP, sing. They defame, we respect that the Congress spear- till June more than 36,000 H-4 tors (the common men and women of our accusing it of spreading hatred and defend.” headed India into the 21st cen- visa holders were issued work country) for no fault of them. This, in my and violence in the country, Gandhi said that he took tury “while the prime minister authorisation. The H-1B pro- view, is grossly unfair and totally unethi- and charged Prime Minis- over the party reins knowing today is taking us backward, to gramme attracts foreign spe- cal,” Banerjee has written in her letter. implement this bill not only for nation- this Draconian Law and withdraw the Bill, ter Narendra Modi with tak- that he would always be walk- a medieval past where people cialised workers to come to According to Banerjee, the Central alised banks but the rural and cooperative so as to ensure that the common people of ing India back to the medieval ing in the “shadow of giants”. are butchered because of who the United States for employ- government plans to bring this bill in the banks , which are the mainstays for agricul- our country are saved from financial ruin,” times. “The Congress’s respect He also told party men that they are, beaten for what they ment, many of them from India Winter session of Parliament. She has tural borrowing in far flung areas. she pointed out. for all Indians extends to even they were his “family” and he believe and killed for what they and China. “DHS is propos- maintained that it appears from the bill “It is a travesty that the Government In fact, the Trinamool Congress has the BJP. We do not fight hate would stand and protect all eat”. “No amount of hugs can ing to remove from its regu- that the banking system has failed to man- of India as an owner of the nationalised decided to go all out in protest against with hate. They crush voice, those workers fighting for the repair the damage done to this lations certain H-4 spouses of age banking on sound financial principles banks is now trying to replenish the eroded FRDI. Banerjee who had chaired the core we allow the most vulnerable to oppressed and those on the great country of ours,” he said. H-1B nonimmigrants as a class and highest norms of transparency and capital of banks by forcibly taking away the committee meeting of the party on Satur- of aliens eligible for employ- unacceptable. ”Now in order to cover up small depositors’ savings, instead of facing day at Trinamool Bhavan instructed her Sonia to NEW DELHI: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday ment authorisation,” said the the failure and allow one section of the the crisis in the banking sector head on Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members to put to rest the speculation over her contesting the Department of Homeland vested interests to go unpunished, the gov- from its own resources,” Banerjee stated. raise their voice against the draconian bill contest from Security (DHS) in a latest regu- ernment of India wants the common peo- She further asserted that the common peo- on the floor of the two Houses of Parlia- 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Rae Bareli, saying lation. According to the notice, ple to forego their life-savings. This is really ple are severely reeling under the adverse ment. It has been decided that the party Rae Bareli in her mother Sonia Gandhi would again be in the the changes is being made in shicking and unaccepatable,” she added effects of demonetisation and hastily intro- will go out on the streets to protest against fray from the UP seat. “There is no question of me light of President Trump’s ‘Buy The Chief Minister has also raised her duced unplanned GST regime. the bill. There will be meetings in the dis- 2019 LS polls: contesting (the 2019 polls)... my mother will contest American and Hire American’ apprehension for the farmers and common “I would sincerely appeal to the Gov- tricts up to the block level and steps will Priyanka from there (Rae Bareli),” Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. order issued earlier this year. PTI people with the government planning to ernment of India to desist from enacting be taken to make people aware of the bill. 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