BJP must avoid Congress' mistakes to maintain 'party with a difference' status: Nitin Gadkari
Panaji: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, addressing a Goa BJP executive meeting near Panaji, said that the BJP should maintain its status as a "party with a difference," as said by former Deputy PM L K Advani.
He warned against repeating the mistakes of the Congress, which led to their downfall.
Gadkari further said that the BJP was elected due to the Congress' failures and stressed the need for the party to avoid similar errors. He urged party members to see politics as a tool for social and economic reforms and to work towards creating a corruption-free nation.
Referring to politics in Maharashtra, Gadkari expressed his decision not to follow the trend of caste-based politics (jativadi rajkaran). He warned, "Jo karega jaat ki baat, usko padegi kaske laath (the one who will speak about caste will get a strong kick)," emphasizing that a person is known by their values, not their caste.
He advised Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to conduct a state-wide survey to evaluate government performance and identify any public grievances.
Addressing these issues efficiently over the next two years is crucial for the BJP's success in the 2027 state assembly elections. Gadkari emphasized the importance of performance audits for elected representatives and ministers, considering them more critical than financial audits.
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Karnataka: Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre unveils plan for scientific disposal of plastic bottles
Bengaluru: In a bid to address the mounting plastic waste problem, Eshwar B. Khandre, Minister for Forests, Ecology, and Environment, has directed the additional chief secretary of the department to formulate regulations that will require packaged water bottle manufacturers to take responsibility for the scientific disposal of plastic bottles.
As part of the proposed plan, Khandre has suggested introducing a minimum price for each water bottle, which would be refunded when the bottle is returned to any establishment selling packaged water, as reported by Deccan Herald on Monday.
Under this initiative, when a person buys a new water bottle, the minimum price for each returned bottle would be discounted from the bill for the new one.
The goal is to ensure that empty bottles are returned to the shops where they were purchased, preventing them from being discarded in public spaces or ending up in the environment. Under the plan, these establishments would then return the empty bottles to manufacturers, who would be responsible for the scientific disposal of the plastic.
Khandre emphasised that the proposed regulations are aimed at tackling plastic pollution more effectively. Although the central government has already banned the manufacture, storage, sale, and use of certain single-use plastics, and the state government has enacted similar regulations, plastic waste continues to be a significant environmental challenge.
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