I won’t beg minister post: Horatti
Belagavi, June 11: MLC and JDS leader Basavaraj Horatti said that being the senior member in the Legislative Council, he missed the minister post in the JDS-Congress coalition government, the reason for which is not known.
Speaking to reporters here on Monday, Horatti said that he expected an important portfolio in the coalition government. But in the last moment, his name was dropped for unknown reason. “I have seen in the media about giving Legislative Council Chairman post to me. Teachers in the state have lot of problems. I wanted to become the Education Minister to solve such problems. Now, I don’t require an idle post like Legislative Council Chairman”, Horatti said.
It is known factor that north Karnataka was meted with injustice for many years. But he would not beg ministerial post in the government. In his 38 years political career, he does not have single black mark on him. It is left to the party leadership to give minister post or not, he said.
Those who fought in favour of getting separate religion status for Lingayat community were kept out of the cabinet. MB Patil, Shamanur Shivashankarappa, Eshwar Khandre and himself who fought in favour of the issue were deliberately denied the ministerial berths. Some swamijis have spread false propaganda against them in this issue, he said.
“It is fact that we fought against the injustice to a particular community. We have done the same thing what others do. We have not done murder or robbery. We are helpless if they treated it as a crime”, Horatti said.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
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.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
