Jyotiraditya Scindia stops BJP MP state chief from giving speech, asks him to take his seat back
Bhopal: State BJP president VD Sharma was stopped from giving speech by Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and had to return to his seat at a function in Shivpuri town to mark the translocation of tigers to Madhav National Park on Friday.
The video is being shared widely on social media as a sign of cleft within the saffron camp eight months before election. As a controversy erupted on Saturday, congress said it was public humiliation of the state BJP president even when BJP tried to explain that Scindia was following protocol by making the state BJP chief speak after him and "respect Sharma.”
CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Guna Lok Sabha MP KP Yadav, sports minister and local MLA Yashodhara Raje Scindia (Jyotiraditya's aunt), forest minister Vijay Shah and minister in-charge Mahendra Singh Sisodia were also at the event along with Sharma, the Khajuraho MP, and Scindia.
Khajuraho MP Sharma was invited to the podium after Yashodhara Raje to give the welcome speech. As Sharma started speaking, Scindia walked up to him and stopped him. The audience was stunned to see Sharma returning to his seat. BJP tried to explain the matter.
State BJP spokesman and media cell chief Lokendra Parashar said, "During the Shivpuri function yesterday, Scindia took the step to respect state BJP president. This is the system of BJP, Where the party’s organization president is considered at the helm. The president is the most honourable and hence, his speech comes at the end."
He added, “the Union minister knew that a mistake had been made and that the state BJP chief should speak after him. That is why he requested the speech should be afterwards.”
Congress media cell chief KK Mishra tweeted, “It is the Scindia family tradition to sideline other leaders and surge ahead.”
He added,”Union minister wanted to take all the credit for translocation of the tigers, so he publicly humiliated VD Sharma and didn't let KP Yadav speak at the function.”
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T'gana RTC strike: Talks between govt, employees successful
Hyderabad (PTI): Talks between employees of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (RTC) who were on strike and the state government concluded successfully on Friday as the government agreed to the key demands of the workmen.
Following a day-long marathon of talks between the leaders of the employees' Joint Action Committee (JAC) and the cabinet sub-committee, the government announced after midnight that it acceded to the demands, including a merger of RTC with the government, 11 per cent pay revision and elections to the employees' unions.
A committee comprising officials and employee leaders would be appointed over the merger of RTC with the government, it said.
The RTC management has also agreed to address the remaining issues as well, an official release said.
The employees would call off their strike and the RTC buses would hit the roads shortly, it said.
The employees had been on an indefinite strike since April 22 over a series of demands, including the merger of RTC with the government.
Earlier in the day, a driver of the RTC, who attempted suicide on April 23 during the strike, died at a hospital here in the early hours of Friday.
Shankar Goud, a 55-year-old driver, set himself ablaze by pouring petrol at Narsampet in Warangal district when the employees were staging a protest on Thursday in support of their demands.
Goud suffered serious burns, was initially admitted to a state-run hospital in Warangal, and later shifted to a super-speciality hospital in Hyderabad for advanced treatment.
"He succumbed (to injuries) at about 1.30 am on Friday," a senior official said.
The driver’s body was taken to his relative’s village, Muttojipet in Warangal district, for funeral rites.
Tension prevailed in Muttojipet as his family members and RTC employees attempted to take the body to the Narsampet bus station, where he worked, to enable his colleagues to pay their last respects. However, police did not permit this, citing law-and-order concerns.
This led to a deadlock before the funeral could proceed.
Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar criticised the Telangana government for not allowing the body to be taken to the Narsampet bus station.
Kumar, Minister of State (Home), visited Muttojipet village in Warangal district, where the funeral was held, and paid homage to Goud.
“They (family members) want to take the body to the bus depot for five minutes. Is the RTC bus depot in Pakistan or Bangladesh? They are emotionally attached to taking the body there. The government is hurting sentiments and creating fear among RTC employees,” Kumar told reporters.
He also expressed anger at the police for not allowing the body to be taken to the bus station and staged a protest, according to a release from his office.
RTC employees and BJP workers attempted to take the mortal remains in an ambulance to Narsampet, but were stopped by the police.
Later, after discussions with the police, the family members and RTC employees agreed to conduct the funeral in the village.
Sanjay Kumar, stating he would abide by the family’s decision, left the village after the funeral was conducted there.
Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar said an ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh, a house, and a government job would be provided to the kin of Goud.
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy expressed shock over the employee’s death and conveyed deep condolences to the grieving family, according to the release.
The RTC employees’ JAC had earlier announced an agitation programme from April 24 to 29, including silent marches and submission of memorandums to MLAs and other leaders.
