Will Bhopaiah disqualify JDS rebel MLAs tomorrow?
Here is the answer
Bengaluru, May 18: Close on the heels of appointing KG Bhopaiah of BJP as Pro tem Speaker for the floor test, rumors are doing the rounds on the future of the JDS rebel MLAs. It is being discussed in the political circle that the BJP is trying to stop some JDS and Congress MLAs from exercising their votes through Bhopaiah.
The rumors are doing rounds in the social media that Bhopaiah would certainly disqualify some of the Congress and JDS MLAs citing any reasons. The High Court which heard the disqualification case of seven MLAs filed by the JDS, had directed the outgoing Speaker KB Koliwada to solve the issue by May 27. Out of seven MLAs, three were elected in this election on the Congress ticket. Now, the rumors are doing rounds that Bhopaiah may disqualify those MLAs to establish majority for BJP in the House.
But the Pro tem Speaker does not have the power to disqualify the rebel MLAs. Still KB Koliwada is the Speaker till Friday midnight. Interestingly, Koliwada has dismissed the JDS plea of disqualifying its rebel MLAs on Friday morning.
The Governor has appointed KG Bhopaiah as the Pro tem Speaker only for the floor test to be held on Saturday. This appointment was done only to implement the Supreme Court direction. His official duty will start from Friday midnight. Speaker Koliwada has conducted the final hearing on the issue on Friday and dismissed the case declaring that all the seven MLAs are innocent. Otherwise, the new Speaker should have handled the case.
As the 14th Assembly as its time till May 26, the Karnataka High Court has directed the Speaker to finalize the case by May 27. Based on this, Bhopaiah could have used disqualification weapon to avoid those MLAs from exercising their votes in the floor test tomorrow. But 14th Assembly Speaker KB Koliwada has solved the case. So, BJP could not use this weapon to stop them.
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Bhopal gas tragedy: Effects of leak seen in next generation of survivors, says ex-forensic doctor
Bhopal (PTI): The effects of poisonous gases that leaked from the Union Carbide factory in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal 40 years ago were seen in the next generations of those who survived the tragedy, a former government forensic doctor has said.
At least 3,787 people were killed, and more than five lakh were affected after a toxic gas leaked from the pesticide factory in the city on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984.
Speaking at an event held by organisations of gas tragedy survivors on Saturday, Dr D K Satpathy, former head of the forensics department of Bhopal's Gandhi Medical College, said he performed 875 post-mortems on the first day of the disaster and witnessed 18,000 autopsies the next five years.
Sathpathy claimed Union Carbide had denied questions about the effects of poisonous gases on unborn children of women survivors and said effects would not cross the placental barrier in the womb in any condition.
He said blood samples of pregnant women who died in the tragedy were examined, and it was found that 50 per cent of poisonous substances found in the mother were also found in the child in her womb.
Children born to surviving mothers had the poisonous substances in their system, and this affected the health of the next generation, Sathpathy claimed and questioned why research on this was stopped.
Such effects will continue for generations, he said.
Satpathy said it was said that MIC gas leaked from the Union Carbide plant, and when it came in contact with water, thousands of gases were formed, and some of these caused cancer, blood pressure and liver damage.
Rachna Dhingra of Bhopal Group for Information and Action said Satpathy, who carried out most autopsies, and other first responders in the 1984 disaster, including the senior doctors in the emergency ward and persons involved in mass burials, narrated their experiences during the event.
Rashida Bee, president of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh, a poster exhibition covering every aspect of the disaster will be held till December 4 to mark the 40th anniversary of the tragedy.
An anniversary rally will be organised, with focus on global corporate crimes such as industrial pollution and climate change, she said.
