BBMP bed blocking scam takes new turn, MLA Satish Reddy accused of blocking beds for his supporters
Bengaluru: The alleged COVID bed-blocking scandal which rocked the BBMP South zone’s war room has now taken a new turn. On Tuesday, Parliamentarian Tejasvi Surya had conducted a press conference along with other MLAs and made serious allegations against some corporation officials and contract workers hired by the BBMP. The Bommanahalli region’s MLA, Satish Reddy, who participated in the press conference has now been accused of allotting beds to his supporters in the same case.
Reportedly, MLA Satish Reddy and his supporters were threatening the war room executives working in the Bommanahalli region, and providing beds for the COVID patients illegally. It is also learned that Satish Reddy had issued direct threats to the war room in-charge saying that among the war room employees, his supporters must be prioritized over others or he would bring in his supporters and demonstrate in front of the war room.
It is learned that amid the allegations that beds were being allotted to patients recommended by Satish Reddy, another accusation has come to light that the beds were also being sold for a certain amount of money to distressed patients.
Concerning the press conference on the bed-blocking scandal, where allegations were made by MP Tejasvi Surya, MLAs Satish Reddy, Ravi Subramanya, and Uday Garudachaar on Tuesday, the police had already arrested several individuals. Now, Satish Reddy’s name has come to the forefront of this case and given a new turn to the case.
However, MLA Satish Reddy has denied involvement in the scandal and said, “The accusation that my supporters were blocking beds inside the war room has no substance to it. Whoever has called my office requesting help for bed after they did not get a response from the helpline, in such case I have requested that beds be given to them on a preferential basis. But the allegation that I was blocking beds is a lie”, he informed.
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Affront to non-Hindi speaking people: Chidambaram slams use of Hindi words in bills' names
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader P Chidambaram has slammed the "increasing practice" of the government using Hindi words in the titles of the bills and said the change is an "affront" to the non-Hindi-speaking people.
Chidambaram said the non-Hindi-speaking people cannot identify a Bill/Act with titles that are in Hindi words written in English letters, and they cannot pronounce them.
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"I am opposed to the increasing practice of the government using Hindi words written in English letters in the title of the Bills to be introduced in Parliament," the former Union minister said late Monday night.
Hitherto, the practice was to write the title of the Bill in English words in the English version and in Hindi words in the Hindi version of the Bill, Chidambaram said.
"When no one pointed out any difficulty in the 75 year practice, why should government make a change?" he said.
"This change is an affront to non-Hindi speaking people and to States that have an official language other than Hindi," the Congress leader said.
Successive governments have reiterated the promise that English will remain an Associate Official Language, Chidambaram said.
"I fear that promise is in danger of being broken," the Congress MP said.
