Yogi Adityanath cuts short Karnataka poll campaign after backlash over his absence during dust storm
Siddu's tweet effect?
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who is currently on an election campaign in Karnataka, is rushing back tonight to visit storm-ravaged Agra, a senior official said today.
Adityanath was earlier scheduled to campaign in poll-bound Karnataka till Saturday noon.
Adityanath was criticised yesterday by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for remaining in Karnataka even after his own state was hit by the storm.
At least 64 people have lost their lives due to a storm in Uttar Pradesh. My heartfelt condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones.
I am sorry your CM is needed here in Karnataka. I am sure he will return soon & attend to his work there. https:/t.co/RwgDrhdn82
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) May 3, 2018 ">
At least 64 people have lost their lives due to a storm in Uttar Pradesh. My heartfelt condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) May 3, 2018
I am sorry your CM is needed here in Karnataka. I am sure he will return soon & attend to his work there. https://t.co/RwgDrhdn82
I am sorry your CM is needed here in Karnataka," Siddaramaiah had tweeted.
"I am sure he will return soon and attend to his work there."
The chief minister will arrive in Agra tonight and visit the calamity-hit areas tomorrow morning, Principal Secretary Information Avanish Awasthi said. The chief minister will later leave for Kanpur to monitor the relief work there and in nearby districts, Awasthi said.
A high-intensity storm ravaged parts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan on Wednesday night, leaving 73 people dead and 91 injured in Adityanath's state alone.
Agra district was the worst hit, accounting for 43 deaths and injuries to 51 others.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
