State govt will approach SC like Tamil Nadu if Governor rejects bills: Minister Priyank Kharge
Bengaluru: Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge said on Tuesday that the state government will be forced to fight against the Governor, like the Tamil Nadu government did, if the bills passed by the Karnataka government continued to be rejected by Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot.
The Governor has returned to the government the Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University Bill, which focuses on replacing the Governor as the head of universities, asking for clarifications from the government.
Addressing reporters in the city on Tuesday, Minister Kharge said the government had faced similar rejection from the Governor earlier too. It had also witnessed similar situations in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, where the Governor had returned bills passed in the legislature. Admitting that the government would provide the necessary clarifications to Gehlot, Kharge said that, if the Governor was still not convinced, the state government would have to approach the Supreme Court ‘like Tamil Nadu did’.
He accused the Governor of violating the legislature’s decisions and causing a feud between the Governor and the government. He also pointed out that a bill was discussed in the legislature and passed through a voting system.
Kharge, who is spokesperson for the Karnataka government, further alleged that the BJP and the RSS were using the Governor’s office as the branch office of the party and state headquarters of the Sangh. He also accused Governor Gehlot of ‘murdering’ democracy by following the orders of the Central government and overruling the decisions of the Karnataka Legislature.
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POCSO case: Bandi Sanjay asks son to appear before police, urges cooperation
Hyderabad (PTI): A day after the Telangana High Court refused to grant interim relief to Bandi Bageerath, who has been booked under a POCSO case, his father and Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Saturday said he has asked his son to appear before the police and join the probe.
In a statement, Bandi Sanjay said he had asked his son to cooperate with the police soon after the complaint was registered last week.
However, Bageerath, who has been repeatedly maintaining that he has done no wrongdoing, presented evidence in his favour to his lawyers, the union minister said.
According to Bandi Sanjay, the lawyers opined that the case would be quashed and that Bageerath would get bail, which led to the delay.
