BJP leader supplies free petrol, case filed
Udupi: A case has been booked against the president of the Udupi unit of BJP on the charge of violation of model code of conduct after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election campaign meeting here on May 1.
According to the police, after Mr. Modi left on completing his speech at the MGM College grounds, free petrol was supplied to people with motorcycles and scooters at the Laksha Enterprises outlet at Gundibail. The entire sequence of distribution of petrol was recorded on video.
Based on a complaint, and a CD of the video provided by election flying squad officer Dayanand Bennur, the complainant, a case was registered against Mattar Ratnakar Hegde, the BJP leader, and the owner of the outlet after getting permission from court, the police said.
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50 passengers from Karnataka stranded in conflict region arrived in New Delhi: CM office
Bengaluru (PTI): Fifty passengers from the state who were stranded in the Gulf region amid the ongoing West Asia conflict arrived in New Delhi early Friday morning after departing from Fujairah in the UAE, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's office said.
The protocol team (Karnataka govt) were at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi with breakfast, it said.
They were transported on a KSRP (Karnataka State Reserve Police) bus and two cars to domestic terminals for their onward travel to Bengaluru, Mangaluru and Hubballi, the CM office said in a statement.
Many were disgruntled and complained to the team that MEA did nothing, and it was only a local organisation that helped them with their tickets, etc., the statement claimed.
"Incidentally, we are the only state so far that is providing this assistance at the Delhi airport," it added.
