UP Polls: BJP MLA from Bara seat quits party
Prayagraj, Feb 3: The BJP MLA from reserved Bara assembly constituency in Prayagraj district quit the party on Wednesday in protest against allegedly being kept in dark about the party's intention to leave the seat for a coalition partner candidate.
BJP MLA Ajay Kumar told reporters that he has resigned from the primary membership of the party.
Explaining his reason for taking the drastic step, Dr Kumar said he had been hearing of the BJP leadership's intention to leave the Bara seat for a candidate of alliance partner Apna Dal (S)
I have no remorse against it but I have been hurt by the fact that none of the top leaders of the party deemed it necessary to take me into confidence and inform me about it, he said.
I have been deeply hurt by it and I am leaving the BJP with a heavy heart. I performed honestly and sincerely all the duties and responsibilities assigned to me as a BJP worker and MLA. The party was never hurt or harmed by any of my actions, he said.
Dr Kumar had won from Bara in both the 2012 and the 2017 assembly elections -- first as a Samajwadi Party candidate and then as a BJP member.
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Six killed in Tamil Nadu hospital fire
Dindigul (Tamil Nadu), Dec 12: At least six persons, including a minor boy, were killed in a fire accident at a private hospital in this district on Thursday, police and Fire department officials said.
All the six were found unconscious in a lift, they said. They were rushed to a hospital where they were declared dead by doctors.
The victims suffocated to death and the Fire and Rescue Services personnel found them inside the lift after evacuating about 30 in-patients of the hospital. The evacuated persons have been admitted in the district GH, the officials added.
The fire was suspected to have been caused by an electrical short circuit, police said citing initial probe.
TV visuals showed fire and smoke billowing from the hospital building, with fire tenders pressed into service to put down the flames.
#TamilNadu: A fire broke out at City Private Hospital on the Dindigul-Trichy road, claiming six lives, including a young boy and three women, and leaving over 20 injured.
— South First (@TheSouthfirst) December 12, 2024
Today, at around 9 PM, an electrical short circuit reportedly caused a sudden fire in the hospital’s… pic.twitter.com/icwEtiU6wc
