BJP MLA pressured BBMP to suspend Muslim Employees even before the ambush: Report
Bengaluru: According to a report by Prajavani, new information has surfaced concerning the harassment and targeting of the 17 Muslim BBMP war room employees, who were singled out by the BJP MP Tejasvi Surya and his party’s MLAs. An MLA from the party allegedly pressured the BBMP officials to suspend the 17 employees in question and warned them of trouble in case of non-compliance, even before the ambush, it is learned.
A senior official, who insisted on being anonymous has released a statement revealing that “An MLA and his supporters pressured us and told us to suspend all the Muslim employees from the War room on May 1st itself”, he said.
“There are no complaints on these 17 Muslim employees, and they have done nothing wrong. We said that we cannot suspend them from work without any reason. After that, an officer in the lower department was also pressured by them. They had brought a letter they wrote in this regard. But, I rejected it”, the senior level officer, who wished to remain anonymous told Prajavani.
“The MLA had warned and said that ‘if you do not suspend the Muslim employees, you will face trouble’. Because we did not listen to them, they ambushed us on May 4th”, the anonymous official informed. “MLAs had left the individuals that they chose at the Bommanahalli region’s war room. They were overlooking the In-charge’s work including that of operations related to the allotment of beds. In this regard, the MLA wanted to remove the 17 individuals in question and replace them with his people, that was his intention”, the Prajavani report citing the anonymous official relayed.
Appointed after April 20: “The South zone War room had only 47 employees to do the work. On April 15th, we notified that we required more staff and requested the fulfillment of the same. Including these 17 Muslim employees, around 160 individuals were appointed on April 20th. Presently, 207 employees were working in that location”, informed an official working at the Crystal Agency, which helped fulfill the employee requirement of the South Zone war room.
“The agency that fulfilled the Bommanahalli war room’s staff requirements is another organization. We have fulfilled the staff requirements for the South Zone war room”, the official from the agency was quoted saying in the report published by Prajavani.
“After April 20th, for few days, the newly appointed staff received training. They began work after that. The accusations that claim that these 17 employees were involved in the bed-blocking case are a lie. The allotment of beds was being overseen by senior officers and doctors. The employees that we provided, do not have any authority to do so”, Prajavani’s report elaborated on the agency officer’s statement.
Prajavani Report Link: https://www.prajavani.net/district/bengaluru-city/bbmp-covid-war-room-issue-in-karnataka-828807.html
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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.
