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Arun Jaitley speech: Budget 2016 – Congress and Left members today raised the issue of Privilege Motion against HRD Minister Smriti Irani in connection with the row surrounding suicide by Dalit student Rohith Vemula and this caused FM Arun Jaitley speech in Lok Sabha to be delayed. In fact, Jaitley actually started, but had to stop after mouthing just a couple of words. (Reuters)
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Arun Jaitley speech: Budget 2016 – As soon as Arun Jaitley rose to speak, Congress and Left members raised the issue of notice of Privilege Motion given by them against Smriti Irani over her remarks made in Parliament last week regarding Vemula's suicide. The Opposition members were on their feet seeking to know the status of their notices against Smriti Irani for "misleading" the House on the Rohith Vemula issue. (Reuters)
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"Atleast they have been said something to convey their allegiance to the country. This was your ideological victory that you forced them to say this," he said while addressing the Executive Committee meeting of Delhi BJP. Arun Jaitley said while BJP's ideology is inspired by nationalism, "it is a strange situation where talking about breaking the country is called freedom of expression. The law or Constitution does not permit this anywhere. And it is happening in the national capital." (Reuters)
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Budget 2016: Arun Jaitley has listed 7th Central Pay Commission report award and implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) for defence forces as some of the biggest burdens on the government for which he will have to 'prioritise' expenditure.(Reuters)
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Aviation majors shares fell upto 3.5 per cent on Monday after the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley raised airline turbine fuel (ATF) tax rate to 14 per cent from 8 per cent. (Reuters)
