Shobha Karandlaje has no moral right to speak about me: Siddaramaiah
Mysuru, October 21: Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje has no moral right to speak about him.
Speaking to reporters at his residence here on Sunday, Siddaramaiah said that "Shobha has criticized me as teeth less snake in the Congress. She had unsuccessfully contested from RR Nagar election. She doesn't have moral right to speak about me", he blasted in singular person.
BJP leaders should shun their arrogant attitude. Votes were not in the pockets of Yeddyurappa. Winning and losing were common in elections. Everyone should accept the verdict of the voter, he said.
Govt. safe
The Congress and JDS coalition government was safe and would complete full five years term. No one could destabilise the coalition government. The BJP leaders have already tried many times to topple it and even now, they have been saying that the government would collapse at any time. It would give good administration for five years. Congress-JDS candidates would win in all the five constituencies, he said.
The Congress would win in Jamkhandi amd Ballary, and JDS would win in Ramanagar, Mandya and Shivamogga. He would campaign in all the five constituencies, he added.
"I will start my campaign from Ballary on October 22, Shivamogga on October 25, Jamkhandi on October 28, Ballary on October 29, Shivamogga on October 30 and Jamakhandi on October 31 and Nov 1. If time permits, I will go to Ramanagar and Mandya", he said.
"In order to oust the communal BJP, the Congress and JDS coalition would continue in the next Lok Sabha elections".
- Siddaramaiah, Former Chief Minister
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Airlines got 999 hoax bomb threats till Nov 14 this year; 256 FIRs filed: Govt
New Delhi, Nov 28: Airlines received 999 hoax bomb threats this year till November 14 and as many as 256 FIRs have been filed while guidelines have been issued by aviation security regulator BCAS for objective assessment of threats, the government said on Thursday.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said a total of 1,148 hoax bomb threat messages/calls have been received since August 2022 till November 14, 2024 threatening the operations of international and domestic air travel.
While 999 threats were received by airlines during the period from January to November 14, 2024, the count stood at 122 last year and at 27 for the August-December 2022 period.
"256 FIRs have been filed since January 2024 till 14 November 2024, out of which 163 FIRs have been filed during 14 October- 14 November 2024. 12 arrests have been made in view of hoax bomb threat since January 2024 till 14 November 2024," the minister said.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has issued guidelines for objective assessment of threats. The indicative factor has been useful in reducing time taken by the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) during the decision-making process.
"Also, to reduce the overall time taken for convening BTAC to less than 5 minutes, virtual assembly of BTAC through pre-generated video link has been set up. Further, advisories for compulsory 10 per cent of secondary ladder point check-in for all flights, strict monitoring of non-scheduled flight operations, enhanced security measures and surveillance at cargo terminals were issued," Mohol said.
Further, the minister said the government is considering amending the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023 to put hoax threat messenger in the no-fly list.
"It is also being considered to amend Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation for covering Aircraft in flight as well as on ground, airport etc," he added.
