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The Hindu
21-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
K. Laxman speaks at Fiji Parliament summit
Rajya Sabha MP and BJP's national OBC president K. Laxman spoke on India's proactive model of financial oversight — via study visits, field inspections and scrutiny beyond audit paras during his speech in the Asia Pacific Regional Workshop being organised jointly by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association of UK and the Parliament of Fiji, in Nadi of Fiji Islands on Wednesday. Delivering a talk on Public Accounts Committee (PAC) 'Assessing Effectiveness, Measuring Impact and Enhancing Performance', he explained about the banking reforms, welfare schemes and regulatory review frameworks. Mr. Laxman, who has been nominated by the Indian government along with Congress MP and PAC chairman K.C. Venugopal, for the meeting said that 81% of PAC recommendations were accepted in the financial year of 2023-24 reflecting robust parliamentary impact. The MP also detailed about the country's adoption of digital tools for enhanced transparency, accountability and citizen engagement, said a press release.
The Hindu
15-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Laxman, K.C. Venugopal for Fiji Islands
Rajya Sabha and BJP national OBC Morcha president K. Laxman along with PAC chairman and Congress MP K.C. Venugopal will be representing the country in the Asia Pacific Regional Workshop being jointly organised by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association of UK and the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji in Nadi, Fiji Islands from May 19 to 21. Invited MPs will deliberate on the functioning and efficacy of the public accounts committees in the respective democracies. Mr. Laxman will also be delivering a talk on – 'Assessing PAC effectiveness, measuring impact, and enhancing performance', said a press release.
The Hindu
30-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
BJP leaders welcome ‘historic' decision on caste census
Telangana BJP leaders have hailed the Modi government's 'historic decision' to include caste enumeration in the forthcoming national census. 'This bold and transparent move marks a significant step towards social justice, informed policymaking, and the strengthening of India's social fabric,' said Rajya Sabha MP and national OBC morcha president on Wednesday. In a press release, he said the last comprehensive caste census in India was conducted by the British government in 1931. Since then, except for data on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, no official caste enumeration has taken place at the national level. Absence of accurate data has hampered the formulation and implementation of welfare policies for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and other marginalised communities, he said. In a separate statement, Union Minister of State for Home and Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Central government for taking this 'bold and courageous step'. This decision will immensely benefit the people of the nation as a scientific and precise caste census of each caste will be accurately recorded paving the way for fair implementation of reservations without harming the interests of any community. He appealed to all political parties, caste-based organisations, intellectuals, and educationists to support this initiative rising above political interests. The BJP leaders also criticised the Congress Party for its 'hypocrisy' in neglecting caste based census when in power and for not releasing caste data collected through a private entity. Since independence, the Congress-led governments have never included caste data during population enumerations and those conducted by some State governments including Telangana lacked 'transparency'. These surveys were done for political gain, inflating the population of favourable castes and suppressing others, leading to division and unrest within communities, they charged. Other party leaders too welcomed the decision.
The Hindu
24-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Centre to take up counter-terrorism measures soon: BJP
The Centre will soon take up counter terrorism measures, which will come as a surprise to the world, just like the earlier cross-border air strikes undertaken after the previous terror strikes, said Rajya Sabha MP and National OBC Morcha president K. Laxman on Thursday. 'This is the Modi government and such terror forces will be crushed with an iron hand. There will be repercussions after the dastardly attack on innocent tourists which has been condemned across the country. Investigations are currently on and drones are being used to identify the perpetrators,' he told a press conference at the State office. He also condemned the Congress party of trying to score political points over the Pahalgam terror attack by pointing to the alleged lapses of intelligence failure or by the security forces. The Congress Working Committee (CWC) has not named Pakistan even once during its meeting as being responsible when the entire world was doing so. The BJP leader said it had once again exposed the hollowness of the party known for having a 'soft corner' towards the neighbouring country. It was a clear case of Hindus being targetted in the terror attack as each person was identified before being shot dead but the Congress leaders are reluctant to accept the same for the sake of 'vote bank politics', said Mr. Laxman. And, contrary to the Opposition parties' scare-mongering about largescale violence if Article 370 is removed in Jammu & Kashmir, the number of terror attacks has come down to 46 in recent times from a high of 219 earlier. 'We never said terrorism has been totally eradicated but only talked about drastic reduction in number of terror attacks,' he said and also questioned the 'silence' maintained by the BRS and its leaders including K.T. Rama Rao who otherwise is pretty active on the social media. In a separate press meet, party vice-president and former MLA N.V.S.S. Prabhakar has demanded that the State government launch a special drive to ferret out Pakistani and Bangladesh nationals staying illegally in the Old City even after expiry of their visa period to be deported. 'The government should give a free hand to the police in such drives to deport such illegal foreigners,' he added.
