जब अमित शाह ने सभा में पूछा, बताइये मेरे बाद भाजपा अध्यक्ष कौन होगा? तो...

जम्मू: भाजपा अध्यक्ष अमित शाह ने कांग्रेस में विचारधारा का अभाव बताते हुए कहा कि जो पार्टी एक परिवार के हितों तक सीमित है, वह देश के हित में काम नहीं कर सकती.

शाह ने 'वंशवाद' के शासन पर हमला बोलते हुए अपना उदाहरण दिया. उन्होंने कहा कि जब 1982 में वह पार्टी से जुड़े तो उस समय उनकी कोई राजनीतिक पृष्ठभूमि नहीं थी, लेकिन आज वह पार्टी अध्यक्ष हैं.

शाह ने कहा कि पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी, वरिष्ठ नेता लालकृष्ण आडवाणी और प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी पार्टी के पहली पीढ़ी के नेता थे और उनकी कोई राजनीतिक पृष्ठभूमि नहीं थी. यह आंतरिक लोकतंत्र है.

उन्होंने कहा कि क्या कोई मुझे बता सकता है कि मेरे बाद भाजपा अध्यक्ष कौन होगा? कोई नहीं बता सकता. लेकिन कोई भी यह आसानी से बता सकता है कि कांग्रेस में सोनिया गांधी के बाद अध्यक्ष कौन होगा? 

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Yogi Adityanath asks officials to enforce ban on cow smuggling, shut illegal slaughterhouses in UP

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath ordered officials on Wednesday to enforce a ban on the smuggling of cows in the state.

Adityanath also directed police officials to prepare an action plan for the closure of illegal abattoirs, news agency PTI reported.

The 44-year-old Adityanath is the head priest of Gorakhpur’s influential Gorakhnath shrine. Also, he is a five-term parliamentarian from Gorakhpur and considered a hardline Hindutva leader.

After his swearing-in as the Uttar Pradesh CM, police launched a crackdown on slaughterhouses.

The action was in line with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s pre-poll promise to shut down illegal slaughterhouses in the state. The party secured a landslide victory in the February-March assembly elections.View more:-Bulk Sms Service provider

Beef and the slaughter of cattle are illegal Uttar Pradesh -- like in most states across the country.

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Maharashtra council polls: BJP win marketed on demonetisation, but statistics are being twisted

Now that the results of the municipal councils and town panchayats are out, a lot of political meanings can be found in them.

For instance, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the maximum number of councils, seats, and even directly elected presidents, which shows BJP’s demonetised policy as being accepted by the people. This analysis falls by the wayside when the number of such gains are smaller than the victories of the BJP, Congress, and NCP added up — they all have opposed demonetisation.

BJP could well use this as a kind of public opinion in favour of demonetisation, a kind of a mini-referendum in a major state ruled by it. But that would be twisting the statistics, seeking comfort in the fact that it has not won the majority of the council and majority of councillors. By glossing over it, a perception would be sought to be conveyed that despite hardships of not getting speedy replacement of currencies which are now not legal tender.

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Uttar Pradesh polls: BJP says turncoats not promised tickets for coming elections

Lucknow: In a bid to assuage party workers feeling threatened by turncoats joining BJP before the coming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, state BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya on Tuesday said none have been promised party tickets.

All those who have joined BJP from parties like BSP and Samajwadi Party have not been promised party tickets for the coming poll...they have come expressing faith in the party's policies and working of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," Maurya told PTI in an interview.

"Names of winnable candidates will be taken into consideration but it is wrong to think that all those joining BJP will get tickets," Maurya said.

"I want to tell party workers that BJP will safeguard the honour of its core worker at all cost," he said.

Maurya said since his party is pro-worker, they have a lot of aspirations and expectations.

"As we have true democracy in the party it is not expected that an MLA's son will end up being an MLA or an MP's son will become an MP," he said, adding any worker can aspire to reach any of the posts in his party.

"There are too many applications for tickets for the coming polls, but I believe that disciplined BJP workers will accept all decisions the day they are taken," he said.

sOURCE:-Firstpost

Curfew lifted from Kashmir after 51 days

SRINAGAR: Authorities on Monday lifted curfew from Kashmir after 51 days since the ongoing unrest began on July 9, officials said.

"Curfew has been lifted from the entire Valley. But, it will remain in force in Pulwama town and in areas under the jurisdiction of Nowhatta and M.R.Gunj police stations in Srinagar," a senior police official said.

The decision to lift curfew was taken at a high level security meeting on Sunday evening, sources said.

An all party delegation comprising senior leaders of political parties is slated to visit Kashmir on September 3.

Union Home minister Rajnath Singh is likely to accompany the delegation.

Meanwhile, separatists here continued their protest despite lifting of the curfew.

Source:-indiatimes
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GST bill to be taken up in Lok Sabha today , PM Modi likely to intervene

The government has listed the bill for Monday's legislative business in the lower house.

The GST bill was passed by Rajya Sabha on Wednesday with amendments and thus needs to be again approved by the Lok Sabha.

The Bill was passed by Lok Sabha last year. It now has to go back to the Lower House to incorporate amendments approved by the Rajya Sabha.

The GST Bill has to be ratified by at least 16 states in 30 days after it is passed by the Parliament.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress have issued whips asking their members to be present in the house on Monday in view of the GST bill being taken up.

Modi, who was under attack by the Opposition parties, especially the Congress for his absence during the passage of the Constitution amendment bill for GST in the Rajya Sabha on August 3, is now likely to intervene in the debate, sources said.
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The Parliamentary Affairs ministry on Saturday dubbed the passing of the Constitution's 122nd Amendment Bill relating to GST by huge consensus in the Rajya Sabha as the "hallmark of the third week of monsoon Session of Parliament".

The bill will then go to the Presidential for his assent and the states have also been asked to ratify it within 30 days of this.

The GST Bill will replace a raft of different state and local taxes with a single unified value added tax system. This will in effect turn the country into the world’s biggest single market.

Being a Constitutional amendment that involves the states, at least 50 percent of them also have to ratify it. This is where the process could take long, since states could have their own set of issues and worries, which the Empowered Committee and the government would have to address. What will, nevertheless, help is that the BJP and its allies are in power in 13 out of 29 states.

These formalities apart, the parliament will have to pass relevant bills for a Central GST and an integrated GST, while the states will have to enact their own legislations for a State GST. This is because the GST regime will involve the imposition of central and state levies at identical rates.

The government has said April 1 next year will be the target date for the roll-out of the GST regime.
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Rajnath Singh anguished over ‘total anarchy’ in Uttar Pradesh

Putting the Samajwadi Party government on the dock over “poor” law and order in Uttar Pradesh, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said there was “total anarchy” in the state and rape incidents have increased.

“In UP there is an atmosphere of total anarchy. Rape cases have increased by 161 per cent in the present regime. The state lagged in all the fronts and has become ‘Prashn’ (question) Pradesh from Uttar (answer) Pradesh,” he told the concluding session of BJP state executive meet in Jhansi.

“In past 13 years, SP and BSP ruled and both of them looted the state. The burning question now is how long people of the state will be trapped between these two parties. In the coming assembly elections, BJP will form majority government,” the senior BJP leader said. Singh voiced concern over “so much anarchy” in the state, where “corruption has become institutional” and “rapes are committed on highways”.

“The victims of calamities are not getting relief, youths are not getting employment. Why SP government does not fulfil its duties. People have these questions in their mind,” he said. Noting that in a federal structure Union and state governments have to work together, Singh said, “UP is creating hurdles in implementation of Centre’s developmental projects.”
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Arun Jaitley's GST Lesson For BJP MPs A Day Before Parliament Debate

As the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax Bill (GST) to amend the Constitution is likely to be taken up in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today briefed BJP lawmakers on the fine prints of India's biggest tax reform in decades.

He also informed them about the amendments the government will introduce in the Rajya Sabha tomorrow, and also the reasons why the government decided to make those changes.

Mr Jaitley, according to sources, has told the BJP lawmakers to read and understand the bill and follow the proceedings to counter the misgivings, if any, about the GST in their constituencies

The Congress is expected to carry out a similar awareness drive for its MPs.

Meanwhile, the two major parties in the house - the Congress and the BJP - have issued a whip to their lawmakers "to be in the house everyday till Thursday".

The BJP is planning to field speakers who can make strong pitch for the bill and highlight how the NDA government worked with states and parties to make the bill people and business friendly.

Former finance minister P Chidambaram will brief the Congress lawmakers. The party speakers, while backing the GST, are expected to flag that the bill primarily came from the Congress and it was the BJP which opposed it then.

The Congress, during the debate, is likely to emphasise on how hard the party bargained to ensure that the GST rate remains low and also the redressal mechanism with greater say for states.

The GST could get the Rajya Sabha nod on Wednesday with the main opposition party, the Congress, declaring that it has arrived at "a broad understanding" with the government after months of negotiations.

There was last lap tussle over when the bill would be taken up. Government wanted the GST to be debated and voted on Tuesday , but the Congress forced a delay to Wednesday because the party chief Sonia Gandhi and other senior Congress leaders are campaigning in Varanasi, the constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

But the 24 hour delay now seems worth the wait as the Congress 'Anand Sharma on Tuesday said, "All the issues we have raised are there in the GST constitutional amendment," he was referring to the proposal that will change the constitution to introduce the GST, a national sales tax which subsumes a complex matrix of central and state tariffs.

The Congress has been talked out of insisting that the limit on the tax rate be stated in the law. That would require changing the constitution each time the rate had to be revised. "On the capping (on GST rate) we still want ring fencing and states to come to an agreement with the centre," Mr Sharma said.

GST could add up to two percentage points to economic growth, according to Mr Jaitley, who has led consultations with state governments, regional parties and the Congress to win consensus.

The GST Bill was cleared last year by the Lok Sabha, where the government has an easy majority. On Wednesday, it must get the support of two thirds of the Rajya Sabha, which has 243 members.

The Congress has the biggest presence with 60 members. With a slew of regional parties backing the reform, the government believes it can get 162 votes - what it needs to turn the proposal into law - even if the Congress is not on board.

But the Congress' cooperation is needed so that it does not cause disruptions to ensure the bill is not debated - a practice it has exercised in earlier sessions of parliament.
Source:-indiatimes
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Narendra Modi manages to win over adversaries, despite punishing schedule

Pema Khandu, the newly sworn-in Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, turned into an admirer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently, when he met the latter on Sunday. Obviously Khandu’s liking for Modi has nothing to do with his stint as a rebel of the Congress, who helped form a Nabam Tuki government in the state.

Khandu, after winning the confidence vote in Itanagar, came to Delhi and sought appointments with top leaders of his party – president Sonia Gandhi, and vice-president Rahul Gandhi – and the Prime Minister, in that order. He got none, except with the prime minister.

Once again, the impression of an inaccessible Congress president and vice-president got firmly entrenched among the leaders of Arunachal Pradesh. His meeting with Modi, on the other hand, went off quite well.
Narendra Modi. AFP.

A close scrutiny of the prime minister's schedule would reveal details of meetings with Members of Parliament (MPs) cutting across party-lines, indicative of his punishing round the clock schedule.

When he is not in the House, he is engrossed in other meetings – it can be a Cabinet meeting, a Cabinet sub-committee meeting, a floor strategy meeting – and a large part of his schedule in Parliament this Budget session has been devoted to meeting MPs, regardless of their political affiliation.

Parliament observers recall that over the last many years, a meeting between the prime minister and the MPs only happened in a Janata Durbar type setting, where many gathered around the PM. Narendra Modi has changed that trend, and has been meeting MPs individually. He is also accessible to MPs across all parties, and often remains in the Parliament till late in the evening.

A routine day in Parliament begins with the daily briefing meeting with Home Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar, Minister for Transport Nitin Gadkari, and the ministers of state for Parliamentary affairs.

Then there are MPs who meet the prime minister to discuss the routine national, state and political issues.

During Parliament sessions, MPs can come to the prime minister’s chamber, and meet him to discuss important issues. Sources close to the PM said, “Time maybe given to five MPs/ministers per day but so many additional MPs stop by and meet the PM. He seldom says no to those coming.”

MPs who meet the PM are amazed at the manner in which he interacts. For those few minutes, all his attention is only on the conversation. No aides walking in, no phones ringing. “It feels very special that the PM is giving his full attention to us,” said a BJP MP, who also met the PM in Parliament. Due to the composition of the Parliament, it is obvious that more BJP MPs meet the prime minister.

Since the start of the monsoon session, BJP MP’s who have met the prime minister include, Harinarayan Rajbhar (MP from Ghosi in UP), Satish Gautam (MP from Aligarh), Udit Raj (Lok Sabha MP from North West Delhi) and Mahesh Girri (Lok Sabha MP from East Delhi).

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP from West Bengal’s Bangaon Mamata Thakur also met the Prime Minister. National Democratic Alliance (NDA) MPs like Anant Geete (who is also a Union Minister) and Rajan Vichare from the Shiv Sena, Telugu Desam Party (TDP’s) Venkateswara Rao and Akali Dal’s Prem Chandumajra are among those from the ruling alliance, who have spent time with the Prime Minister.

From the Congress, KC Venugopal and some MPs from Kerala met the PM in Parliament. Venugopal, a former Union Minister, is one of the leading lights of the Congress legislative party in the current Lok Sabha and has been critical of the Prime Minister on every possible occasion. Another Congress MP from Kerala, Anto Antony, too met Modi along with Kerala Congress’ Jose Mani. PAC Chairperson KV Thomas too met the Prime Minister.

Earlier this year, the BJP and the NCP were sparring over the arrest of Chhagan Bhujbal, but that didn’t prevent a healthy and cordial meeting between Sharad Pawar and Narendra Modi in the Parliament during the first half of the Budget session. Another NCP MP, DP Tripathi, met the PM in the start of the monsoon session.

Samajwadi Party's (SP) Naresh Agarwal too met Narendra Modi. It may be recalled that in 2013, Agarwal had made scurrilous comments on Modi that had triggered a controversy. Anglo-Indian Lok Sabha MP George Baker met the Prime Minister to hand over a magazine related to the Anglo-Indian community. Newly nominated Rajya Sabha MPs Dr Subramanian Swamy and Suresh Gopi (with his family) have also met the Prime Minister.

INLD Rajya Sabha MP Ram Kumar Kashyap has met the Prime Minister at the start of the monsoon session.

Though the Prime Minister’s office keeps a detailed record and photographs of his meetings with MPs and senior political leaders, officials are particularly instructed to track the issues raised in these meetings.

Sources in the PMO say that all the issues that come up for discussion in these meetings get a rigorous follow-up by a dedicated team of officials, who have reconciled to the idea of having a gruelling schedule, right from the early morning.
Source:-firstpost
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“BJP preventing Dayashankar’s arrest”

Stepping up the attack on BJP, Mayawati on Sunday alleged that it had “pressurised” the SP government in U.P. into lodging an FIR against her and was preventing arrest of Dayashankar Singh, who made derogatory remarks against her.

The BSP supremo claimed that the controversy was raked up by the BJP ahead of 2017 Assembly polls in the State to distract people’s attention from the atrocities on Dalits in Gujarat raised by her inside and outside Parliament.

She alleged the remarks made by her party leaders, who were protesting against expelled BJP leader Singh, were deliberately misconstrued by the saffron party, reflecting its “polluted” and “casteist” mentality.

Ms Mayawati also vowed to take stringent action in the episode once the BSP comes to power in the State, if Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who calls her ‘Bua’ does not ensure the arrest and take stern action against Singh.

“Slogans demanding Singh to present his mother, wife and daughter were raised. They (BJP) are viewing it with polluted mentality and publicising in media,” Mayawati said amid a row over use of derogatory language by protesting BSP leaders against women members of Singh’s family.

Referring to the BSP national general secretary Naseemuddin Siddiqui’s remarks, she said: “Whether the mother, wife and daughter of Singh’s family agreed with the language used by the expelled BJP leader against me. They were asked to clarify their stand. Siddiqui has said that no objectionable words were used against them.”

On the complaint by Singh’s mother against her, the BSP supremo said, “It would have been better if she had also demanded stern legal action against Singh for using derogatory language against a Dalit’s daughter.”

“She did not say a single word, which indicates their dual mentality towards mothers and daughters in general. Whatever is being done is being done to save Singh at the behest of BJP,” she added.

She alleged that at the behest of BJP, statements were being issued to distract attention from the “heinous crime” of Singh.

She also termed the FIR against her in Singh’s issue as “contempt of Parliament” and said that ruling SP has acted under pressure from the BJP.

Mayawati said that “frustrated” with the manner in which she raised the issue of harassment of Dalits in Gujarat in and outside Parliament, BJP as a part of conspiracy used Singh to distract the attention of Dalits.

“To distract attention of the people ahead of 2017 UP Assembly polls from BSP, the issue was raked as a conspiracy,” she said.

The BSP supremo also announced that ‘ sarvjan hitay, sarvjan sukhaye ’ mega rallies will be held from next month to “expose” the “tacit understanding” between BJP and ruling SP to not arrest Singh. “These rallies will start from August 21 from Agra and I will address them,” she said. - PTI
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In GST Reform Breakthrough, Congress OKs Debate, Date TBD: 10 Facts

1. In a big breakthrough for the government, the Congress, which has been blocking the GST reform, has agreed to a five-hour debate  on the proposal. No date has been set yet, but the agreement allows the bill to be introduced for consideration.
2. The GST will replace a tangle of tariffs imposed by the Centre and different states. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has presented it as the most important tax reform in decades.
3. Most parties have come around to support the bill, including regional heavyweights like Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party.
4. But the main opposition party, the Congress, which drafted the proposal when it was last in power, remains non-committal on the negotiations with the government over specifics of the bill.
5. The GST proposal has been approved by the Lok Sabha but has yet to be greenlit by the Rajya Sabha where the government is in a minority. With regional parties backing the reform, the Congress is likely to be outnumbered.
6. Because of that, the Congress is expected to either cause disruptions in the House which would prevent the legislation from being taken up, or attack the government on recent political controversies.
7. As part of its outreach, the government today agreed to the Congress' pitch for a debate on the violence that has seared Kashmir since the killing earlier this month of 22-year-old Burhan Wani, a terrorist commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen. His death has led to massive and continuing clashes between civilians, young stone-throwing protesters, and security forces.  Nearly 40 people have died, and 2,000 been injured.
8. Tomorrow morning, Anand Sharma and Ghulab Nabi Azad of the Congress are scheduled to meet Finance Minister Arun Jaitley with directions from top leaders on both sides to negotiate compromises on the GST.
9. The Congress wants the GST to be capped at 18 per cent, it wants the upper limit to be listed in the constitutional amendment that will usher in the reform, it wants the removal of proposed 1% state levy, and it has called for a powerful council to settle disputes on revenue-sharing between states.
10. The government has indicated it is willing to accommodate most of those changes. But it points out that specifying a tax rate in the constitutional amendment is inadvisable as that would require changing the constitution each time the rate is to be revised.
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23 killed in Kashmir following protests over Burhan Wani encounter

Nawaz Sharif expresses 'deep shock' over Burhan Wani's killing

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has deplored "excessive" force against civilians in the latest wave of violence in the Valley while expressing "deep shock" over the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.

Sharif, who recently returned from London after an open-heart surgery, came out with a late night statement condemning the action of Indian security forces in Kashmir.

"The Prime Minister of Pakistan has expressed his deep shock at the killing of Kashmiri leader Burhan Wani and many other civilians by the Indian military and paramilitary forces," Sharif's office said in the statement.

The Prime Minister said it was "deplorable that excessive and unlawful force was used against the civilians" who were protesting against the killing of Wani.

"Oppressive measures such as these cannot deter the valiant people of Jammu and Kashmir from their demand of exercising their right to self-determination in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions," he said.

Expressing concern over the detention of Kashmiri separatist leaders, Sharif said India should fulfil its human rights obligations as well as its commitments under the United Nations Security Council resolutions. - PTI
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