Madhu Bangarappa best suited to be JD(S) state president: H Vishwanath
Bengaluru: JD(S) senior leader and state President H. Vishwanath has urged the party leadership to elect Madhu Bangarappa as the party’s state president and to accept his resignation from the position.
Speaking at Vidhan Soudha on Tuesday, Vishwanath remarked that Bangarappa will be best suited to hold the office of party’s state president.
Commenting on CM’s village stay Vishwanath said “The BJP is unnecessarily being critical about it and it is not good. Such village visits helps in making officials and administration do their duty efficiently”.
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Death toll in Mundathikode fireworks explosion rises to 16
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): One more person who had been hospitalised following the Mundathikode fireworks explosion died at Thrissur Medical College on Sunday, police said.
With this, the death toll in the incident has risen to 16.
According to Thrissur Medical College police, the deceased has been identified as Unnikrishnan from Edappal, who was among the 38 persons present at the fireworks manufacturing unit in Mundathikode where the explosions occurred on April 21.
Police said Unnikrishnan had suffered over 80 per cent burns and had remained in critical condition.
The condition of the two other injured persons remains critical, police said.
Of the 38 persons present at the site, 16 have died, while four remain missing.
The fireworks were being manufactured for Thiruvambady Devaswom as part of the Thrissur Pooram festivities.
The licensee of the unit had also suffered burn injuries and had died earlier.
