Give DyCM post to Lingayat community: MB Patil
Bengaluru, May 22: Former minister MB Patil said that two Deputy Chief Minister posts should be created in JDS-Congress coalition government and one should be given to Lingayat community.
Speaking to reporters at his residence at Sadashiva Nagar here on Tuesday, Patil said that both Shamanur Shivashankarappa and himself are the aspirants and any one of them should be given the position. All the 78 MLAs won from Congress want to become ministers. But it is not possible to make all of them ministers. Caste, community, seniority and other factors should also be considered, he said.
“I am also one of the aspirants of minister post. I want to become the deputy chief minister. Total 16 members were elected from my community. But the party high command will decide on entrusting the responsibility”, he said.
The news that JDS supremo HD Deve Gowda has asked the party high command against giving ministerial berth to DK Shivakumar and MB Patil is a fake one. He has not demanded any particular post. But the party would take a decision as it is a coalition government. If the party high command considered either KPCC president Dr G Parameshwar or DK Shivakumar for DyCM post in southern region, it should consider one person from the North Karnataka, he demanded.
MLAs of Lingayat community have held a meeting yesterday and prevailed upon CLP leader Siddaramaiah to give DyCM post to their community. Who is Thippanna to speak about this, he asked.
Separate Lingayat religion is not related to politics. Election is different and the religion issue is different. He has never used Lingayat factor as a triumph card. The voice for separate Lingayat religion would continue. He would continue this demand along with SM Jamadar. Their fight would not stop even after election, he said.
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Manipur: Autopsy reports reveal multiple bullet wounds, lacerations on bodies of 3 killed in Jiribam
Imphal, Nov 24: The autopsy reports of three of the six persons killed in Manipur's Jiribam district by suspected Kuki militants revealed multiple bullet injuries and lacerations on various parts of their bodies, officials said on Sunday.
The report of three-year-old Chingkheinganba Singh showed that his right eye was missing and he had a bullet wound in the skull, they said.
The report also noted cut wounds, fractures in the chest, and lacerations on the forearm and other parts of his body. Signed on November 17, the report indicated that the child's body was in a "state of decomposition", they added.
The report said the cause of death would be pending until the receipt of the chemical analysis report of viscera from the Directorate of Forensic Sciences in Guwahati, officials said.
The post-mortem examinations were conducted at the Silchar Medical College Hospital (SMCH) in Assam's Cachar district.
The report also detailed the injuries sustained by his mother, L Heitonbi Devi (25), who had "three bullet wounds in the chest and one in the buttock", officials said.
According to the report, her body was brought to SMCH on November 18, around seven days after her death, they said.
The child's grandmother, Y Rani Devi (60), suffered five bullet wounds -- one in the skull, two in the chest, one in the abdomen, and one in an arm, officials said.
Her body was brought to SMCH on November 17, at least three to five days after her death, the report noted.
The autopsy reports also showed deep lacerations on many parts of the bodies of the two women.
The cause of Rani Devi's death is also yet to be known, awaiting the chemical analysis report of the viscera, officials said.
The post-mortem reports of one more woman and two children are still pending, they said.
The six persons belonging to the Meitei community had gone missing from a relief camp in Jiribam after a gunfight between security forces and suspected Kuki-Zo militants that resulted in the deaths of 10 insurgents on November 11.
Their bodies were found in the Jiri river in Jiribam district, and the nearby Barak river in Assam's Cachar over the next few days.
