NEW DELHI, Sept 8:
As many as 14 privilegenotices have been issued againstIAS officers by present and for-mer members of Parliament foralleged violation of protocol anddiscourteous behaviour towardsthem, among others.
Of these notices received from
Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secre-tariat, five are pending with Bihargovernment for want of factualreport from them. The reply fromGujarat, Uttar Pradesh and MadhyaPradesh Governments is awaitedon two each notices.
Whereas, Jharkhand, AndhraPradesh and Tamil Nadu govern-
ments are yet to send their replieson the privilege notices or com-plaints done by the MPs, accord-
ing to a data by the Departmentof Personnel and Training(DoPT).(PTI)
NEW DELHI, Sept 8:
Prime Minister NarendraModi today lauded the contribu-tion of reformers from Keralalike Dalit icon Ayyankali andSree Narayana Guru and saidmerely achieving social justicewas not enough but there shouldbe social harmony between vari-ous sections.
"Mere equality will not do.We have to move a step forward.The final destination is harmonyin society. For that we have tohave a constantly awakenedsociety.
"To achieve harmony, onehas to move together with equal-ity and love for all. We have totake the feeling of self uplift-
ment and that of all comingtogether to achieve harmony.Till then, harmony in societycannot be achieved," the PrimeMinister said.
He was addressing the 152ndbirth anniversary of Ayyankali ata function organised by theKerala Pulayar Maha Sabha(KPMS) that represents theinterests of the most oppressedScheduled Caste community inKerala. Sree Narayana Gurubelonged to the backwardEzhava caste that has a domi-nant influence in Kerala politics.
BJP leaders from Kerala andDelhi were present on the dais.Modi's emphasis on the contribu-tion of Kerala social reformersfrom Dalit and backward castes
assumes significance as the BJP istrying to trying to make inroads inthe State where its vote percent-age went up significantly from 6.4per cent to 10.3 per cent in theLok Sabha polls.
"While the efforts of socialreformers like Ayyankali andNarayana Guru contributed inending social discrimination inthe pre-Independence era in the19th century, we should begrateful to leaders like BRAmbedkar who ensured that asystem is created to give every-body equal rights in society,"Modi said.
The Prime Minister said thatthe conference organised byAyyankali in 1913 on the ques-tion of upliftment of Dalits was
as much a turning point asMahatma Gandhi's Dandi Marchin 1930.
Modi emphasised that whilethe country may have achievedequality in terms of providingopportunities to Dalits, there wasa need to achieve harmony.(PTI)
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Mere equality not enough: Modi 14 privilege notices against IAS officers
