Udupi, May 9: Rajya Sabha Member and Congress leader Gulam Nabi Azad said that Modi wave seen in 2014 has become a burden instead of property today.

Speaking to reporters at Kaup near here on Wednesday, Azad said that the NDA government led by Narendra Modi is limited to just false assurances, meaningless slogans and campaigns. There is no reality. His promises of creating two crore job opportunities every year and giving at least 50 per cent of production cost as support price for farmers have remained as slogans. In reality, thousands of people have been losing their jobs every year in the country, he said.

Narendra Modi government has restricted itself to announce the programmes instead of implementation. But between 2004 and 2014, the UPA government led by Dr Manmohan Singh had given less promises and implemented double programmes. The MNREGS implemented by the UPA government is the world No.1 social programme due to which more than 13 crore families have got jobs. More than 65 percent of people were benefitted from food security programme in the country.  But Narendra Modi has promised of bringing moon, but failed to fulfill them. The BJP which has failed in national level has lost faith even in Karnataka. Both BJP and its leaders have no moral right to talk about corruption free Congress government in the state, he said.

Siddaramaiah has fulfilled the promises given to the people during last election. So, the Congress would once again come to power with sweeping majority in the state, he said. \\

It is not fair to mix religion with politics. The Congress believed that both politics and religion are two separate entities. The Congress would respect all religions. But they would not do Dharmakarana (Religious Politics). Karnataka people are intelligent and they could understand which is good and which is bad. Prime Minister Modi who says he would not entertain corruption, has announced Yeddyurappa as CM candidate, he ridiculed. 

 

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Bengaluru, Dec 26: A Japanese national, Hiroshi Sasaki, who works in Bengaluru, lost Rs 35.5 lakh after being 'digitally arrested' by cyber fraudsters, police said, on Thursday.

 

The incident occurred between December 12 and 14, police added.

Sasaki, who lives in a flat near Dairy Circle, received a phone call on December 12. The caller was claiming to be from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The caller informed him that his phone number would be blocked due to its unauthorised use.

To avoid the disconnection Sasaki was asked to dial a number.

Upon dialling the number, he was immediately connected to a WhatsApp call from someone claiming to be from the Cyber Crime wing of Mumbai Police. The caller informed Sasaki that he was involved in a money laundering case.

The fraudsters "digitally arrested" him and siphoned off Rs 35.5 lakh by having him make payments through various means, including RTGS.

He was also told that the money would be returned after the investigation was completed.

After realising that he had been duped, the victim approached the South East Cyber Crimes, Economics and Narcotics (CEN) police station and lodged a complaint.

'Digital arrest' is a new cyber fraud, where the fraudster poses as law enforcement agency officials from agencies like CBI, and customs and threatens people of arrest by making video calls.

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