HC Dharwad Bench extends stay on ED summons to CM’s wife, Minister Byrathi Suresh till February 20
Dharwad: The Dharwad Bench of the Karnataka High Court has extended to February 20 the stay order on the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvati and Minister Byrathi Suresh in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case.
Advocate CV Nagesh, representing Suresh, told the Bench that the minister was not an accused or involved in the MUDA case related to an incident that the petitioners claim occurred several years back.
He argued that while the petitioners have been stating that the case involves money laundering, the case was not so. In spite of this, the ED has issued a notice to Suresh, which is a questionable act on the part of the ED. The notice has affected the minister private and personal interests, the lawyer told the Bench.
The ED lawyers, however, did not ask the HC Bench to grant time to object to the applications, following which, the Bench extended the stay order on the summons and adjourned the hearing of the case to February 14.
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In PM’s absence, Bengal Guv launches national highway projects worth Rs 3,200 cr
Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday unveiled national highway projects worth Rs 3,200 crore in West Bengal with an aim to boost economic activities and tourism in the state.
Bose officially launched the projects from Netaji Park in Taherpur area of Nadia district instead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was initially supposed to unveil the development projects from the ground, but whose helicopter failed to land in the area on account of insufficient visibility due to dense fog over the region.
Modi was forced to return to the Kolkata airport from where he later addressed the crowd in a virtual audio mode.
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Bose inaugurated the 66.7 km-long four-laning of the Barajaguli-Krishnanagar section of NH-34 in Nadia district, while he laid the foundation stone for the four-laning of the Barasat-Barajaguli stretch of the highway in the adjacent district of North 24 Parganas.
“It has remained our constant endeavour to ensure modern connectivity to those far-flung areas of Bengal which have suffered on account of backwardness,” the Prime Minister said while addressing the crowd.
Modi expressed regret for not being able to remain on the dais in person on account of inclement weather.
The projects will serve as a vital connecting link between Kolkata and Siliguri and help reduce travel time by approximately 2 hours, ensuring faster and smoother movement of vehicles and improving connectivity between the state's capital and other districts of West Bengal as well as with neighbouring countries, Modi said.
“The projects will also boost the economic growth in the region and will provide impetus to the growth of tourism across the region,” he added.
