BJP Plans to Stake Claim Sooner Than Later
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Kuma Kumar Bhalla, a 1984batch raswamyled Janata Dal (S) IAS officer and currently Congress government in Secretary, Ministry of Power, Karnataka lost the vote of has been appointed Officer on confidence, the BJP, with its Special Duty to the Ministry status as the single largest of Home Affairs with party in the Assembly, indi immediate effect. cated that it will be proceed NEWS Ī PAGE 13 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ing towards staking claim sooner rather than later. A meeting of the State le gislature party will be called Waiting game: Karnataka BJP chief B.S. Yeddyurappa outside in a day or two. his residence in Bengaluru on Wednesday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The BJP, having post poned a meeting of its legis ‘Will first Congress yet Army personnel shifting villagers from floodhit Sotiabari in Nalbari district of Assam on Wednesday. Over 60 people have lature party and of the par died and 33 lakh affected due to the deluge in the State.* PTI (REPORT ON PAGE 9) liamentary board in New rebuild JD(S)’ to decide CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Delhi as it sought more clari ty about the prospects of Karnataka caretaker CM Karnataka PCC president providing a stable govern H.D. Kumaraswamy on Dinesh Gundu Rao said the ment after last week’s unset Wednesday said his first party central leadership tling events, has decided, priority was to rebuild his would take a decision on Opposition wants select panel scrutiny of key Bills sources said, that since party. “I do not know about continuing the alliance with much depends on Speaker the future of the alliance the JD(S). The leaders were Leaders meet the DNA Technology (Use a joint letter that would op meetings. Sources said Op K.R. Ramesh Kumar on the with the Congress,” he told yet to discuss the issue, Mr. and Application) Regulation pose the way the two Houses position MPs would meet RTI Bill not question of rebel MLAs, no reporters. Ī PAGE 8 Rao said. Ī PAGE 8 to decide Bill, 2019, to be sent to a Se of Parliament were being run again on Thursday to formu purpose would be served by DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD joint strategy lect Committee of Parlia and the stifling of their voic late a coordinated strategy moved in RS allowing the grass to grow. ment for further scrutiny. es. “A draft has been pre for the Rajya Sabha, where The government did not “We mulled over the mat month in terms of how to ac Other senior party lead Sobhana K. Nair All three Bills have been pared and we are in the pro they have the numbers to introduce the Right to ter and while earlier we commodate them,” said a se ers who spoke to The Hindu New Delhi cleared by the Lok Sabha in cess of getting signatures counter the government. Information (Amendment) were treading a little cau nior party general secretary. hewed to the same line, and In a show of strength, Oppo the current session of from everyone,” a senior Op On Wednesday, a first Bill, 2019, in the Rajya tiously, we have come to the also said that there was clar sition parties in the Rajya Parliament. position leader said. round of meetings was called Sabha, though it had listed conclusion that now things ‘Immunity has ended’ ity over B.S. Yeddyurappa Sabha told the government The decision to insist on In disarray after the re by UPA chairperson Sonia it for Wednesday, as the will move a little faster in He added that the Supreme being the BJP’s choice as that they wanted seven key scrutiny of the Bills came at a sults of the general election Gandhi. It was attended by numbers are stacked terms of staking claim. Rebel Court does not figure in the Chief Minister and that no legislation, including the Un meeting of floor leaders of in May, the Opposition par MPs from the DMK, the NCP, against it. It was cleared by MLAs of the Congress have issue as of now as the im body wanted an Assembly lawful Activities (Prevention) Opposition parties in the Up ties have regrouped in the the BSP and the two Left par the Lok Sabha on Monday assured us that they will munity granted to rebel election soon. Amendment Bill, 2019, the per House on Wednesday. last few days of the first ses ties among others. amid strong protests by the maintain the patience they MLAs only lasted till the As Right to Information Sources said Opposition sion of the 17th Lok Sabha. Opposition. Ī PAGE 12 have shown till now and we sembly’s trust vote session CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 (Amendment) Bill. 2019, and leaders were also working on On Tuesday, they held two CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 have a window of over a that ended on Tuesday. WAIT, GAIN Ī EDITORIAL CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Chandrayaan2 gets In M.P., two BJP MLAs back Congress Power poles should first orbit boost They voted in favour of an amendment to the CrPC in the Assembly have spikes to keep Sidharth Yadav With the positive vote of To head for the moon on August 14 Bhopal Beohari MLA Sharad Kol as Stunning the Bharatiya Jana well, the Criminal Law (Mad away jumbos: panel Special Correspondent Organisation said. Engi ta Party, which is exulting ov hya Pradesh Amendment) BENGALURU neers conducted the exer er the collapse of the govern Bill, 2019, was passed in the Jacob Koshy The lunar craft Chan cises from ISTRAC (ISRO ment in Karnataka, two of its Assembly with the support of NEW DELHI drayaan2 had its first orbit Telemetry, Tracking & MLAs on Wednesday voted 122 MLAs, even though the Electric poles in forests raising manoeuvre on Day Command Network) at with the ruling Congress in ruling coalition has the sup and wildlife sanctuaries 3 since its launch on Mon Peenya in Bengaluru. favour of an amendment to port of 121 MLAs, including need to have spikes to day, July 22. Chandrayaan2, which is the Criminal Procedure Code Speaker N.P. Prajapati, who discourage elephants from At 2 p.m. on Wednesday, carrying a lander and a rov in the Madhya Pradesh did not vote. uprooting them and getting teams handling the space er, will head for the moon Assembly. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath addressing the The Congress enjoys the electrocuted, a committee craft’s movement did a 1.5 on August 14. Terming it a ghar wapsi media in Bhopal on Wednesday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT support of one Samajwadi set up by the Union hourlong burn of an on “The spacecraft is sche (homecoming), Maihar legis Party, two Bahujan Samaj Environment Ministry has board motor. duled to reach moon by lator Narayan Tripathi told tuency, but delivered noth and I am headed back to it. I Party and four Independent recommended. Its They raised the orbit to August 20,” the update presspersons, “In the pre ing. There was also an at will do whatever is the best MLAs, whereas the BJP has suggestions were the present 241.5 km x said. vious government, Shivraj tempt within the party to for my constituency.” The 109 MLAs in the Assembly. presented to the National 45,162 km around earth, Singh Chouhan had made sabotage my election. The MLA had switched to the BJP REAL TEST ON SEPT. 7 Ī PAGE 9 Board for Wildlife (NBWL), The elephant calf that was the Indian Space Research tall promises in my consti Congress is my old home, in 2014. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 an apex advisory board. electrocuted in Chittoor Elephant deaths from district of Andhra Pradesh electrocution have on Sunday. * SPECIAL emerged as a major ARRANGEMENT challenge. The Hindu reported last November Corporation of India Ltd., that 461 elephants were (PGCIL), Central Electricity electrocuted from 2009 Authority (CEA), and State 2017, or about 50 a year. Electricity Boards (SEBs) have been asked by the Tragedy in A.P. committee to An elephant calf was “immediately” fix sagging electrocuted in Andhra transmission lines and Pradesh on Sunday and its cables in protected areas. mother, according to a There ought to be a joint report from a forest inspection of every official, uprooted cables transmission/distribution and power transformers, line passing through the ostensibly in an act of rage, protected areas or passing on Monday. The power was through the vicinity of turned off and this didn’t protected areas frequented harm the adult pachyderm. by wild animals) by officials The committee’s report, of the Electricity and which was deliberated Forest Departments at least upon by NBWL members thrice a year, once before on July 18, recommends the onset of monsoon and that as far as possible once after monsoon to transmission lines should identify potential problem be buried underground stretches, the committee and those overhead ought says.