Maharashtra Cong chief Patole kicks up row with dog jibe at BJP
Akola (PTI): Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole has courted a controversy after he asked OBC voters in Akola district if they would vote for the BJP who calls them "kutta" (dog).
Patole, while addressing a public meeting in Akola for Congress's candidate from the Akola West constituency on Monday, alleged that the BJP has become so arrogant that it calls the Other Backward Class community dog.
Hitting back at Patole, the BJP said his remarks reflected the frustration of the Congress.
"I want to ask the people belonging to the OBC in Akola district, will you vote for the BJP who calls you kutta (dog)? Now the time has come to make the BJP 'kutta' (dog)," he said.
The state Congress chief asserted that BJP is working to break the country's unity by showing fear.
He claimed there was a wave of change in Maharashtra, and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis would lose the election this time.
Former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya said such statements show the Maha Vikas Aghadi’s declining state.
“They are going from disappointment to dejection. Sharad Pawar is saying something, Uddhav Thackeray is verbally abusing the Election Commission, and now Congress is calling the BJP a 'kutta' because opinion polls show that Mahayuti is going to win the elections,” Somaiya said.
The battle is getting fiercer between the Mahayuti and MVA in the run-up to the November 20 state assembly election. Earlier, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Arvind Sawant had to eat his words and apologise after he referred to Shiv Sena candidate Shaina NC as "imported maal".
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20 injured in multiple collisions in Gundya
Dakshina Kannada (PTI): Over 20 people were injured in multiple-vehicle collisions involving a private bus, a KSRTC bus, and a car near Addahole on the Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway, police said on Saturday.
Most of the injured were in the private bus that overturned after losing control and collided with the KSRTC bus. The private bus was carrying a group of college students from Bengaluru. They were returning from a trip to Kundapur. A car trailing behind also crashed into the KSRTC bus, resulting in a chain collision.
The injured were rushed to private hospitals in Nelyadi and Kadaba for first aid, while several were referred to Puttur for advanced treatment.
The Uppinangady police have registered a case and further investigation is underway.
