Give Congress a majority, get a stable government: P Chidambaram appeals voters
Mangaluru: Co-operate with the Congress party in the development of the state and once again allow forming a stable government by getting a clear majority for Congress party, said former finance minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram.
Addressing a press conference at Dakshina Kannada District Congress office, Mr. Chidambaram said that entire country is concerned about the state's May 12th Assembly elections.
"The state has developed in the growth index during the last five years of Siddaramaiah-led government. People's standard of living is also developed. The issue of unemployment is lower than other states in the country, and this is a sign of development," he said.
Briefing the state's development index with statistics, the former finance minister said: "the problem of unemployment in the country is 5.9%, whereas in Karnataka it is 2.6% and 5% in Gujarat."
"After Devaraj Arasu, It is Siddaramaiah who gave a complete five years' stable government in the state. The people of the state had given the opportunity to BJP from 2008 to 2013. During this period, three chief ministers ran the government, and that was the worst governance. There was more corruption than development during the BJP's rule. Now, when the BJP is unable to recount the achievements of its term, it is spending time in searching loopholes in Siddaramaiah's government," Mr. Chidambaram added.
AICC spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill, KPCC General Secretary UB Venkatesh, Congress district president Harish Kumar, Sadashiva Ullal, Ibrahim Kodijal were present.
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11 more bodies retrieved from Arunachal accident site
Itanagar (PTI): Eleven more bodies were retrieved on Saturday from the deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district, where a mini-truck on which 22 labourers from Assam were travelling fell, an official said.
With this, 17 bodies have been recovered from the accident site, Anjaw's deputy commissioner Milo Kojin said.
He said three more bodies will be brought out on Sunday.
The operation, being conducted by a joint team of the NDRF and Army, resumed at 6 am.
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"The retrieval process was extremely difficult because of the treacherous terrain, and the gorge is very deep," Kojin said.
The operation was suspended around 4 pm due to low visibility and will be resumed on Sunday morning, he said.
"One person is still missing, and a search operation will be carried out tomorrow," he added.
The accident happened on the evening of December 8, around 40 km from Hayuliang towards Chaglagam in the district. On the evening of December 10, one survivor managed to climb out of the gorge and reach a nearby Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) labour camp, following which the authorities were alerted.
Six bodies were recovered from the gorge on Friday and handed over to their families on Saturday.
