Bidar: Forest Dept denies permission to build temple on its plot after communities’ fight
Bidar: Forest and police officers in Basavakalyana taluk reportedly intervened in a recent argument between people belonging to two communities to build temples on a vacant plot owned by the Forest Department in Rajola village of the taluk and retrieved the plot.
The site was being cleared for construction of the Bir Lingeshwara Temple and the Veerabhadreshwara Temple when the fight between the people of the two communities broke out.
Humnabad Deputy Superintendent of Police JS Nyam Gowda and Sub-inspector Nagendra, who were informed of the scuffle in Rajola, visited the village and spoke to the people, preventing further problems.
Forest officer Mahendra Modaya and other personnel arrived at the village and, after learning about the fight for the plot, declared that the land belonged to the Forest Department and could not be used for construction of temples. The forest officer also reportedly retrieved the land on behalf of the Forest Department.
As a safety measure to prevent further tension, police security has been provided to Rajola village.
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Maharashtra Cong chief Nana Patole scrapes through in Sakoli, wins by 208 votes
Mumbai, Nov 23: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole survived a scare from his nearest BJP rival in the Sakoli assembly constituency but managed to win the tight contest by a narrow margin of 208 votes.
Patole, the incumbent Congress MLA from Sakoli, polled 96,795 votes, while his challenger from BJP, Avinash Brahmankar, came tantalisingly close to bagging 96,587 votes.
Independent nominee Somadatta Karanjekar was a distant third, bagging 18,309 votes.
While Patole managed to save the face with the thin margin, the Congress unit led by him and the Maha Vikas Aghadi were routed by the BJP-led Mahayuti in the one-sided contest.
