Frame rules to give Indian consultancy firm preference in contracts: Demand in Rajya Sabha
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Last Updated: Feb 10, 2021, 12:14 PM IST
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Raising the issue through a zero hour mention, BJP s Vinay P Sahasrabuddhe said the new US President Joe Biden last month asked federal agencies to purchase products and services produced in America. The government of India, too, should frame a new policy giving preference to Indian consultancy firms over foreign entities.
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New Delhi: A demand to frame rules giving Indian consultancy companies preference in contracts on the lines of the new US federal spending policy was made in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Raising the issue through a zero hour mention, BJP s Vinay P Sahasrabuddhe said the new US President Joe Biden last month asked federal agencies to purchase products and services produced in America.
V Vijayasai Reddy of the YSR Congress Party on Tuesday expressed regret for the comments he made against the Rajya Sabha chairman, saying he never intended to cast any aspersions on the Chair and had uttered them in a state of anguish.
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Sharmila, who is known as better orator and crowd puller than his brother, held a meeting with her later father s loyalists from Nalgonda district at her Lotus Pond residence in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Speaking to mediaperson ahead of the meeting, she said that the meeting was being conducted to assess the ground situation in Telangana.
YSR Congress leaders accuse SEC of harassment
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Official machinery unduly scared of SEC, feels the ruling party
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YSRC senior leader Y.V. Subba Reddy addressing the media during the day-long party conclave in Tirupati on February 6, ahead of the Panchayat Raj elections. Advisor to government Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, Ministers Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy, K. Narayanaswamy, M.Gowtham Reddy and APIIC Chairperson R.K.Roja to be seen.
Official machinery unduly scared of SEC, feels the ruling party
YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leaders Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy and K. Narayanaswamy, TTD chairman and Chittoor district in-charge Y.V. Subba Reddy, Ministers Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy and Mekapati Gowtham Reddy among others huddled in a meeting in Tirupati on Saturday to discuss ways and means to proceed ahead in the elections.
MLA denies abusing deceased JSP activist
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YSR Congress Party MLA from Giddalur Anna Ram Babu on Sunday denied that he had abetted the suicide by Jana Sena Party activist Vengaiah Naidu.
Addressing the media in Giddalur of Prakasam district, he clarified that he had a war of words only with a person named Chandu, a YSRCP activist from Singampalli village, when the activist along with other persons blocked his car by placing boulders on the road. He justified his outbursts saying “that is the way people talk in local parlance”.
The said Vengaiah Naidu from the village had resettled in Kanigiri and had no knowledge of the local problems. He had taken the extreme step allegedly due to personal problems”, the MLA claimed, adding that he had no issues with him.