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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UP: Five of family arrested for assaulting a cop during raid in Sultanpuri
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has arrested five of a family for allegedly assaulting a police officer and snatching his service pistol during a raid in the Sultanpuri area, an official said on Wednesday.
The accused are Rajender (50), his sons Ritik (24), Sachin (29), Abhishek (26), and his daughter Komal (22).
The incident occurred on September 2, when a team from the Anti-Narcotics Task Force arrested Alka, wife of Rajender, for possession of heroin, police said.
During the raid, Alka's family members attacked a police officer with sticks and bricks and snatched his service pistol, mobile phone, and wallet. However, the officer managed to recover his service pistol, they said.
Police said that an FIR was registered and an investigation was launched.
Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the accused, absconding since the incident, from a flat in Raghubir Nagar in Delhi.
