Rush Hour: Congress’ privilege notice against PM, EC bans motorbikes ahead of Bengal polls and more
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The Congress submitted a privilege notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that his national address on April 18 “cast aspersions” on Opposition MPs. A prime minister criticising the Opposition for not being able to pass a bill in Parliament was “unprecedented and a blatant abuse of power”, stated the party.
Party MP KC Venugopal wrote that the Constitution 131st Amendment Bill, “in the guise of implementing women’s reservation” in Lok Sabha and Assemblies, “surreptitiously sought” to do away with guardrails against delimitation.
“This is what the Opposition MPs in the Lok Sabha were protesting,” the Congress leader reiterated. Read on.
With two days to go for the first phase of polling in West Bengal, the Election Commission has announced several restrictions in the state. Among the curbs is a ban on motorcycles on roads during the night and tourists not being allowed to visit Digha, a popular beach destination in the state.
The sale of liquor was also banned in West Bengal for 96 hours ahead of polling on Thursday. The Election Commission usually...