Congress, JDS claim PM denied appointment to CM Yediyurappa, hit out at him
Bengaluru, Sep 19: Opposition Congress and JD(S) on Thursday alleged Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa was denied appointment by the Prime Minister at a time when several parts of the state was ravaged by recent floods.
The parties made the claim a day after Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Madhuswamy said Yediyurappa was scheduled to visit Delhi on Wednesday but had postponed it to Friday.
In response to a question regarding flood relief from the Centre, Madhuswamy had on Wednesday said: "We are hopeful that the Centre will release the funds soon, the Chief Minister had to visit Delhi today, but it has got postponed, he is now scheduled to go to Delhi on Friday..."
However, officials in the Chief Minister's office on Thursday said the visit was not yet confirmed.
Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah claimed Yediyurappa was denied appointment and termed it as an "insult" to the Chief Minister and "injustice" to the state.
"Denying the appointment to @CMofKarnataka by @PMOIndia @narendramodi, even during post-flood emergency, is an insult to @BSYBJP & injustice to our state. No one with self-respect will tolerate this. #InjusticeToKarnataka #InsultToCM" Siddaramaiah tweeted Thursday.
Denying the appointment to @CMofKarnataka by @PMOIndia @narendramodi, even during post-flood emergency, is an insult to @BSYBJP & injustice to our state.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) September 19, 2019
No one with self-respect will tolerate this.#InjusticeToKarnataka #InsultToCM
JD(S) too attacked the Prime Minister by calling him "irresponsible" and accused him of "neglecting" the flood-hit state.
"The country has never seen an irresponsible Prime Minister like Narendra Modi, as he was showing negligence by not extending any help, when the state is devastated because of floods.
"The state has never seen a weak Chief Minister like Yediyurappa who is struggling to meet the Prime Minister despite belonging to the same party," JD(S) tweeted.
ರಾಜ್ಯ ಭೀಕರ ಪ್ರವಾಹಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿಲುಕಿ ತತ್ತರಿಸಿದರೂ ಸಹ ಯಾವುದೇ ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡದೆ ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯ ತೋರಿದ @narendramodi ಯಂತಹ ಬೇಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿಯನ್ನು ದೇಶ ಹಿಂದೆಂದೂ ಕಂಡಿಲ್ಲ.
— Janata Dal Secular (@JanataDal_S) September 19, 2019
ಸ್ವಪಕ್ಷದ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿಯನ್ನು ಭೇಟಿಯಾಗಲು ಹೆಣಗಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ @BSYBJP ರಷ್ಟು ದುರ್ಬಲ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಯನ್ನು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಹಿಂದೆಂದೂ ಕಂಡಿಲ್ಲ.
As many as 103 taluks in 22 districts were affected due to floods last month, in which over 80 people were killed.
Around seven lakh people were shifted to safe areas and thousands of houses were damaged.
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Snowfall blocks two key roads providing alternative connectivity to Kashmir
Rajouri/Jammu (PTI): Traffic on the Mughal and Sinthan Top roads, which provide alternate connectivity to Kashmir, was temporarily suspended on Sunday due to light to moderate snowfall in the high-altitude areas of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
However, traffic on the 270-kilometre Jammu-Srinagar national highway -- the only all weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country -- was plying as usual despite intermittent rains that ended the over one-and-a-half months long dry spell, they said.
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The Mughal road, which connects the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri with south Kashmir's Shopian, was closed for traffic as a precautionary measure after more than three inches of snow was recorded at Peer Ki Gali on Sunday afternoon.
A group of three tea vendors are left stranded on the road and efforts are on to evacuate them to safety, officials said.
After they were trapped in the snow, the vendors made passionate appeals through video messages urging the authorities to rescue them. The Border Roads Organisation has taken up snow clearance work and is trying to reach the stranded persons, officials said.
The Sinthan Top road, which connects Kishtwar and Doda districts in Jammu with south Kashmir's Anantnag, was also closed after moderate snowfall in the higher reaches.
Both the mountainous roads usually remain closed for several months due to heavy snowfall during winter.
