Bengaluru: Former Minister M.P. Renukacharya launched a scathing attack on MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, blaming him for the BJP’s defeat in the recent by-elections.

Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Renukacharya said, “The BJP lost the elections because of your loose and foul talk. State BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra has already demonstrated his organisational capabilities, but the party suffered losses due to your careless remarks. Are you bigger than Narendra Modi? The BJP’s efforts in the Waqf struggle were supported by Shobha Karandlaje and Pralhad Joshi, not you,” he criticised.

He went further, alleging, “Yatnal has been given a ‘contract’ by Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi to destroy the BJP. He is behaving like a Congress agent. His electoral success was the result of adjustments.”

Renukacharya also dismissed allegations of parallel meetings within the party, clarifying, “We are not conducting alternative meetings. We are travelling as part of the party’s platform. For the upcoming Davangere rally, we will invite national leaders. Our travel is focused on party organisation and its welfare.”

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Lucknow (PTI): Adverse weather forced an IndiGo Kolkata-Patna flight to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Friday, airport sources said.

According to airport officials, weather conditions in Patna deteriorated suddenly on Friday afternoon, affecting flight operations.

IndiGo flight 6E 6917 from Kolkata, which was scheduled to land in Patna at 3.50 pm, could not land due to bad weather and kept circling in the air after failing to get clearance from air traffic control, they said.

The flight was later diverted to Lucknow and landed safely at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at around 5.15 pm. There were 180 passengers and six crew members on board, officials said.

The aircraft was later allowed to depart for Patna after weather conditions improved.