Congress in Karnataka to stage protest on Apr 28 against 'paltry' drought relief given by Centre
Bengaluru, Apr 27: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday said the Congress will stage a demonstration on April 28 here against the 'paltry' drought relief given by the Centre to the state.
Shivakumar, who is also Congress state president, said against the demand for Rs 18,172 crore to mitigate drought in the state, the Centre has sanctioned only Rs 3,454 crore.
The union government has announced a very paltry sum of relief, which will be grossly insufficient to provide drought relief to farmers, he told mediapersons here.
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"In this regard, we have decided to stage a protest near the Gandhi statue at Vidhana Soudha. We will also continue our legal battle for more drought relief. We are not seeking alms, this is our right," he noted.
Shivakumar said Karnataka had only sought 50 per cent of the estimated loss of Rs 35,000 crore, but the Centre has agreed to release only a fraction of that.
ಬರಪರಿಹಾರ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು ಹಾಗೂ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಅನ್ನದಾತರಿಗಾಗಿರುವ ಅನ್ಯಾಯ ಖಂಡಿಸಿ ಭಾನುವಾರ ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ ವಿಧಾನಸೌಧದ ಗಾಂಧಿ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆ ಬಳಿ ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆ ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಸ್ವಾಭಿಮಾನ ಉಳಿಸಲು ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸಿ. #InjusticeForKarnataka #CongressWithFarmers #DroughtRelief pic.twitter.com/BYE6tp7uH2
— DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar) April 27, 2024
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SC gives Arvind Kejriwal interim bail till June 1
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Friday gave Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal interim bail till June 1 for campaigning in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said Kejriwal, arrested in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam, will have to surrender and go back to jail on June 2.
The bench refused the request of senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Kejriwal, that the interim bail be granted till June 5 -- a day after the votes are counted on June 4.
The apex court is hearing Kejriwal's plea challenging Delhi High Court’s last month verdict upholding his arrest in the case.
The matter relates to alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and execution of the Delhi government's now scrapped excise policy for 2021-22.
