Bengaluru, June 10: KPCC president and Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar said that the first meeting of the Coordination Committee of the Congress-JDS coalition government would be held under the leadership of Committee chairman and former chief minister Siddaramaiah in the city on June 14.

Speaking to reporters after holding a meeting of the Lok Sabha Members at the KPCC office here on Sunday, Dr Parameshwar said that the priority of the coalition government would be discussed in the first meeting. In the MPs meeting, he has not discussed seat sharing with the JDS for the forthcoming Lok Sabha election. In coming days, both Congress and JDS leaders would discuss the issue, he said.

Remaining six seats in the cabinet would be filled soon. Priority would be given to those who missed the minister posts while appointing the chairman to boards and corporations, he added.

MPs should not be neglected

During the meeting, the Lok Sabha Members, reportedly, expressed their displeasure on cornering them while selecting the candidates for the ministers posts, distribution of portfolios and pacifying the dissidents in the coalition government. Even their opinions are not being considered. Their opinion should be considered while appointing chairmen to boards and corporations and KPCC president, they demanded.

Responding to their demand, Parameshwar said that he would bring this to the notice of the party high command.

Kharge absent

Congress leader in the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, Tumakuru MP SP Muddahanumegowda, Raichur MP BV Naik and Chitradurga MP BN Chandrappa were absent from the meeting. Lok Sabha Members DK Suresh, Prakash Hukkeri, Dr M Veerappa Moily, KH Muniyappa, Rajya Sabha Members Prof Rajiv Gowda, Dr L Hanumanthaiah, BK Hariprasad, KC Ramamurthy, Dr Syed Nasir Hussain, and Chandrashekar were present at the meeting.



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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.