No question of joining BJP: Satish Jarkiholi
Bengaluru, September 11: “I will not join the BJP. My ideology is different and BJP ideology is different. We cannot go together”, said former minister Satish Jarkiholi.
Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, he said that he would not leave the Congress and join the BJP. His ideology and BJP ideology would not match, he said.
“I have organized a movement across the state against superstitious beliefs. Being a person of progressive stand, I cannot accept the BJP which advocates one religion. I will stay in the Congress. If others take any decision, it is their personal decision. I would neither support those who leave the party nor comment on them. I have informed my opinion to my elder brother Ramesh Jarkiholi”, he said.
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UP: Five of family arrested for assaulting a cop during raid in Sultanpuri
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has arrested five of a family for allegedly assaulting a police officer and snatching his service pistol during a raid in the Sultanpuri area, an official said on Wednesday.
The accused are Rajender (50), his sons Ritik (24), Sachin (29), Abhishek (26), and his daughter Komal (22).
The incident occurred on September 2, when a team from the Anti-Narcotics Task Force arrested Alka, wife of Rajender, for possession of heroin, police said.
During the raid, Alka's family members attacked a police officer with sticks and bricks and snatched his service pistol, mobile phone, and wallet. However, the officer managed to recover his service pistol, they said.
Police said that an FIR was registered and an investigation was launched.
Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the accused, absconding since the incident, from a flat in Raghubir Nagar in Delhi.
