Haryana Police seizes illegal liquor headed for Gujarat
Chandigarh, June 6: The Haryana Police has seized 860 boxes of illicit liquor worth lakhs of rupees from a Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker which was being transported to prohibition state Gujarat.
The seizure, made on National Highway-71 in Rewari district, around 100 km from Delhi, is the second big seizure of illicit liquor by police in Rewari in last 10 days, said Rewari's Superintendent of Police Rajesh Duggal.
A police spokesman said here on Wednesday said that the seizure was made following a tip-off. The LPG tanker was chased as its driver tried to make for Jhajjar district and ultimately intercepted. However, the tanker driver and helper managed to escape, leaving the vehicle behind.
Inspection of the vehicle led to the recovery of the illegal liquor.
"When searched, police team found a consignment of 22,640 bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL), country made liquor and beer concealed inside the tanker," the spokesman said.
Earlier, the Rewari police had seized 576 boxes of illicit liquor on Delhi-Jaipur highway.
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Guarantees: Siddaramaiah accuses Maharashtra BJP of 'spreading lies,' warns of legal action
Mumbai/Bengaluru, Nov 16: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said he was considering taking legal action against the BJP’s Maharashtra unit alleging it 'spread lies' about the five guarantees implemented by his government.
Addressing a press conference in Mangalwedha in Maharashtra, Siddaramaiah said: “They (BJP) have given a false advertisement in order to mislead the people of Maharashtra." Furthermore, he said he was considering filing a suit against the Maharashtra BJP for spreading lies about the guarantee schemes and its implementation. The Chief Minister said all the five guarantees have been effectively implemented in Karnataka benefiting crores of people.
The CM, his deputy D K Shivakumar and a host of Karnataka ministers, who are campaigning in Maharashtra for elections are reaching out to the people on the five guarantees being implemented in their state.
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These five guarantees are 'Gruha Jyoti' offering up 200 units of free electricity for household connection, 'Gruha Lakshmi' providing Rs 2,000 to the women heads of BPL families, 'Shakti' fare-free bus travel scheme for women, 'Yuva Nidhi' offering Rs 3,000 and Rs 1,500 to unemployed graduates and diploma holders respectively and 'Anna Bhagya' food security scheme for BPL families.
Siddaramaiah asked the Maharashtra leaders to visit Karnataka and see for themselves if the guarantees have been implemented or not.
Attacking the BJP-led Centre for ‘injustice’ to states in the devolution of taxes, the Chief Minister said Karnataka every year pays more than Rs 4.5 lakh crore as central tax and in return gets only Rs 60,000 crore.
"According to my information, Maharashtra is paying Rs 8.78 lakh crore, whereas the Maharashtra government is getting Rs 1.30 lakh crore. That means the Government of India is causing injustice to Karnataka and Maharashtra though Maharashtra is number one and Karnataka is number two in the country in tax collection," the Chief Minister said.
According to him, Maharashtra government was getting 15 paise for each rupee it pays, while Karnataka gets about 13 to 14 paise out of every rupee. Also, the CM said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had claimed that the five guarantee schemes could not be implemented and if at all implemented, the state governments doing so will go bankrupt. While this was the case, the BJP has ironically come up with guarantees in Jharkhand and Maharashtra.
