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Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Shiv Sena and Trinamool Congress (TMC) members demanded in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that the Centre release the GST dues to the states. As soon as the Question Hour commenced, the TRS members stood up with posters asking for the release of the dues related to the Goods and Services Tax (GST). They also raised slogans.They were joined by the members of the TMC and the Sena, an erstwhile ally of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for close to an hour after an uproar by opposition parties over the delay in the release of the GST payments to the states.Close Some state governments have raised concerns regarding compensation on the GST. The states had pegged the pending dues at around Rs 50,000 crore. In this regard, representatives from various states held a meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman earlier this month. related news Govt proposes to send Personal Data Protection Bill to joint … [Read more...] about TRS, Shiv Sena, TMC protest in Lok Sabha over GST dues

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on December 11 said the dynamics in the Rajya Sabha were different from that of the Lok Sabha and asserted that the government will have to answer their queries on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, before they can expect support from the Maharashtra-based party.The bill is scheduled to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha on December 11. The Sena, which supported the bill in the Lok Sabha, did a u-turn on December 10 when its chief Uddhav Thackeray indicated that its support was conditional in the Upper House of Parliament.Also read | Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha on Dec 11: Protests rock Northeast; BJP confident of passageClose Are you happy with your current monthly income? Do you know you can double it without working extra hours or asking for a raise? Rahul Shah, one of the India's leading expert on wealth building, has created a strategy which makes it possible... in just a short few years. You can know his secrets in his FREE … [Read more...] about Govt will have to answer our queries on CAB before it can expect support in Rajya Sabha: Shiv Sena

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde, on December 10, remained absent from the party's state unit core committee meeting in Mumbai.She has claimed that she needs time to oversee preparations for her public address in Gopinathgad in Beed on December 12.Munde, who has been holding a public rally every year on the birth anniversary of her father and former union minister, late Gopinath Munde, was absent from BJP’s division-level meetings as well.Close She did not attend the party's regional-level meeting held in Aurangabad on December 9 either, though state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil said she was "unwell" and hence could not take part in the meet. related news Govt will have to answer our queries on CAB before it can expect support in Rajya Sabha: Shiv Sena Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha today: Opposition speaking Pakistan's language, says PM Modi No comment on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, but govts must … [Read more...] about Pankaja Munde skips Maharashtra BJP’s meeting; Khadse meets Uddhav Thackeray, triggers speculation over next move

Virgin Group founder Richard Branson will meet Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on December 12 in an attempt to 'clear any misunderstanding if any' over the ambitious hyperloop project that aims to connect Mumbai with Pune.Soon after the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition of Shiv Sena, the NCP and Congress (I) formed the government in Maharashtra, in late November, there were talks of the new CM scrapping the Rs 60,500-crore project."I'm meeting the CM tomorrow. There has been a change in administration, and it is important to have a courtesy call when you have a big project," Branson told mediapersons in Mumbai.Close The billionaire entrepreneur's Virgin Hyperloop One had bagged the project, which promises to reduce travel time between Mumbai-Pune to less than 35 mins, from over three hours now. Experts akin the high speed transportation system to a bullet train. related news Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha: Amit Shah says Indian Muslims 'were, are and … [Read more...] about Hyperloop project: Virgin founder Richard Branson to meet CM Uddhav Thackeray

Shiv Sena's decision to vote for the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 in Lok Sabha on December 10 has not gone down well with its alliance partners – Congress and NCP – in Maharashtra, sources told Moneycontrol.The Bill, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan who came to India till December 31, 2014 and have been residing in the country for at least six years, was passed with 311 to 80 votes after a seven-hour-long debate in the Lower House."Apart from violating the tenets of our Constitution, it also violates what the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) stands for. Congress and NCP leaders felt that the Sena should have taken that into consideration while voting on the Bill," a source said, adding that the Congress' top leadership was unhappy about Sena's decision.Close Congress leader and party MP Rahul Gandhi on December 9 tweeted that the proposed legislation is "an attack on the Constitution" and … [Read more...] about Maharashtra: Discontent in Maha Vikas Aghadi over Citizenship (Amendment) Bill