Three accused including Tulu actor Surendra Bhandary arrested
Assault on BJP workers, murder attempt
Bantwal, June 21: In a joint operation, a police team from Mangaluru and Bantwal arrested three accused including a Tulu film actor on charges of assaulting and attempting murder BJP workers at Baddekatte in the taluk last week, on Thursday.
The arrested are identified as main accused Surendra Bhandary (37), Sathish Kulal (37) and Prithviraj J Shetty (35). On a tip-off, Surendra Bhandary and Sathish Kulal were arrested at Pachchinadka in Mangaluru and another accused Pruthviraj who was absconding was arrested at Kumble at Kerala. All the three would be produced before the court, the police said.
About the incident
A team led by Surendra Bhadary attacked BJP workers and Mani gram panchayat members Ganesh Rai and Pushparaj E at Baddekatte in Bantwal and made futile attempt to kill them. A person had recorded the scene where Surendra Bhandary was seen abusing with foul language and attacking the victims wielding a lethal weapon and it was viral in the social media.
Under the guidance of DySP, DCIB police inspector Sunil Nayak, Bantwala PSIs Chandrashekar, Harish, Yallappa and Prasanna, Uday Rai, Praveen and Iqbal of DCIB, staff Girish, Murugesh, Nazeer, Umesh, Kumar, Mallik Saab,Danya, Prashanth, Kedar, Hanumanthu and Diwakar participated in the operation.
SP Ravikante Gowda announced prizes to the police personnel for their success in the investigation.
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Why remove Mahatma Gandhi's name, asks Priyanka on move to replace MGNREGA
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday slammed the government over its move to change the name of MGNREGA, asking what is the government's intention behind removing the name of Mahatma Gandhi who is the tallest leader not just in India but in the world.
A bill to repeal the MGNREGA and bring a new law for rural employment -- Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025 -- is set to be introduced in the Lok Sabha. According to a copy of the bill, it seeks to introduce the VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, in Parliament and repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) of 2005.
Asked about the government's move, Priyanka Gandhi said, "Whenever the name of a scheme is changed there are so many changes that have to be made in offices, stationery... for which money is spent. So, what is the benefit, why it is being done?"
"Why is Mahatma Gandhi's name being removed. Mahatma Gandhi is considered the tallest leader not just in the country but in the world, so removing his name, I really don't understand what is the objective? What is their intention?" she told reporters in Parliament House complex.
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"Even when we are debating it is on other issues not the real issues of the people. Time is being wasted, money is being wasted, they are disrupting themselves," Priyanka Gandhi added.
The bill aims at establishing a "rural development framework aligned with the national vision of Viksit Bharat 2047", by providing a statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work.
The bill has been listed in the Lok Sabha in the supplementary list of business issued on Monday.
Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in the statement of purpose of the Bill, said MGNREGA has provided guaranteed wage-employment to rural households over the past 20 years.
However, "further strengthening has become necessary in view of the significant socio-economic transformation witnessed in the rural landscape driven by widespread coverage of the social security interventions and saturation-oriented implementation of major government schemes", he said.
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