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  • 98 amendments moved by Oppn in LS to Motion of Thanks on Prez address; 80 in RS

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Opposition members in the Lok Sabha have moved 98 amendments to the Motion of Thanks on the president’s address, while those in the Rajya Sabha have moved 80 amendments.

    Sources said a total of 232 amendments have been received by the Lok Sabha Secretariat and 13 Opposition members have moved 98 amendments to the Motion of Thanks on the president’s address. These include some on the Pegasus snooping controversy, they added.

    The amendments on the Pegasus issue were not admitted in the Upper House of Parliament, where such notices were disallowed by the secretariat since the matter is sub-judice, the sources said. In the Rajya Sabha, 19 notices for amendments were not moved as the three members proposing them were not present in the Upper House when the motion was taken up.

    The sources also said the notices given by Opposition members Elamaram Kareem (CPI-M) and KC Venugopal (Congress) for amendments on the Pegasus issue were not accepted by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat.

    The secretary had received 99 notices by 14 Opposition members and since three were not present when the motion was taken up, a total of 80 amendments on the Motion of Thanks were moved on various issues by 11 members in the Upper House.

    Kareem has also written to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu for giving a ruling that under what grounds his amendments were not admitted or disallowed.

    “It is quite unfortunate and condemnable that such a decision has been taken, violating the basic right of a member of Parliament,” the Left leader said in his letter, adding that as a representative of people, he has to raise their concerns on the floor of the House.

    He said this action could create an impression among people that the Rajya Sabha Secretariat deliberately excluded the amendments that deal with incidents that could expose the Centre. “The unilateral action is completely undemocratic and unethical,” Kareem said.

    He claimed that similar amendments moved in the Lok Sabha were admitted and said the Upper House cannot escape its responsibility to maintain transparency in revealing the reason for disallowing his amendments.

  • Amendment in the date of camps for authentication of PwDs and making UDID cards

    Camps are being organized in all the development blocks of the district for authentication of district’s disabled persons and for making UDID cards, which has been partially amended in the date of organization. A camp will be organized in the Charama Development Block on 03 February at Shaheed Gandsingh Stadium Charama for authentication of PwDs and for providing UDID cards. Similarly, a camp will be organized on 05 February at Unmukt Sports Ground in Narharpur and on 08 February at Kodabhat Maidan, the primary school in Kanker, for the authentication of PwDs and making UDID cards. The camps will be held from 10 am to 03 pm.

  • Announcement of CM Baghel, Chhattisgarh government will buy if center will privatize Nagarnar plant

    Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced in the Legislative Assembly that if the central government privatizes NMDC’s Nagarnar plant, it will be bought by the Chhattisgarh government itself. Instead of handing it over to private hands, it will be bought and run officially.

    CM Bhupesh was responding to the discussion on the government resolution presented in the House in this regard. This resolution was passed unanimously after incorporating the amendments of the opposition. This is considered to be the master stroke of CM, because during the discussion, the opposition had said that if the state government wants to stop the plant from going into private hands, the state government should buy it.

    He said that the tribals have given their lands for public undertaking. The Law Advisor of the Center has also said that the Nagarnar plant should not be sold. The central government is working to sell the assets. Is ONGC running at a loss? Shiv Ratan Sharma was saying privatized MTNL, I had also said earlier, these people are people affected by Goeblus. The disinvestment of MTNL was not done, it has been told by the Modi government. The Chief Minister said that we have returned the farmers by taking land from the Tata plant.

    These people are unable to speak whether they are with the tribals of Bastar or with the central government. The Government of Chhattisgarh will buy Nagarnar Steel Plant. The Chief Minister told the opposition members that a proposal has come from the BJP that as Ajit Jogi had proposed the purchase during BALCO, we also accept the proposal of the opposition members. Chhattisgarh proposes to buy Nagarnar Steel Plant.

    Leader of Opposition Dharamlal Kaushik said that we will go to Delhi and talk about this. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that in case of disinvestment, Chhattisgarh government will run the Nagarnar Steel Plant, it will not be allowed to go into private hands.