BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje calls for completely lockdown like last year to control COVID-19
Udupi: Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP and senior BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje on Thursday called for a complete lockdown like last year to control the steep rise in COVID-19 cases.
Karandlaje said the number of cases of the virus was going up in the state and in Udupi District and a COVID-19 curfew was needed to cap the numbers. She added that only essential services should be allowed to operate during the curfew and everything else should go under lockdown, and people should co-operate.
“If people continue to move freely out, COVID cannot be controlled. Wedding ceremonies, religious events at temples and everything is going on. The more the people will socialize the more the virus will spread” she said.
“People from other cities like Bengaluru and Mumbai are coming to Udupi district. They should be tested immediately on their arrival. I have directed the authorities to start Rapid Tests from today. Home quarantine has also been made compulsory” she said while adding that strict action for the next 15 days was inevitable.
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BJP chief Vijayendra hails ED probe in MUDA case
Kalaburagi (PTI): Karnataka BJP president B Y Vijayendra on Wednesday said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe into the MUDA case has vindicated his party's stand that this scam was not limited to the irregularities in 14 sites belonging to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's family.
He noted that the investigation by the ED in the preliminary stage has uncovered over Rs 700 crore worth of irregularities.
Vijayendra also raised doubts over the inquiry conducted by the Lokayukta police into the matter.
"We have been saying that thr MUDA scam is not restricted to the allotment of 14 sites to the Chief Minister's family... I had said earlier also that it's a scam worth hundreds of crores of rupees," he said in a press conference here in Kalaburagi.
He said his statement was not a mere accusation, but a charge now proved by the ED probe.
"The ED has carried out an impartial probe. Preliminary investigation has revealed that more than Rs 700 crore worth scam has taken place in MUDA site allotment."
He said the ED has found that irregularities have taken place in the allotment of 14 sites to CM's wife Parvathi B M.
The central agency, in a recent communication sent to the Karnataka Lokayukta department, also claimed that its probe has also found that MUDA had "illegally" allotted a total of 1,095 sites in benami and other such transactions.
The agency has also claimed to have found evidence that one of Siddaramaiah's personal assistants, S G Dinesh Kumar alias CT Kumar, wielded "undue influence" in the process.
