Youngster electrocuted, two injured during Ganesha immersion in Vijayapura
Vijayapura: A 21-year-old youngster lost his life due to electrocution during a Ganesha immersion procession in the city on Tuesday night. Two others also sustained severe burn injuries after getting into touch with a live wire, according to Deccan Herald.
The deceased has been identified as Shivaji alias Shubham Sakpal who is a resident of Ramprasad Galli. The injured, Lakhan Chavan and Prabhu Jagate, were rushed to hospital with serious burns.
Police said the accident took place near Gandhi Chowk when the immersion vehicle and its DJ system touched an overhead live wire. The three youth who were attempting to clear the wire with a stick were also electrocuted.
Authorities are further investigating the incident.
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee moves SC against SIR
New Delhi (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the state, sources said on Sunday.
The petition names the Election Commission (EC) and the chief electoral officer of West Bengal as respondents. It was filed before the apex court on January 28, the sources said.
Banerjee arrived in Delhi on Sunday. She is scheduled to meet Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar at 4 pm on Monday to discuss the ongoing SIR exercise in West Bengal. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo would be accompanied by a delegation of party leaders.
She is also likely to meet party MPs in the Parliament House on Monday.
Talking to reporters at the Kolkata airport before leaving for the national capital, Banerjee claimed that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre is resorting to the SIR exercise because it is certain of its imminent defeat in the West Bengal Assembly polls, due in a few months, and said the saffron party should contest the election politically and democratically.
The West Bengal chief minister has written several letters to the CEC, raising concerns over the conduct of the exercise.
In her most recent letter to the CEC on January 31, she alleged that the methodology and approach of the exercise went beyond the provisions of the Representation of the People Act and the relevant rules, causing "immense inconvenience and agony" to citizens.
Earlier, TMC leaders, including Rajya Sabha MPs Derek O'Brien and Dola Sen, had moved the apex court, challenging certain aspects of how the SIR is being carried out in West Bengal.
