"I am a BJP Karyakarta and BJP CM" Basavaraj Bommai says distancing himself from JD(s)
Bengaluru/Hubballi, Aug 7: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavarj Bommai on Saturday asserted he is a "genuine BJP karyakarta" and the Chief Minister from the party, and would function taking every one into confidence.
"He (H D Kumaraswamy) knows at what situation I had quit Janata Dal. I have been in the BJP for the last 15 years, so there is no question of associating me with Janata Dal," Bommai said in response to a question on JD(S) recently liking the present BJP government as a 'Janata Parivar government'.
Speaking to reporters in Hubballi, Bommai said "I'm a genuine BJP karyakarta and a BJP Chief Minister...there is no importance to such mischievous statements."
Basavaraj Bommai, a son of Janata Parivar stalwart and former Chief Minister of Karnataka S R Bommai, had started his political career with the Janata Dal.
Calling Hassan BJP MLA Preetham Gowda a "young friend", Bommai said no politics was discussed during his recent meeting with former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda.
"Office bearers (BJP) from Hassan have come and met me, I have spoken to them, will speak to them once again, there is no need for any doubt or suspicion. I will function taking in to confidence my party, its workers and MLAs," he said.
Bommai was reacting to Preetham Gowda's statement that party workers in his constituency were upset about him visiting Deve Gowda's residence.
"The workers told me that they expected that Bommai would visit Siddaganga Mutt, Suttur Mutt, Sirigere Mutt or Adichunchanagiri Mutt after taking oath as CM.But we don't know why he chose to visit Deve Gowda's residence. We are upset. This is what they told me," Preetham Gowda said.
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Speaking to reporters in Hassan, he said he tried to convince the party workers stating that CM might have gone there to seek blessings as Deve Gowda is a senior leader.
"But, I will meet the Chief Minister, state president and sangh parivar leaders to find answers to these questions, because upcoming zilla and taluk panchayat polls are elections of the workers, where we will have to fight against JD(S) and we have to give a political statement," he added.
Preetham Gowda is the lone BJP MLA from Hassan district, which is a JD(S) stronghold.
Further noting that party workers had a wish that a MLA from the old Mysuru region that has Vokkaliga dominance, would be made a Minister, Preetham Gowda claimed there is now a sense of feeling among karyakartas that the region has been left out.
"I had not gone to any leaders or the Chief Minister asking them to make me Minister.I did not ask for it, so I'm neither disappointed nor hurt about not becoming Minister," he added.
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Jharkhand: IAS officer Pooja Singhal's suspension revoked after bail in money laundering case
Ranchi (PTI): The suspension of IAS officer Pooja Singhal, who was in jail for over two years in a money laundering case, was revoked after she secured bail, an official of the Jharkhand government said on Wednesday.
Singhal was suspended on May 12, 2022, a day after her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The case relates to alleged corruption in implementing MGNREGA, the Centre's flagship scheme for rural employment.
"In light of the recommendations made by the Suspension Review Committee after due consideration, Pooja Singhal, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, has been reinstated with effect from December 7, 2024, following her release on bail," said a notification issued by the Department of Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Raj Bhasa on Tuesday evening.
After being relieved from suspension, Singhal will contribute to the Department of Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Raj Bhasa, it stated.
The ED had accused Singhal, a former secretary in the state Mines Department, of money laundering. A special court granted her bail on December 7 last year.
