Congress, JDS claim PM denied appointment to CM Yediyurappa, hit out at him
Bengaluru, Sep 19: Opposition Congress and JD(S) on Thursday alleged Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa was denied appointment by the Prime Minister at a time when several parts of the state was ravaged by recent floods.
The parties made the claim a day after Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Madhuswamy said Yediyurappa was scheduled to visit Delhi on Wednesday but had postponed it to Friday.
In response to a question regarding flood relief from the Centre, Madhuswamy had on Wednesday said: "We are hopeful that the Centre will release the funds soon, the Chief Minister had to visit Delhi today, but it has got postponed, he is now scheduled to go to Delhi on Friday..."
However, officials in the Chief Minister's office on Thursday said the visit was not yet confirmed.
Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah claimed Yediyurappa was denied appointment and termed it as an "insult" to the Chief Minister and "injustice" to the state.
"Denying the appointment to @CMofKarnataka by @PMOIndia @narendramodi, even during post-flood emergency, is an insult to @BSYBJP & injustice to our state. No one with self-respect will tolerate this. #InjusticeToKarnataka #InsultToCM" Siddaramaiah tweeted Thursday.
Denying the appointment to @CMofKarnataka by @PMOIndia @narendramodi, even during post-flood emergency, is an insult to @BSYBJP & injustice to our state.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) September 19, 2019
No one with self-respect will tolerate this.#InjusticeToKarnataka #InsultToCM
JD(S) too attacked the Prime Minister by calling him "irresponsible" and accused him of "neglecting" the flood-hit state.
"The country has never seen an irresponsible Prime Minister like Narendra Modi, as he was showing negligence by not extending any help, when the state is devastated because of floods.
"The state has never seen a weak Chief Minister like Yediyurappa who is struggling to meet the Prime Minister despite belonging to the same party," JD(S) tweeted.
ರಾಜ್ಯ ಭೀಕರ ಪ್ರವಾಹಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿಲುಕಿ ತತ್ತರಿಸಿದರೂ ಸಹ ಯಾವುದೇ ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡದೆ ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯ ತೋರಿದ @narendramodi ಯಂತಹ ಬೇಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿಯನ್ನು ದೇಶ ಹಿಂದೆಂದೂ ಕಂಡಿಲ್ಲ.
— Janata Dal Secular (@JanataDal_S) September 19, 2019
ಸ್ವಪಕ್ಷದ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿಯನ್ನು ಭೇಟಿಯಾಗಲು ಹೆಣಗಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ @BSYBJP ರಷ್ಟು ದುರ್ಬಲ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಯನ್ನು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಹಿಂದೆಂದೂ ಕಂಡಿಲ್ಲ.
As many as 103 taluks in 22 districts were affected due to floods last month, in which over 80 people were killed.
Around seven lakh people were shifted to safe areas and thousands of houses were damaged.
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SC stays Telangana HC order granting one-week transit anticipatory bail to Pawan Khera
New Delhi (PTI): In a setback to Congress leader Pawan Khera, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Telangana High Court order granting him one-week transit anticipatory bail in a case registered for levelling allegations against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife.
A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and A S Chandurkar issued notice to Khera and others seeking their responses on the plea filed by the Assam government challenging the Telangana High Court order.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Assam government, told the bench that Khera moving Telangana High Court for bail in a case registered in Assam was a "complete abuse of process" and this would be a case of "forum choosing".
The bench, while issuing notice on the plea, said that operation of the high court order would remain stayed.
It posted the matter for hearing after three weeks.
On April 10, the high court granted one-week transit anticipatory bail to Khera with certain conditions and gave him a week to file an application before the court concerned.
The Congress leader had, on April 5, in a press conference alleged that Assam CM's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, has multiple passports and foreign property, which were not declared in the chief minister's election affidavit for the April 9 Assembly polls in that state.
The Sarmas had rejected the allegations as false and fabricated.
The case against Khera was registered at the Guwahati Crime Branch Police Station under several sections of the BNS sections, including 175 (false statement in connection with an election), 35 (Right of private defence of the body and of property) and 318 (cheating).
