"CM can take over as the JD(S) President" H Vishwanath urges Devegowda to accept his resignation
Bengaluru: JD(S) state President H Vishwanath on Thursday asserted that Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswami should take over the party’s state president calling on HD Devegowda to accept his resignation which he submitted to the former PM earlier last month.
Vishwanath resigned from the party following party’s poor performance in the Lok Sabha Election where the party managed to win only one seat in the eight seats it contested.
He was addressing a press conference on Thursday when he called of JD(S) supremo HD Devegowda to accept his resignation. “Kumaraswamy can take over as the party’s state president. Earlier SM Krishna and Devaraj have both been the CMs of the state while also holding the office of party’s president. Nothing wrong in it” he said.
He further added that Kumaraswamy added two ministers in the cabinet but has insulted them by not allocating portfolios to them. “He should allocate portfolios to them soon” he added.
Commenting on MLA Roshan Baig’s ouster from the party by AICC, Vishwanath said “It is not right, he shouldn’t have been suspended like that. Even when I was in Congress they were about to suspend me like that. But I left the party by myself at the right time. Killing a leader politically like that isn’t right. Muslim voters turned out and voted for Congress heavily in the Lok Sabha Election”.
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Bengaluru: Scrap worker held for UPS battery thefts; 51 batteries recovered
Bengaluru: A 38-year-old scrap worker accused of stealing UPS batteries has been arrested by the Parappana Agrahara police for targeting roadside power backup units in Electronic City.
According to The Indian Express, the accused has been identified as Chinnadurai (38), a native of Tamil Nadu. He was apprehended on March 9 from a scrap shop in Vaddarapalya on Koppa Begur Main Road following a tip-off.
Police said the accused targeted roadside power backup units installed for CCTV cameras, streetlights, and traffic signals, disrupting public infrastructure, particularly in Electronic City Phase-2 and Shanthipura Main Road.
The case was originally registered on February 5 after a private company reported the theft of 10 UPS batteries from roadside locations.
During interrogation, Chinnadurai reportedly confessed to carrying out the thefts as a source of livelihood and admitted to similar offences across the city.
The police recovered 51 UPS batteries of various companies and seized an autorickshaw used in the crimes. The total value of the recovered property is estimated at Rs 4 lakh.
“With his arrest, we have detected this case and also solved two other theft cases registered against him in different police stations across the city,” a police officer said.
As per the report, the accused was produced before a court on March 10 and remanded to judicial custody.
The thefts had earlier led to traffic signals going non-functional in Electronic City, raising safety concerns among commuters.
