Let Cong leaders solve their problem: HDK
Bengaluru, June 8: “Though the dissident activity is not our problem, I have met MB Patil and discussed as it is the coalition government”, said Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
Speaking to reporters after meeting Patil at the latter’s house at Sadashivanagar here on Friday, Kumaraswamy said that Patil has expressed his feelings with him. He has tried to explain the present situation. But these developments are the internal aspects of the Congress party and he could not say anything more. He felt that it was his duty to make some efforts to solve the problem as the Congress is the partner of the coalition government. So, he visited his house, he said.
MB Patil has toiled hard for the Congress. It is common that he was disappointed for not getting the ministerial berth. Congress leaders have to find solution to this problem. With an intention of protecting the coalition government, he has met Patil, he said.
Patil is not in a position to decide anything on his own. Moreover, he is not alone. Some of the dissident MLAs were with him and he has to take a decision by taking all of them into confidence, he added.
Compromise efforts failed
Before HD Kumaraswamy’s visit to the house of MB Patil, some of the Congress leaders including Minister DK Shivakumar and others made a futile attempt to convince Patil. Lashing out at Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar, Ministers KJ George, RV Deshpande and DK Shivakumar, he said that he was needed for funding the election. But they did not consider him while sharing the power, he said.
“What’s my fault? Why am I denied minister post? Did I do any injustice to the Congress”, he asked.
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Online fraud: Hotel chef from Udupi cheated of over Rs 1 lakh by WhatsApp contact
Udupi: Udupi City Police have registered a case of online fraud after a 62-year-old hotel chef was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.13 lakh by a woman who befriended him on WhatsApp, claiming to be based in London.
The victim, identified as Pandu Kariappa Poojary, a resident of Kuthpadi in Udupi, was working at a hotel in Mangaluru.
He reportedly came into contact with a woman identifying herself as Emilda William on WhatsApp. During their interactions, she told Poojary that she planned to start a cosmetics and hotel business in India and would meet him during a visit to Mangaluru.
On April 7, Emilda sent Poojary a flight ticket from London to Delhi via WhatsApp. The following day, Poojary received a phone call from a woman who informed him that Emilda had arrived at Delhi airport carrying a demand draft worth Rs 5 crore along with other items. The caller allegedly asked him to pay Rs 70,000.
Subsequently, Poojary also received a call from Emilda, who was reportedly crying and spoke about the situation. Believing the claims, he transferred a total of Rs 1,13,300 in phases using a scanner. He later realised that he had been cheated.
