Set to join Cong, Ex-MLA Poornima Srinivas says BJP did not fulfil promises made to her community
Bengaluru: Former BJP MLA Poornima Srinivas, who is set to join the Congress, claimed on Wednesday that the J P Nadda-led party failed to fulfil the promises made to the Golla (cowherd) community to which she belongs, prompting her to opt for a 'change''.
She also claimed that the Congress has decided to give the MLC ticket to her husband D T Srinivas from Teachers' Constituency.
Denying that she was sidelined in the BJP, the former MLA said both B S Yediyurappa and Basavaraj Bommai had when they were Chief Ministers paid attention to Holalakere assembly constituency, which she had represented from 2018 to 2023, by giving lots of grants.
"However, when it comes to my community, they (Yediyurappa and Bommai) did not live up to the promises they had made while in the government to fulfill many of the works of our community, be it our Math or hostels in Chitradurga, Holalakere, Hosadurga and Hiriyur", she said.
She added that in Tumakuru too, there are many unfinished buildings, which were meant for the Golla community. The request for grants went unheeded, Poornima alleged.
Poornima also has a grouse that she was not made a minister though there were strong indications for it till the last minute. The BJP also created confusion regarding the formation of a corporation of our community, she alleged.
Regarding the date of joining Congress, she said, "It is not final yet, but we are thinking of October 20."
"It is the decision of our community leaders and our well wishers who want me to continue in politics. They want me to go for a change because they believe that there is difficulty for the Other Backward Classes in the BJP. Hence, I took this decision, she said.
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Woman poses as man to loot jewellery of Rs 1.5 crore from relative's house; arrested
Palghar (PTI): A 27-year-old woman disguised as a man to gain entry into the residence of her sister's father-in-law and robbed jewellery of more than Rs 1.5 crore from the house in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Wednesday.
The incident took place at Manickpur in Vasai area on Monday afternoon and the woman was apprehended from Navsari in Gujarat the same night, they said.
The accused, dressed up as a man, came to the house of her sister's 66-year-old father-in-law, who lived alone, under the pretext of wanting to see it for some deal.
After entering the house, the accused took the elderly man to the toilet on the pretext of checking it, locked him inside and fled with 1.4 kg of gold ornaments and 2.3 kg of silver items, collectively valued at Rs 1,50,84,050, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Madan Ballal said.
Based on the victim's complaint, an FIR was registered the same day under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections for theft, robbery and wrongful confinement, and the police examined 75 to 80 CCTV footages, he said.
"We came across a footage showing a man carrying the stolen items and placing them somewhere before disappearing from sight, after which a woman collected them," the official said.
Along with technical surveillance and intelligence inputs, the investigators received a tip that a relative of the victim in Gujarat could be involved in the crime.
Acting swiftly, a crime branch team from here, with the assistance of the Navsari police, apprehended the woman, identified as Jyoti Mohan Bhanushali, from Gujarat late Monday night, Ballal said.
"During interrogation, she confessed to hatching the plan herself. Disguised as a man, she visited the house of her sister's father-in-law, knowing he lived alone, and carried out the robbery," the official said.
The police have recovered all the stolen items, he said, adding further probe was on into the case.
