100 per cent corruption took place during previous Cong rule: CM Bommai
Bengaluru(PTI): Faced by 40 per cent commission charge against his government, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday hit back at the Congress for 'maladministration' when it was in power between 2013 and 2018 and alleged that there were instances of "100 per cent corruption" then.
Addressing the BJP's state executive meeting here, he told partymen that there was a huge responsibility, with high expectations by the people from them.
"The Congress' maladministration and its decisions are still fresh in the minds of the people of the state... they think that people would have forgotten everything and are making speeches today. There was no social harmony during their tenure that was marred by communal violence and killings."
He alleged that the law and order in the state had collapsed under the Congress government, which was plagued by scams.
"There are instances where 100 per cent corruption had taken place. During the Congress' regime there was large-scale corruption in all departments," he said pointing to alleged corruption in the minor irrigation department, borewell scam, among others.
State BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel, former Chief Minister and BJP Parliamentary Board Member B S Yediyurappa, Union Ministers-Pralhad Joshi, Shoba Karndlaje and Narayana Swamy-, party National General Secretaries Arun Singh and C T Ravi, among others were present at the meet.
The Congress has no moral right to speak about corruption, the CM said. They did not take any action against a DIG, who was allegedly involved in the police recruitment scam, and there were similar scams in Teachers' recruitment and Karnataka Public Services Commission.
" fter the BJP came to power, action was taken in connection with all these scams and I gave permission to prosecute the DIG involved in police recruitment scam. There were also scams in various public works during their tenure," he added.
The Congress has been trying to put the ruling BJP on the backfoot with the 'PayCM' campaign, targeting the government on the issue of corruption including the 40 per cent commission allegation made by the Karnataka State Contractors Association.
Accusing the Siddaramaiah led Congress government of withdrawing cases against an "anti national organisation like PFI", Bommai claimed that despite attack on their own legislators, just for the sake of appeasement and vote bank politics, they supported such organisations.
They opposed action against such organisations, which burnt the house of a Congress legislator during the violence at Bengaluru's K G Halli and D J Halli, he said, "this is Congress' model and what morality do they have?"
Noting that any government should be formed with people's mandate, the CM alleged that by subverting people's mandate and democratic norms, the party (JDS) that had got just 32 seats was given power by the Congress, through illegal means after the 2018 assembly polls.
"In one and half years the Congress-JD(S) coalition government that was in power, had taken the state backwards in all sectors," he said, highlighting various schemes and welfare measures taken by his government for all round development of the state and its people.
Bommai further claimed that BJP is the only party that is holding its state executive once in three months to review its programmes and analyse the political situation.
"There is a huge responsibility on us and people have too much expectations... people have lost faith in other parties in the state and other parts of the country, and BJP heading the government in 18 states is the proof for it and it will be further known in the days to come," he said.
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Suspected drones observed along IB in Jammu's Samba, being engaged: Army
Jammu, May 12 (PTI): Security forces are engaging suspected drones observed along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu region on Monday, an Army said.
This fresh incident of drone activity along the borderline comes barely hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first address to the nation following Operation Sindoor and the meeting of the DGMOs of India and Pakistan.
The Army, however, said there is no need to be alarmed.
“A small number of suspected drones have been observed near Samba in J&K. They are being engaged,” it said.
In the backdrop of the situation, several areas witnessed blackouts in Samba, Kathua, Rajouri, and Jammu.
Lights were switched off at the cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi and along its track as a precautionary measure, sources said.
On Monday, talks between the DGMOs were held during which issues related to the continuing commitment that both sides must not fire a single shot or initiate any aggressive or inimical action against each other were discussed, the Indian Army said.
It was also agreed that both sides would consider immediate measures to ensure troop reduction along the borders and in forward areas, it added.
The situation remained largely peaceful across Jammu and Kashmir, with no incidents of ceasefire violation reported along the Indo-Pak border Sunday overnight — marking the first calm night after 18 days of hostilities following the Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 people — mostly tourists — dead.
India and Pakistan on Saturday reached an understanding to cease all firing and military actions on land, air, and sea with immediate effect, following four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes that brought the two countries to the brink of full-scale war.
Eighteen days of intense hostilities following the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor, which brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war, ended with a ceasefire that restored calm along the Line of Control, the International Border, and the hinterland in Jammu and Kashmir. The Army thwarted Pakistan’s Hamas-style kamikaze drone attacks during the escalation.
Since the night of April 24, hours after India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistani troops repeatedly targeted Indian positions along the LoC — beginning in the Kashmir Valley and quickly expanding to the Jammu region.
The latest hostilities began in the northern districts of Kupwara and Baramulla in the Kashmir Valley, before spreading southwards to Rajouri, Poonch, Akhnoor, and the Pargwal sector along the International Border in Jammu district. The firing affected five border districts — Baramulla, Kupwara, Poonch, Rajouri, and Jammu.
The recent round of cross-border firing further undermined the ceasefire agreement reached in February 2021, which has largely been seen as ineffective due to Pakistan’s frequent violations along the 740-km-long LoC.
The April 22 terror attack, which claimed the lives of 26 people — mostly tourists — in Pahalgam’s Baisaran valley, triggered a strong response from the central government.
The India-Pakistan border stretches over 3,300 kilometers, divided into three segments: the International Border (IB), spanning about 2,400 km from Gujarat to Akhnoor in Jammu; the 740-km-long Line of Control (LoC) that divides Jammu and Kashmir; and the 110-km-long Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL), which separates the Siachen Glacier region.
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A small numbers of suspected drones being observed near Samba in J&K. Being engaged . pic.twitter.com/jmGmRkmQ26
