Coordination Committee meeting on Dec 5 on Cabinet expansion: Siddaramaiah
Hubballi, December 2: former chief minister and coalition government Coordination Committee chairman Siddaramaiah said that the committee meeting would be conducted on December 5 to decide on expansion of the Cabinet.
Speaking to reporters at the airport here on Sunday, Siddaramaiah said that it was planning to expand the Cabinet before the next Assembly Session.
Responding to the statement of BJP leader KS Eshwarappa that the coalition government would collapse after the Cabinet expansion, Siddaramaiah said that “BJP has no majority. I don’t know why BJP leaders Eshwarappa and Yeddyurappa are dreaming of becoming the chief ministers even though they have no majority. Their dream will not come true. This government will complete its full five years term”, he exuded confidence.
When asked about the allegation that the Congress MLAs were neglected in the coalition government, Siddaramaiah brushed aside it saying it was false. There was no difference in the Congress. BC Patil was expressing his desire to become the minister. But neither Patil nor Ramalinga Reddy held any meeting, he said.
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CBI arrests Kamlesh Parekh after extradition from UAE in Rs 2,672 cr bank fraud case
New Delhi (PTI): The CBI has arrested Kamlesh Parekh, a fugitive wanted in a 10-year-old Rs 2,672 crore bank fraud case, after his extradition from the UAE, officials said on Saturday.
Parekh, wanted in the bank fraud case filed against Shree Ganesh Jewellery House (I) Ltd, Kolkata, was extradited from the UAE on Friday, they said.
The CBI had registered the case in 2016 against the company and others for allegedly cheating a consortium of 25 banks to the tune of Rs 2,672 crore.
“The agency had chargesheeted Parekh, the promoter of the company who had been absconding since the probe began, on December 31, 2022,” a CBI spokesperson said in a statement.
“An open-ended non-bailable warrant was issued against him in 2019, while a Red Corner Notice was issued through Interpol in 2024. The authorities in the UAE detained him on the basis of the said notice after which he was extradited to India,” the statement said.
