"Modi privatized Mangaluru Airport, merged Vijaya Bank. Why should DK people vote him?" Kumaraswamy
The Karnataka CM was speaking at Mangaluru International Airport after arriving in the city
Mangaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, who arrived in the city on Sunday to campaign for Cong-JD(S) alliance candidate in Dakshina Kannada constituency Mithun Rai, questioned the developmental work done in the constituency by Narendra Modi led government.
He was speaking at the Mangaluru International Airport after arriving in the city. He questioned “What has Narendra Modi given to this constituency so that people should vote for BJP only by having Modi agenda in their minds? What has he done in the five years? Privatization of Mangaluru Airport? Vijaya Bank merger?”
“People in BJP have been lately urging voters in Mangaluru to vote for BJP for the sake of Modi and not for Nalin Kumar Kateel. But why should people vote for Modi? What has he done for the constituency? The Mangaluru International Airport which was making profits was handed to private entity. The Vijaya Bank which was also making profits unlike other banks was merged with Bank of Baroda in Gujarat. So why should people vote for Modi? It is about self-esteem of people of Mangaluru” he added.
Modi will be arriving in Mangaluru on April 13, on the same day Rahul Gandhi was also scheduled to land in the city. However the dates have been slightly adjusted, he informed.
“I have held meetings with Minister U.T Khader, Jayamala and other leaders of the Udupi-Chikmagalur and Dakshina Kannada constituencies to make sure that candidates here sweep the election. We have so far received good response in both the constituencies” he stated.
Dakshina Kannada District In-charge minister U.T Khader and Udupi District In-charge Minister Jayamala were present along with the CM at the airport.
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Allahabad court restrains FIR order against Gandhi
Lucknow (PTI): The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has restrained its order directing an FIR against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in connection with the alleged dual citizenship controversy.
The court will now hear the parties on whether prior notice to the accused was legally required.
A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi, which had in Friday in an oral order observed that prima facie cognisable offences appeared to be made out against Gandhi, and permitted the Uttar Pradesh government to hand over the probe to a central agency, said it would first examine the legal position on issuance of notice before passing any direction.
The development came after the bench, before signing its dictated order, came across a full court verdict mandating that notice be issued to the proposed accused in such matters.
The court noted that none of the counsel brought this legal requirement to its attention in the earlier hearing.
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The bench has posted the matter for April 20.
The order was passed on a plea filed by Karnataka-based BJP worker S Vignesh Shishir.
During the Friday proceedings, Deputy Solicitor General of India S B Pandey produced records of the Centre relating to the citizenship controversy, while government advocate V K Singh submitted on behalf of the state that the allegations prima facie disclosed cognisable offences.
After a hearing, the bench observed that material on record indicated that Gandhi had allegedly committed cognisable offences and that the matter warranted investigation.
In his petition, Shishir alleged that Gandhi was a UK citizen and had incorporated a company, M/s Backops Ltd, in August 2003, declaring his nationality as British.
The petitioner claimed that Gandhi submitted the company's annual returns in October 2005 and October 2006 listing his nationality as British, and that the firm was dissolved in February 2009.
He sought registration of an FIR against the former Congress president under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Official Secrets Act, the Foreigners Act and the Passport Act.
The complaint was initially filed before a special MP/MLA court in Rae Bareli and was later transferred to Lucknow on the petitioner's request.
