BJP central disciplinary committee member secretary summons dissident MLA Yatnal
New Delhi/Bengaluru (PTI): The BJP Central Disciplinary Committee member secretary Om Pathak has summoned Vijayapura MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal to meet him on December 4, party MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi said on Tuesday.
Pathak had issued a show cause notice on December 1 to Yatnal, citing his tirade against the state party leadership, his defiance of party directives, and taking stances and making pronouncements against party's official position. Yatnal has been given 10 days time to answer.
“Om Pathak has called Yatnal to meet him at 11.30 am tomorrow. He will go to meet him alone. We will not go with him. I don’t know where he has been asked to come tomorrow. He will give his reply tomorrow itself,” Jarkiholi told reporters in New Delhi.
Yatnal is known as a strong critic of BJP veteran and former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and his family, especially his son and the party's Karnataka chief B Y Vijayendra. He has often targeted them and demanded that the BJP central leadership check Yediyurappa's 'dynasty politics' in order to fight against the 'dynasty politics' of Congress effectively.
Yatnal along with a few senior BJP leaders, including MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi, Arvind Limbavali, Mahesh Kumtahalli, Madhu Bangarappa had taken out a month-long anti-Waqf march from Bidar to Chamarajanagar. The march started on November 25 and will conclude on December 25.
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Patna-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Lucknow due to bad weather
Lucknow (PTI): Adverse weather forced an IndiGo Kolkata-Patna flight to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Friday, airport sources said.
According to airport officials, weather conditions in Patna deteriorated suddenly on Friday afternoon, affecting flight operations.
IndiGo flight 6E 6917 from Kolkata, which was scheduled to land in Patna at 3.50 pm, could not land due to bad weather and kept circling in the air after failing to get clearance from air traffic control, they said.
The flight was later diverted to Lucknow and landed safely at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at around 5.15 pm. There were 180 passengers and six crew members on board, officials said.
The aircraft was later allowed to depart for Patna after weather conditions improved.
