An aide of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Umashankar Singh and his wife were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bihar's Chapra town, police said on Monday.
Janarddhan Singh and his wife were killed on Sunday night while they were at home, an official said.
Police have lodged a case and investigations are on, he added.
Umashankar Singh is MP from Maharajganj.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Lalu to give letter of withdrawal of support to President
RJD chief Lalu Prasad said he would hand over to the President on Wednesday a letter withdrawing support to the UPA government over the issue of Women’s Reservation Bill while SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav remained non-committal on the issue.
Lalu told reporters that despite request by Yadav and himself to the Prime Minister during their meeting on Tuesday morning, the government went ahead with voting on the bill — which seeks to provide for 33 per cent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and State assemblies — in the Rajya Sabha.
“I will hand over the letter to the President withdrawing support tomorrow,” Lalu said.
The SP chief, who was also present, attacked the government for “forcing the bill in Rajya Sabha” but did not say in certain terms when he would hand over the letter withdrawing support to the President.
“I have already announced withdrawing support. We will let you know when we write the letter,” he said.
When asked whether it was the CBI cases against him, which were forcing him not to officially withdraw support, Yadav did not answer and left in a huff.
Lalu told reporters that despite request by Yadav and himself to the Prime Minister during their meeting on Tuesday morning, the government went ahead with voting on the bill — which seeks to provide for 33 per cent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and State assemblies — in the Rajya Sabha.
“I will hand over the letter to the President withdrawing support tomorrow,” Lalu said.
The SP chief, who was also present, attacked the government for “forcing the bill in Rajya Sabha” but did not say in certain terms when he would hand over the letter withdrawing support to the President.
“I have already announced withdrawing support. We will let you know when we write the letter,” he said.
When asked whether it was the CBI cases against him, which were forcing him not to officially withdraw support, Yadav did not answer and left in a huff.
Manmohan to meet Lalu, Mulayam
Driven up the wall on the Women's Reservation Bill, the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Samajwadi Party on Monday said they would withdraw support to the United Progressive Alliance government if the law was passed its present form.
Both RJD chief Lalu Prasad and SP supremo Mulayam Singh called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convey their decision and concern over the stand taken by the UPA government. Soon after, the Prime Minister hurriedly met leaders belonging to the Bahujan Samaj Party, arch-rival of the SP.
Dr. Singh is said to have decided to meet Mr. Prasad, Mr. Singh and Janata Dal (United) chief Sharad Yadav, who too is waging a war on the issue separately, ahead of Tuesday's all-party meeting in an obvious bid to placate them well aware that withdrawal of support could pose problems to his government.
Later in the evening, Mr. Prasad called on President Pratibha Patil to explain the party's opposition to the Bill.
Mr. Prasad and Mr. Yadav jointly declared their intention to withdraw support to the government. Both said the Congress was behaving autocratically and sought to ride roughshod over them.
The RJD has four members and the SP 21 in the Lok Sabha and both parties had given the President letters of their unilateral support to the government. They were not part of the list submitted by Dr. Singh while staking claim to form the government.
Together the RJD and the SP have 15 members in the Rajya Sabha, where the Congress is already in a minority and this shortfall will only make floor management a difficult proposition should the Opposition press for a division on routine affairs.
Both Mr. Prasad and Mr. Singh stressed that they could reconsider their decision only if the government accommodated their view and effected amendments in the Bill allowing for sub-reservation for women belonging to the deprived sections.
Acting in tandem, these two leaders charged that the Prime Minister had not cared to heed their request to convene an all-party meeting to build consensus. Asked if they intended formalising their decision by calling on the President, the RJD chief asked: “Isn't my public proclamation sufficient?”
Mr. Prasad was particularly severe, charging that the UPA's action to deny reservation to women from Dalits, backward classes and minorities amounted to “political dacoity.”
Notwithstanding the decision of these two parties, Dr. Singh discussed the fallout with senior colleagues.
Should they formally withdraw support, the UPA will be left with about 290 members in the 543-member Lok Sabha, just a tad above the half-way mark.
Both RJD chief Lalu Prasad and SP supremo Mulayam Singh called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convey their decision and concern over the stand taken by the UPA government. Soon after, the Prime Minister hurriedly met leaders belonging to the Bahujan Samaj Party, arch-rival of the SP.
Dr. Singh is said to have decided to meet Mr. Prasad, Mr. Singh and Janata Dal (United) chief Sharad Yadav, who too is waging a war on the issue separately, ahead of Tuesday's all-party meeting in an obvious bid to placate them well aware that withdrawal of support could pose problems to his government.
Later in the evening, Mr. Prasad called on President Pratibha Patil to explain the party's opposition to the Bill.
Mr. Prasad and Mr. Yadav jointly declared their intention to withdraw support to the government. Both said the Congress was behaving autocratically and sought to ride roughshod over them.
The RJD has four members and the SP 21 in the Lok Sabha and both parties had given the President letters of their unilateral support to the government. They were not part of the list submitted by Dr. Singh while staking claim to form the government.
Together the RJD and the SP have 15 members in the Rajya Sabha, where the Congress is already in a minority and this shortfall will only make floor management a difficult proposition should the Opposition press for a division on routine affairs.
Both Mr. Prasad and Mr. Singh stressed that they could reconsider their decision only if the government accommodated their view and effected amendments in the Bill allowing for sub-reservation for women belonging to the deprived sections.
Acting in tandem, these two leaders charged that the Prime Minister had not cared to heed their request to convene an all-party meeting to build consensus. Asked if they intended formalising their decision by calling on the President, the RJD chief asked: “Isn't my public proclamation sufficient?”
Mr. Prasad was particularly severe, charging that the UPA's action to deny reservation to women from Dalits, backward classes and minorities amounted to “political dacoity.”
Notwithstanding the decision of these two parties, Dr. Singh discussed the fallout with senior colleagues.
Should they formally withdraw support, the UPA will be left with about 290 members in the 543-member Lok Sabha, just a tad above the half-way mark.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Voting on Women’s Bill deferred
Voting on the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha was deferred on Monday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh likely to call an all-party meeting on the issue on Tuesday after the Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) threatened to withdraw support to the UPA Government.
On a day of dramatic developments, the Constitution Amendment Bill for reserving one-third of seats in Lok Sabha and Assemblies was tabled in the Rajya Sabha amidst unruly scenes with the opponents of the measure belonging to the SP, the RJD and an expelled member of the JD(U) tearing the copies of the measure.
After five adjournments, the House was adjourned for the day at 6 pm without the Bill being taken up despite the Government having the numbers to carry the legislation through.
But the staunch opponents — the SP and the RJD, which have 25 MPs in the Lok Sabha — sent ominous signals to the Government that has important money Bills and Budget to adopt in the Lower House that its majority may be made wafer-thin, just above the half-way mark of 272, if the BSP, which too is opposed to the legislation, also withdraws support.
This was followed by hectic consultations between the Prime Minister and his senior Cabinet colleagues and with leaders of the supporters of the Bill — BJP and Left parties — and with the opponents Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lalu Prasad together and with BSP's Satish Chandra Mishra separately.
The leaders opposing the Bill made it clear to the Prime Minister that their parties would vote against it in its present form without quota for women belonging to OBCs and Muslims and that there was no change.
On a day of dramatic developments, the Constitution Amendment Bill for reserving one-third of seats in Lok Sabha and Assemblies was tabled in the Rajya Sabha amidst unruly scenes with the opponents of the measure belonging to the SP, the RJD and an expelled member of the JD(U) tearing the copies of the measure.
After five adjournments, the House was adjourned for the day at 6 pm without the Bill being taken up despite the Government having the numbers to carry the legislation through.
But the staunch opponents — the SP and the RJD, which have 25 MPs in the Lok Sabha — sent ominous signals to the Government that has important money Bills and Budget to adopt in the Lower House that its majority may be made wafer-thin, just above the half-way mark of 272, if the BSP, which too is opposed to the legislation, also withdraws support.
This was followed by hectic consultations between the Prime Minister and his senior Cabinet colleagues and with leaders of the supporters of the Bill — BJP and Left parties — and with the opponents Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lalu Prasad together and with BSP's Satish Chandra Mishra separately.
The leaders opposing the Bill made it clear to the Prime Minister that their parties would vote against it in its present form without quota for women belonging to OBCs and Muslims and that there was no change.
SP, RJD withdraw support to Govt.
The Government’s move to go in for Women’s Reservation Bill on Monday had its first fallout with the Samajwadi Party and the RJD announcing withdrawal of support to the coalition led by the Congress.
The decision by the SP, with 21 members in Lok Sabha, and the RJD with four, will, however, have no impact on the stability of the UPA Government. The SP and the RJD were outside supporters of the Government.
SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and RJD chief Lalu Prasad slammed the Congress for its move to "unilaterally" go ahead with the Bill which seeks 33 per cent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.
"This is a political dacoity. We will not tolerate it. We are withdrawing support to the government," said Prasad with Yadav standing by his side and supporting him. He later said, "We have withdrawn support on this issue".
He, however, was evasive when asked whether a letter withdrawing support to the Government had been given to the President.
Even if both the SP and the RJD formally withdraw support by giving letters to the President, the effective strength of UPA and its outside supporters would be around 290, well beyond the 272 mark for a simple majority.
Together, the UPA partners — Congress (208), Trinamool Congress (19), DMK (18), NCP (9), National Conference (3) and Muslim League (2) — have a strength of 259.
However, with outside supporters like BSP (21), Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (1) and JDS (3) its strength goes upto 284 in Lok Sabha. It also enjoys support of some independents in the Lower House taking the total strength to around 290.
The Lok Sabha has a strength of 543.
Mr. Yadav said that both the Congress and the BJP have been against Muslim, backward and dalit women and don’t want to give reservation to them.
“They do not want women from these sections to come forward... This has been proved now. They want to perpetuate their rule...” Mr. Yadav said.
Mr. Prasad said that from the beginning the SP, the BSP, the RJD and Sharad Yadav have made it clear that they are not anti-women and against reservation to them.
“We want reservation also for the women who work in fields, work under the NREGA scheme, backward, dalits and the Muslims,” Mr. Prasad said.
“By not giving them reservation you are neglecting a large section of women in rural India,” Mr. Prasad said.
Senior RJD leader P.C. Gupta said that the party would formally send the letter of withdrawal of support to the President if the Bill was passed in the present form.
The decision by the SP, with 21 members in Lok Sabha, and the RJD with four, will, however, have no impact on the stability of the UPA Government. The SP and the RJD were outside supporters of the Government.
SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and RJD chief Lalu Prasad slammed the Congress for its move to "unilaterally" go ahead with the Bill which seeks 33 per cent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.
"This is a political dacoity. We will not tolerate it. We are withdrawing support to the government," said Prasad with Yadav standing by his side and supporting him. He later said, "We have withdrawn support on this issue".
He, however, was evasive when asked whether a letter withdrawing support to the Government had been given to the President.
Even if both the SP and the RJD formally withdraw support by giving letters to the President, the effective strength of UPA and its outside supporters would be around 290, well beyond the 272 mark for a simple majority.
Together, the UPA partners — Congress (208), Trinamool Congress (19), DMK (18), NCP (9), National Conference (3) and Muslim League (2) — have a strength of 259.
However, with outside supporters like BSP (21), Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (1) and JDS (3) its strength goes upto 284 in Lok Sabha. It also enjoys support of some independents in the Lower House taking the total strength to around 290.
The Lok Sabha has a strength of 543.
Mr. Yadav said that both the Congress and the BJP have been against Muslim, backward and dalit women and don’t want to give reservation to them.
“They do not want women from these sections to come forward... This has been proved now. They want to perpetuate their rule...” Mr. Yadav said.
Mr. Prasad said that from the beginning the SP, the BSP, the RJD and Sharad Yadav have made it clear that they are not anti-women and against reservation to them.
“We want reservation also for the women who work in fields, work under the NREGA scheme, backward, dalits and the Muslims,” Mr. Prasad said.
“By not giving them reservation you are neglecting a large section of women in rural India,” Mr. Prasad said.
Senior RJD leader P.C. Gupta said that the party would formally send the letter of withdrawal of support to the President if the Bill was passed in the present form.
