Big question on BJP's claims of 'Acche Din': Kumaraswamy
Bengaluru(PTI): JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday said there is a big question on the ruling BJP's claims of "Acche Din" (good days), as he referred to RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale's statement expressing concern over 'rising income inequality' and unemployment in the country.
The former Chief Minister, in a series of tweets, said the statement by a top leader of RSS, which is the ideological parent-organization of the ruling party, holds a mirror to the present condition in the country.
"BJP's mother-root, RSS' general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale's statement that economic inequality, poverty, and unemployment are very dangerous holds a mirror to the present condition in India. Now, there are big questions on the claims of Acche Din," Kumaraswamy said.
Stating that one doesn't require expertise to say who has flourished, who has lost everything in the last seven years of BJP rule, he said Hosabale himself has said that 20 crore people are below the poverty line and four crore youth unemployed. "Then, who became rich in the last 7 years?"
Hosabale on Sunday expressed concern over alleged rising income inequality and unemployment, asserting that poverty is posing as a "demon-like challenge in front of us."
He, however, has said several steps have been taken in the last few years to address this challenge.
Pointing out that malnutrition is rampant across the country and there is no drinking water in a number of villages, Kumaraswamy said, "When this is the truth, why is there fear to introspect 'Acche Din'? Hosable has spoken the truth of what surveys also say."
"Acche Din" is the ruling BJP's slogan which has been used by the J P Nadda-led party and its leaders since the time the party came to power in 2014.
Warning not to be surprised if increasing economic inequality leads to "bigger rage", Kumaraswamy said the country getting caught in the web of the corporate world is not a good sign. "People's frustration and impatience are increasing day by day. It is time the BJP woke up," added the son of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda.
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
