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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Online fraud: Hotel chef from Udupi cheated of over Rs 1 lakh by WhatsApp contact
Udupi: Udupi City Police have registered a case of online fraud after a 62-year-old hotel chef was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.13 lakh by a woman who befriended him on WhatsApp, claiming to be based in London.
The victim, identified as Pandu Kariappa Poojary, a resident of Kuthpadi in Udupi, was working at a hotel in Mangaluru.
He reportedly came into contact with a woman identifying herself as Emilda William on WhatsApp. During their interactions, she told Poojary that she planned to start a cosmetics and hotel business in India and would meet him during a visit to Mangaluru.
On April 7, Emilda sent Poojary a flight ticket from London to Delhi via WhatsApp. The following day, Poojary received a phone call from a woman who informed him that Emilda had arrived at Delhi airport carrying a demand draft worth Rs 5 crore along with other items. The caller allegedly asked him to pay Rs 70,000.
Subsequently, Poojary also received a call from Emilda, who was reportedly crying and spoke about the situation. Believing the claims, he transferred a total of Rs 1,13,300 in phases using a scanner. He later realised that he had been cheated.
