Consequences of RaGa’s arrogance: Sarma

Guwahati (Agencies): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is facing the consequences of being arrogant instead of apologising for the remarks on Modi surname in Karnataka in 2019, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.

New Delhi: Union

Finance Minister

Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday chaired a meeting to review the performance of government-owned banks. Various financial, efficiency and health parameters in the banking sector were reviewed.

This meet comes amid volatility in the US banking system due to the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and some other banks. For the record, prominent global lender in the world of technology startups, the Silicon Valley Bank collapsed on March 10 after a run on the bank, forcing the US govt to step in.

Regulators shut down the tech lender and put it under the control of the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Currently, the FDIC is acting as a receiver, which typically means it will liquidate the bank’s assets to pay back its customers, including depositors and creditors.

“Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman chairs the meeting to review performance of Public Sector Banks #PSBs on various financial, efficiency and health parameters,” Ministry of Finance tweeted.

Interacting with media, he said, “If only Rahul Gandhi had tendered an apology, the matter would have been closed there and then. Not only did he refuse to comment but not even once in the past five years did he say that the comment was ‘unintentional’. This proves that his intent was to target that community.”

He said that BJP did not need any apology but he should apologise to the OBC community.

“Rahul Gandhi could have issued an apology to the OBC community. But he has not done that and behaved arrogantly. Hence the court has to draw a balance between his arrogance and pride of the OBC community,” Sarma commented.

He said the Congress leader was not disqualified by the Centre but convicted by a court of law for insulting the OBC community. He said, “Rahul used unparliamentary and defamatory words against OBC community. Now, the court has held him guilty, and as a consequence of the pronouncement of the judgment, he has been subsequently disqualified as MP.”

Battleground Bihar

RaGa TORE ORDINANCE THAT COULD HAVE SAVED HIM: ANNAMALAI

Chennai: Rahul Gandhi had on September 28, 2013 torn an ordinance that shielded the MLAs and MPs from instant disqualification, Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai said on Saturday. He said Rahul had on September 28, 2013 torn an ordinance that gave three months time for MLAs and MPs from disqualification.

RAHUL’S QUESTIONS WILL NOW RESONATE ACROSS INDIA: PRIYANKA

New Delhi: Criticising the Narendra Modi government, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi said that the voice of the people cannot be suppressed and the questions raised by Rahul Gandhi will now resonate across the country. Taking to Twitter on Saturday, Priyanka posted a video of the Parliament proceedings and wrote: “Rahul Gandhi is being attacked because of these questions. When the public servant elected by the people raised questions on their behalf, the Adani-servant conspired to suppress his voice.” She added that the Modi government would have to be answerable to the people. Priyanka had attacked the Modi govt in a series of tweets on Friday too.

INSULTING OUR INTELLIGENCE WITH ‘ABSURD ALLEGATION’: KAPIL SIBAL

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday took a swipe at 2 BJP ministers for accusing Rahul Gandhi of insulting OBCs with his “Modi surname” remark in 2019, saying they were “insulting” people’s intelligence by making such an “absurd allega tion”. Gandhi was on Friday disquali fied from Lok Sabha, 24 hours after a Surat court convicted him in a defamation case.

ALL ARE EQUAL BEFORE LAW: BOMMAI ON RAHUL GANDHI’S DISQUALIFICATION

Bengaluru (Agencies): A day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from Parliament, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai on Saturday said all are equal before law. Bommai said: “Law is common for everyone. There is no separate law for Rahul Gandhi. A legal system exists in the country and everything goes as per law.” “The Congress leader had a feeling that he can talk about anything, and he had the opportunity to correct himself but he failed to do so,” Bommai added. The Chief Minister said Rahul not only spoke against an individual but also a community and this has hurt the people. A case was filed in the court which gave its verdict. On party’s probable candidates for the Karnataka polls, the Chief Minister said: “Wait and watch for list of candidates.