Cong, JDS are number one in corruption, keep family interest on top: Amit Shah
Bengaluru/Bidar, Mar 3: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday launched a blistering attack on the Congress, dubbing them as 'dynastic parties', which are number one in corruption and keep their family's interests on top, as he stepped up the BJP's campaign in poll-bound Karnataka.
He also accused the Congress of insulting its veterans, and said the way Prime Minister Narendra Modi felicitated former chief minister B S Yediyurappa on his birthday is something which all the political parties should learn on how to treat such leaders.
Shah addressed two public meetings as part of BJP's "Vijay Sankalpa Yatra" ahead of the polls due by May at the district headquarters town of Bidar and Devanahalli near Bengaluru.
"You have to decide whether you want to vote for FDI-friendly BJP, or Congress and JD(S), which are number one in corruption", he told the gathering.
"Do you want BJP which made Karnataka number one in aviation and space, or Congress and JD(S), which keep their family interest at number one place?" he asked.
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'Just like your father...' former MLA Zeeshan Siddique gets death, extortion threats; probe on
Mumbai, Apr 21 (PTI): Former Maharashtra MLA and NCP leader Zeeshan Siddique on Monday claimed he has received a death threat via emails warning he would be "killed the same way" as his father Baba Siddique if he didn't pay Rs 10 crore to a person claiming to be a 'D-company' member.
A police official said after receiving a complaint, they have launched a probe into the death threat and extortion demand, and are in the process of recording the statement of Zeeshan Siddique.
Former state minister Baba Siddique was shot dead by gunmen on Dussehra day last year outside his son Zeeshan's office in Mumbai's Bandra area.
Talking to PTI, Zeeshan Siddique said, "Since the last three days I am receiving emails continuously, with content that 'you would be killed just like Baba Siddique if you don't pay Rs 10 crore'. The sender claimed to be a member of the D-company and warned me not to contact police."
The NCP leader said threatening messages were sent to his personal email account.
The sender claimed the 'D-company', a name given to Mumbai's organized crime syndicate founded by fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, and not the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, was behind the killing of Baba Siddique, he said.
"Fed with the repeated emails I contacted the Bandra police," said the former MLA.
A police team has reached Zeeshan Siddique's Bandra residence to record his statement, the official added.
