Congress leaders challenge BJP to move no confidence motion in assembly
Bengaluru, February 7: “Instead of fighting in the well without water, move No Confidence Motion if you have the confidence”, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Krishna Byre Gowda challenged BJP leaders.
Taking a dig at the BJP leaders amidst their commotion at the Vidhana Soudha here on Thursday, Krishna Byre Gowda said that “If you have guts, move the No Confidence Motion instead of fighting in the well without water”.
Minister E Thukaram said that BJP leaders have been wasting the time of the Session. If they have the courage, let them move the no confidence motion. Then the government would prove its majority, he said.
Without considering his speech, the BJP members created ruckus in the Session shouting slogans against the government and continued their dharna.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
