Cong questions BJP inaction on Yatnal’s threat to become 'a snake’ if leaders took him to task
Bengaluru: The Congress party in Karnataka has, on social media, likened the BJP members to snake charmers who had no idea where their own snakes were or when they would strike.
The Opposition party criticized the ruling party on Tuesday, “The BJP members were held up in taking a peek into our party affairs. Now, in the battle among each other, they have converted into snake charmers. The BJP itself, however, is unaware of where its snakes are to be found or when they would strike.”
The Congress has commented so on its Twitter handle after Vijayapura legislator Basangouda Patil Yatnal expressed his anger towards his party leaders, warning that if they took him to task he would convert into ‘a real snake’.
Mocking the MLA for the statement, the Congress asked the BJP in its post about the species of snake Yatnal would convert into, “Would he be a snake of corruption? Would he become a CD snake?”
Referring to the MLA’s criticism of BJP Parliamentary board committee member B S Yediyurappa and other BJP leaders, the Karnataka Congress has also alleged that Yatnal is merely a mouthpiece for B L Santhosh’s views.
The Congress has said, “Always considered a party with a great sense of discipline, the BJP should have taken disciplinary action against at least Basangouda Patil Yatnal. The party’s failure to do so has proven that the party’s discipline is limited to wearing khaki shorts!”
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— Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) October 25, 2022
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ISRO successfully conducts second integrated air drop test for Gaganyaan mission
New Delhi (PTI): Space agency ISRO has successfully conducted the second integrated air drop test (IADT-02) for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission at the space station in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.
The system is essential to ensure a safe recovery of the crew module -- the capsule in which astronauts sit during a human flight -- during re-entry and landing.
Union minister Jitendra Singh congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for successfully conducting the test.
"Congratulations #ISRO for the successful accomplishment of Second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) for #Gaganyaan, India's first Human Space flight scheduled next year. The second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) was successfully conducted at Satish Dhawan Space Station Sriharikota," Singh said in a post on X.
The IADT-02 follows the successful completion of the first IADT, which took place on August 24, 2025, at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
Air drop tests recreate the last leg of a spacecraft's return to Earth. An aircraft or helicopter drops the spacecraft from a height to test various systems under different scenarios.
These are the deployment of the parachute system in case the mission is aborted mid-flight, system performance when one parachute fails to open and the spacecraft's orientation and safety during splashdown etc.
In the IADT-02 test, a simulated crew module, weighing about 5.7 tonnes, was lifted by an Indian Air Force Chinook helicopter to an altitude of about three kilometres and released over a designated drop zone in the sea, near the Sriharikota coast.
In a statement, the ISRO said, "Ten parachutes of four types were deployed in a precise sequence during the descent of the crew module, gradually reducing the velocity for safe touchdown. Subsequently, the simulated crew module was successfully recovered in coordination with the Indian Navy."
