Former Karnataka Chief Secretary B K Bhattacharya passes away
Bengaluru, Nov 18: Former Karnataka Chief Secretary B K Bhattacharya has passed away, family sources said on Saturday.
The 83-year-old retired IAS officer had complained of breathlessness about two days back and was admitted to Manipal Hospital on Friday morning. The same evening he died in the hospital.
Bhattacharya is survived by his wife Teresa Bhattacharya and two children.
He was born on December 5, 1940 and had retired on December 30, 2000 as Chief Secretary to Government of Karnataka.
The members of the IAS Officers' Association have expressed deep grief over the death of Bhattacharya.
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People of Assam have made Pawan Khera eat pera, mocks Himanta Biswa Sarma
Dispur: In the backdrop of the BJP-led NDA’s sweeping win in the Assam elections on Monday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hit out at the Congress party, picking senior leader of the rival party Pawan Khera who had alleged that Sarma’s wife had multiple passports.
Speaking to BJP activists and reporters after the poll results were announced, the CM opined that Khera should no longer hold the position of spokesperson in the Congress, adding, “The people of Assam have Pawan Khera eat ‘pera’.”
Sarma, who called the people’s mandate in the state both historic and emotional, said, “The state’s image had started changing since 2016, under the influence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Assam is now being considered a development-orientated state because of them.”
Commenting on the Congress leadership, the CM said that the people believed the BJP’s allegations during the campaign. “Congress leaders, however, faced rejection from their own communities,” he claimed and added that the BJP government would continue raising certain issues even after the elections.
