& ' /&! #* #* * SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' %'(%)#*+, (#))(* -(%./ #(%$+, 5 &','&), .3:)$3,.(!$7',",(') 8.7'&.3,.&,5 !'()(.+, %,$(%.%$'3$" ,53'.($")39 $9),3('$-.' "$)"$)." $!)-$" 3.'33),",'33,5!$($)($9$ !'"$!. 6!'"$%$!7)8$6$!$ ( !"#$ %%& 01 2$ 3 ' $ - ##-./.#0#.. R **"% + '!'()*+,) leaders for an organisational , overhaul of the party, Chacko, n a major blow to the who once headed the Joint ICongress in poll-bound Parliamentary Committee on +,) Kerala, senior leader PC 2G Spectrum during the sec- Chacko on Wednesday ond UPA rule, has alleged he ruling CPI(M) on '!'() resigned from the party alleg- party leadership has been TWednesday announced ing group interest in deciding defunct for the last couple of names of 83 candidates it is arliament on Wednesday party candidates for the com- years. He also alleged unde- fielding for the April 6 election Ppassed the National Capital ing Assembly elections. Chacko mocratic ways in selection of to the Kerala Legislative Territory of Delhi Laws (Special also alleged the national lead- candidates for the Kerala Assembly. The party has cho- Provisions) Second ership of the party has not been Assembly polls. sen not to field five Ministers (Amendment) Bill, 2021, to active for the last two years. Referring to the period of in the Pinarayi Vijayan Cabinet regularise unauthorised 2014, but no previous thorised colonies, Puri said He, however, did not vacuum created in the party’s and 33 of its sitting MLAs. the 2024 Lok Sabha election so colonies. Government took this issue up that it is then the Modi announce his future plans but national leadership after Rahul The party which has been that he could be projected as While the Rajya Sabha had with any degree of seriousness. Government decided to bring made it clear on his views on Gandhi quit the post of campaigning for the empow- the country’s Finance Minister passed the Bill on February 9 “In 1947, 17 per cent of this Bill. the BJP, saying the saffron Congress president following erment of women has 12 in the eventuality of the in the first leg of the Budget India’s population lived in The Bill replaces the party “is not a political factor” and all held posts in Wayanad the party’s defeat in the 2019 women candidates in the list CPI(M) joining the Session, the Lok Sabha passed cities. The population of Delhi Ordinance which was brought in the southern States. represented by Rahul Gandhi Lok Sabha polls, Chacko said, out of which eight are new Government to be formed at it on Wednesday amid was 8 lakh at that time.... The in December last year to extend Chacko’s resignation comes in the Lok Sabha. While MS “the Congress had been head- faces. The new candidates the Centre. Opposition ruckus over farm 1951 census showed Delhi’s protection from punitive action at the backdrop of prominent Vishwanathan said he was less for the last one-and-a-half include R Bindu (wife of party MB Rajesh, who lost the laws. population at 22 lakh. The to unauthorised colonies, JJ leaders of State unit quitting the resigning from the party due to years”. secretary Vijayaraghavan) and Lok Sabha election from Minister of State 2011 census showed Delhi’s clusters and constructions in grand old party in Kerala ahead failure of the Congress leader- “There was no one in the seven others. Oalakkadu in 2019 has been (Independent Charge) of population at 1.6 crore. There Delhi’s rural areas built on of the Assembly polls where the ship in the district and neglect party at the national level Though the party cadre brought back as an Assembly Housing and Urban Affairs will be another census this agriculture land for another Congress pinned hopes. Most by the KPCC leadership, KK recalling the situation that staged demonstrations at candidate. The main attraction Hardeep Singh Puri said in the year and I expect the popula- three years till December 2023. significantly resignations of Vishwanathan alleged that the forced Sonia Gandhi, who is Ponnani demanding TM is that the party has fielded the Lok Sabha that the Bill would tion of Delhi to be close to 2 The law will extend the MLAs falling within the party was being run by a three- facing health issues, to take Siddick be fielded as candidate, young veteran K give protection to unauthorised crore, if not higher,” Puri said. legal protection for scores of Parliamentary constituency of member team in leadership of the party,” he the CPI(M) leadership declared Radhakrishnan, former colonies from sealing till It is a matter of great shame illegal constructions and unau- former party chief Rahul Wayanad. said. that Nandakumar, a party Speaker, as a candidate. December 31, 2023. that between 2006 when the thorised colonies in the nation- Gandhi has brought worries for Chacko, who was a former “I have sent my resignation activist more known for back- Radhakrishnan, once tipped to “There is a public percep- process of regularisation start- al Capital from demolition or the Congress. Assembly polls in working committee member of letter to Congress president room manoeuvering would be be the chief ministerial candi- tion that the issue of unautho- ed and 2014, all the sealing till December 2023. Kerala will he held on April 6 the Congress, is the second (Sonia Gandhi) and to Rahul contesting from the con- date, had earned respectabili- rised colonies has been delayed Governments which were in There are around 1,700 and results will be declared on senior leader to quit the grand Gandhi. This decision, I have stituency. The list includes ty from all parties for the man- by some political parties when power in the city of Delhi did unauthorised colonies in Delhi. May 2. old party after Jyotiraditya been deliberating for the last Mohammed Riyaz, the son-in- ner in which he conducted the they were in office,” Puri said nothing, Puri said and sought The NCT of Delhi (Special Former Kerala Congress Scindia. Scindia joined the BJP many days,” said Chacko at a law of Vijayan. proceedings of the House. The while replying to a debate on cooperation from parties to Provisions) Second Committee member KK after his resignation over dif- Press conference in the nation- The high-profile Finance CPI(M) did not field him for the Bill. bring relief to the citizens of Amendment Bill, 2021, is an Vishwanathan, KPCC secretary ferences with Congress’ al Capital. Minister Thomas Issac and the 2016 Assembly election. The House later passed Delhi. extension of a similar law first MS Vishwanathan, DCC gen- Madhya Pradesh State leader- “No democracy left in the PWD Minister G Suddharan Names of candidates from the Bill by a voice vote. Citing a letter received by passed in 2011. When the 2011 eral secretary PK Anil Kumar ship and is now a Rajya Sabha Congress. Candidate list has are being rested along with Mancheshwaram and Puri said the problem of his Ministry from the Delhi law had expired, the govern- and Mahila Congress leader member. not been discussed with the three other Ministers. One of Devikulam would be unauthorised colonies predates Government in 2019 seeking ment had in 2014 enacted the Sujaya Venugopal resigned Amid demand from a State Congress committee,” he the party insiders said Issac is announced later, according to the assumption of office by the the extension of timeline for law again to grant a fresh from the party within a week group of 23 senior Congress further alleged. being groomed by the party for Vijayaraghavan. Narendra Modi dispensation in conducting survey of unau- extension. $ + + % $ R ) * % O &''( ! $& $!)-$" !" # '!'() ( he no-confidence motion nion Cabinet on Tbrought in by the Congress UWednesday approved cre- +,(+$&$ against the BJP-JJP $! ation of Pradhan Mantri Government in Haryana was Swasthya Suraksha Nidhi n a major lapse of security, defeated on Wednesday with 55 (PMSSN) as a single non- IBengal Chief Minister members of the Assembly vot- ! O! lapsable reserve fund for health Mamata Banerjee on ing against the motion while 32 #$ from the proceeds of health Wednesday got “seriously” members from the Opposition ! and education cess. All health injured when 7-8 people camp backing it. schemes including Ayushman allegedly pushed her while she At the end of a marathon %"& Bharat will benefit by the cre- was addressing a small crowd six-hour discussion on the ation of PMSSN as a non- at Ranichak area in motion, Speaker Gian Chand ! " lapsable reserve fund. Nandigram. Gupta announced the 55-32 # # “The major benefit will be: Yojana (AB-PMJAY), The CM who sustained break up in the House. The 55 $ % Enhanced access to universal & Ayushman Bharat — Health injuries to her leg, face hip and members who voted against the affordable health care through and Wellness Centres (AB- chest was rushed back to to be stable. The Centre had door and literally choked me motion included 39 from the availability of earmarked HWCs), National Health Kolkata’s state-of-art SSKM offered all possible help, includ- and pushed me … I fell down BJP, 10 of ally Jannayak Janta while one member is of the resources, while ensuring that Mission Pradhan Mantri Hospital. A team of doctors ing providing central security and injured my left leg,” said Party, five Independents and Haryana Lokhit Party, who the amount does not lapse at Swasthya Suraksha Yojana treating her described her con- to the Chief Minister should Mamata alleging “conspiracy” one from the Haryana Lokhit has also extended support to the end of financial year,” said (PMSSY) and health emergen- dition to be “stable,” adding she the State Government accept behind the incident. Party. the Government. the Government in a statement.