Is BJP scared of Eknath Shinde?: Siddaramaiah slams Bommai over Maharashtra border row
Bengaluru: With the Maharastra Border row once again in the limelight ahead of the crucial Karnataka Assembly polls, Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah slammed the Maharashtra government over their move to provide health insurance for the people in 865 border villages of Karnataka.
The response of Siddaramaiah comes in the wake of the Maharashtra government’s announcement of providing health insurance to the border villages of Karnataka that it made on April 4.
Taking to his official Twitter handle, Siddaramaiah called the move “obnoxious” and called on the Maharashtra government to immediately withdraw the order.
“Maharashtra government's order, to implement their health insurance scheme in 865 border villages of Karnataka, is obnoxious. This is despite opposition from Karnataka & we will not tolerate this. We demand them to immediately withdraw the notification.” Siddaramaiah added in the tweet.
In another tweet, the former Chief Minister also questioned the stance of CM Basavaraj Bommai and asked if he and his party were scared of Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde.
“What is @BSBommai doing about this? Why have not they not been able to oppose this move of Maharashtra despite BJP being party of the government? Is BJP scared of @mieknathshinde?” he added.
CM Basavaraj Bommai also responded to the Maharashtra government’s move and threatened the Maha government with retaliation from Karnataka if the order was not immediately withdrawn.
Maharashtra government's order, to implement their health insurance scheme in 865 border villages of Karnataka, is obnoxious.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 5, 2023
This is despite opposition from Karnataka & we will not tolerate this. We demand them to immediately withdraw the notification.#ಗಡಿವಿವಾದ pic.twitter.com/aVTTdd941E
What is @BSBommai doing about this?
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 5, 2023
Why have not they not been able to oppose this move of Maharashtra despite BJP being party of the government?
Is BJP scared of @mieknathshinde?#ಗಡಿವಿವಾದ
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Hundreds pay homage to lorry driver Arjun, killed in Karnataka landslide
Kozhikode (Kerala) (PTI): Hundreds of people queued for hours to pay their last respects to Kerala lorry driver Arjun when his mortal remains were brought to his native village Kannadikkal in this district on Saturday morning.
Arjun, along with his vehicle, went missing in a river following a massive landslide that had rocked Shirur village in Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka in July.
The body of the deceased youth and his lorry were recovered on Wednesday from the river, more than two months after the disaster, through a massive search mission.
Emotional scenes were witnessed as the ambulance carrying the mortal remains of the youth entered Kannadikkal village, with his friends, neighbours, and fellow drivers bursting into tears.
As the motorcade passed through the area, many people waiting on both sides of the road were visibly struggling to hold back their tears.
People from all walks of life gathered at Arjun's house when his body was placed there for public homage.
"We believed till some days back that Arjun was alive and might be under treatment somewhere and he would come back...and never expected that his return would be in this form," a teary-eyed woman, who is Arjun's neighbour, said.
Forest Minister A K Saseendran, Lok Sabha MP M K Raghavan, MLA K K Rema were among other officials who visited the house of Arjun to pay their last respects.
An emotional Saseendran said he had never seen such a huge crowd coming to bid a tearful adieu to a person in recent times.
Raghavan said the entire state and its people had stood together to find Arjun and the 71-days-long rescue mission was rare in the history of the country.
He also thanked the Karnataka government for their support to recover the mortal remains of the missing lorry driver.
The July 16 landslide on National Highway 66 claimed the lives of eight people in Shirur village in Uttara Kannada district.
With the recovery of Arjun's body, the death toll had gone up to nine, authorities said.
The search operations, started soon after the landslide, were halted on July 28 due to adverse weather conditions, high river currents and other factors.
