After the Lok Sabha noticed repeated adjournments amid uproar by the BJP over Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D Okay Shivakumar’s remarks, the Congress chief stated he was not current within the Meeting throughout the dialogue and that he by no means acknowledged that the “Structure will likely be amended in any method to offer faith based mostly reservation”.
“A annoyed BJP, its State and Central management & its Union Minister Kiren Rijiju are resorting to brazen and blatant lies to malign the Congress Occasion and me by falsely attributing statements to me,” Shivakumar wrote together with a video assertion on X.
Shivakumar’s assertion comes after Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju demanded the sacking of the Karnataka minister over remarks suggesting change within the Structure to accommodate 4 per cent reservation for Muslims within the state.
Because the Lok Sabha convened at 11 am, BJP members have been on their toes, apparently elevating the difficulty of reservation for Muslims in authorities contracts. When the Home re-convened, Rijiju stated the remarks by an individual “sitting on a Constitutional submit” to vary the Structure to facilitate 4 per cent reservation for Muslims is unacceptable.
“How can the Home watch in silence? Congress ought to make clear … the particular person must be sacked. You declare to offer reservations to Muslims and resort to theatrics of carrying {a photograph} of Babasaheb Ambedkar and a replica of the Structure in your pocket,” Rijiju stated in a veiled reference to D Okay Shivakumar.
Some Congress members tried to counter Rijiju, resulting in din within the Home. Amid slogan shouting, largely by the ruling aspect, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar adjourned the proceedings until 2 pm.
In response, Shivakumar additional highlighted three factors:
“BJP & its mendacity Ministers ought to know -: 1. I used to be not current within the Meeting when dialogue on the Invoice happened. 2. I’ve by no means acknowledged that the Structure will likely be amended in any method to offer faith based mostly reservation. 3. BJP is peeved with the 5 Ensures of Congress which transfers over ₹52,000 CR to the poor and underprivileged. The sinister design is to one way or the other abolish the Ensures, which can by no means occur and might occur over my dead-body,” he stated.
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Refuting the claims, Shivakumar hit out on the ruling social gathering and stated: “Even until final Parliament, BJP needed to vary the Structure and was asking for 400 seats to disclaim rights to poor and underprivileged. To cover their sins, they’re now accusing the Congress and me.”
“Traditionally, Baba Saheb and Congress framed the Structure and BJP’s father or mother group opposed it… Additionally, reservation in Karnataka is given based mostly on standards of backwardness. I’ll proceed this struggle to defend the ensures and these conspiracies of BJP will fail decisively,” he added.
‘Fully pretend’: Congress on BJP’s claims
Following the uproar and repeated adjournments in Parliament, the Congress claimed that the BJP got here up with a “fully pretend” problem to get each the Homes adjourned. This was executed in order that the matter of the ‘money restoration’ at Delhi Excessive Court docket Justice Yashwant Varma and his conduct doesn’t get mentioned, Congress common secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh stated.
“In the present day the BJP got here up with a very pretend problem to get Parliament adjourned in order that the very critical problem of Justice Yashwant Varma’s conduct doesn’t get mentioned,” Jairam Ramesh stated.
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Chatting with reporters after the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the second time, Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi stated: “They appear to have made up their thoughts that they don’t need the Home to operate. It’s been many days now, they discover some excuse or the opposite to (create ruckus).”
Nadda vs Kharge in Rajya Sabha
In the meantime, Chief of the Home and Union minister Jagat Prakash Nadda alleged that Congress was shredding the Structure to items. Ambedkar whereas framing the Indian Structure clearly acknowledged that “reservation won’t be executed on the premise of faith… his is an accepted precept of the Structure of India”, he stated.
Now, the Karnataka authorities has offered 4 per cent reservation in public contracts to minorities, he stated, demanding an announcement from Chief of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge.
Dhankhar requested the ministers to authenticate the statements that have been attributed to the Karnataka minister. To this, Kharge stated “nobody can change the Structure offered by Ambedkar”.
— With PTI inputs