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Will abide by party’s decision on CM issue: Karnataka Cong chief

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New Delhi: Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar Saturday exuded confidence that his party would win over 140 seats in the May 10 assembly polls and asserted that he would abide by whatever the party decides on the issue of chief ministership.
In an interview with PTI, Shivakumar said the Congress will get a comfortable majority in Karnataka and the win would open the doors for the Lok Sabha elections as the party’s victory in the state in 1978 had done.
The Karnataka Congress chief lashed out at the BJP for raising issues such as the Uniform Civil Code and National Register of Citizens in its manifesto for the assembly polls, saying it shows their “bankruptcy” of ideas and vision for the state.

He also claimed that since the BJP has no agenda and vision for Karnataka, the “Modi factor” will not work in the assembly polls this time.
Shivakumar, who is a leading aspirant for the chief minister’s post along with former CM Siddarammaiah in case the Congress comes to power, said all stories of infighting in the party are created by media and there is no truth in them.
“The fact is that the Congress leadership is united and the party workers are very active in spreading our message both on the ground and in social media. We are putting a combined effort to ensure that the Congress comes back to power with a clear majority,” he asserted.
On him being a strong contender for the post of chief minister, Shivakumar said his first priority was to ensure that the party wins a majority in Karnataka.
“For the last three years, the Congress party has been working on the ground starting from the Vaccinate Karnataka Campaign, to the 100 Not Out Campaign followed by Mekedatu Campaign to Freedom March and registering 78 lakh members of the Congress party. Then we made the Bharat Jodo Yatra a grand success in Karnataka,” he said.

Congress leaders and workers have not taken rest for a single day in the last three years, he said, adding that whatever is being seen now is the faith of people that the party’s hard work has won.
“For me, the party comes first and the chief ministership comes later. On the CM issue, I will abide by whatever the party decides,” Shivakumar said.
Asked about the controversy surrounding the Congress manifesto talking about taking decisive action as per law, including imposing a ban on organizations such as PFI and Bajrang Dal, Shivakumar alleged that the BJP was trying to divide the society.
“The BJP government could not provide jobs to our youth. They failed to provide any relief to the common man when it came to inflation and price rise. Now they are trying to divide the society by inflammatory speeches,” he alleged.
This will not work in Karnataka and people will sweep them aside, he claimed.
Asked about Karnataka being the gateway to the south for the BJP, Shivakumar said the people of Karnataka have “closed the gate on the BJP’s face because of non-performance, corruption and large-scale unemployment in the state”.
People are supporting Congress in a big way and the party is coming back to power, he claimed.
Asked about the BJP in its election manifesto promising to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Karnataka if it retains power in the state, Shivakumar said this is precisely the problem of the BJP.
They do not understand Karnataka and its people, the Congress leader alleged.
“Karnataka Assembly elections are being fought on local issues. The BJP, which could not deliver on any front during its governance, has also failed to give a narrative in these elections. This shows their bankruptcy of ideas and vision for the state,” he said.
Asked about Prime Minister Modi raising the issue of abuses hurled at him, the Congress leader said the people of Karnataka are very civilized and they do not believe in using and even responding to crude language.
The Congress party too does not believe in using abusive language. It is the BJP that has mastered the art of twisting the statements and manipulating the people, he alleged.
On whether the Modi factor will work this time, Shivakumar said the Congress is fighting these elections on a progressive and development-based agenda.
“We will provide Rs 2,000 per month to every woman head of the family, 200 units of free power to every household apart from free bus travel for women in KSRTC/BMTC buses and a monthly allowance of Rs 3,000 to unemployed graduates.
“As I said, the BJP has no agenda and vision for the state and people can very well see this. So the Modi factor will not work this time in these assembly polls,” he said.
Expressing confidence that the Congress would cross the 140-seat mark, Shivakumar said, “We will win 141 seats and form government with a comfortable majority. The BJP will be reduced to less than 60 (seats).”
On the message that would be sent out through the Karnataka polls for the 2024 general election, he said Karnataka was just the beginning.
“We are comfortably winning Karnataka elections and it will open the doors for the Lok Sabha elections. Karnataka people will give a message to the country. Earlier also at the time of Devraj Urs (former chief minister), when the Janata Party was in power at the national level in 1978, Karnataka had opened the door for Congress. Now again, Karnataka will play its role,” Shivakumar said.
“We will form government in Karnataka in 2023 and in the country in 2024,” he said.
Voting for the 224 assembly seats in the state will take place on May 10 and the results will be out on May 13.
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May 6, 2023
Bihar govt directs all DMs to implement Patna HC decision on caste-based survey

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Patna: In wake of Patna High Court’s interim stay on the caste-based survey on Thursday, the Bihar government has asked District Magistrates of all 38 districts to stop the exercise with immediate effect.
The letter, issued by the office of Deputy Secretary, General Administration Department, Rajnish Kumar, directed the District Magistrates to follow the decision of the high court and direct officials and employees to take necessary steps and not release any data to anyone.
As per the order, the division bench of Chief Justice Vinod Chandran and Justice Madhuresh Kumar said: “We are of the considered opinion that the petitioners have made out a prima facie case against the continuation process of the proposed caste-based survey as attempted by the state of Bihar. There is a question raised on data integrity and security which has to be more elaborately addressed by the state.”

“We also have the opinion that the state has no power to carry out caste-based surveys in a manner it is fashioned now. It would amount to a census thus impinging upon the legislative power of the Parliament,” the HC said.
“We also see the notification that the government intends to share data with the leaders of different political parties of the state assembly. The bigger question arises here is the right of privacy which the Supreme Court has held to be a facet of right to life.
“In such circumstances, we have directed the state government to immediately stop the caste-based survey and ensure that the data already collected are secured and not shared with anybody till final orders on this writ petition,” the bench said.
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May 4, 2023
‘Final decision in 1-2 days’: Sharad Pawar keeps suspense alive on retirement move

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Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar – who decided to step down from his post on May 2 – on Thursday said that he will take his final decision in “one or two” days.
Coming down specially to meet the protesting NCP activists outside the Y.B. Chavan Memorial Auditorium, he said that he has the highest regards for the sentiments of his party workers.
“I respect your emotions… I should have discussed my plans with all of you. But I knew you wouldn’t have permitted me to take the decision,” said Pawar in a soft tone.

“Tomorrow (Friday) is the meeting of the committee and they will discuss the matter. I will take the final decision after consulting all and inform youa After two days, you will have no reason to continue this agitation,” he added.
Earlier, his daughter and MP Supriya Sule again met the workers and with folded hands, urged them to call off their agitation and hunger strike for the past 48 hours, which they undertook rejecting calls by the party’s senior brass.
State Party President Jayant Patil, who has categorically ruled himself out as the contender for the NCP top post, appealed to the protestors to withdraw their protests and wait for the panel meeting’s outcome on Friday.
Party activists and workers, along with their leaders have continued their agitation in different parts of the state demanding that Pawar should take back his decision to retire as party chief after 24 years.
Almost the entire party has unanimously stood solid on this demand, though Ajit Pawar has adopted a differing stance, saying that Pawar Sr. has taken the decision on his own and keeping in view his age and health all must respect it.

The NCP and state political circles are rife with speculation – in the event of Pawar not relenting on his step – who will be elected as the new party national President.
Some of the obvious names are Supriya Sule, plus Jayant Patil, Ajit Pawar, Praful Patel (who have already opted out of the race), ahead of the discussions by a mini-bus committee named by Pawar to choose his success.
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May 4, 2023
Risky political vacuum by Aug 2019 decision cannot be filled airdropped leaders: Farooq

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Srinagar, Apr 29 (GNS): National Conference President & MP from Srinagar Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Saturday cautioned people against the forces working to weaken J&K from within.
This he said while addressing party functionaries here at the party headquarters Nawa-e-Subha, Srinagar.
Cautioning the functionaries against the forces working against the interests of the people of J&K, Dr Farooq said, “It’s for us to understand what the division of our voices would entail or what its results would be. Any misstep at this juncture would have far reaching consequences. They don’t want the real representative voices of J & K to take center stage and be heard. Having real and representative voices in place makes their pursuit of reckless experimentation in the region more difficult.”
Calling for stepping up the party’s outreach to people, he said, “Our workers should knock every door and inform people about the challenges ahead of the region. Party’s vision & mission has to reach every home. Today, we see mushrooming of political parties and leaders in every nook and corner of Kashmir. The risky political vacuum created by the decisions of August 2019 cannot be filled by such airdropped leaders. It is only a representative government that will meet the challenge of instilling faith in the hearts of people.”
Among others General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar, Addl General Secretary Dr. Sheikh Mustafa Kamal, Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani, Chief Spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq, State Women’s wing President Shameema Firdous, Zone Presidents Ali Muhammad Dar, Javed Ahmed Dar, Provincial Secretary Showkat Ahmed Mir, YNC Provincial President Salman Ali Sagar, Provincial women’s wing President Er. Sabiya Qadri, District President Srinagar Peer Afaq, In Charge Constituency Shopian Sheikh Muhammad Rafi, GM Mir Saqi were also present on the occasion. (GNS)
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April 29, 2023
No decision on Muslim quota till hearing on in SC, says Bommai

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Dharwad: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said his government has informed the Supreme Court that it will not take any decision regarding the reservation for Muslims till the matter is before the court.
In his reaction to the media over the quota for the Muslims, he said the case is posted for hearing on May 9 and no stay order has been issued by the court.
Bommai also said that the Congress leaders’ stand that the government gave away the quota meant for Muslims to others was not correct.

“There are 17 sub-sects among the Muslims and all of them are in the Backward classes. Here also they get reservations about economic backwardness. They are entitled to the quota as per the decision of the government. So, there is no question of doing injustice to the Muslims as the yardsticks are not changed,” he said.
Bommai also said that there will be no doubt that Karnataka will completely become BJP after the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
He also said that he has challenged Leader of Opposition in Assembly Siddaramaiah to prove the charges levelled against him. “I know about the people who are making the charges against me unnecessarily. A lot of complaints are against Siddaramaiah and he has been caught telling lies. All the cases against him are referred to the Lokayukta.”
He quipped that “Congress means corruption and corruption means Congress”.

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April 25, 2023
‘Like a dam breaking’: experts hail decision to let US climate lawsuits advance

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The decision, climate experts and advocates said, felt “like a dam breaking” after years of legal delays to the growing wave of climate lawsuits facing major oil companies.
Without weighing in on the merits of the cases, the supreme court on Monday rebuffed an appeal by major oil companies that want to face the litigation in federal courts, rather than in state courts, which are seen as more favorable to plaintiffs.
ExxonMobil Corp, Suncor Energy Inc and Chevron Corp had asked for the change of venue in lawsuits by the state of Rhode Island and municipalities in Colorado, Maryland, California and Hawaii.
Six years have passed since the first climate cases were filed in the US, and courts have not yet heard the merits of the cases as fossil fuel companies have succeeded in delaying them. In March, the Biden administration had argued that the cases belonged in state court, marking a reversal of the position taken by the Trump administration when the supreme court last considered the issue.
The Rhode Island attorney general, Peter Neronha, said his state was now finally preparing for trial after “nearly half a decade of delay tactics” by the industry. A joint statement from the California cities of Santa Cruz, San Mateo and Richmond and Marin county said the oil companies knew the dangers of fossil fuels but “deceived and failed to warn consumers about it even as they carried on pocketing trillions of dollars in profits”.
The cases have been compared to tobacco lawsuits in the 1990s that resulted in a settlement of more than $200bn and changed how cigarettes are advertised and sold in the US.
“It was a really amazing feeling to see that the supreme court was ruling in a very logical way by continuing with the unanimous decisions that have been made in the previous courts to not [grant petitions for review] and to allow these cases to move forward,” said Delta Merner, lead scientist at the Science Hub for Climate Litigation.
“It removes this dam that industry has been building to prevent these cases from being heard on their merits,” she said. “We can finally have the real conversations about what the industry knew and what their actions were despite that knowledge.”

She hopes communities will have the chance to speak in court about the climate emergencies they are experiencing as a result of the industry’s actions.
As jurisdictional battles have dragged on, climate emergencies have added up.
The Suncor oil refinery in Commerce City, Colorado. Photograph: Ted Wood/The Guardian
The Colorado case was filed in 2018. In 2021, the state saw the Marshall fire, the most destructive wildfire in its history, which killed two people, destroyed nearly 1,000 homes and businesses, contaminated drinking water and amounted to billions in damages.
“There’s real impacts that are happening now, and that’s why it’s so important for these cases to have the opportunity to be heard, and have a chance for justice,” Merner said.
The cases allege fossil fuel companies exacerbated climate change by concealing and misrepresenting the dangers associated with burning fossil fuels. The lawsuits say the companies created a public and private nuisance and violated state consumer protection laws by producing and selling fossil fuels despite knowing the products would cause devastating climate emergencies, including melting ice caps, dramatic sea level rise, and extreme precipitation and drought. Local governments are seeking damages for the billions of dollars they have paid for climate mitigation and adaptation.
The oil companies have denied the allegations.
Financial accountability
“We were all pretty excited. It feels like justice might be possible,” Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity, said after reading the decision on Monday.
“There’s clearly trillions of dollars of damages in the US alone from climate change that has to be dealt with.”
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The plaintiffs aren’t suing the companies to put them out of business, but the cases could ultimately affect the industry’s bottom line.
If the lawsuits are successful, they could limit the fossil fuel industry’s ability to greenwash and lie to consumers, Merner said. Rulings against the companies could also reinforce banking industry concerns that fossil fuels are a risky investment.
In state court, fossil fuel companies will attempt to have the cases dismissed.
The Chevron attorney Theodore Boutrous said in a statement he was confident the cases would be dismissed, arguing that climate change requires a coordinated federal response, “not a disjointed patchwork” of actions from numerous state courts. “These wasteful lawsuits in state courts will do nothing to advance global climate solutions, nothing to reduce emissions and nothing to address climate-related impacts,” he said.
“I don’t think there’s any reason for that confidence yet,” said Korey Silverman-Roati, climate law fellow at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, in response to Boutrous.
There’s a growing number of lawsuits. And I imagine after today, that will continue
Delta Merner of the Science Hub for Climate Litigation
It’s unclear what will happen in state courts, but Silverman-Roati pointed to the Hawaii case, in which a state court denied the industry’s motion to dismiss.
If plaintiffs clear motions to dismiss, the cases move to discovery. The plaintiffs will use the process to try to gather more evidence of what the companies knew and when they knew it. Internal company documents will probably become public when the trials get under way.
Recent studies have shown that Exxon accurately predicted that its products would cause climate change.
Attribution science will play a key role in connecting local climate disasters to the industry’s responsibility. “Studies can explain how much hotter a heatwave is, or how much greater the intensity of a downpour is during a hurricane event due to climate change. And they can look to see where those emissions came from, and what percentage of those emissions tie into those direct climate impacts,” Merner said.
With each decision in favor of plaintiffs, the cases are snowballing and more local governments are filing new cases. “There’s a growing number of lawsuits. And I imagine after today, that will continue,” Merner said.
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April 25, 2023
8th Pay Commission: Government’s big decision! Now Pensioners and employees will get benefit – Kashmir News

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8th Pay Commission Latest News: There is great news for central employees. If you also do a job, then a big update is coming out on the 8th Pay Commission from the government .
Recently, the government has increased the dearness allowance of the central government employees, after which the salary of the employees has increased significantly. Now in the month of July, the government will once again increase the DA. According to media reports, the government may soon constitute a new pay commission and in this the salary of the employees will increase by more than 44 percent.
The recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission for central employees are applicable across the country and the employees are also getting its benefits. However, the employees complain that they are getting less salary than what was recommended for them. Employees unions say that they are preparing a memorandum in this regard, which will soon be submitted to the government. According to the recommendations in this memorandum, there will be a demand to increase the salary or bring 8th Pay Commission.
Pensioners and employees will get benefit
Lakhs of central employees of the country are demanding to bring the 8th Pay Commission. At this time, once again the discussion regarding the 8th Pay Commission has become very intense across the country. This will benefit lakhs of employees and pensioners of the country.
Bhagwat Karad had mentioned in the Parliament
Union Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad had discussed about the Eighth Pay Commission in the Parliament. The news is coming that after the Lok Sabha elections, the 8th Pay Commission will be discussed and it will be implemented. At the same time, the calculation will be done on the basis of the previous pay commission.
New Pay Commission may be constituted in 2024 It is believed that the government may constitute a new Pay Commission at the end of the year 2024 and it can be implemented in the year 2026. If this happens, there will be the biggest increase in the salary of central employees. There can be huge changes in this as compared to the 7th Pay Commission. Let us tell you that after about 10 years, a change is made in the Pay Commission.
Minimum salary can be up to 26 thousand rupees
According to the affiliate website Zee Business, central employees’ organizations say that at present the minimum wage limit has been kept at Rs 18 thousand. In this, a lot of prominence has been given to the fitment factor in the increment. At present, this factor is 2.57 times, although in the 7th Pay Commission it has been recommended to keep it up to 3.68 times. If this happens, then the minimum wage of the employees will increase from Rs 18 thousand to Rs 26 thousand.
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April 21, 2023
‘I’m not a paid assassin’: Inside Chris Christie’s 2024 decision

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Nothing that’s transpired since has undermined that assessment. Watching from the sidelines, Christie has been exasperated as Trump’s top-tier challengers skirt direct confrontation. Former Vice President Mike Pence and ex-U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley have simply refused to speak Trump’s name, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has offered only tepid pushback to his incessant attacks.
Christie, on the other hand, loves nothing more than throwing a political punch. Trump, he told Playbook, “can’t be a credible figure on the world stage; he can’t be a credible figure interacting with Congress; he will get nothing done.” He’s recently extended his attacks to DeSantis, dismissing him as not ready for prime time.
It became perfectly clear over the course of a nearly hour-long interview that Christie is itching to launch a campaign — not only is he gleefully throwing haymakers to reporters, he’s already hosted one New Hampshire town hall this year and will host another Thursday. But as he mulls whether to make it official in the coming weeks, he says his decision comes down to: Can I actually win?
It’s an odd question to dwell on, first, because there’s an obvious answer: His 2016 campaign made more stops in the Granite State than any other campaign, and he still managed only sixth place in the first-in-the-nation primary, ending his bid. This time around, with an even more MAGA-fied electorate, no national poll of Republican voters has found him with more than 3 percent support.
Second, there’s a clear rationale for Christie 2024 that has nothing to do with him actually winning the nomination: Some Republicans are openly rooting to have Christie on GOP debate stages later this year simply to bludgeon Trump — that is, do the dirty work that DeSantis, Pence, Haley and others haven’t so far been willing to do.
But Christie insists he’s not interested in that.
“I’m not a paid assassin,” he said, adding, “When you’re waking up for your 45th morning at the Hilton Garden Inn in Manchester, you better think you can win, because that walk from the bed to the shower, if you don’t think you can win, it’s hard.”
Still, he’s thinking about it — and, yes, the current field’s lack of testicular fortitude is on his mind.

Trump’s vulnerability “needs to be called out and it needs to be called out by somebody who knows him,” he said. “Nobody knows Donald Trump better than I do.”
Three prerequisites
While sipping tea at the Hay-Adams on Monday, Christie laid out his three prerequisites for running. First, have something to say. Second, have your life in good enough shape to handle months on the road away from your family and hundreds of phone calls begging for money.
Christie said he has no reservations on either count. Now an ABC News commentator, he’s as practiced as ever in getting his points across, and his March town hall in Manchester showed at least a baseline level of public interest in his message.
On a personal level, Christie thinks he’s in a better position to run this time around than eight years ago. His kids — some of whom were in middle and high school when he last ran — are now grown, meaning his wife of 37 years, Mary Pat, can travel with him instead of staying back home with the kids.
Mary Pat, he said, is encouraging him to run and is actually looking forward to a campaign. She joined Christie in D.C. this week for meetings, traveled with him Wednesday to a Lincoln Day dinner in Fort Wayne, Ind., and will be in New Hampshire with him tonight.
It’s the third prerequisite — have a path to victory — where Christie hasn’t quite convinced himself.
He’s been calling donors to see if they’d finance him, asking old allies if they’d back him and political strategists if they’d advise him. Earlier this week, he gathered 40 members of his political alumni network in Washington to discuss a potential campaign.
Christie admits the response he’s gotten has been mixed. About 40 percent are “skeptical,” he said, saying things like, “Come on, Chris, really?” The other 60 percent, he said, see a path: “The fact that it’s a mix is encouraging.”
In any case, he suggested he might be ready to go by faith, if not by sight.
“I had someone ask me yesterday on one of these phone calls, ‘Well, explain to me the exact path that gets you there.’ And I’m like, ‘I can’t,’” Christie said. “And anybody who says they can is completely full of it, you know? Explain the Donald Trump path in 2016. Who had that one predicted? Not even Trump.”
A different kind of campaign
Christie said he’ll make a final decision by mid-May, and if it’s a go, he knows exactly how he’ll do it.
First off: No more obsessing over “lanes.” Christie said it was a “strategic mistake” in 2016 for GOP candidates to focus on beating competitors with similar ideological views rather than stopping Trump from running away with the nomination. And he sees a similar dynamic happening now, with lower-tier candidates going after each other instead of the flawed front-runner.
Christie said he’s also ready to defy the conventional wisdom in Republican politics that, to beat Trump, GOP candidates have to market themselves a Trump without the drama — which means not criticizing him directly.
“I don’t believe that Republican voters penalize people who criticize Trump,” he said, adding: “If you think you’re a better person to be president than Donald Trump, then you better make that case.”
Christie said Trump offers a “bountiful buffet” of vulnerabilities that candidates can and should exploit. Republicans, for example, should be reminding voters of Trump’s “disqualifying” call in December for the “termination” of the Constitution over his false claim that the 2020 election was stolen.
They should also be skewering Trump’s character, he said, particularly over the allegations at the center of his recent criminal indictment in Manhattan: A scheme to buy the silence of a porn star who claimed to have had an affair with Trump.
DeSantis, of course, tried that recently by responding to questions about Trump’s potential arrest with a sly quip: “I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of affair.” But DeSantis later backtracked, publicly defending Trump after the indictment came down.
Christie said DeSantis’ gibe was “way too subtle” to sink in with voters: “Oh, so that’s supposed to prove to me that you’re tough enough to take on Donald Trump? This is a guy who said Ted Cruz’s wife was ugly. Like, you think he cares that you made a little sideswipe at him?”
And DeSantis’ post-indictment 180 — which followed a similar reversal on controversial comments minimizing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a “territorial dispute” — further illustrated why the Florida governor is in over his head, Christie said. “The minute he gets criticized about something, he winds up saying the exact opposite.”
Christie, meanwhile, says he’s fully prepared — after prosecuting dozens of corrupt local officials as a U.S. attorney, battling public employee unions and fending off multiple investigations as governor, mounting a pugnacious presidential campaign and enduring a famously complicated relationship with the Trump family — for the rough and tumble should he get in the race.
Asked about Trump taunting him over his low poll numbers at an RNC donor retreat in Nashville this weekend, he chuckled: “Being taunted by Donald Trump, it bothers some people. To me, it’s a compliment.”
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April 20, 2023
Won’t implement decision to scrap 4% Muslim quota till next week: Karnataka govt to SC

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New Delhi: The Karnataka government on Tuesday assured the Supreme Court that for a week further, it would not implement its decision to scrap the 4 per cent Muslim quota in the OBC category in jobs and education.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Karnataka government, contended before a bench of Justices K M Joseph and B V Nagarathna that the state government would require more time to file its affidavit in the matter. Last week, the state government had sought time till Monday to file its response. After hearing Mehta’s submissions, the top court deferred the hearing till April 25.
The state government, on April 13, had assured that it will not go ahead with any admission to educational institutions or make appointments on jobs in terms of its March 27 order.

The apex court had made some strong observations against the manner in which the state government scrapped the 4 per cent OBC quota for Muslims and placed them under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category, saying the foundation of the decision-making process is “highly shaky and flawed”.
The top court had told the Solicitor General, representing the Karnataka government: “Prima facie, we are telling you, the first thing is that the order which you have passed… appears to suggest that foundation of decision making process is highly shaky and flawed… it is on an interim report, the state could have waited for a final report that is one aspect. What is the great urgency?”
Mehta submitted that the court should allow the state government to file its reply in the matter and the admissions will begin in May and nothing is going to happen if matter is heard next week either on Monday or Tuesday.
“Please allow me to file a reply, these are original proceedings. There was no empirical data as a religion….. they (Muslims) were included on the basis of religion. It is not something extraordinary. Can’t it wait till April 17?”
Senior advocates Kapil Sibal, Dushyant Dave, Prof Ravivarma Kumar and Gopal Sankaranarayanan appeared for petitioners L. Ghulam Rasool and others. Dave argued that staying the government order would mean Muslims continue to get the benefit of the reservation of four per cent and “if not, they will lose out in education and employment… Why should we lose out at all ? this notification is per se illegal and unconstitutional.”

Sibal said since the early 1990s, they were backward and now they put them in the general category and after 23 years, Muslims are in general category without a study. This is a direct violation of Article 14, and also the entire notification is violative of Article 14 and it is taking away reservation, he said.
“It is like I am poor, so I will be in the general category”, he added.
Dave reiterated there is no study to support scrapping of Muslim quota.
After hearing detailed arguments, the bench said the decision was prima facie based on fallacious assumption and was vitiated as it is based on an interim report of a commission. The petitioners moved the apex court challenging the Karnataka government decision to scrap the Muslim quota.
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April 18, 2023
Senators praise Feinstein’s decision to step down from Judiciary Committee

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“Dianne will get better. She will come back to work. And she’s already told Senator Schumer … that he can replace her on the judiciary committee if it’s urgent for these hearings for judges,” Gillibrand said, referencing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“She’s a team player, and she’s an extraordinary member of the Senate,” Gillibrand said. “It’s her right. She’s been voted by her state to be senator for six years. She has the right, in my opinion, to decide when she steps down.”
Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) also praised Feinstein’s decision to step down from the committee and supported her decision to remain in the Senate.
“I wish her well. I hope she returns to the Senate very soon,” Baldwin said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
And Feinstein’s colleagues should “take her at her word,” that she intends to return to the office, Klobuchar said.
“I think she made the right decision to step off the Judiciary Committee. I serve on that committee, and we cannot advance judges or legislation with a missing person because of the close vote,” Klobuchar said on ABC’s “This Week.”
But if her absence continues for an extended length, “then she’s going to have to make a decision with her family and her friends about what her future holds,” Klobuchar said. “Because this isn’t just about California, it’s also about the nation. And we just can’t — with this one vote margin — and expect every other person to be there every single time.”
Democrats will need Feinstein’s vote, Klobuchar said, especially as Congress readies itself for a debt-ceiling standoff.

Feinstein, who was first elected in 1992, has already said she will not seek another term in 2024.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) called for Feinstein to step down last week, as Senate Democrats face an ongoing struggle to confirm President Joe Biden’s judicial picks without her vote.
Khanna doubled down on his call for Feinstein to step down immediately during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
“Only in Washington would you get criticized for saying something so obvious,” he said to host Shannon Bream. “I have a lot of respect for Senator Feinstein, but she’s missed 75 percent of votes at this year. She has not been showing up and she has no intention. We don’t know if she’s even going to show up. She has no return date.”
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

April 16, 2023