Bommai accuses Congress of having history of misusing Raj Bhavan to topple governments
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister and MP Basavaraja Bommai has accused the Congress party of having a history of misusing the Raj Bhavan more than 56 times across the country to destabilize governments. Speaking to the media on Sunday, Bommai claimed that Congress has a history of manipulating the Governor's office to topple state governments, including in Kerala.
Referring to former Governor Hansraj Bhardwaj as "controversial and questionable," Bommai alleged that Bhardwaj had ordered an investigation against BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa without sufficient grounds, a case that has since been dropped. He questioned whether Congress would apologize for this.
Responding to a question about the death of a PSI, he said that “the transfer racket has been in operation since the day this government came to power. They are not allocating any funds for development, and all the MLAs are entangled in it. As Chief Minister, all Congress leaders have instructed the MLAs to handle the transfers, thereby institutionalizing corruption. Transfers are occurring under their watch, with excessive demands for money. The entire group of employees is under immense pressure, with many facing severe stress. Those who pay the money become involved in corruption. Such deaths are happening because corruption is pervasive from top to bottom.”
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
