Modi does not have memory power: LS former speaker Meira Kumar
‘Before Kovind, KR Narayan was the first dalit president’
Hubballi, May 7: Former speaker in Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is claiming that it is BJP which made Ramanath Kovind as the first dalit president of the country, has no memory because, before Kovind, KR Narayan was the first president belonging to dalit community.
Hitting out at Modi’s claim here on Monday, she told reporters that she has never seen such a prime minister who has been lying continuously, before. The Congress has never insulted Dr BR Ambedkar. Jawaharlal Nehru had appointed Dr BR Ambedkar as the first Law Minister in his cabinet. Later, he was made the chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee. Such kind of lies would not suit to the personality of Modi, she said.
The BJP has involved in communal politics. The country has eight major religions and it is the responsibility of the government to establish communal harmony between those religions. But the BJP government has been trying to divide them for its gains. The centre has completely failed to check illegal incidents like rapes and harassments on dalits in the country. The gang rape on an eight year-old girl in Kathua is a shame on part of the country, she said.
The Karnataka state has developed under the leadership of Siddaramaiah. But Prime Minister Modi has spoken against Bengaluru and its name. The people of Karnataka should reject the BJP which has been doing divisive politics, she said.
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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.
