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RLSP Chief Upendra Kushwaha quits NDA, resigns as union minister

Upendra Kushwaha was the minister of state for human resource development

Congress says NDA govt is ruining the economy, BJP country's biggest NPA

25 crore labour and 15 crore daily earners have been affected due to gloomy job creation, growth

Where NDA doesn't differ from UPA

Similarities between NDA and UPA on some key policy issues are now becoming too stark to be ignored

Storm in the name of cow

The NDA government hasn't taken lightly Lalu Prasad's weekend open letter to the Prime Minister, attacking him for the alleged violence in the country in the name of cow protection and his advice to Narendra Modi to direct his ministers to keep cows at their homes. Ram Vilas Paswan, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, said: "Lalu Prasad should know about the rules and regulations about people living in the Lutyens Bungalow Zone. No one is allowed to keep cows, goats or any other milk-giving animal." Giriraj Singh, Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, attacked Prasad alleging caste politics. On his part, Sushil Modi tweeted that Prasad, before asking Union ministers to keep cows in their bungalows, should first direct Grand Alliance ministers to keep cows at their government bungalows.

Right moves

Government should stay the course on pricing reforms

Letters: Supporting in haste

This is with reference to Sukumar Mukhopadhyay's letter, "Jaitley not to blame" (May 16), in response to T N Ninan's article, "Mr Modi's ministers" (May 14). It seems Mukhopadhyay is in a haste to support the policies of the National Democratic Alliance government.While non-performing assets of banks are indeed the legacy of the earlier United Progressive Alliance government, factors such as taxation are well within the ambit of the present government.Similarly, it is not the Reserve Bank of India policy that alone dictates interest rate. For example, reduction of interest rate in savings is hurting the common man, leading to a cut in purchasing power and weak demand in the market. Inflation is high and indirect taxes are increasingly burdening the common man.Now, the Goods and Services Tax Bill, which seeks to ensure reasonable taxation for the common man, must be the highest priority of the government.Partha Sarathi Mukhopadhyay, NagpurLetters can be mailed, faxed or e-mailed to:The