Its Modi’s loot government: VHP leader Praveen Bhai Togadia
As to why fuel price is not come down?
Bengaluru, May 21: VHP leader Praveen Bhai Togadia alleged that Narendra Modi government has been looting the public money by hiking the prices of petroleum products.
Speaking to reporters here on Monday, Togadia said that the petroleum price has come down in the international market. But by levying the taxes, the Narendra Modi government has been looting the public money. It should be stopped, he said.
When the sugarcane farmers were suffering as they were not getting the support price, the Central government is not responding to it. Unfortunately, the central government has been importing the sugar from Pakistan as farmers in that country were suffering. This move of the central government is creating suspicion, he said.
The central government has soft corner on those who have involved in violent activities in Jammu and Kashmir where miscreants have been pelting stones at police and army. The central government has been supporting the terrorism. Moreover, during the Ramzan, the central government has said that it would not kill terrorists and this has degraded the morale of the soldiers, he alleged.
Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Mutalik said that he would condemn the expulsion of Praveen Bhai Togadia from Sangha Pariwar.
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41 lakh illicit liquor seized, 1.84 lakh arrested in major drive: K'taka Minister tells Assembly
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): The Karnataka Excise Department has conducted a statewide crackdown on illegal liquor trade over the last two years, resulting in arrests and seizures of alcohol, Karnataka Excise Minister R B Timmapur said on Tuesday.
As many as 1,09,017 people were arrested, and seizures included 13.66 lakh litres of liquor and 27.19 lakh litres of beer, he said in a written reply to a starred question by Harihar BJP MLA B P Harish in the Karnataka Assembly.
The Minister said the enforcement drive covered the financial year 2023–24, 2024–25 up to June, and 2025–26 from July to October, targeting unauthorised liquor manufacture, storage, sale and transportation across the State.
"During this period, statewide enforcement drives resulted in a total of 1,84,570 raids against illegal liquor sales,” Timmapur said.
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He noted that 9,179 non-bailable cases and 91,968 bailable and compoundable cases under Section 15(A) of the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965, were registered during the same period.
According to him, there have been no reports indicating that students have become addicted to alcohol due to illegal liquor sales.
The sale of alcohol to minors is strictly prohibited under the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965, and the department has issued periodic instructions to initiate legal action against violators, with strict enforcement and investigation measures in place, the Minister said.
Excise officials are carrying out regular road and night patrols, collecting intelligence, monitoring habitual offenders and conducting raids to identify illicit distillation units, unauthorised liquor outlets and spurious liquor manufacturing centres, he said, adding the department is also enforcing the law to prevent the production, storage, sale and transport of spurious, non-duty-paid and unauthorised liquor.
Regular patrols are being conducted on national and state highways, with suspicious vehicles being subjected to checks.
At the district level, standing committee meetings are held under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioners, and joint operations are carried out with the police and forest departments to curb excise-related offences.
The department is also conducting awareness programmes through Gram Sabhas and in schools and colleges to educate the public and students about the physical, mental and social health hazards associated with alcohol addiction and substance abuse, Timmapur added.
