Amidst chaos in assembly, Karnataka government tables bill banning cow slaughter in the state
Bengaluru: Amidst protests from the opposition parties Congress and JD(S), the BJP government in the state on Wednesday tabled the bill banning cow slaughter in the state.
After Minister of Animal Husbandry Prabhu Chauhan presented the bill, Leader of Opposition and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah objected to the speaker of the assembly Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, adding that it was decided by the committee of the assembly to present only relevant bills during the session.
Siddaramaiah further added that it was not right to present a new bill all of a sudden during the session as against the resolution made by the committee members.
Replying to the objection of Siddaramaiah, the speaker added that if there were any bills with significant importance it could be tabled on Wednesday and Thursday, hence he allowed the government to proceed with it.
Congress members led by Siddaramaiah and JD(s) members marched towards the speaker’s seat and protested against the presentation of the bill and the attitude of the government. This was followed by an altercation between the members of the ruling party and opposition parties. Slogans were shouted against the government by opposition party members and the ruling party shouted slogans against the members of the opposition as Prabhu Chavan presented the bill amidst chaos in the assembly.
The speaker had to adjourn the assembly for 10 mins due to the chaos.
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MP boat tragedy: Death toll rises to 10 with recovery of one more body; 3 tourists still missing
Jabalpur (PTI): The body of a child was retrieved on Saturday evening from Bargi Dam in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh, raising the death toll in the cruise boat tragedy that took place two days ago to ten, while search continued for three missing tourists.
The boat, operated by the state tourism department, capsized during a storm on Thursday evening with some of the survivors alleging negligence and safety lapses such as life jackets not being distributed in time.
The body recovered on Saturday evening was possibly that of six-year-old Viraj Soni, said Sub-Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Anjul Ayank Mishra.
"The identity will be confirmed after family members identify the body," he told PTI.
Kamraj, an employee of the Ordnance Factory at Khamaria, his five-year-old son Tamil, and another child Mayuram (5) who had come from southern India were still missing.
Authorities have arranged equipment to search deep waters of the dam and are getting a generator to facilitate diving operations, Mishra added.
Divers and disaster response teams have expanded the search radius to five km, he said.
Of the 41 identified passengers on board the ill-fated vessel, 28 were rescued, police said.
More than 200 rescuers, including around 20 Army divers airlifted from Agra, joined the search operation that resumed at 5 on Saturday morning. The operation, involving the National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force and local divers, was briefly affected at around 9 am due to strong winds, officials said.
Post-mortem examinations of nine deceased persons have been completed, Mishra said.
"Our priority is to search for the missing persons. We will also register a First Information Report in the case soon," he said.
Police said CCTV footage near the boarding point showed 43 people heading towards the boat while the identities of 41 passengers have been confirmed so far.
The state government on Friday ordered a probe into the tragedy and dismissed three crew members. It also banned operation of similar vessels in the state.
