Mangaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C N Ashwatnarayan on Friday added that a thorough investigation by Income Tax Department will reveal information about the possible Medical seats blocking scandal in the state.

He was replying to a query of reporters in Mangaluru after arriving in the city on Friday, Ashwatnarayan was asked if IT raids at former Dy.CM Dr. G Parameshwara run educational institution was connected to the medical seats blocking scandal.

The BJP leader replied “There are possibilities that the government and medical colleges were both running the scandal. But based on the complaints and allegations we cannot come to a conclusion. Only after thorough investigation by IT Department things will be cleared”.

“There are government quota seats in all private medical colleges. When these seats are not filled it is allotted to the respective colleges. Some educational institutions misuses this, allegations have also been labeled against few institutions in this regard. But it is not clear if Dr. Parameshwara’s institutions are involved in such practices. The raid was in connection with black money, undisclosed assets” he added.

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Jabalpur: Anju Bhargava, vice-president of BJP's Jabalpur city unit, has come under sharp scrutiny, creating the ripples of political controvery in Madhya Pradesh, after a video surfaced online showing her physically assaulting a visually impaired woman inside a church.

The New Indian Express has reported that the said incident reportedly took place on Saturday (20 Dec) at a church in the Hawa Bagh area, which comes under the limits of Gorakhpur police station.

The video footage that has circulated widely on Monday shows Anju Bhargava, assaulting the blind woman in the presence of a police officer. In the video, Bhargava is seen shouting at the woman, twisting her arm and forcibly grabbing her face. The victim can be heard pleading to Bhargava to speak to her rather than resorting to physical violence. Also, we can hear Bhargava screaming, “will be blind in her next birth too”

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According to The Indian Express reports, Bhargava entered the church, with members of several Hindutva affiliated organisations, alleging that the visually impaired children were being forced into religious conversion; But, the students present at the church have flatly denied all the allegations.

An unnamed police officer cited in media reports states that there was no evidence to support claims of forced religious conversion. The incident has since intensified political debate in the state, with opposition parties demanding accountability and action against those involved.