Congress slams BJP for politicizing COVID-19 pandemic in Dakshina Kannada District
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Congress party in a press conference on Thursday slammed the ruling BJP for allegedly politicizing the COVID-19 pandemic in the district.
Speaking at a press conference at the District Congress office here in the city, the Congress District President and MLC Harish Kumar claimed that the resources dispensed by Central and State government for the poor people were being misused by the BJP party workers and corporators in Dakshina Kannada District.
Alleging that the ruling BJP was politicizing the pandemic and using it for political gains, Harish Kumar said “The BJP is misusing people’s money and resources for their own political gains. The resources that are meant to be distributed to the poor people during the pandemic are being used to advertise the BJP. This is unethical as the resources come from people’s money, but the government is taking credit for it”.
“Similarly, the party also used the pictures of PM Modi on the ration distribution campaign, vaccination certificates, and RT-PCR reports” he added.
He further claimed that the elected Corporators of Congress party at the panchayath levels were also being ignored by the BJP and they were not being taken into confidence before making any decision.
“Our corporators are being sidelined. They are not being invited to the meetings where decisions are made. One of our corporators was first sanctioned 500 COVID-19 vaccination for his ward, it was then reduced to 300 and later the sanctioned vaccines were canceled adding ‘lack of resources”.
He questioned if the vaccines were sanctioned to the Congress corporator, why did the BJP administration have to cancel them. “Where did all those vaccines go?” he asked.
Harish Kumar was accompanied by other senior Congress leaders at the press conference.
Vartha Bharati News Bureau/ Taha Kausar
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After fake ID crackdown, IRCTC daily new accounts down to 5000 from one lakh: Railways
New Delhi (PTI): With a new, stringent system to establish user identity, the number of new user IDs being added daily on the IRCTC website has declined to about 5,000 from nearly one lakh, officials said on Saturday.
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw noted that the crackdown by Indian Railways on train ticket booking through fake identities is yielding positive results, according to a press note.
Before the latest reforms, this number had touched nearly one lakh new user IDs per day, it said.
"Following the introduction of a stringent system to establish user identity and detect fake IDs, about 5,000 new user IDs are now being added daily on the IRCTC website," the note said.
The officials stated that these steps have already helped Indian Railways deactivate 3.03 crore fake accounts.
"Another 2.7 crore user IDs have either been temporarily suspended or identified for suspension based on the suspicious activities they are indulging in," they said.
The Union minister directed officials to ensure that the ticketing system is reformed to a level where all travellers are able to book tickets easily through a real and genuine user ID, the press note added.
Additionally, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has directed officials to provide local cuisine of the region in Vande Bharat trains.
Introducing local cuisine that reflects the culture and tastes of the regions being traversed will significantly enhance the passenger experience, officials said.
This facility will be expanded to all the trains progressively in future, they added.
