There were not enough police personnel to prevent attacks on him or his workers at 2 campaign events, says energy, transport & labour minister Anil Vij.
Ministers & MLAs, both from the ruling party & Opposition, have been reprimanding govt officials & issuing warnings at meetings, with many such interactions being circulated on social media.
Saini and 13 ministers were sworn in Thursday. Cabinet reflects several social groups and regions of Haryana, but representations of Punjabi, Jat, North Haryana, and farmers lessen.
Agnipath scheme was major poll issue in Haryana, Rajasthan, UP. ‘People want rollback of scheme, not reservation in jobs,’ says Congress's Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
Speaker Gian Chand Gupta shoots a letter to Nayab Saini, requesting him not to implement S+4 policy, & says he will meet central BJP leaders to apprise them of the ‘anti-people’ move.
Haryana govt says move will benefit public, while residents feel it will lead to haphazard development of 4-storey apartments in residential sectors already seeing power & water scarcity.
Three Independents withdrew their support to the Saini-led BJP govt in Haryana last month, bringing its strength down to 43 in a House with an effective strength of 87.
The state and Punjab & Haryana HC had locked horns over supersession of 13 civil judges to post of district judges, after which Haryana approached ministry of law & justice for its opinion.
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal has issued SOPs to all administrative secretaries of state govt for preparing replies to be given by their respective ministers in assembly.
After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.
WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'
Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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