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This led moved by Chief Minister HD :->;$):-; urged him to mediate with & to heated exchanges between Kumaraswamy was defeated :;* Pakistan on the Kashmir issue Opposition benches and in the Assembly, with 99 mem- rocked Indian Parliament on )* @ Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, bers voting for the motion and 6 Tuesday. External Affairs & who adjourned proceedings 105 against it. .?"# Minister S Jaishankar reiterat- for nearly an hour. After the Congress leaders @ -.A ed in both the Houses that all He said the issue was of failed in their efforts to estab- issues with Pakistan can only be # 9& national importance and con- lish contact with the rebels discussed bilaterally, but the 9 5*& cerned security when the enjoying a cozy retreat in a 2018 Assembly polls results Opposition demanded a reply * * & Opposition members including plush hotel in Mumbai, were out, he had plans to quit from Modi. The Rajya Sabha Congress, AAP, TMC, SP and Kumaraswamy had no option politics. “My political entry saw repeated adjournments, # Left parties raised a din. Naidu but to end this drama in view itself was all of a sudden and while the Lok Sabha witnessed ) 0 quipped that the members were of his mounting criticism for unexpected,” he said. vociferous attack and walkout 7. * + ready to believe a foreign leader delaying the vote on the motion Kumaraswamy lashed out by the Opposition. instead of the Indian Minister and extending the debate for at the BJP for repeatedly trying While hosting visiting ) and then adjourned the House well over three days. to topple his Government and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran till 12 pm at 11.15 am. “The motion moved by told the saffron party that its Khan, Trump claimed that & ) O Similar scenes were wit- the Chief Minister has fallen Government would not last Modi had asked him to play a )0 nessed in the Rajya Sabha through,” Speaker KR Ramesh long and in the event of col- role of mediator on the 0 6 when the House reassembled Kumar announced. lapse, it is better to go for elec- Kashmir issue. with the Opposition members Kumaraswamy watched tions. “First bomb will explode Refuting the US President’s coming into the Well and rais- the proceedings sitting in a in Ministry formation,” he said. statement, Jaishankar said in accords provide the basis for res- ation in a purely bilateral issue. ing slogans demanding Modi’s pensive mood after a spirited Asserting that his both the Houses that the Prime olution of all issues bilaterally. Since Parliament is in ses- clarification. Deputy Chairman reply to the debate. Government was not shame- Minister made no such request Jaishankar first gave this sion and considering that the Harivansh tried to pacify mem- The writing on the wall was less, he asked, “What wrong about mediating. “I would like categorical denial in the Rajya comments were made by the bers but to no avail. Minister of clear ever since the Supreme ! " have we committed. We tried to categorically state that no Sabha soon after it met for the President of the world’s most Minority Affairs Mukhtar Court ruled that rebel law- # $%& "" # to create history. We have such request has been made by day after Congress leader powerful nation to the Prime Abbas Naqvi said the demand makers could not be com- ' # ( () worked honestly to provide the Prime Minister to the US Anand Sharma raised the issue. Minister of another country, for the Prime Minister’s pres- pelled to attend the proceed- people friendly Government.” President,” he said. He said Trump stated Modi Modi should come to the ence was not justified as the ings of the House tipping the at a luxury hotel since early this Independents (2) — skipped Accusing the BJP of being Making the country’s posi- had, at the recent G20 meeting House and clarify on the issue, statement by the External scales in favour of the BJP. month are “very happy” after the proceedings, reducing the in a hurry, he said, “I am not tion clear, he said it has been the in Osaka in Japan, sought his Sharma demanded. Affairs Ministry is the collec- The rebel Congress-JD(S) the JD(S)-Congress coalition effective strength of the House going to run away after speech. consistent position of India that mediation on Kashmir. CPI leader D Raja wanted tive responsibility of the MLAs camping in Mumbai Government lost the trust vote. to 204. The magic figure Let the people of the State all outstanding issues with Sharma said India’s position to know if there was any change Cabinet. However, the will leave for Bengaluru after The rebels had earlier required was 103. know why I was removed. I am Pakistan can be discussed only has been consistent and clear on in India’s position on third Opposition continued to raise BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa is denied any BJP role in their res- In his reply, Kumaraswamy not going to run away fearing bilaterally. Any engagement Pakistan and Pakistan- party mediation on the an uproar forcing the Chair to sworn in as Chief Minister of ignations and withdrawal of said discussions were on why numbers. Let the votes be with Pakistan will require end Occupied Kashmir (POK) and Kashmir issue, adding the adjourn the proceedings till the southern State, sources support to the Government. he had not resigned and was counted. Chief Minister’s seat to cross-border terrorism, he has always maintained that it denial issued by the External after lunch. said. A BJP leader said the Twenty one MLAs — sticking to the chair. Sounding is not a permanent to anyone.” said, adding Shimla and Lahore will not accept third party medi- Affairs Minister on late Continued on Page 4 rebels, who have been staying Congress-JDS (17), BSP (1), philosophical, he said when the Continued on Page 4 % & ' !" (#' # # $% # R ' '!( # ) New Delhi: The Supreme %) Court on Tuesday extended the 1234256 # $ * L3 1 to be completed as expedi- deadline for publication of the $ $ *$ * 7 1 tiously as possible,” the apex 5141 final National Register of racking its whip on errant $ * court said. Citizens (NRC) in Assam by a Cbuilders for breaching the & Emphasising on the “pub- oris Johnson on month to August 31 while trust reposed by homebuyers, & lic trust doctrine”, a Bench of BTuesday comfortably rejecting the pleas seeking per- the Supreme Court on Tuesday 7 M Justices Arun Mishra and UU won the Conservative mission for 20 per cent sample cancelled the registration of # 1 # * Lalit said the public authorities Party’s leadership race to re-verification. Amrapali Group under the real 7 1 are duty-bound to observe that become the UK’s next The Centre and the Assam estate law RERA, and ousted it * @ the leased property is not “frit- Prime Minister and Government had sought per- from its prime properties in the & tered away” along with the vowed to “get Brexit mission for sample re-verifica- NCR by nixing the land leases. * 8 homebuyers’ money. done” by the October 31 tion to find out wrongful inclu- “The registration of + “Concerned ministry of Central deadline, amid the polit- sions, especially in districts Amrapali Group of Companies & # 24 & Government, as well as the ical uncertainty over the bordering Bangladesh, and under RERA shall stand can- 7 State Government and the country’s divorce deal exclusions of persons in the celled... The homebuyers can- 9 & 7 Secretary of Housing and Urban with the European Union that “We are once again going NRC which was to be pub- not be made to suffer when we Development, are directed to cost his predecessor her job. to believe in ourselves, and like lished by July 31. are governed by law and have ensure that appropriate action is Johnson, the 55-year-old some slumbering giant we are While dismissing the pleas protective machinery. Question taken against leaseholders con- former Foreign Secretary and going to rise and ping off the of the Centre and the State, the is of will power to extend the cerning such similar projects at London Mayor, was widely guy ropes of self doubt and apex court took note of the clutches of law to do the need- Noida and Greater Noida and expected to beat foreign secre- negativity,” he said, in his char- report of Assam NRC coordi- ful. We hope and trust that other places in various States, tary Jeremy Hunt in the battle acteristic ebullient style. nator Prateek Hajela that in the hope and expectation of home- where projects have not been for 10 Downing Street, which The west London MP from course of consideration and buyers are not going to be completed,” the SC said. was triggered last month when Uxbridge and Ruislip sought to adjudication of the claims, of belied,” the SC said in its 270- Noting that homebuyers a Brexit-battered Theresa May strike a unifying note by thank- those who have been left out in page judgment.