BJP’s Karnataka bandh gets poor response
Bengaluru, May 28: The Karnataka bandh called by the BJP demanding waiver of farmers loans on Monday, received poor response across the state.
Though the BJP has called for voluntary bandh in all districts except Bengaluru, general public, business establishments, auto and taxi drivers and transport companies have not supported the bandh. It was a complete failure. As the MLAs and MPs tried to close the shops and business establishments in Bidar, Kalburgi, Bellary, Chitradurga, Koppal, Mysuru and other districts, the police took them into custody. MPs Pratap Simha, Bhagwanth Khuba, Karadi Sanganna and others were taken into custody, against this, the BJP workers shouted slogans and staged protests.
Indira canteen stoned
Miscreants stoned Indira canteen near the Union Park in Chitradurga city on Monday. As a result, the window panes were damaged. Police have arrested three BJP workers following the incident.
Threat to hotel
In Yadagiri, BJP MLA Venkata Siva Reddy went to a hotel and threatened the hotel owner to close it. When the public opposed it, the MLA has reportedly said that everybody should follow what he said as he is the MLA of the constituency.
DySP assaulted?
As the DySP has taken an auto which was using the loud speakers without permission, into his custody, MP Karadi Sanganna has attacked the officer and obstructed him from discharging his duty. The BJP workers who rushed to the police station engaged in verbal duals with the police personnel, due to which tension prevailed for some time.
Schools and colleges, government offices, banks, factories and other establishments have remained open as usual. There was no problem in transportation facility. As a result, the people did not feel the heat of BJP-sponsored bandh in the state.
Week deadline for loan waiver
Meanwhile, BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa said that the Karnataka bandh called by the party demanding farmers loan waiver was successful. The government has tried to suppress the BJP leaders who have been protesting for farmers loans waiver, through police. The government should take a decision within a week on waiver off loans, he said.
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Cong 'pocketed' Rs 150 cr per annum from Assam healthcare budget during 15 yrs of rule: Shah
Guwahati (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday alleged that the Congress, during its previous 15 years of rule in Assam, "pocketed" Rs 150 crore per annum from the state healthcare budget.
Inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for healthcare projects worth Rs 2,092 crore in Assam, Shah said the BJP works for affordable healthcare for all sections of society and lauded Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for bringing the state's medical facilities at par with states like Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
"Assam's healthcare was in shambles 10 years ago as Congress worked only for the financial health of its leaders' families," he said.
Attacking Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, he said that no Indian supports his acts of "defaming" the country in his bid to oppose the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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He lambasted the Congress for its "shirtless" protest at the recent AI summit in New Delhi and Gandhi for having 'chai-pakora' on the stairs of Parliament House.
"We were also in the opposition and staged protests against the government, but there is a right platform for it," he said.
"Parliament is a sacred seat of democracy. Its stairs should not be used for even dharnas. And Rahul Gandhi was having 'chai-pakora' there. Doesn't he know where to have his breakfast?" asked the Union minister.
Shah inaugurated the Rs 675-crore Pragjyotishpur Medical College and Hospital in Guwahati, at a programme held on its premises.
He also virtually inaugurated two cancer centres at Golaghat and Tinsukia, both under Assam Cancer Care Foundation (ACCF), constructed at a cost of Rs 135 crore each.
Shah virtually laid the foundation stone for super-speciality hospitals at Diphu Medical College and Hospital (Rs 220 crore), Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (Rs 310 crore), and Barpeta Medical College and Hospital (Rs 284 crore).
The foundation stone for a Rs 218-crore Swasthya Bhawan in Guwahati, and the Abhayapuri District Hospital (Rs 115 crore) were also laid by the Union home minister.
Shah arrived here on Saturday evening on a two-day visit to Assam, his fourth visit to the northeastern state in four months.
