Senior BJP leaders absent from oath taking ceremony of cabinet ministers; hints at internal dispute
Bengaluru: BJP Government led by BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday formed the cabinet of minister with 17 MLAs taking oath as the cabinet ministers. The reports however add that some party loyalists are not happy with the selection of candidates for the ministers as they believe that senior leaders have been ignored in formation of the cabinet.
Reports of internal rift among the party leaders regarding ministerial berths were rife for some time now but on Tuesday it was further fuelled by absence of several senior BJP leaders from the oath taking ceremony.
The list of absentees included seniors leaders like Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, Umesh Katti, Murugesh Nirani, Renukacharya, G H Thippareddy and others.
Sullia MLA S Angara, Rajugouda, Prabhu Patil and around 10 MLAs have expressed their dissent against party’s senior leaders.
Leaders who were in the race for getting ministerial berths in the cabinet including Balachandra Jaraihuli, Raju Gowda, CP Yogeshwar were also absent from the oath taking ceremony.
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Two workers trapped after wall of opencast coal mine collapses in Jharkhand
Hazaribag (PTI): Two workers have been trapped after the wall of an opencast mine collapsed on a truck in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, police said on Sunday.
The accident occurred around 11 pm on Saturday in the command area of Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) under the Urimari Police Station limits when the highwall of the mine caved in on the coal-loading vehicle, a senior officer said.
A highwall in mining is the face of exposed overburden and coal in a mine, and its stability is important for safety of miners and equipment, experts said.
The trapped coal workers, who were on the truck when the accident occurred, were identified as Sunil Yadav (30) and Raju Paswan (50), Barkagaon sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Pawan Kumar said.
"A rescue operation is underway for the two workers. Another person has already been rescued from the accident site and admitted to a hospital here," he added.
The trapped workers could not be rescued on Saturday night due to darkness, fog and a protest by coal workers there, the SDPO said.
The labourers at the opencast mine stopped their coal extraction activities after the accident, he added.
