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"Am Sensible, Senior... More Than Mr Nadda": DK Shivakumar On 4% Quota Row
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar snapped back at the BJP Monday in a face-off over his "the Constitution will be changing" remark, which was made amid another row - this time over the four per cent minority quota for public contracts.
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Minority quota row: Beni Prasad Verma to meet Election Commission
The Election Commission (EC) has accepted Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma's request to hear him. The poll panel is likely to meet with Mr Verma and his counsel on Friday. Mr Verma, who is the union minister of steel, was issued a notice by the election commission for violating the moral code of conduct during an election speech in Farrukhabad in U...
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Salman Khurshid writes to Election Commission, seeks end to stand-off
Caught in a row with the Election Commission (EC) over his controversial remarks on the minority quota, sources say, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid has written a letter to the poll panel. Mr Khurshid, in the letter has reportedly pleaded that as the law minister and as a politician, he has always strived to strengthen the law.
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Khurshid-poll panel row: Congress' different voices
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday demanded the sacking of union Law Minister Salman Khurshid for "denigrating" the Election Commission over his promise for quota for minorities in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress spoke in different voices on the issue, with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee saying the prime minister was seized of the matter.
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Salman Khurshid should apologise to Election Commission: Advani
With the Opposition gunning for Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid over his controversial remarks on the minority quota, senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), L K Advani, today kept up the pressure, saying that the minister should apologise to the Election Commission (EC).
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Salman Khurshid speaks to Prime Minister, says ready to accept any decision
Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid spoke to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday over his row with the Election Commission (EC) and clarified his stand on the issue. The law minister reportedly told Dr Singh that there is "no question of defiance and he is ready to accept whatever decision the PM takes."
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Minority quota row: Full text of Election Commission's order on Khurshid
The Election Commission (EC) today censured Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid over his remark promising an increase in the minority sub-quota if the Congress was voted to power in Uttar Pradesh, The EC dubbed Mr Khurshid's remark as a violation of the model code of conduct.
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"Am Sensible, Senior... More Than Mr Nadda": DK Shivakumar On 4% Quota Row
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar snapped back at the BJP Monday in a face-off over his "the Constitution will be changing" remark, which was made amid another row - this time over the four per cent minority quota for public contracts.
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Minority quota row: Beni Prasad Verma to meet Election Commission
The Election Commission (EC) has accepted Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma's request to hear him. The poll panel is likely to meet with Mr Verma and his counsel on Friday. Mr Verma, who is the union minister of steel, was issued a notice by the election commission for violating the moral code of conduct during an election speech in Farrukhabad in U...
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Salman Khurshid writes to Election Commission, seeks end to stand-off
Caught in a row with the Election Commission (EC) over his controversial remarks on the minority quota, sources say, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid has written a letter to the poll panel. Mr Khurshid, in the letter has reportedly pleaded that as the law minister and as a politician, he has always strived to strengthen the law.
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Khurshid-poll panel row: Congress' different voices
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday demanded the sacking of union Law Minister Salman Khurshid for "denigrating" the Election Commission over his promise for quota for minorities in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress spoke in different voices on the issue, with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee saying the prime minister was seized of the matter.
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Salman Khurshid should apologise to Election Commission: Advani
With the Opposition gunning for Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid over his controversial remarks on the minority quota, senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), L K Advani, today kept up the pressure, saying that the minister should apologise to the Election Commission (EC).
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Salman Khurshid speaks to Prime Minister, says ready to accept any decision
Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid spoke to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday over his row with the Election Commission (EC) and clarified his stand on the issue. The law minister reportedly told Dr Singh that there is "no question of defiance and he is ready to accept whatever decision the PM takes."
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Minority quota row: Full text of Election Commission's order on Khurshid
The Election Commission (EC) today censured Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid over his remark promising an increase in the minority sub-quota if the Congress was voted to power in Uttar Pradesh, The EC dubbed Mr Khurshid's remark as a violation of the model code of conduct.
