Today in Politics: J&K High Court to hear plea challenging L-G’s power to nominate MLAs | Political Pulse News

Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan had last October constituted a special division bench to hear the public interest litigation concerning the nomination of the five MLAs.

The petition challenges the provisions of the J&K Reorganisation Act, which empowers the LG to nominate five MLAs.

ASHA workers in Kerala to begin indefinite hunger strike

A group of ASHA workers, who have been protesting for the past 38 days demanding post-retirement benefits and an honorarium hike, announced on Wednesday that they would go on an indefinite hunger strike starting Thursday after their talks with the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government failed.

The protesters held two rounds of discussions during the day, first with the state Health Mission authorities in the morning and later with Health Minister Veena George in the afternoon.

However, the leaders of the protesting ASHA workers told the media that both talks had failed, as the government was unwilling to meet their “basic demands,” including the honorarium increase.

They further stated that they would intensify their protest by launching an indefinite hunger strike, with three leaders beginning the fast at the protest site in front of the Secretariat from Thursday.

“The minister only said she is pained to see ASHA workers agitating in scorching heat. She wanted us to end the agitation voluntarily and go back. That was her demand. We were invited for the talks only to ask us to end the agitation,” Mini, one of the leaders of the agitation committee, said.

YSRCP protest against Naidu govt’s bid to “erase” YSR’s legacy

Former Andhra Pradesh minister and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader Gudivada Amarnath on Wednesday accused the Telugu Desam party (TDP)-led NDA government of systematically erasing the legacy of former Andhra Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR) by renaming institutions.

Demanding the government and Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) to reverse the renaming of the Visakhapatnam VDCA Cricket Stadium, previously named after YSR, he announced that the YSRCP will protest on Thursday near the stadium’s YSR statue.

Amarnath accused the government of prioritizing the elimination of the YSRCP and YSR brand over election promises, citing the demolition of YSR’s statues at Nagarjuna University and Vemuru (Bapatla), and the removal of his name from the Health University, Visakhapatnam stadium, Sitakonda’s YSR viewpoint, YSR district, Rythu Bharosa Kendras, and Tadigadapa Municipality.

– With PTI inputs