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Other previous Congress-JD(S) party MLAs Ramesh Jarkiholi, fter deploying 10,000 addi- Government would be tabled Mahesh Kumatalli and Shankar Ational jawans in the by him in the Assembly on were disqualified on Thursday. Kashmir Valley, which was Monday, without any changes. JD(S) members who faced reportedly in repose to intelli- The Speaker disqualified action are Gopalaiah, AH gence inputs about terror threat held extensive talks with top for Assembly elections when- 11 Congress MLAs and three Vishwanath and Narayana from across the border, the officials of the counter securi- ever they are held. The likely JD(S) MLAs under the anti- Gowda. The BJP criticised the Centre is expected to firm up ty grid, there were speculation presence of Modi and Shah in defection law till the end of the Speaker’s action, calling it a strategy for some decisive of massive crackdown against the meeting is significant and Assembly term in 2023. The “unfair and violative of the law” political and muscular action in terrorists and their sympathis- hints at the party gearing up for Speaker had already disquali- which, it said, had been taken the troubled-torn State of ers in the Valley and a possible the State Assembly elections, fied three more MLAs. “yielding to the pressure from Jammu & Kashmir. scrapping Article 35A by the whose schedule will be Talking to reporters, a party”. Prime Minister Narendra Centre. Former J&K Chief finalised by the Election Yediyurappa said he would The Karnataka Congress Modi on Sunday said those try- Minister Mehbooba Mufti went Commission after it receives a surely prove the majority and welcomed the Speaker’s deci- ing to spread hate and obstruct on to say that the Centre was go-ahead from the Central and then move the Finance Bill for sion to disqualify the rebel development works in Kashmir trying to create fear psychosis State Governments on law and passage. “The Finance Bill !" # MLAs. “The court of the pub- will never succeed, asserting in the State. order situation. (appropriation bill) needs to be %& ' % &() lic will also give the appropri- that the power of develop- On Saturday, Minister of Union Minister Jitendra passed “urgently”, as other- ate punishment to these legis- ment is stronger than the might Home Affairs of India (MHA) Singh, BJP general secretary wise “we will not be able to not voting for the moved by the Congress and three rebel MLAs earlier that a lators who have betrayed their of bullets and bombs. ordered the deployment of Ram Madhav and its State unit draw funds even to pay Kumaraswamy Government JD(S) to disqualify the rebel member disqualified under the parties and people who voted While the PM did not talk 10,000 paramilitary person- president Ravinder Raina and salaries,” he said. during the trust vote. MLAs, who had also submitted anti-defection law cannot con- them by joining hands with BJP about the massive deployment nel, ostensibly, for ‘counter- other senior leaders from the With the disqualification of “I have used my judicial resignations as Assembly mem- test or get elected till the end of to bring down the coalition of additional forces in the insurgency’ and for maintain- State will attend the meeting 17 rebel MLAs, the effective conscience... I am 100 per cent bers and were absent during the term of the present House, government,” the party tweet- Valley, sources said intelligence ing ‘law and order’ in the besides the party’s national strength of the 224-member hurt,” said the Speaker, when the trust vote sought by the a contention which has been ed. inputs suggested that Pakistan Valley. working president JP Nadda. Assembly excluding the asked about his controversial Kumaraswamy headed challenged by the BJP, rebel Congress Legislature Army-backed terrorist groups Meanwhile Modi is expect- In his monthly ‘Mann ki Speaker, who has a casting decision on disqualification Government, leading to its MLAs and several legal experts. Party leader Siddarmaiah, in a are planning to carry out a ed to attend a meeting of BJP’s Baat’ broadcast, he said the vote in case of a tie, is 207. BSY being called into question and downfall. Reading out the names of tweet, termed the Speaker’s major terror attack on Indian Jammu & Kashmir core group “Back to Village” programme will require 104 votes to prove allegations about his conduct in He said he had rejected the rebel MLAs, the Speaker said, decision as “a victory for soil at a time when Amarnath called on Tuesday, with top held in June in Jammu & the majority. the entire issue. request by the rebel MLAs to “They cease to be MLAs with democracy”. Yatra is on. “That is why 100 party leaders, including its Kashmir saw enthusiastic par- BJP along with the support Amid reports that the BJP give him four weeks more to immediate effect till the expiry “I believe this decision will companies of paramilitary chief and Home Minister Amit ticipation of villagers every- of one Independent has 106 was planning to move a no- appear before him on the issues of the 15th Assembly (in put an end to the shabby cul- forces have been deployed in Shah. where, including in very sen- members, Congress 66 (includ- confidence against the Speaker of their resignations and dis- 2023),” adding, “with respon- ture of selling oneself by disre- the Kashmir Valley,” said a top According to senior BJP sitive and remote villages, as ing nominated), JD(S) 34 and if he didn’t quit his post, qualification plea against them. sibility and fear I have taken garding the public mandate for official. leaders, the high-level meeting Government officials reached one BSP member, who has Ramesh said he was taking the The Speaker had made it this decision.” selfish motives and the greed Coming as it did after the is set to discuss political atmos- there to discuss development been expelled by the party for action based on the petitions clear when he disqualified “The way I am being pres- for power,” he said. visit of NSA Ajit Doval, who phere and party’s preparedness schemes with locals. ! 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SP MK Verma as having noted the steering and accident took hospital for their treatment. recently diagnosed with pneu- Locals quickly reached the that security guards deployed place on Sunday. Two youths identified as , # O monia and was admitted to the site of the accident and were to protect the women were not According to police, those Prabhjot and Rubal were hospital, where he died at 1.28 able to pull out all the occu- present with her when the killed in the car crash have declared brought dead by the ## ! am, a Congress leader told PTI. pants from inside the mangled accident occurred. been identified as Prabhjot doctors, while Keshav and " ' # Reddy’s limited physical vehicle.