Cabinet has to decide on shifting cricket stadium outside B'luru, sought file: Min. Satish Jarkiholi
Bengaluru, June 8 (PTI): A day after Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the government will examine the proposal to shift the cricket stadium outside Bengaluru city, PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi on Monday said he has sought for the file and the cabinet has to decide in this regard.
He also said that the lease amount that is being paid by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) to the government is very less.
Responding to a question on the demand to shift the cricket stadium outside Bengaluru, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah speaking to reporters in Mysuru on Sunday said, "we will examine it....place has to be identified."
The demand for shifting the stadium has gained momentum following the June 4 stampede in front of the Chinnaswamy stadium in which 11 people died.
"It's ours (department's) we have given it for lease. The cabinet has to decide about it," Jarkijoli said in response to a question by reporters, on any proposal by his department regarding shifting the stadium.
Asked if the PWD department will give land if the proposal comes for it to be moved outside the city, he said, "there is no need for us to give land, they (KSCA) have enough money, they can purchase a hundred acres. Earlier there was some need, hence the land was given (on lease to KSCA). Now if they want, they will have to purchase land."
Noting that the lease amount is very less, the Minister said, the lease has been renewed twice -- thirty years each.
"After the issue was raised recently, I have sought for the file, will look into it. Will check when the lease period ends. As far as I know the annual lease amount is very less," he added.
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UP: Azam Khan released from jail after almost two years, supporters gather outside Sitapur jail
Sitapur (PTI): Senior Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh Cabinet minister Azam Khan was on Tuesday released on bail from the Sitapur jail here after nearly two years of incarceration.
Dressed in his trademark white kurta-pyjama paired with a black waistcoat, Khan drove past the jail premises in a private vehicle, not interacting with a host of reporters who tried to get his comment.
Khan's elder son, Adeeb, accompanied by hundreds of party workers, gathered outside the Sitapur district jail since morning to receive him. Several SP leaders, including national secretary and former MLA Anup Gupta, Moradabad MP Ruchi Vira and district president Chatrapati Yadav, were also present outside the jail to welcome Khan.
Speaking to reporters earlier, Adeeb said, "Azam Khan is the hero of the day. I am here with all his supporters to welcome him. I have nothing more to say. Whatever has to be said, my father will say after coming out of jail."
SP leader Ruchi Vira said the party would celebrate this day as "the day of victory of justice".
"We had faith in the judiciary and will continue to have it. No other politician has been harassed as much as he (Azam Khan) has been," she told PTI Videos, ahead of Khan's release.
Meanwhile, the district administration imposed prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) in Sitapur to "prevent any untoward incident", officials said, even as a large number of supporters managed to reach near the jail with their vehicles, causing traffic congestion.
Sitapur traffic police issued challans to several vehicles that had gathered in violation of restrictions.
"There was chaos and rush despite Section 163 being in force. Vehicles were not allowed to come close to the jail, but they somehow managed to reach there. Action had to be taken to avoid further complications," City Circle Officer Vinayak Bhosle said earlier in the day.
