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On August 31, 2020, amid heightened tensions with China in Eastern Ladakh, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh granted then Army Chief Gen MM Naravane โ€œcarte blancheโ€ to handle the situation. Singhโ€™s directive, โ€œJo ucchit samjho woh karo (Do whatever you deem appropriate),โ€ was in response to the Chinese PLAโ€™s movements at Rechin La pass. In his memoir, Naravane describes the weight of responsibility and the critical decision-making process he faced.

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Chhattisgarh: Petition in HC against Governor Anusuiya Uikey for stalling Reservation Bill

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Raipur: A petition has been filed in the High Court against Chhattisgarh Governor Anusuiya Uikey for stalling Reservation Bill in the state and seeking a direction to her to take a decision at the earliest.
Advocate Himang Saluja has filed a petition against Uikey calling her decision a โ€œviolation of the constitutionโ€ which is creating an โ€œuncertaintyโ€ in the state over the rule. In the petition filed in the High Court, it has been said that the governor didnโ€™t sign the bill even after the Assembly passed the Reservation Bill.
โ€œOn January 18, 2012, the state government had increased the percentage of reservations to 12 per cent for the SC category, 32 per cent for the ST category, and 14 per cent for the OBC category, which the Chhattisgarh High Court, while hearing various petitions, dismissed as unconstitutional. After this, the Chhattisgarh government increased the percentage of reservations in the state to 76 per cent on the basis of population and other grounds. A 4 per cent reservation given for economically weaker sections is also included. According to the rules, after the reservation bill was passed by the assembly, it went to the governor for signature, but the governor did not sign it,โ€ the petition said.
The petition also mentioned the governorโ€™s statement in Rajarao Pathar village wherein she said, โ€œI had only asked the state government to call a special session of the assembly to increase reservation for the tribals and the government did it for everyone.โ€

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The petition also claimed that the government completed Uikeyโ€™s conditions of answering her questions.
โ€œThrough several newspapers, information about the statements of the Governor was received that I have asked ten questions to the government on the reservation bill. If I get their answers, then I will sign the reservation bill. Now the government has given its answer as well. Still, the governor has kept the reservation bill,โ€ it added.
Petition, while accusing ikey of working as a โ€œmember of a certain partyโ€ not as a Governor of the state, said, โ€œShe is not in the role of the Governor but in the role of a member of a political party. Maybe thatโ€™s why she is not signing the bill. Whereas according to the constitution, if the assembly passes the bill, then the governor has to give assent to it within the stipulated time. The governor can return the bill to the assembly for reconsideration only once. And if the assembly sends it again to the governor with or without any kind of amendment, then he/she has to give approval within the stipulated time. But the governor is violating the constitution. Because of this, there is no information about the status of reservations in the state.โ€
The hearing of many petitions in the High Court has also come to a standstill because the percentage of reservations is not fixed in the state, it added.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by HW News staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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