MP Congress leaders gift Rs 5 lakh piggybank to kids of couple who committed suicide
Bhopal (PTI): Congress leaders have gifted a Rs 5 lakh 'gullak' (piggybank) to the children of a couple who committed suicide after accusing the ED and some BJP members of harassment in Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore district.
They said the gesture was in keeping with sentiments of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, to whom these children had gifted their piggybank when he visited the state as part of his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.
Former minister Sajjan Singh Verma, state Congress media department's chairman Mukesh Nayak and other party leaders reached Ashta town in Sehore district on Tuesday to meet the two children of the deceased businessman Manoj Parmar and his wife Neha.
They presented the kids a piggybank of Rs 5 lakh.
Talking to reporters in Ashta town, Verma said "As per sentiments of respected Rahul Gandhi, the Congress has fulfilled its duty by gifting a piggybank to the children and will support them in their hour of crisis and grief. We will also take the responsibility of their education and other needs."
He slammed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for doing politics on the issue instead of sympathising with the children.
The couple's children had gifted their piggybank to Gandhi during his foot march and were fondly called a "gullak team," said Congress leaders.
Manoj Parmar and his wife were found hanging at their home in Ashta town on last Friday.
In a purported suicide note that surfaced on social media, Parmar alleged he was being harassed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and BJP leaders. Parmar also urged Gandhi and other Congress leaders to take care of his two school-going children.
State minister Prahlad Singh Patel had rubbished the allegations that the ED and BJP leaders harassed the couple.
According to the ED, its Bhopal zonal official carried out searches on December 5 at four premises in Sehore and Indore districts in connection with a matter of Parmar and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The search covered residential premises of the key persons who were beneficiaries of the proceeds of crime or actively aided or abetted such persons in a bank fraud case, the ED had said in a statement, claiming to have recovered incriminating documents.
As per the ED's statement, the agency launched an investigation based on an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Parmar and a senior branch manager of state-run bank PNB.
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Karnataka mulls paying government hospitals similar amount for normal deliveries as C-sections
Bengaluru: Karnataka’s Health Department is mulling to pay government hospitals for normal deliveries the same or similar amount currently paid for C-sections, mentioned state health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao during a council meeting on Tuesday.
Between April and October this year, Karnataka recorded a total of 4,61,599 C-sections, accounting for 46 percent of all deliveries in the state, as cited by Deccan Herald.
Rao had previously pointed out that many private hospitals were opting for C-sections more frequently as they are more profitable. To curb this procedure being used unnecessarily, the state health department is considering instructing private hospitals to align the rates for normal and C-section deliveries to avoid financial incentives influencing medical decisions.
"Government hospitals that do C-sections get some money from us for consumables. We are seeing how to promote normal deliveries, so we are looking at how we can pay the hospitals for normal deliveries as well. This will aim to remove any incentive-driven C-section deliveries," said Harsh Gupta, principal secretary, state health department was quoted as saying by the publication.
The proposal aims to reduce the number of avoidable C-sections, ensuring safer childbirth options and improving maternal health outcomes across Karnataka. This comes amid growing concerns over the rising maternal fatalities in the state, many of which have been allegedly linked to medical negligence.
