Congress withdraws call for ‘Karnataka Bandh’ on Thursday
Bengaluru: The Congress has withdrawn its call for a symbolic ‘Karnataka Bandh’ on Thursday, March 9, in opposition of the corruption of the BJP government in the state.
Karnataka Congress president D K Shivakumar said that school and college-level examinations, including those of PU II, are currently being held in the state. Since holding a state protest would inconvenience the students and their parents, the party is withdrawing its bandh call.
“We have arrived at the decision after discussion with party senior leaders,” said the KPCC president.
Speaking on the matter, Shivakumar said, “The Congress had decided to hold a symbolic bandh of two hours from 9 am to 11 am on March 9, strongly opposing the high levels of corruption in the BJP government and demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. As we gave the bandh call, however, students and parents approached us and informed us of the problems they would face if a protest was organized in times of their examination. Deciding to give priority to their welfare and respecting their request, we are withdrawing the bandh call.”
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11 more bodies retrieved from Arunachal accident site
Itanagar (PTI): Eleven more bodies were retrieved on Saturday from the deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district, where a mini-truck on which 22 labourers from Assam were travelling fell, an official said.
With this, 17 bodies have been recovered from the accident site, Anjaw's deputy commissioner Milo Kojin said.
He said three more bodies will be brought out on Sunday.
The operation, being conducted by a joint team of the NDRF and Army, resumed at 6 am.
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"The retrieval process was extremely difficult because of the treacherous terrain, and the gorge is very deep," Kojin said.
The operation was suspended around 4 pm due to low visibility and will be resumed on Sunday morning, he said.
"One person is still missing, and a search operation will be carried out tomorrow," he added.
The accident happened on the evening of December 8, around 40 km from Hayuliang towards Chaglagam in the district. On the evening of December 10, one survivor managed to climb out of the gorge and reach a nearby Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) labour camp, following which the authorities were alerted.
Six bodies were recovered from the gorge on Friday and handed over to their families on Saturday.
