Don't request me, ask your brother to not contest: Eshwarappa tells Vijayendra
Shivamogga: In a strong rebuttal to B Y Vijayendra's plea for forgiveness and cooperation, rebel BJP leader K S Eshwarappa urged Vijayendra to refrain from requesting leniency and instead persuade his brother Raghavendra to withdraw his nomination from the Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency. Eshwarappa made these remarks while addressing the media in Shimoga on Sunday.
Challenging Vijayendra to convince his brother to retract his candidacy, Eshwarappa also called on the BJP state president to resign from his position. He questioned whether Vijayendra feared his brother's potential defeat and harbored aspirations of holding onto power indefinitely.
While reiterating his allegiance to the BJP, Eshwarappa asserted that the most severe consequence he faced for contesting independently would be expulsion from the party. He emphasized that unlike Yediyurappa, who had formed the Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP), he had not abandoned the party.
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Expressing frustration at Vijayendra's display of authority as the party president, Eshwarappa questioned the dominance exerted by Yediyurappa and his sons over the entire political landscape. Directing his remarks towards Vijayendra, he called for the BJP president to step down to alleviate the grievances of all concerned parties.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
