"Anant Kumar Hegde warned not to make communal remarks": BS Yeddyurappa
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP President BS Yeddyurappa said that Union Minister and BJP lawmaker from Karnataka Anantkumar Hegde has been warned not to make communally provocative remarks.
In an interview to a private news channel, he said "I don't agree with such remarks. Anantkumar Hegde has been warned not to speak like that."
"Anant Kumar Hegde has apologized in the parliament for his controversial remarks," Yeddyurappa said.
Another BJP leader from Karnataka, Shobha Karandlaje had tweeted "Jihadis tried to rape and murder girl studying in 9th std near Honnavar. Why is the government silent about this incident? Arrest those who molested and injured this girl. Where are you CM?" But later, it was learned that the girl had dramatically made herself injured. The silence of Yeddyurappa, in this case, had raised several questions.
However, in his interview, he claimed that all BJP leaders in the state have been warned from making incendiary comments. "We asked them to stop all such things," he said.
In response to the Congress president's visits to temples in Karnataka, he described Rahul Gandhi, as an "Election Hindu."
"Divide and rule has been the policy of Congress. For BJP Hindutva is the development of all religions. Whereas Rahul Gandhi is trying to please people by visiting temples," he said.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Indigo flights chaos: SCR to run special trains to clear passenger rush
Hyderabad (PTI): The South Central Railway on Saturday announced that it would run four special trains to manage the surge in passengers resulting from the large-scale cancellation of IndiGo flights here.
The move comes as flyers face significant disruption and long queues at the airport due to the cancellation.
A press release from the SCR said it is running the special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers to Chennai, Mumbai and Shalimar (Kolkata) from Hyderabad today.
Meanwhile, as many as 43 outbound Indigo flights were cancelled from here on Saturday, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport sources said.
ALSO READ: IndiGo cancels over 200 flights from Delhi, Mumbai on Saturday
Similarly, 26 incoming flights are also likely to be cancelled during the day, they said.
The flight cancellations drew ire from passengers, who thronged the IndiGo counters at the airport demanding to know the exact situation.
“This is utter nonsense! Digiyatra done, message received that departure has been rescheduled ahead of the scheduled departure and now upon arriving at Hyderabad airport coming to know at the security checkpoint that Indigo flight is cancelled,” Tarun Singha, former Ministry of Defence spokesperson said in a post on X.
“But the thing is if you don’t shout they do nothing. Example at Hyderabad Airport, there was no staff no flight information for an hour. Then a fellow passenger started shouting on mic and an Indigo staff appeared finally,” a netizen said in a post.
On Friday, when IndiGo cancelled over 1,000 flights from across airports, its CEO Pieter Elbers apologised in a video message for the major inconvenience caused to passengers due to the disruptions.
In the one-way video communication, Elbers also said that the airline was expecting fewer than 1,000 flights on Saturday.
