Mangaluru: Harekala PDO suspended for campaigning for political party ahead of Karnataka elections
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Ravikumar has suspended Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) of Harekala Gram Panchayat Yashwanth Belchada with immediate effect for dereliction of duty, based on an investigative report submitted by Zilla Panchayat CEO Dr. Kumar.
Harekala Gram Panchayat President Badruddin had complained to the CEO that the PDO was campaigning for a party, which was a dereliction on Belchada’s part, as a government officer.
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Belchada had denied the charges against him, but closer investigation of an audio clip of his conversation by Dr. Kumar proved the Harekala Gram Panchayat President’s charges against the PDO to be true.
Following the submission of the investigation report by the CEO, the Deputy Commissioner issued the order suspending Belchada.
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BJP accuses AAP of circulating 'edited' videos to malign Swati Maliwal
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi BJP Saturday accused AAP leaders of circulating "edited" videos to tarnish the image of their own party MP Swati Maliwal, who has accused an aide of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of assaulting her.
It is regrettable that "edited" videos are being circulated on social media groups since Friday in an attempt to "defame" Maliwal who is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva claimed.
Earlier in the day, the Delhi Police arrested Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar who has been accused by Maliwal of assaulting her at the CM's residence on Monday.
A couple of videos from the chief minister's residence from the day of the incident have surfaced on social media, one showed Maliwal having an argument with security personnel, while the other showed her walking out of the CM's residence in the Civil Lines.
"Now that the entire Aam Aadmi Party is tarnishing the image of Swati Maliwal, it's time Kejriwal comes forward and speaks on the matter," Sachdeva said.
The AAP has accused Maliwal of lying and becoming a part of the BJP conspiracy to frame Kejriwal in a fake case in the midst of elections.
Sachdeva said now that Kejriwal's aide has been arrested by police, many "dirty pages" of AAP's politics will become public.
If the AAP is trying to implicate Maliwal by circulating "edited" videos, it would be better for the Delhi Police to immediately take possession of the complete CCTV footage of the chief minister's residence, Sachdeva said.
He charged that Maliwal is not the first woman leader of the AAP that the party has has defamed.
Earlier, they also raised questions about Kiran Bedi, Shazia Ilmi and Richa Pandey who have all left the AAP, Sachdeva added.
