After a heated debate on Operation Sindoor in the Lok Sabha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday is likely to move a resolution to extend President’s Rule in Manipur for a period of six months.
The resolution comes days after the Centre on July 17 posted 1991-batch AGMUT, or central cadre, IAS officer Puneet Kumar Goel as the chief secretary of the state.
BJP sources said the move, which is said to be part of an ongoing and significant gubernatorial and bureaucratic overhaul, was aligned with “possible legislative business related to the state of Manipur”.
Manipur has been under President’s Rule since February following ethnic Meitei-Kuki clashes that erupted in May 2023, which was followed by N Biren Singh’s resignation as Chief Minister in February.
SC may hear Justice Varma plea
The Supreme Court on Wednesday is likely to hear Justice Yashwant Varma’s plea to invalidate an in-house inquiry panel report indicting him over the discovery of a huge cache of burnt cash from his official residence during his tenure as a Delhi High Court judge.
On Monday, the apex court questioned Varma saying, “Why did you appear before the inquiry committee? Did you come to the court to have the video removed? Why did you wait for the inquiry to be completed and the report be released? Did you take a chance of a favourable order there first,” a bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and A G Masih asked senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who was representing Justice Varma.
The top court further quizzed Justice Varma over the parties he had made in his plea and said he should have filed the in-house inquiry report with his plea.
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The top court asked Sibal to come with one page bullet points and correct the memo of parties.
Justice Varma has sought quashing of the May 8 recommendation by then chief justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, urging Parliament to initiate impeachment proceedings against him.
His plea said the inquiry “reversed the burden of proof”, requiring him to investigate and disprove the charges levelled against him.
Vijay to inaugurate TVK membership drive
Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) on Tuesday said its chief Vijay will inaugurate the party’s membership enrolment drive on Wednesday and unveil an exclusive app for this purpose.
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Considering the people’s welfare, and with their support, the TVK led by Vijay is working towards regime change and in pursuance of that goal, the party had already announced “membership enrolment wing,” the party said.
As per a party resolution adopted in the executive committee meeting, in order to enroll 2 crore members, an exclusive app for membership enrolment will be launched at the party headquarters in suburban Panaiyur, it said.
Party general secretary N Anand, in a statement, hailed Vijay as the “people’s beloved chief ministerial candidate,” and said the TVK chief will introduce the app to the people and inaugurate the membership enrolment campaign.
President Murmu in West Bengal
President Droupadi Murmu will be on a three-day visit to West Bengal and Jharkhand from Wednesday, her office said. The President will grace the first convocation ceremony of AIIMS, Kalyani in West Bengal on Wednesday, it said.
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“On July 31, the President will grace the first convocation ceremony of AIIMS, Deoghar in Jharkhand,” said a statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Murmu will grace the 45th convocation ceremony of IIT (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, on August 1, it added.
(With PTI inputs)