BJP won’t succeed in destabilizing govt.: Siddaramaiah
‘No MLAs will resign’
Bengaluru, September 18: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah said that though the BJP leaders have been making brazen attempts to destabilize the coalition government in the state, their day dream of forming their own government would not come true.
Speaking to reporters at the Vidhana Soudha here on Tuesday, Siddaramaiah said that earlier also, the BJP had formed the government through ‘Operation Lotus’ means. Now, the shameless people have been doing the same thing. Neither the Congress-JDS coalition government nor the Congress has any differences. There was no confusion or dissatisfaction. It was just a media creation which is baseless and rumours, he said.
Parameshwar Naik, MB Patil, Bhima Naik, BC Patil and others were the aspirants of minister posts and they have placed their demands. But no one has said about leaving the party, he clarified.
Safe for five years
The Congress-JDS coalition government in the state would complete five years term. There was no doubt in it. As the MLAs have supported the government, it would not require anybody’s protection. All MLAs from the Congress were disciplined leaders and they were committed to the party stand. There were no problems in the party. When this was the situation, where was the question of solving the problem? He discussed with Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi and he would not leave the party, he said.
What’s wrong in holding meeting?
"What is wrong in conducting the meetings and using private cars by the ministers? Chief Minister H.D Kumaraswamy is also using his private car. There is no need to read much into the meetings of the CM", Ministers and MLAs, he said.
Cabinet expansion after Council poll
Election to the three positions of the Legislative Council was announced on October 3. So, the Cabinet expansion would be taken up after the Council poll. Six places were filled and the party high command would take a decision regarding this issue, he said.
They would go to New Delhi to discuss the selection of candidates for the Council election. Election would be held for three positions to be elected from the Assembly and remaining three, positions would be filled through nomination, he said.
Minister R.V Deshpande, Former ministers R.B Thimmapur, M.B Patil, MLAs Appaji Nadagouda, B.C Patil, Bhima Naik, Former MLA Ashok Pattan, MLC Ivan D’Souza and others were present.
“One cannot term small demands about their constituencies as differences. It is false that the MLAs will desert the party just for that reason. There is nothing wrong in MLAs asking ministerial berths. There is no need to give colour to the meeting of some MLAs with Jarkiholi brothers”.
- Siddaramaiah, Former CM
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
