Chikkaballapur: Two killed, over 20 injured as bus overturns near Kanakierlagutta
Chikkaballapur: In a tragic incident near Kanakierlagutta, Chikkaballapur, at least two individuals lost their lives, and 22 others sustained injuries when a private bus lost control, struck a tree, and overturned, approximately 3 km away from Patapallya village.
The two deceased passengers have been identified as Ahmed Basha (34) and Talari Venkatarayappa (50) from Naremadepalli village. Among the 22 injured individuals, two passengers are reportedly in critical condition.
The accident occurred when a private service carrier named 'Venkateshwara' departed from Chelur towards its destination, Bagepally, with 45 passengers on board. According to reports, the bus driver lost control of the vehicle at the Kollavaripally turn, colliding with a tree and causing the bus to overturn.
Locals at the scene alleged that the ambulance arrived at the accident site two hours after the incident.
Officials, including Tehsildar Prashant Khanagowda Patil, DySP Shivakumar, Circle Inspector Prashant Varni, Chelur Circle Inspector Janardhan, and PSI Narasimhanaidu Harish, inspected the accident site.
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Maharashtra Congress chief Patole meets Kharge, dismisses resignation talk as 'rumours'
New Delhi, Nov 25: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday dismissed as "rumours" talk of his resignation following the assembly polls debacle and stressed on "collective accountability" for the defeat.
Patole made the remarks after meeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge during which he conveyed that the result had not reflected the sentiments of the people of Maharashtra.
"Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other national and state leaders were leading Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) from the forefront during the assembly polls. So, we were sure that the trends were in favour of Maha Vikas Aghadi, even the citizens believed that," the Maharashtra Congress chief said.
"If I talk about Nanded, the Lok Sabha bypolls and assembly elections were held on the same day. In Lok Sabha bypolls, our candidate was winning in six assembly seats, whereas, in the assembly elections, we are not winning even a single seat," he said, adding that there cannot be such a "huge difference".
This is the sentiment among the people also and they have stated that this government in Maharashtra was not being formed on their votes, he claimed.
"So, I spoke to Mallikarjun Kharge on this," he added.
Asked whether he had offered to resign or the party had asked for his resignation after the Maharashtra assembly polls defeat, Patole said, "These are all rumours and there is no truth in them. There is collective accountability."
Patole also said he will meet Rahul Gandhi in a day or two and discuss all issues.
"Democracy is being finished. We have discussed that... there was no talk of resignation," he said.
The MVA alliance, comprising the Congress, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT), was restrained to 46 seats by the Mahayuti that reaped a rich harvest of 230 seats in the 288-member House.
