Navy should apologise and pay Rs 25L compensation to families of missing fishermen: Pramod Madhwaraj
Udupi: Former fisheries minister Pramod Madhawraj on Saturday once again came down hard on Indian Navy for allegedly killing the seven fishermen onboard Suvarna Tribhuja fishing boat that went missing on December 15 last year.
The JD(S)-Congress Candidate from Udupi-Chikmagalur constituency has been constantly claiming that Indian Navy ship INS Cochin collided with the fishing boat killing all seven fishermen onboard.
Madhawraj on Saturday asserted that the Navy should apologise to the families of fishermen for hiding the truth from them for over four months and that the Navy should pay immediate compensation of Rs. 25 Lakhs to the families of fishermen.
He added that he has also written to the President of India, Prime Minister, Chief Ministers of Karnataka and Maharashtra and Defence Minister in this regard.
“If they confess to accept their crime within time, I will approach Supreme Court to get justice for the poor fishermen. And if necessary I will also file case against Defence Minister Nirmala Sitaraman” Madhawraj said.
“The navy wouldn't have information about the incident that happened on the night of Dec 15-16. But, they should have admitted the incident after a case was filed at Udupi and it caught headlines of national media. But they remained silent. Due to the Lok Sabha Elections the BJP leaders played politics over the incident and acted like helping the families by meeting them and assuring help to gain political mileage in the election” Madhawraj told reporters while addressing press conference in Udupi.
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Notices issued to Himachal conductor, driver for anti-Rahul Gandhi audio clip playing in govt bus
Shimla, Nov 30: After finding itself in soup over a CID enquiry on "missing samosas", the Himachal Pradesh government is again in a tight spot for issuing notices to a state roadways conductor and driver after an audio clip with defamatory remarks against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was allegedly played in their bus.
A man in his complaint to the Chief Minister's Office said defamatory words were used against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and other leaders in an audio clip which was played in the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus plying between Shimla and Sanjauli on November 5.
In a letter to the conductor and driver of the bus on November 25, the HRTC sought explanation from them. The letter went viral on the internet.
Talking to reporters on Friday, HRTC Managing Director Rohan Chand Thakur said a routine complaint was received from a customer after which a fact finding enquiry was initiated. The enquiry was closed as the allegations were found baseless.
However, the wording of the explanation sought could have been better and the officers have been verbally conveyed to improve in the coming times, he added.
The defamatory words were allegedly used in a debate being played in the audio clip.
Reacting sharply to the letter, BJP MLA from Dharamshala, Sudhir Sharma, said the government should appoint marshals to stop audios being played in buses.
"Such decisions of the government are damaging the reputation of the state government as well as the state," he added.
Earlier, the state CID department had ordered an internal enquiry on the samosas which were brought for Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu during a function and by mistake were served to the his security staff. A senior police official had termed the faux pas as an anti-CID and ant-Government act.
