Five days before his death, the group editor had handed over a letter to a senior police officer in Indore, saying a former employee — Saloni Arora — was demanding money from him and wanted him to reinstate her using his clout.
Khaira said he would not meet Balbir or speak to him over phone till he retracts the allegations, tenders an apology or gets these allegations investigated impartially. “I should be punished if I am at fault,” said Khaira.
Congress chief whip in Lok Sabha Jyotiraditya Scindia spoke to The Indian Express. minutes after the daylong debate and voting on no-confidence concluded in Lok Sabha. Excerpts:
An investigation by The Indian Express has revealed that the Mandsaur business revolves around over 100 journals covering science to management, a few names and many locked houses.
In the resolution, the SC Collegium said that “one of these vacancies is going to be filled up in terms of our recommendation for elevation of Mr Justice K M Joseph, which has separately been reiterated by us today”.
During the debate on the motion of no-confidence, Rahul Gandhi accused PM Modi of unleashing “jumla strikes” on the people, and of becoming a “bhagidar” (partner) in the Rafale fighter deal instead of acting as the “chowkidar” (watchman) he had promised the country during the 2014 election campaign.
Without naming Rahul Gandhi, PM Modi said due to his “careless” allegation on the Rafale deal, both India and France had to release statements. There is complete transparency in the deal, he said.
French foreign ministry said, "France and India concluded in 2008 a security agreement, which legally binds the two states to protect the classified information provided by the partner, that could impact security and operational capabilities of the defence equipment of India or France."
While the Congress lauded Rahul’s “unscripted” gesture, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said the “drama” was against Parliament decorum, while Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the hug reminded him of the Chipko Movement in Uttarakhand.
Speaking ahead of the Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi refrained from referring to ‘secularism’, invoking instead the theme of protecting ‘Ambedkar’s Constitution’ as the main narrative to indicate his broad theme for the 2019 campaign.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh tore into the Congress, saying “the biggest incident of mob lynching happened during 1984” when anti-Sikh riots broke out following the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
Sources said BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik took the decision to stay clear of the debate because the TDP had moved the motion.
Earlier, the House paid obituary to former Rajya Sabha member K V R S Bala Subba Rao, who died last month at the age of 78.
Union minister and NDA ally Apna Dal (S) leader Anupriya Patel called the no-confidence motion laughable. Patel said the Centre is sensitive on the rights of OBCs and Dalits.
Maintaining that the BJP has already lost the trust of its allies and the people, Roy said the motion was introduced by the TDP, an estranged BJP ally, while a present partner, the Shiv Sena, had boycotted the discussion.
He said that unlike in Andhra Pradesh, the TRS in Telangana acted with “maturity” and started “working towards development”. At this, the TDP leaders returned to the Well with their slogans.
The BJP recently lost in Gorakhpur, Phulpur and Kairana — the first two to SP candidates, backed by the BSP, and the third to the RLD candidate, backed by other opposition parties.
On Friday, Chandrakant Khaire, Sena chief whip in Lok Sabha, said, “Don’t talk about yesterday. Talk about today. Our decision is to boycott the discussion.”
The TDP, which is scheduled to face an Assembly election along with the Lok Sabha polls early next year, used the no-confidence motion to take to the people the party’s demand for special category status for Andhra Pradesh.
he AIADMK’s parliamentary party leader P Venugopal said the Centre is like a “mother” and states like “children.” “It is the duty of the mother to take care of all her children with nourishment...” he said.
While the RJD blamed the BJP-led NDA of encroaching upon the mandate in Bihar, JD(U) targeted the RJD and the Congress on the issue of corruption.
Police sources said the SIT’s probe led to Nayak, a resident of Dakshina Kannada, after a phone link to him was found in the diary of Amol Kale, 37, who was arrested by the SIT in May.
When Deo retired from electoral politics in 2008, he is famously known to have blamed his inability to participate in a politics where the ability to distribute alcohol and money were key.
During a visit to Delhi some time ago, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had cited Swasthya Saathi, and said her state already has a scheme and it made little sense to join the NHPM.
As the decibels went up, the bench intervened. CJI Misra said, “Adjectives used must have acceptance in court room...These adjectives have to be used outside Court”.