Govt will collapse due to its internal bickering: Jagadish Shettar
Hubballi, Jan 31: Former chief minister Jagadish Shettar said that the Congress-JDS coalition government would collapse due to the conflict between Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and former chief minister Siddaramaiah.
Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, Shettar said that when Siddaramaiah was the chief minister, many programmes were approved in a hurry and now, the coalition government was finding it difficult to provide funds to them.
The government was bankrupt financially and already, it has borrowed Rs 1,500 crore in the name of bonds. The total loan on the state has crossed more than Rs 3 lakh crore and if the same situation continued, the loan amount could reach more than Rs 5 lakh crore by the end of this government, he said.
As Tippu Sultan pledged his sons as he had failed to repay the loans, the state government could also pledge the state. The financial condition of the state has become so worse due to the conflict between Kumaraswamy and Siddaramaiah, he alleged.
“School students do not know who is the CM. Moreover, even the ministers and MLAs are also confused about the CM. So, Minister Puttaranga Shetty, MTB Nagaraj, MLA ST Somashekar and other leaders have been claiming that ‘Siddaramaiah is our CM’ which is a tragedy of the present government”, he ridiculed.
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Bengaluru: Four arrested for housebreaking, threats, extortion; fake PSI among accused
Bengaluru: Vidyaranyapura police have arrested four persons, including a man posing as a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), for allegedly breaking into a house, threatening the occupants, and extorting money while wearing police uniforms.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mallikarjuna, Pramod, Vinay, and Hrithik.
Police said the accused had hatched a plan to pose as police personnel, conduct fake raids, and extort money from residents by intimidation.
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According to the police, Mallikarjuna had failed the PSI examination twice and later falsely projected himself as a PSI. He allegedly conducted photo shoots in his hometown, Siraguppa, wearing a police uniform, baton, cap, and shoes, claiming to be serving as a PSI in Bengaluru.
On December 7, the four accused allegedly went to the house of Naveen in the Vidyaranyapura limits, threatened him with a stick and an iron rod, and claimed they had information that he was selling ganja. Under the pretext of searching, they allegedly extorted ₹87,000 through bank transfer, ₹53,000 in cash kept in the house, and ₹2,000 from his wallet.
Following Naveen’s complaint, Vidyaranyapura police registered a case and launched an operation, leading to the arrest of all four accused. Police have seized ₹45,000 in cash and the car used to commit the crime.
Further investigation is underway.
