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Hindus under 'attack' in K'taka, Cong govt forced Governor to lie: BJP
Bengaluru, Feb 12 (IANS) Karnataka BJP on Monday slammed the Congress government on the Governor’s speech addressed in the joint session in Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.
Leader of the Opposition (LoP) R. Ashoka said that the Hindus are under “attack” in the state and the Congress government has forced the Governor to “lie”.
“The terrorist activities are rising in the state. The Congress government’s claim of maintaining law and order is also shameful. The state government has also forced the honourable Governor to lie while projecting the work done by BJP as its own,” the LoP told media persons.
He said that the hatred towards Hindus is on rise in the state. “Terrorist activities have alarmingly surged but the state government is describing it as a beautiful garden for all religions,” he said.
He said that the government has fomented hatred between Hindus and Muslims. “The Congress government released Rs 1,000 crore for Muslims but when asked for compensation for other communities, they point fingers at the Central government, saying they have not released the funds,” he said.
He said that the Congress claims that they have implemented all five guarantees but under the Yuva Nidhi scheme, the unemployed are yet to get the allowance.
“They claim that drought relief has also been released but relief should not be given in installments. The previous BJP government had released the relief amount in only one installment to the farmers. We had also demanded Rs 25,000 relief for each farmer but it was not even discussed and they are unnecessarily blaming the Central government,” Ashoka said.
He said that the children are given a chikki sweet dish and they are made to wash toilets.
“Shivamogga Airport was built during former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s tenure. The Metro Rail project is under the Centre. Jal Jeevan Mission is also a contribution of the Central government. However, all these projects are claimed by the Karnataka Congress government,” he said.
He said that on one hand the Congress government claims to be the protectors of Kannada language but on the other hand the same government jails the Kannada activists.
“The government also claims that despite the drought, the number suicides of farmers have come down. Minister Shivananda Patil has also made derogatory statement, saying that farmers commit suicide to get compensation,” the LoP said.
He said that the suicides cases are only increasing and have not decreased as claimed by the government.
He said that the state government had announced Rs 2,000 compensation for namesake and not all farmers have been provided the relief amount.
“There are technical issues with the registration process and shamelessly the government claims that farmers are given compensation,” the LoP said.
He said that the state economy is in doldrums and the treasury is empty due to the guarantee schemes of the Congress government.
Former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai reacting to the Governor’s address termed it as disappointing, saying he had never heard such a lacklustre speech.
Bommai said that the Congress government has taken credit for all those schemes and works which were undertaken by the BJP government.
“The government claimed to have spent Rs 10,000 crore on irrigation schemes in the last eight months. They must share details of the money spent on every scheme,” he said.
Replying to the government’s allegations that Centre has not released the funds, Bommai said BJP will discuss it in the ongoing session. “We have the documents to prove the funds that the state received during the UPA and NDA tenures,” he said.
He said that the Constitution treats all the religions equally but the Congress government had been appeasing a particular community.
State President and BJP MLA B.Y. Vijayendra said that the speech by the Governor does not deserve any reaction from the opposition leaders.
“It is a speech made to cover the failures of the government. The menace of brokers has crossed all limits now. This is a 50 per cent commission government,” he added.
–IANS
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Bhopal, July 1 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav will address the Assembly on Tuesday to thank the Central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the implementation of three new criminal laws — the Bharatiya Nayay Sanhita (BNS), the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and the Bharatiya Sakhya Adhiniyam (ASA), which replaced the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and the Indian Evidence Act, respectively, with effect from July 1.
Calling the three new laws a historic step, CM Yadav said India finally has its own laws to provide justice to its people, adding that July 1 will be remembered as a significant day for both the nation and the state.
“I will address the Assembly on the three new criminal laws on Tuesday and thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this historic step,” CM Yadav told mediapersons after the first day of the monsoon session of Madhya Pradesh Assembly.
Meanwhile, the police said the first FIR under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) was lodged at the Hanumanganj police station in Bhopal at 12:16 a.m. on Tuesday against a person for using abusive language, just 16 minutes after the new laws came into force.
The second and third FIRs under the new laws were also registered in Bhopal at the Nishatpura police station (12:20 a.m.) and Shahjahanabad police station (12:22 a.m.).
A total of 10 FIRs were registered in the next hour, including eight in Bhopal.
ADGP (law and order) Jaydeep Prashad said, “Over 60,000 police personnel have been trained on the new criminal laws. More training sessions and awareness programmes are underway.”
–IANS
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Agartala/Aizawl, July 2 (IANS) Security forces in Tripura and Mizoram seized heroin and areca nuts (betel nuts) valued at over Rs 6 crore and arrested three drug peddlers including a woman in this connection, an official said on Monday.
North Tripura district Superintendent of Police Bhanupada Chakraborty said that acting on a tip off, the police on Sunday night intercepted a vehicle coming from neighbouring Assam and recovered 408 grams of heroin valued at Rs 4 crore.
Two drug peddlers, identified as Sohel Miah and Dilwar Hussain — both residents of the bordering Sonamura subdivision of Sepahijala district, who were travelling in the vehicle, were arrested.
According to police, the drugs, which were coming from Myanmar via neighbouring Mizoram, were intended for Sonamura and then to Bangladesh.
“North Tripura district police alone seized heroin worth Rs 30 crore from various parts of the district in June,” Chakraborty told IANS.
In Mizoram, Assam Rifles, along with police personnel in the state have recovered heroin valued at Rs 56,000 on Sunday at Melbuk in Champhai district from a woman, who was also arrested.
In another operation, Assam Rifles recovered 273 bags of Areca Nuts worth Rs 1.52 crore at Ruantlang in Champhai district during a special Area Domination Patrol on Sunday.
–IANS
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Agartala, July 1 (IANS) Eleven Bangladeshi nationals, including six women, were arrested from the Agartala railway station for illegally entering India without valid documents, the police said on Monday.
Acting on a tip-off, Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel arrested the Bangladeshi nationals, aged between 20 and 40 years, from the railway station on Sunday night.
During interrogation, it was revealed that the Bangladeshi nationals were planning to go to Delhi and other Indian cities from Tripura in search of jobs.
With the latest arrests, 22 Bangladeshi nationals have been held from the Agartala railway station in the last three days, while over 81 citizens from the neighbouring country have been arrested in Tripura in the last two months.
All the Bangladeshi nationals had entered Tripura through a clandestine route, intending to go to other states of the country in search of jobs.
–IANS
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Bhubaneswar, July 2 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday said his government’s first priority is to listen to the grievances of the common citizen.
Speaking on the occasion of resuming the Chief Minister’s grievance cell at Unit V here on Monday, CM Majhi stated: “During the previous government, there existed an iron wall between the government and people and I think the grievances of the people could not be redressed due to this reason. Today, the wall has been destroyed. A direct link between the government and people has been established.”
Majhi also stated that he will listen to the grievances of people at the cell here every Monday. Emphasising on the need for a robust grievances redressal process at district level, the Chief Minister said that hearing of grievances at the district level also resumed from on Monday.
Majhi asserted that around 99 per cent of the complaints received on Monday will be solved. As many as 1,540 complaints were registered while 5,000 people visited the cell on Monday.
The other members of state cabinet including Deputy CM K.V. Singh Deo, Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia, Minister of Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Pradeep Bal Samanta, Minister of Department of Co-operation, and Krushna Chandra Mahapatra, Minister of Housing and Urban Development were also present during the hearing of grievances at the cell on Monday.
Notably, the chief minister’s grievance cell started functioning after a gap of almost 16 years on Monday.
Former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had reportedly heard grievances at the CM’s grievance cell for the last time in August 2008.
–IANS
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Patna July 2 (IANS) JD(U) MLA Hari Narayan Singh was hospitalised after his health condition deteriorated during a disaster committee meeting in Bihar’s Nalanda district on Monday.
Singh, who represents the Harnaut Assembly constituency, fainted as soon as he reached the Hardev Bhawan in Nalanda for the meeting. He was rushed to the Sadar Hospital for treatment, from where he was referred to the Medanta Hospital in Patna.
Many JD(U) leaders and workers, including its Legislative Councilor representative Akhlaq Ahmed, gathered at the hospital following the incident. Ahmed said Singh’s health condition worsened as soon as he entered the auditorium for the meeting.
“Singh felt dizzy on his way to the meeting, leading to his hospitalisation. He was already undergoing treatment at the Medanta Hospital in Patna, which is why he was referred there for further treatment,” said Nalanda DM Shashank Shubhankar.
–IANS
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