BK Hariprasad will face consequences of insult to CM Siddaramaiah, says Minister MB Patil
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries MB Patil has criticized senior Congress member BK Hariprasad for indirectly demeaning Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, saying that the national leaders of the Congress party were noticing such actions and would soon take appropriate action in the matter.
Patil, who addressed reporters on Monday, said, "Hariprasad is a senior leader of the Congress, who has held posts of the General Secretary of the AICC and also the leader of the party in the Rajya Sabha and the Karnataka Legislative Council. As such, such words demeaning Siddaramaiah do not befit him. The national leaders of the party will not sideline the matter but take action against Hariprasad."
The minister, who is the Chairperson of the Karnataka Congress Campaign Committee, also said, "Hariprasad is close to all senior and national-level leaders, including former presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, State Unit In-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala and Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal. He should have remembered to discuss a matter related to the party in confidentiality with them; instead he made his comments on the Chief Minister publicly. Hariprasad will have to face the consequences of his faulty move."
Patil clarified before the media that there was no internal quarrel in the Congress in the state, adding that the differences between the members would be sorted out.
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Jharkhand: 3 arrested for 'raping' 2 women in Gumla
Gumla (PTI): Three persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly raping two women at a village in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said.
All the three accused have been remanded to judicial custody, Gumla Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge, Mahendra Karmali, told PTI.
According to police, one of the women had been called to Gumla Sadar by her boyfriend on Sunday for an outing.
“She arrived at the spot accompanied by a female. The woman’s boyfriend then called a friend, and they took the two women to a secluded place in Sisai police station area in the evening, forcibly made them consume alcohol before raping them,” the officer said.
The accused later called another man to the spot, who also allegedly raped the women, he said.
“The women later reached the Sadar Police Station and lodged a complaint on Sunday night. Police conducted raids and nabbed the three accused on Monday,” he added.
Further investigation is underway.
