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www.dailyworld.in Mayawati Naidu files papers, says he resigns from dailypick Parliament national doesn’t belong to any party now Ex-IAS officer BSP leader Mayawati on Tues- day tendered her resignation as a Rajya begins probe Sabha member, blaming the BJP and the Chair for not allowing her to raise the is- into Sasikala ‘jail sue of anti-Dalit violence in Uttar Pradesh 04 in the House. bribery’ case Hours before she met chair- man Hamid Ansari to tender her resigna- tion, an angry Mayawati (61) walked out Amit Kapoor of the upper house and threatened to quit Parliament after the Chair asked her to Radical changes in restrict her speech on anti-Dalit violence in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh. consumption the “I met the chairman to hand over my 06 resignation letter. way forward It is not fair that I am not allowed to speak in the House on issues close to me...,” she told reporters. In her resignation letter, she said, “When I got up to speak, the govern- Irani gets I&B, Tomar ment side did not allow me to complete. Their members stood up and interfered... Urban Development Instead of asking them not to interfere, the New Delhi Prime Minister on Deputy Chairman asked me to end as the Tuesday gave the Information and Broadcasting allocated three minutes were over. Which portfolio to , a day after M. Venkaiah NDA’s Vice Presidential nominee M Venkaiah Naidu and Opposition VP nominee at the Parliament House in New Delhi on Tuesday. / T Narayan rule says a member cannot speak for more Naidu, who was handling the Ministry, was picked than three minutes. It is not good,” she said. to be the NDA’s Vice Presidential candidate. New Delhi The NDA’s vice pres- join social service but “destiny ful” to leave the organisation that The move is seen as an attempt by May- The Urban Development Ministry, which was idential nominee M Venkaiah decided otherwise”. he treated like his mother. Death penalty is awati to consolidate her core Dalit support also being handled by Naidu, has been given to Naidu on Tuesday filed his nomi- Naidu, who quit the BJP after He said he enjoyed working base and re-establish herself as the sole . “M. Venkaiah Naidu has nation and reached out to parties he was nominated to contest the among people and in the party. wrong and this is leader of the community after facing a mas- resigned from his ministerial responsibilities. The across the political divide, saying vice presidential poll, suggested “The office of vice president my principle: Gopal sive defeat in the Uttar Pradesh assembly additional charge of the Ministry of I&B has been he no longer belonged to the BJP he was keen on strengthening has a different profile. It has dif- elections earlier this year. Her party could given to Smriti Irani,” Modi tweeted. and would work to strengthen Modi’s “great leadership” but ferent norms of function... I hope Gandhi win only 18 seats while the BJP came to “Additional charge of Moud_India (Ministry of democratic institutions if elected. rejected reports that he wished I will be able to do justice,” Naidu New Delhi Opposition vice presi- power by winning more than 300 of the Urban Development) has been given to Tomar,” Joined by Prime Minister Nar- to continue as minister. said, terming his nomination an dential candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi 403 seats. / PTI / he said. / IANS / endra Modi, BJP chief “The country has got a great “honour” for which he thanked on Tuesday justified his efforts to save and party veteran L K Advani leadership and we should the party leadership. Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon from besides allies and members of strengthen the country through Noting that the vice president’s the gallows, saying the practice of capital non-NDA parties like AIADMK and that leadership, and move for- office has been held by the il- punishment was medieval and wrong. TRS, the former union minister ward. That was my wish. There lustrious people like Sarvepalli Facing criticism from the ruling side for submitted his nomination papers was no intention as some people Radhakrishnan, Zakir Hussain, backing Memon's mercy plea, he said he for the election scheduled for are saying that I wanted to con- M Hidayatullah, R Venkatara- did so drawing inspiration from Mahatma August 5. On Tuesday was the tinue as minister...,” he said. man, Shanker Dayal Sharma and Gandhi and Babasaheb Ambedkar, who last day for filing nominations. “I had already made up my , he were against death penalty and wanted Addressing a “farewell” press mind. I told my colleagues also said he would work to uphold it abolished. Gandhi filed his nomination conference later, Naidu played that I want to see Modi come back the standards set by them. “I papers today in the presence of former down reports that he was not again in 2019 and then I will call am fully aware of the august re- prime minister Manmohan Singh and top very keen on taking the new re- it off and join social service... but sponsibilities associated with the Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul sponsibility. He said the NDA mak- destiny decided otherwise. I have office. I would like to assure the Gandhi. Also present were other opposi- ing him its nominee was, in fact, agreed with whatever decision people of the country that, on tion leaders, including JD (U)'s Sharad an “honour” and that he would was taken finally after discus- being elected, I will uphold the Yadav, CPI(M)'s , CPI's uphold the dignity of the office sion,” Naidu added. Having been traditions and standards set by D Raja, NCP's Tariq Anwar and Praful if elected. He said he wanted to “brought up” by the party after the worthy predecessors. I will Patel, NC's Farooq Abdullah and DMK's see Modi’s return to power in the he lost his mother at a very young uphold the dignity of the office of Kanimozhi. / PTI/ 2019 Lok Sabha election and then age, Naidu said, it was “very pain- the vice president,” he said./ PTI / dailyheadlines

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Beijing China on Tuesday the international community and 2 Army men China dares again told India to withdraw its many foreign diplomatic missions troops from the disputed border in China said they were shocked killed in Pak at Doklam as a Chinese news- by this,” Lu said. shelling; India, says paper warned that Beijing was “We stressed the facts are very battle ready and not afraid to go clear in this incident. The Sikim Indian troops ready for to war with India in an “all-out section on China-India boundary kill militant in confrontation”. is mutually recognised by the two Foreign Ministry spokesperson sides,” Lu added. “This time the J&K ‘all-out Lu Kang said foreign diplomats Indian border personnel illegally Srinagar/Jammu Two Indian in Beijing were briefed over the trespassed into Chinese territo- Army jawans were killed and an- confrontation’ Doklam stand-off and that Indian ry.” Lu warned India to withdraw other was injured as Pakistani troops had “illegally” crossed the troops from Doklam to avoid an troops pounded several places, mutually recognised China-India escalation. “We hope the Indian including civilian areas, in Jammu boundary on the Sikkim section. side get the clear understand- and Kashmir along the Line of He said India “should not take ing of the current situation and Control (LoC) on Tuesday, offi- the illegal trespass as a policy to take immediate measures to pull cials said. realise its political target” adding, back the personnel.” Meanwhile, Terrorists also made a bid the foreign diplomats in Beijing a commentary in the state-run to infiltrate into Kashmir from were “shocked” over the trespass Global Times said China doesn’t Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) by India. fear going to war and will make via the Gurez sector which was China and India have a 3,488- itself ready for a long-term con- foiled by the Indian troops who km border, of which 220 km frontation. killed one of the infiltrators, the falls in the Sikkim sector where The article by Duo Mu said officials said. The Pakistani troops Doklam is situated. Doklam is China must deploy more troops targeted several areas of Rajouri, at a tri-junction between India, along the border with India and Poonch and Kupwara districts of China and Bhutan. speed up road construction in J&K along the LoC, they said, add- China calls Doklam its own, Doklam where the two sides have ing the Indian troops retaliated. a claim contested by India and been engaged in a month-long The Pakistani shelling put lives Bhutan. China said India violated standoff. of hundreds of school students at international rules by “illegally It suggested that New Delhi risk in Rajouri district. The au- entering into the Chinese terri- triggered the dispute as it was thorities rescued 217 students who tory”. Beijing has been trying worried over China’s rapid eco- were trapped in three schools in to rally international support nomic rise. The stand-off began Kadali and Seha areas of Rajouri behind it. “The illegal trespass by when Indian troops stopped near the LoC till, according to the Indian border personnel has Chinese soldiers from building Deputy Commissioner of Rajouri drawn extensive attention from a road in Doklam. page 4 > / IANS / Shahid Iqbal Choudhary. page 4 >