Anil Antony, Congress Veteran AK Antony
Anil antony, the son of former Union Minister and Congressman AK Antony, has joined the BJP.Following the controversy surrounding Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BBC programmed on the 2002 Gujarat riots, Anil Antony, a Kerala-born leader of the Congress, left the party in January.
At a formal event today, BJP leaders Pixyish Goal and V Murlidharan, as well as the party’s Kerala unit head K Surrendering, welcomed the former Congressman to their party. “Every employee in Congress thinks they are doing it for their family. Anil Antony today told reporters, “But I think I’m working for the nation. In a multipolar world, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a very clear vision of placing India in a leading position,” he claimed.
Prior to leaving the Congress, Anil Antony oversaw the social media branch in Kerala. Before quitting the party, he referred to the BBC documentary as “prejudiced against India.” The video had been used as ammunition by the Congress against PM Modi, who they charged with planning actions to reduce the political space available to the opposition.
The government had initially allocated Rs70 billion for parliamentarians’ schemes in the current fiscal year, a sum that has proven insufficient due to competing demands for additional funds by the 13 coalition parties.
With the recent approval, the total allocation for such schemes has been increased to Rs116 billion for the outgoing fiscal year, reflecting a two-thirds increase of Rs46 billion.
In an apparently incorrect statement, the ECC was informed that the Planning Ministry had surplus funds that could be redirected towards parliamentarians’ schemes.
“The Ministry of Planning and Finance Division have agreed to provide the amount of Rs5 billion through technical supplementary grant from saving available with them from their relevant demands in favor of the Cabinet Division for the development schemes of the deprived areas,” according to the ECC summary.
According to a technical review by the IMF, Pakistan needs Rs12 trillion to finance only ongoing projects, and its current Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) has been deemed “unaffordable” due to limited fiscal space.
