Politics

Addressing a seminar at the Rajasthan Assembly here, Pranab Mukherjee recalled that some Lok Sabha elections have been won by massive majorities, but the vote share for any party has not crossed the 50 per cent mark.

The minister said that they are against and the triple talaq bill and will not abide by it. He also mentioned that it will be opposed by the Muslum community of the country.

The legislation provides for stricter punishment for various traffic-related offences as well as higher penalties, including compensation of Rs 5 lakh for death and Rs 2.5 lakh for grievous injury in an accident case.

Meanwhile, Cabinet Minister Girish Mahajan has claimed that many more senior leaders from the Congress and NCP are slated to enter the BJP by the end of this week.

With the numbers game favouring the BJP government, the Congress and JDS did not press for division on the one-line motion moved by Yediyurappa that the House expresses confidence in his three-day old Ministry.

Rama Devi also lashed out at Akhilesh Yadav and asked him why he was acting as Azam Khan's 'mouthpiece'.

Yediyurappa is apparently confident of winning it with the expectation that the rebel Congress and JDS MLAs may abstain as they did on two weeks ago, giving him the edge.

Having privatised six earlier, Airports Authority of India Chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra had said on Friday that the government would privatise 20-25 more airports in the next phase, having privatised six earlier.

The video was reportedly shot a few months ago by the two people themselves. It is suspected that the now-suspended BJYM leader's wife got her hand on the video after the woman sent it to her husband through WhatsApp in February.

The leader of the opposition in the Assembly referred to the English textbook and claimed that it had a reference saying that Tamil was 2,300 years old and Sanskrit 4,000 years.

BS Yediyurappa was sworn as Chief Minister for a fourth time on Friday by Governor Vajubhai Vala.

Speaking about the sudden turn of events on government formation Friday, B S Yediyurappa said the party national president and home minister Amit Shah called him in the morning and asked to prepare for the oath.

Speaking to reporters here, Ambedkar also gave reasons on why his party was not keen to have a tie-up with the Congress or the Nationalist Congress Party for the forthcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla also named chairpersons of the Committee on Public Undertakings, Estimates Committee and Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

The speaker said he would decide on both the matter of resignations and disqualification pleas pending before him in respect of the 14 other MLAs 'in the next couple of days', which may prolong political turmoil in Karnataka.

Senior RJD leader Rabri Devi also mocked the Janata Dal (United), headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, by saying the party has been known for looking towards one direction and moving towards another.