Karnataka Congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao 'advises' Revanna not to discuss matters openly
Bengaluru, Jan 4: Admitting there are differences of opinion between the coalition partners, Congress Karnataka chief Dinesh Gundu Rao Friday "advised" JDS leader and state minister H D Revanna not to discuss certain matters openly.
Rao Thursday accused some JD(S) leaders of making statements without understanding the situation on the ground.
At the same time, he had expressed confidence that the Congress-JDS coalition would survive its full five year term.
"It is not good. He (Revanna) should avoid talking like that. It is a decision taken by two parties. It has been decided which department should go to which political party.
I am humbly urging him not to give such statements so openly," Rao said Friday at a press meet, replying to a question on Revanna's stand on alleged interference in his department.
Recently, Revanna, who is public works minister and elder brother of chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, had allegedly said he will not allow the Congress party to interfere in his department as he never interferes in others' departments.
Revanna had also hit out at the Congress six days ago for taking away the home department from deputy chief minister G Parameshwara.
About JD(S) retaining the ports and inland water transport though it should have been with Congress as per the agreement, Rao said it was not good on his part to discuss these matters in public and emphasised that the two parties would resolve it amicably through discussions.
"Challenges will come but we do have the strength to resolve it amicably by discussion. I won't say there aren't problems.There are problems but we will resolve it," Rao said.
He also admitted that there were some issues pertaining to finalising the appointment of chairpersons to boards and corporations, though Congress brought out the list long ago.
On Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently criticising the state government's farm loan waiver scheme, Rao said the government waived Rs 8,200 crore loans of 25 lakh farmers when Siddaramaiah was the chief minister.
The coalition government has now come out with a crop loan waiver of Rs 40,000 crore benefiting 40 lakh farmers, he said.
Hitting out at Modi, Rao alleged the prime minister could not fulfil any of his promises whether be it bringing back black money, job creation, inviting investments, economic revolution or relief to farmers.
"Today he is giving statement against Karnatakas initiatives. He is roaming around speaking blatant lies," Rao added.
Addressing a rally at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh in December, Modi had said the Congress promised loan waivers to lakhs of farmers, but the JD(S)-Congress coalition in Karnataka did not deliver.
"Lollipops were handed out. The loan waiver was given to only 800 farmers," he had claimed.
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Notices issued to Himachal conductor, driver for anti-Rahul Gandhi audio clip playing in govt bus
Shimla, Nov 30: After finding itself in soup over a CID enquiry on "missing samosas", the Himachal Pradesh government is again in a tight spot for issuing notices to a state roadways conductor and driver after an audio clip with defamatory remarks against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was allegedly played in their bus.
A man in his complaint to the Chief Minister's Office said defamatory words were used against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and other leaders in an audio clip which was played in the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus plying between Shimla and Sanjauli on November 5.
In a letter to the conductor and driver of the bus on November 25, the HRTC sought explanation from them. The letter went viral on the internet.
Talking to reporters on Friday, HRTC Managing Director Rohan Chand Thakur said a routine complaint was received from a customer after which a fact finding enquiry was initiated. The enquiry was closed as the allegations were found baseless.
However, the wording of the explanation sought could have been better and the officers have been verbally conveyed to improve in the coming times, he added.
The defamatory words were allegedly used in a debate being played in the audio clip.
Reacting sharply to the letter, BJP MLA from Dharamshala, Sudhir Sharma, said the government should appoint marshals to stop audios being played in buses.
"Such decisions of the government are damaging the reputation of the state government as well as the state," he added.
Earlier, the state CID department had ordered an internal enquiry on the samosas which were brought for Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu during a function and by mistake were served to the his security staff. A senior police official had termed the faux pas as an anti-CID and ant-Government act.
