State Rayanna brigade president K. Virupakshappa and former BJP MP Shivaram Gowda join Congress
Tremors in Koppal, Rayachur BJP.
Koppal,April.25: Former BJP MP Shivaram gowda , a strong aspirant for assembly seat has resigned from BJP and joined Congress. He accused that the party has ignored him and failed to give him a position befitting his stature.
He had participapted in the road show of Paranna Munavalli , BJP candidate for Gangavathi and had accompanied him during filing of nomination. In a sudden twist, he resigned from BJP and joined congress. He said he was strong aspirant for assembly ticket. He alleged that there is a suffocating atmosphere in BJP , the party has not recognized the selfless service of committed workers like him. He had even informed Yediyurappa and Amit Shah. But they chose to ignore him. Hence He met Siddharamiah and decided to join Congress.
He said he along with K. Virupakshappa, the state chief of Rayanna Brigade are joining Congress under the leadership of Dr. G. Parmeshwar and Dinesh Gundu Rao, KPCC president and working president respectively. He said that in the coming days he will strive to inform people about the pro people welfare measures of CM Siddharamayya and Congress. He also declared that he will work for the electoral victory of Congress candidates and observed that there no friends or foes in politics.. He also predicted that several stalwarts from BJP from Raichur and Koppal are likely to join Congress shortly.
On the occasion, along with CM , former MP, Virupakshappa K., legislators Shivaraj Tangadagi, Hampanagowda Badarli, N.S. Boseraj,, Raichur DCC President Vasanth Kumar , Nekkanto Suri Babu and former Zp president Doddabasavaraja were present.
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SWR announces special trains for passengers stranded by large-scale IndiGo cancellations
Bengaluru (PTI): The South Western Railway on Saturday announced a series of special trains, in coordination with Central, South Eastern and Southern Railways, to clear stranded passengers following large-scale IndiGo flight cancellations across the country.
The special services will operate between December 6 and 10 on high-demand routes, including Bengaluru–Chennai, Bengaluru–Pune, Yesvantpur–Hazrat Nizamuddin, Shalimar–Yelahanka and Ernakulam–Yelahanka, officials said.
According to an official statement, SWR will run Train No. 06255/06256 between Chennai Egmore and KSR Bengaluru, 06257/06258 between Bengaluru and MGR Chennai Central, 06259/06260 between Yesvantpur and Hazrat Nizamuddin, and 06263/06264 between Bengaluru and Pune.
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Central Railway will operate Train No. 01413/01414 between Pune and Bengaluru, while South Eastern Railway will run Train No. 08073/08074 between Shalimar and Yelahanka. Southern Railway will operate Train No. 06147/06148 between Ernakulam and Yelahanka, the statement said.
Railways has advised passengers to check updated timings on its official channels and arrive early at stations.
For at least five days in a row, IndiGo flight operations have been significantly disrupted, with a large number of cancellations and delays causing hardships to thousands of passengers. In many cases, baggage has been misplaced.
