MLA's Son wins cooperative bank vice-chairmanship despite facing charges of assaulting dalit leader
Rajkot: Jyotiradityasinh Jadeja, son of BJP MLA Geetaba Jadeja, was elected as the vice-chairman of Gondal Nagrik Sahakari Bank (GNSB) in Rajkot on Thursday. This election victory comes even as he remains embroiled in a legal case concerning the alleged assault and kidnapping of a Dalit leader.
The Gujarat High Court granted him bail in the case involving the assault of Sanjay Solanki, president of the Junagadh city unit of the National Students Union of India (NSUI), hours after his election. According to the FIR filed at “A” Division police station in Junagadh, Jyotiradityasinh Jadeja, along with 10 others, allegedly assaulted Solanki in May this year after the NSUI leader asked them to drive carefully in Junagadh’s Kalva Chowk area.
The FIR further alleges that Solanki was kidnapped, taken to Gondal, and threatened with a firearm before being dropped back in Junagadh. Ganesh and the other accused have been charged with attempt-to-murder, kidnapping, and under various provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Ganesh was arrested on June 5 and has been in judicial custody at Junagadh district jail since.
Despite being in jail, the 25-year-old contested the cooperative bank elections and was declared the winner on September 16. The newly elected board members met on Thursday to select the chairman, vice-chairman, and managing director of GNSB. Ganesh secured the vice-chairmanship uncontested, along with Ashok Pipaliya as chairman and Govind Parmar as managing director.
Ganesh’s bail conditions include a prohibition from entering the limits of Junagadh district for six months from the date of his release. His advocate, PB Khandheria, stated that the court order would be received on Friday, and they would then seek his release.
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LS proceedings adjourned till noon amid Opposition protests over Adani bribery row, other issues
New Delhi (PTI): Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 12 noon on Wednesday amid protests by Opposition members over the Adani controversy, recent violence in Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh and other issues.
As soon as the House met for the day, many Opposition members, including from Congress, were on their feet as they sought to raise various issues.
Some members from the Congress and Samajwadi Party were in the Well while other Opposition members stood in the aisle and shouted slogans.
Speaker Om Birla asked the Opposition members to allow the Question Hour and said they can take up their issues later.
Amid the din, one question was taken up.
However, the protests continued and the proceedings, which went on for about six minutes, were adjourned till noon.
The Opposition members wanted to discuss the Adani controversy and the recent violence in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal.
The Adani Group said on Wednesday that Gautam Adani, and his nephew Sagar have not been charged with any violation of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in the indictment that authorities filed in the New York court in an alleged bribery case.
