I’m fed up with electoral politics: Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru, November 5: “I am fed up with the electoral politics. I will be in politics. But I will not be in electoral politics”, former chief minister Siddaramaiah reiterated.
Speaking at a Kannada Rajyotsava and felicitation programme organized by the FKCCI here on Monday, Siddaramaiah said that “I have faced 13 national and state level elections in his political career and I have won in eight elections. Now, I am 71 and I am still MLA. By the time I complete this tenure, I would be 75. So, I have decided to stay away from electoral politics”, he said.
“I have not come to politics either for power or making money. Political field is a service sector. We have the responsibility of fulfilling our aims for which we are in politics. I have done my work honestly to ensure justice to the poor, backwards and exploited classes”, he said.
“Vested interests are there in the society and they are against the progressive thoughts. But I have not worried about it. Some people accused me of dividing the religion. But I have not divided the religion. Basavanna had opposed the superstitious beliefs 800 years ago and advocated ‘kayaka dasoha’.Buddha and Ambedkar were also on the same path. So, I am proud that I have followed the same path”, he claimed.
JDS leader PGR Sidhya said that though Siddaramaiah has done work for all castes and religions, he was restricted to one community which is not right. People should stop seeing a leader with narrow mindset. Siddaramaiah was the only chief minister who followed the ideologies of Basavanna, he said.
Some vested interests have tried to misuse Siddaramaiah politically. But no one could keep him away from politics. He was close to former chief ministers JH Patel and S Nijalingappa. Now, JDS national leaders also wanted him to be in politics. So, it was the responsibility of everyone to keep him in active politics. So, he should enter the national politics in future, he said.
Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti, FKCCI president CR Janardhan, vice president Perikal M Sundar and others were present.
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Airlines got 999 hoax bomb threats till Nov 14 this year; 256 FIRs filed: Govt
New Delhi, Nov 28: Airlines received 999 hoax bomb threats this year till November 14 and as many as 256 FIRs have been filed while guidelines have been issued by aviation security regulator BCAS for objective assessment of threats, the government said on Thursday.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said a total of 1,148 hoax bomb threat messages/calls have been received since August 2022 till November 14, 2024 threatening the operations of international and domestic air travel.
While 999 threats were received by airlines during the period from January to November 14, 2024, the count stood at 122 last year and at 27 for the August-December 2022 period.
"256 FIRs have been filed since January 2024 till 14 November 2024, out of which 163 FIRs have been filed during 14 October- 14 November 2024. 12 arrests have been made in view of hoax bomb threat since January 2024 till 14 November 2024," the minister said.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has issued guidelines for objective assessment of threats. The indicative factor has been useful in reducing time taken by the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) during the decision-making process.
"Also, to reduce the overall time taken for convening BTAC to less than 5 minutes, virtual assembly of BTAC through pre-generated video link has been set up. Further, advisories for compulsory 10 per cent of secondary ladder point check-in for all flights, strict monitoring of non-scheduled flight operations, enhanced security measures and surveillance at cargo terminals were issued," Mohol said.
Further, the minister said the government is considering amending the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023 to put hoax threat messenger in the no-fly list.
"It is also being considered to amend Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation for covering Aircraft in flight as well as on ground, airport etc," he added.
